Volume 14 , Issue 45

Pendleton County, (West) Virginia

We continue our look into the history of Pendleton County, West Virginia with the school districts of 1846, established by a county order of 8 October 1846. It was the first recorded division of Pendleton into school districts, done in compliance with an Act of assembly establishing public schools.

The commissioners appointed for these districts were: 1. Peter Hull, 2. Thomas Jones, 3. Benoni Hansel, 4. Josiah Hiner, 5. William McCoy, 6. Harry F. Temple, 7. William H. Dyer, 8. Cyrus Hopkins, 9. Andrew W. Dyer, 10. John Boggs, 11. Jacob F. Johnson, 12. James Boggs, 13. James B. Kee, 14. Emanuel Arbogast, 15. John Bird.

School Districts of Pendleton:

1. Bullpasture valley
2. Cowpasture valley
3. South Fork valley to Kiser's mill (Sugar Grove)
4. To wagon road from South branch to Kiser's mill
5. South Fork and Blackthorn from Propst's Gap to Kiser's mill and the Bullpasture road
6. Franklin and South Fork from Propst's Gap down to the road from the dice schoolhouse through Conrad's Gap to South Branch
7. South Fork and valley from the Dice schoolhouse to the Hardy line
8. Section of county between settlements on South Fork and South Branch below road through Conrad's Gap down to Hardy line
9. South branch from Ulrich Conrad's, the Smoke Hole, North and South Mill creeks down to Hardy line
10. North Fork and tributaries from Hardy line to Ketterman's Gap
11. South Branch from Franklin to Conrad's, Buffalo Hill Gap, and North Fork from Ketterman's Gap to the Roaring Spring Gap.
12. North Fork and tributaries front he Roaring Spring Gap to head to said Fork.
13. South branch and tributary waters from Franklin to mouth of Straight Creek
14. Straight Creek and Crabbottom up to John Rexroad's mill
15. Crabbottom form Rexroad's mill up Jackson's river and tributaries to county line

Teachers In 1872

The teachers of the Pendleton schools in 1872 were: H. W. Arbogast, Christopher Armentrout, H. Lee Baxter, John W. Biby, E. v. Blakemore, William c. Blakemore, James H. Bland, Henrietta Boggs, John S. Bond, A. Kate Castleman, H. c. cooper, J. H. Covington, Manasseh Cowger, William J. Cowger, John G. Dahmer, Benjamin F. Day, John W. Dolly, Mordecai Dove, John Dunkle, Isaac W. Dyer, L. C. Fishback, Arthur A. Hahn, Jacob Harman, Samuel Harman, G. Hildebrand, William N. Hiner, Jonathan Hiser, Robert H. Huffman, Charles N. Judy, H. C. King, E. A. Lambert, John F. Masters, Lafayette Nelson, Solomon K. Nelson, W. T. Newham, Henry W. Pope, George W. Rexroad, John Roudebush, E. A. Samuels, Z. T. Samuels, W. M. Schumucker, Jay Sullenbarger, Fillmore Todd, A. P. Todd, George M. vint, Martha H. Ward, M. A. Westmoreland, N. Wheller, S. M. Wood.

Pendleton Legislators

This is a list of Pendleton Legislators in General Assembly of Virginia:

• Sessions of 1789-91 - William Patton and Peter Hull, Sr.
• Session of 1792 - William Patton and Jacob Conrad
• Session of 1793 - Jacob Conrad and Robert Davis
• Session of 1794 - Oliver Mccoy and Peter Hull, Sr.
• Session of 1795 - Jacob Conrad and Peter Hull, Sr.
• Session of 1796 - Robert Davis and Peter Hull, Sr.
• Session of 1797-8 - James Reed and Peter Hull, Sr.
• Session of 1798-1803 - William McCoy and Jacob Hull, Sr.
• Session of 1803-4 - William McCoy and Peter Hull, Sr.
• Session of 1804-5 - John Davis and Nathaniel Pendleton
• Session of 1805-6 - John Davis and Nathaniel Pendleton
• Session of 1806-7 - John Davis and roger Dyer
• Session of 1807-8 - Peter Hull, Jr. and John Davis
• Session of 1808-10 - Peter Hull, Jr. and John Davis
• Session of 1810-11 - Peter Hull, Jr. and John Fisher
• Session of 1811-13 - Peter Hull, Jr. and Robert P. Flannagan
• Session of 1813-15 - Peter Hull Jr. and Nathaniel Pendleton
• Session of 1815-16 - Peter Hull Jr. and John Hopkins
• Session of 1816-17 - Jesse Hinkle and Harmon V. Given (Gwinn?)
• Session of 1817-18 - Jesse Hinkle and John Hopkins
• Session of 1818-19 - John Hopkins and John cunningham
• Session of 1819-21 - Thomas Jones and James Johnson
• Session of 1821-22 - Thomas Jones and John Dice
• Session of 1822-23 - Thomas Jones and John Hopkins
• Session of 1823-4 - Thomas Jones and John Dice
• Session of 1824-5 - Harmon Hiner and John dice
• Session of 1825-6 - Harmon Hiner and Jacob Greiner
• Session of 1826-7 - John Dice and Jacob Greiner
• Session of 1827-8 - John Dice and Thomas Jones
• Session of 1828-9 - Thomas Jones and Reuben Dice
• Session of 1829-30 - Harmon Hiner and Benjamin McCoy
• Session of 1830-33 - Harmon Hiner
• Session of 1833-5 - Thomas Jones
• Session of 1835-9 - William Mccoy
• Session of 1839-42 - Harmon Hiner
• Session of 1842-4 - John Bird
• Session of 1844-6 - Benjamin Hiner
• Session of 1846-7 - Anderson M. Newman
• Session of 1847-8 - George W. Dice
• Session of 1848-50 - Benjamin Hiner
• Session of 1850-60 - James B. Kee
• Session of 1861-2 - James Boggs (resigned); Reuben B. Dice elected to fill vacancy
• Session of 1863-4 - Edward T. Saunders

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