Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameJohn Snyder IV 
Birthbet 1814/1818, Pendleton Co., (W) Virginia
Birth Memoaccording to death cert., he was 76 at time of death-therefore was born in 1818
Death22 Nov 1894, Canaan Valley, Tucker Co., West Virginia
Death Memod. of “dropsy”
BurialHuffman Cemetery - 1 Mile Down The Lanesville Rd Off State Route 32 In Tucker County, WV.
OccupationFarmer
Alias/AKAJohn Snider
FatherJohn Snyder III (~1792-<1840)
MotherCatherine Susannah Simmons (~1792->1850)
Spouses
Birthabt 1819, Albemarle Co., Virginia
FatherCedar Hensley (<1775-1836)
MotherWinnefred Ann “Winnie” Thompson (~1783-~1850)
Marriage25 Aug 1836, Pendleton Co., (W) Virginia
Marr Memoor 16 Aug
ChildrenElizabeth “Betsy” (1838-1864)
Sampson (1840-1910)
Mary Jane (1843-1908)
Eboline “Ebidee” (1843-1909)
George Washington (1845-1921)
Henry (1847-1938)
Phoebe (1854-1916)
Lorenza Dow (Died as Child) (1856-1863)
Hannah (Died as Child) (1858-1862)
Notes for John Snyder IV
61During the Civil War, John Snyder was a staunch Union man, and he had many narrow escapes from death. Once a large force of Confederates crossed into the Dry Fork area, with orders to find John Snyder and kill him. He didn't know the danger he was in, but somehow he escaped. He was a brave, courageous, and hardy man, ever ready to face dangers of war if it threatened his own family or his neighborhood. According to Pendleton County history, John Snyder was commissioned a captain in the army too. On one occasion only an accident saved his life. He was shot by bushwackers who had waylaid him, but he survived because of his great vitality and strength.
During the was a Confederate newspaper published a song, which had been written in celebration of the attempt on his life. On another occasion, in 1862, at the time of Imboden's first raid on St. George, Snyder met the Confederates in the road near that village, and the fight he gave them received a special mention in Imboden's report of his expedition. Snyder escaped through a laurel thicket. It was on that occasion that his daughter, Jane Snyder, performed her perilous ride in the night, down the Dry Fork, to notify the Union outpost that Imboden was coming. She saved the outpost from being captured and also saved her father's life.
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55,56After the Battle of Corrick’s Ford on July 13, 1861, the Civil War in Tucker County, began to assume a pattern similar to the game of hid-and-go-seek. Federal troops were camped in Preston, Barbour and Randolph Counties, while Confederate troops were in Pendleton and Hardy Counties (Grant County not being formed until 1866). Tucker County was caught in between with about equal numbers of pro-factions for both sides, among its citizens. In the Dry Fork area, comprising the eastern sections of both Tucker and Randolph Counties, John and Sampson Snyder, a father and son team, assumed leadership of the pro-Union sympathizers; while in the other end of Tucker County, the Harper brothers, William and Ezekiel, known as Bill and Zeke, assumed leadership of the pro-Confederate sympathizers in the Saint George area. The Snyders were guerrillas but the Harpers were bona fide Confederate soldiers, placed on detached service because of their recognized abilities as scouts and guides; in fact they were employed as spies more often than anything else until their downfall late in 1863, when Zeke was captured and Bill was killed.
The Snyders organized a band of guerrillas, known as the Swamp Dragons, of which Sampson Snyder, with the pseudo title of Captain, was the leader. The Swamp Dragons were organized, not so much to protect their homes and property, but as a reprisal force to take revenge on those who sympathized with the South. They engaged in an incessant conflict with the Harpers, Huttons, and all other southern sympathizers throughout Tucker, Randolph and Pendleton Counties. John Snyder was born on Dry Fork about 1800. He was a rancorous, cantankerous old individual, who never professed or aspired service in the Federal Army. His son, Sampson Snyder (1840-1910), allegedly enlisted in the Federal Army at Beverly, early in 1861, but his name appears nowhere on rosters of Federal troops or state militia and he was denied a pension in 1901 for this reason. Congressman Alston Gordon Dayton tried to get a special act through Congress to provide him with relief but whether or not it was successful is unknown. However, on April 12, 1864, he was appointed, by Governor Arthur Ingraham Boreman, as Captain of the Randolph County Independent Scout Company, which was disbanded April 15, 1865, with 43 members, including his father, two brothers and a cousin.
[note by ccs:] Less than a year later the Governor, A. I. Boreman, commissioned Sampson with the following document found at the West Virginia University Library:
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The State of West Virginia.
To Sampson Snider [sic] Greeting:
Know you, that from special trust and confidence reposed in your fidelity, courage and good conduct, our GOVERNOR, in pursuance of the authority vested in him by the Constitution and Laws of the State, doth commission you Captain in the 107th Regiment of the 4th Brigade and 1st Division of the West Virginia Militia, to rank as such from the fifth day of April 1866
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto signed my name as Governor, and caused the Less Seal of the State to be affixed, this fifth day of April 1866
[signed] A. I. Boreman
By the Governor: [signed] F. H. Peirpont
Adjutant General
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46Civil War Service
County: Randolph
Unit: Randolph Co. Independent Scouts
Last Name: Snider
First Name: John
Middle Name or Initial:
Rank: Private
Company:
Age: 49
Roll Dated:
When Enrolled: Mch. 13 1865
Where Enrolled: Randolph Co. W. Va.
Length of Service: 1 year
Mustered In: Mch. 13 -'65
Mustered Out: Randolph Co., W. Va.
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55[Note: Guerrillas are members of independent bands of armed men who harass an enemy by surprise raids, as distinguished from “bushwhackers,” who are unorganized individuals that waylay an enemy from ambush, usually by hiding in the bushes, hence the derivative “bushwhacker.”]
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55[Note: John Snyder’s father, his grandfather, and his great-grandfather were all named John, having originally settled in Pennsylvania and then moving to the South Branch. His father settled on Dry Fork about 1800 and moved to Michigan in 1818. John married Lucinda Hensley of Albemarle County, Virginia, and they had eight children. All the Snyders were violently pro-Union and the Confederates had a standing order to “find Old John Snyder and kill him.” Once he was shot by bushwhackers and thought dead but his immense physique and vitality saved him. The Confederates made up a song for that occasion, beginning with: “The Dixie lads have right good sense, they shot John Snyder through the fence.” He died in Canaan Valley November 22 1894.]
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55[Note: Some writers insist that they were called “Swamp Angels,” but the name “Swamp Dragons” was given them in contempt by old Job Parsons, Sr., of the Holly Meadows, because they hid in the swamps like dragonflies (MacCabe’s Parsons Family History, 1913, page 43). Job’s appellation gained favor and the name has gone down in history, besides, the word “angels” is by no means a contemptuous word. The Dragons themselves and their friends called them the “Dry Fork Home Guards”]
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61"Col. John Daniel Imboden and John Snyder [Sampson's father] met in an armed encounter near St. George [W. Virginia] during Imboden's first raid in August, 1862. Imboden specifically described the affair in correspondence with a friend. In the shootout which ensued, John Snyder was seriously wounded, but recovered and resumed military activities." p.63
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164In a letter to Charles W. Russell John D. Imboden writes:
"Just in the edge of the village of St. George, I was riding some distance ahead of my men and suddenly came upon old John Snyder and one of the Parsonses, both armed with rifles. Just as he was aiming at me with his long rifle, I fired at him with my revolver. He dropped his gun like a hot potato and lened forward on the neck of his gun like a hot potato and leaned forward on the neck of his horse and escaped into the laurel. Pursuit was immediately made but he escaped. I have since learned from some refugees that I wounded him badly, though I fear not mortally. I had a fair shot at about fifty yards and aimed at his hips. We were bushwhacked half a day in Tucker, as we fell back from St. George, by Union men, but the cowardly scoundrels went so far up in the mountains that they hit only one of my men, and he was slightly wounded in the foot. I sent out a whole company once to try to catch three of these bushwhackers, but it was impossible to come up with them in the brush. If I caught them I intended hanging them in five minutes. The greatest difficulty in our way out here is the infernal Union men. They carry intelligence and bushwhack us wherever they can, and yet will swear allegiance a dozen times a day." from the "History of Randolph County" by Hu Maxwell.
Another version of this letter with slightly more information:
169… a personal letter that Gen. J. D. Imboden wrote from the mountains [to Charles W. Russell] gives as good a picture as can be had of the irregular troops. It was while he was marching through the mountains as a colonel with his regiment, and he writes from the Forks of Waters, Highland County:
"There are no troops of consequence west of Beverly. Just in the edge of the village of St. George, I was riding some distance ahead of my men and suddenly came upon old John Snyder and one of the Parsons, both armed with rifles. Parsons fled and I got into a fight with Snyder. Just as he was aiming at me with his long rifle, I fired at him with my revolver. He dropped his gun like a hot potato and leaned forward on the neck of his horse and escaped into the laurel. Pursuit was immediate but he escaped. I have since learned from some refugees that I wounded him badly, though I fear not mortally. I had a fair shot at about 50 yards and I aimed at his hips. We were bushwacked about half a day in Tucker as we fell back from St. George by Union men, but the cowardly scoundrels went so far up the mountains that they only hit one of my men, and he was but slightly wounded in the foot. I sent out a whole company once to try to catch three bushwackers, but it was impossible to come up with them in the brush. If I had caught them I intended hanging them in five minutes. The greatest difficulty in our way out here is the infernal Union men. They carry intelligence and bushwack us when they can, and yet will swear allegiance a dozen times a day. The proper policy to pursue towards Union men who are not in arms as soldiers is one of the most difficult problems that I have to deal with."
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Value of real estate in 1850 census listed as $230
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We next come to the Snyder family of which there are two groups. We have the history of John Snyder in the two histories of Randolph County, and all that I can add to that is I have been informed that the first corn that ripened on Dry Fork was in John Snyders field where the Job school house now stands, and this was in the year of 1846. Previous to this time all the farmers had to go over on the South Fork or elsewhere, for their seed corn.
The other Snyders were Jacob and William, commonly known as Jake and Bill. It seems that they and Samuel Wyatt settled on Red Creek about the same time as Wyatt and they were chums.
They settled there about 1833 but I never learned much about them. We have Benjamin Snyder and his son Henry of their descendants. They were brothers.
http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bradytrilo...s-RandolphCounty.htm
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West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 about John Snyder
Name: John Snyder
Birth Date: abt 1818
Birth Place: Randolph Co
Death Date: 22 Nov 1894
Death Place: Canaan, Tucker, West Virginia
Death Age: 76
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: John Snyder
Mother Name: Catharine Snyder
Spouse Name: Lucy Snyder
Comments: Henry/Snyder, son
FHL Film Number: 816707
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John and Lucina are buried 1 mile down the Lanesville Rd off state route 32 in Tucker county, WV. It is called the Huffman cemetery. There are 4 graves, 2 are John and Lucinda, the other 2 are unknown with no markers.
Robin Stephensadded this on 30 Mar 2013 [According to Paul “Eddie” Cooper, of Harman, WV - July, 2013 - email correspondance]
During the was a Confederate newspaper published a song, which had been written in celebration of the attempt on his life. On another occasion, in 1862, at the time of Imboden's first raid on St. George, Snyder met the Confederates in the road near that village, and the fight he gave them received a special mention in Imboden's report of his expedition. Snyder escaped through a laurel thicket. It was on that occasion that his daughter, Jane Snyder, performed her perilous ride in the night, down the Dry Fork, to notify the Union outpost that Imboden was coming. She saved the outpost from being captured and also saved her father's life.
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55,56After the Battle of Corrick’s Ford on July 13, 1861, the Civil War in Tucker County, began to assume a pattern similar to the game of hid-and-go-seek. Federal troops were camped in Preston, Barbour and Randolph Counties, while Confederate troops were in Pendleton and Hardy Counties (Grant County not being formed until 1866). Tucker County was caught in between with about equal numbers of pro-factions for both sides, among its citizens. In the Dry Fork area, comprising the eastern sections of both Tucker and Randolph Counties, John and Sampson Snyder, a father and son team, assumed leadership of the pro-Union sympathizers; while in the other end of Tucker County, the Harper brothers, William and Ezekiel, known as Bill and Zeke, assumed leadership of the pro-Confederate sympathizers in the Saint George area. The Snyders were guerrillas but the Harpers were bona fide Confederate soldiers, placed on detached service because of their recognized abilities as scouts and guides; in fact they were employed as spies more often than anything else until their downfall late in 1863, when Zeke was captured and Bill was killed.
The Snyders organized a band of guerrillas, known as the Swamp Dragons, of which Sampson Snyder, with the pseudo title of Captain, was the leader. The Swamp Dragons were organized, not so much to protect their homes and property, but as a reprisal force to take revenge on those who sympathized with the South. They engaged in an incessant conflict with the Harpers, Huttons, and all other southern sympathizers throughout Tucker, Randolph and Pendleton Counties. John Snyder was born on Dry Fork about 1800. He was a rancorous, cantankerous old individual, who never professed or aspired service in the Federal Army. His son, Sampson Snyder (1840-1910), allegedly enlisted in the Federal Army at Beverly, early in 1861, but his name appears nowhere on rosters of Federal troops or state militia and he was denied a pension in 1901 for this reason. Congressman Alston Gordon Dayton tried to get a special act through Congress to provide him with relief but whether or not it was successful is unknown. However, on April 12, 1864, he was appointed, by Governor Arthur Ingraham Boreman, as Captain of the Randolph County Independent Scout Company, which was disbanded April 15, 1865, with 43 members, including his father, two brothers and a cousin.
[note by ccs:] Less than a year later the Governor, A. I. Boreman, commissioned Sampson with the following document found at the West Virginia University Library:
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The State of West Virginia.
To Sampson Snider [sic] Greeting:
Know you, that from special trust and confidence reposed in your fidelity, courage and good conduct, our GOVERNOR, in pursuance of the authority vested in him by the Constitution and Laws of the State, doth commission you Captain in the 107th Regiment of the 4th Brigade and 1st Division of the West Virginia Militia, to rank as such from the fifth day of April 1866
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto signed my name as Governor, and caused the Less Seal of the State to be affixed, this fifth day of April 1866
[signed] A. I. Boreman
By the Governor: [signed] F. H. Peirpont
Adjutant General
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46Civil War Service
County: Randolph
Unit: Randolph Co. Independent Scouts
Last Name: Snider
First Name: John
Middle Name or Initial:
Rank: Private
Company:
Age: 49
Roll Dated:
When Enrolled: Mch. 13 1865
Where Enrolled: Randolph Co. W. Va.
Length of Service: 1 year
Mustered In: Mch. 13 -'65
Mustered Out: Randolph Co., W. Va.
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55[Note: Guerrillas are members of independent bands of armed men who harass an enemy by surprise raids, as distinguished from “bushwhackers,” who are unorganized individuals that waylay an enemy from ambush, usually by hiding in the bushes, hence the derivative “bushwhacker.”]
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55[Note: John Snyder’s father, his grandfather, and his great-grandfather were all named John, having originally settled in Pennsylvania and then moving to the South Branch. His father settled on Dry Fork about 1800 and moved to Michigan in 1818. John married Lucinda Hensley of Albemarle County, Virginia, and they had eight children. All the Snyders were violently pro-Union and the Confederates had a standing order to “find Old John Snyder and kill him.” Once he was shot by bushwhackers and thought dead but his immense physique and vitality saved him. The Confederates made up a song for that occasion, beginning with: “The Dixie lads have right good sense, they shot John Snyder through the fence.” He died in Canaan Valley November 22 1894.]
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55[Note: Some writers insist that they were called “Swamp Angels,” but the name “Swamp Dragons” was given them in contempt by old Job Parsons, Sr., of the Holly Meadows, because they hid in the swamps like dragonflies (MacCabe’s Parsons Family History, 1913, page 43). Job’s appellation gained favor and the name has gone down in history, besides, the word “angels” is by no means a contemptuous word. The Dragons themselves and their friends called them the “Dry Fork Home Guards”]
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61"Col. John Daniel Imboden and John Snyder [Sampson's father] met in an armed encounter near St. George [W. Virginia] during Imboden's first raid in August, 1862. Imboden specifically described the affair in correspondence with a friend. In the shootout which ensued, John Snyder was seriously wounded, but recovered and resumed military activities." p.63
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164In a letter to Charles W. Russell John D. Imboden writes:
"Just in the edge of the village of St. George, I was riding some distance ahead of my men and suddenly came upon old John Snyder and one of the Parsonses, both armed with rifles. Just as he was aiming at me with his long rifle, I fired at him with my revolver. He dropped his gun like a hot potato and lened forward on the neck of his gun like a hot potato and leaned forward on the neck of his horse and escaped into the laurel. Pursuit was immediately made but he escaped. I have since learned from some refugees that I wounded him badly, though I fear not mortally. I had a fair shot at about fifty yards and aimed at his hips. We were bushwhacked half a day in Tucker, as we fell back from St. George, by Union men, but the cowardly scoundrels went so far up in the mountains that they hit only one of my men, and he was slightly wounded in the foot. I sent out a whole company once to try to catch three of these bushwhackers, but it was impossible to come up with them in the brush. If I caught them I intended hanging them in five minutes. The greatest difficulty in our way out here is the infernal Union men. They carry intelligence and bushwhack us wherever they can, and yet will swear allegiance a dozen times a day." from the "History of Randolph County" by Hu Maxwell.
Another version of this letter with slightly more information:
169… a personal letter that Gen. J. D. Imboden wrote from the mountains [to Charles W. Russell] gives as good a picture as can be had of the irregular troops. It was while he was marching through the mountains as a colonel with his regiment, and he writes from the Forks of Waters, Highland County:
"There are no troops of consequence west of Beverly. Just in the edge of the village of St. George, I was riding some distance ahead of my men and suddenly came upon old John Snyder and one of the Parsons, both armed with rifles. Parsons fled and I got into a fight with Snyder. Just as he was aiming at me with his long rifle, I fired at him with my revolver. He dropped his gun like a hot potato and leaned forward on the neck of his horse and escaped into the laurel. Pursuit was immediate but he escaped. I have since learned from some refugees that I wounded him badly, though I fear not mortally. I had a fair shot at about 50 yards and I aimed at his hips. We were bushwacked about half a day in Tucker as we fell back from St. George by Union men, but the cowardly scoundrels went so far up the mountains that they only hit one of my men, and he was but slightly wounded in the foot. I sent out a whole company once to try to catch three bushwackers, but it was impossible to come up with them in the brush. If I had caught them I intended hanging them in five minutes. The greatest difficulty in our way out here is the infernal Union men. They carry intelligence and bushwack us when they can, and yet will swear allegiance a dozen times a day. The proper policy to pursue towards Union men who are not in arms as soldiers is one of the most difficult problems that I have to deal with."
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Value of real estate in 1850 census listed as $230
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We next come to the Snyder family of which there are two groups. We have the history of John Snyder in the two histories of Randolph County, and all that I can add to that is I have been informed that the first corn that ripened on Dry Fork was in John Snyders field where the Job school house now stands, and this was in the year of 1846. Previous to this time all the farmers had to go over on the South Fork or elsewhere, for their seed corn.
The other Snyders were Jacob and William, commonly known as Jake and Bill. It seems that they and Samuel Wyatt settled on Red Creek about the same time as Wyatt and they were chums.
They settled there about 1833 but I never learned much about them. We have Benjamin Snyder and his son Henry of their descendants. They were brothers.
http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bradytrilo...s-RandolphCounty.htm
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West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 about John Snyder
Name: John Snyder
Birth Date: abt 1818
Birth Place: Randolph Co
Death Date: 22 Nov 1894
Death Place: Canaan, Tucker, West Virginia
Death Age: 76
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: John Snyder
Mother Name: Catharine Snyder
Spouse Name: Lucy Snyder
Comments: Henry/Snyder, son
FHL Film Number: 816707
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John and Lucina are buried 1 mile down the Lanesville Rd off state route 32 in Tucker county, WV. It is called the Huffman cemetery. There are 4 graves, 2 are John and Lucinda, the other 2 are unknown with no markers.
Robin Stephensadded this on 30 Mar 2013 [According to Paul “Eddie” Cooper, of Harman, WV - July, 2013 - email correspondance]
Notes for Lucinda “Lucy” (Spouse 1)
daughter of CEDAR HENSLEY and WINNEFRED THOMPSON
168I am looking for any info on a Winnifred Thompson ancestry or descendancy. She was born 1782/83 in Virginia. She married a Cedar Hensley on 18 Jan 1808 in Orange Co., Virginia. They later moved to Pendleton Co., Virginia where he died between 1820 and 1830. They had seven children of which i know four of. Beverly 1807/08, Winslow 1809/10, Catherine 1821/22, and Lucinda 1821/22. Winnifred had a sister named Catherine who married Cedars brother Cypress. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks
another source says: b. 1821/1822
Subject: LUCINDA HENSLEY
Craig,
I saw your question about Lucinda Hensley in Thompson genforum way back in 00. There are deed records tying this family together. For instance in Pendleton Deedbook 15, p54, "Winefrid" Hensley sold 75 acres to Copelin Thompson on Brushy Run of Seneca Creek in 1839. John & Lucinda Snyder also shared in this sale. Later deeds show Winslow & Beverly Hensley selling to Copelin Thompson the Spruce Mt. Tracts "where we now live". Also "Winifred" Hensley of Pendleton and Abraham & Catherine Ann Summerfield of Randolph sold to Copelin Thompson 20 acres on the north side of Seneca on Spruce Mt. - DB 15, p98, 1848. This was shortly before the Hensleys moved to Randolph Co.
Copelin Thompson was son of William Thompson, called "William the Saddler" who was a first cousin to Winifred
In 1850 census of Randolph Co. "Winneford" and Beverly (a male) Hensley were living with Abraham & Catherine Summerfield. Next door was Winslow & Malinda Hensley and nearby was John & Lucinda Snyder. Others in the family were Elizabeth who mar. John Vance and Malinda who married Henry Simmons
John Snyder/Snider and Lucinda Hensley were married 25 August 1836 in Pendleton Co.
My grandmother was a Thompson from Pendleton Co. WV and descends from William Thompson [not the Saddler], brother to Winifred's father, George Thompson jr.
Much research was done by Jeff Carr in Orange and Madison Counties of VA where the Thompsons lived from the 1730s, and in Richmond Co. where they were living by 1700.
I have been chasing the Thompsons and others for 30 years. Hope this is of some help
Glenn Huffman
168I am looking for any info on a Winnifred Thompson ancestry or descendancy. She was born 1782/83 in Virginia. She married a Cedar Hensley on 18 Jan 1808 in Orange Co., Virginia. They later moved to Pendleton Co., Virginia where he died between 1820 and 1830. They had seven children of which i know four of. Beverly 1807/08, Winslow 1809/10, Catherine 1821/22, and Lucinda 1821/22. Winnifred had a sister named Catherine who married Cedars brother Cypress. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks
another source says: b. 1821/1822
Subject: LUCINDA HENSLEY
Craig,
I saw your question about Lucinda Hensley in Thompson genforum way back in 00. There are deed records tying this family together. For instance in Pendleton Deedbook 15, p54, "Winefrid" Hensley sold 75 acres to Copelin Thompson on Brushy Run of Seneca Creek in 1839. John & Lucinda Snyder also shared in this sale. Later deeds show Winslow & Beverly Hensley selling to Copelin Thompson the Spruce Mt. Tracts "where we now live". Also "Winifred" Hensley of Pendleton and Abraham & Catherine Ann Summerfield of Randolph sold to Copelin Thompson 20 acres on the north side of Seneca on Spruce Mt. - DB 15, p98, 1848. This was shortly before the Hensleys moved to Randolph Co.
Copelin Thompson was son of William Thompson, called "William the Saddler" who was a first cousin to Winifred
In 1850 census of Randolph Co. "Winneford" and Beverly (a male) Hensley were living with Abraham & Catherine Summerfield. Next door was Winslow & Malinda Hensley and nearby was John & Lucinda Snyder. Others in the family were Elizabeth who mar. John Vance and Malinda who married Henry Simmons
John Snyder/Snider and Lucinda Hensley were married 25 August 1836 in Pendleton Co.
My grandmother was a Thompson from Pendleton Co. WV and descends from William Thompson [not the Saddler], brother to Winifred's father, George Thompson jr.
Much research was done by Jeff Carr in Orange and Madison Counties of VA where the Thompsons lived from the 1730s, and in Richmond Co. where they were living by 1700.
I have been chasing the Thompsons and others for 30 years. Hope this is of some help
Glenn Huffman