Martha Hughes

1773 - 1834  (~ 61 years)

• Name	Martha Hughes
  Born	Dec 1773  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	Dec 1834  [1]
  Person ID	I4087	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	Jesse David Hughes,   b. 1750, South Branch of the Potomac, Hardy Co, WV ,   d. Oct 1829, Ravenswood, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Grace Tanner,   b. 1753, Hackers Creek, Va ,   d. 18 Jan 1842, Roane County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Married	1772  [2]
  Notes	Mason Co tax list Jesse Hughes Sr 1805-06-07-09-10-11-12-13-14 1820 Mason, VA Jesse Hughes 1m 0-10 1m 45+ 3f 0-10 2f 10-16 Nancy 3f 16-26 1f 45+ ~~ "Jackson County in the Wars" Revolutionary Soldiers Jesse Hughes, Sr. Although it is commonly believed that Hughes served in the Continental Army, no proof of such service is extant. He spent his most active years on Hacker's Creek, present Lewis County, where he was a leader in the warfare with the Indians. He is listed on the Kanawha county tax list for 1801 and on that of Mason county for 1805-1814. and the censuses of 1810 & 1820. On the Personal Property tax list for Jackson county in 1831. He died on Big Sandy Creek, Jackson County, 1829 and is buried in the Proctor Cemetery at Ravenswood. The wife of Jesse Hughes Sr was Grace Tanner. Children: Martha (1773-1834) married Jacob Bonnett, 1792; Rachel, married William Cottrell; Sudna, married Elijah Runner, and died near Sandyville; Elizabeth married James Stanley, lived and died on Mud Run, near Sandyville; Massie (Massa) married Uriah Gandee Sr, who died in 1855, died in Roane county, May 30, 1883; Nancy Agnes, married George W Hanshaw and lived in Jackson co; Louraney, married Uriah Sayre and lived in Meigs county, OH; Thomas lived on the Ohio below Ravenswood; William, married Rebecca staats and lived near Ripley; Jesse, jr, married Susanna Mock in 1800 and lived in Jackson county - he was deceased in 1850. ~~ Jesse served in the Harrison County militia, was an Indian trader and became one of the most famous of the frontier scouts of his time. A payroll of Captain William Lowthers Company of VA militia credits Jesse with 132 days service in Lord Dunmore's Ohio Campaign in 1774. In 1778, a party of Indians murdered Jesse's father, Thomas Hughes and in 1787, another party of Indians led by the white renegade, Leonard Schoolcraft, captured Jesse's daughter. Although Jesse was able to purchase his daughter's freedom the following year, the two incidents turned Jesse and his brother Elias into implacable enemies of the Indians. ~~~~ Harrison co marriages: 1794 - William Cottrall and Rachel Hughes 1795 - Benjamin Cox and Mary Hughes 1795 - William Bibby and Deborah Hughes 1800 - Jesse Huse and Susana Mock 1800 - James Stanley and Elizabeth Huse 1808 - Samuel Childers and Rebecca Hughes 1816 - William Childers and Nancy Hughes ~~~~ Pg. 25 Edward C.Smith's History of Lewis Co, WV Jesse HUGHES chose a tract of land near mouth of Jesse's run (known as Jesse Hughes' run in early records) on his first visit to Hacker's creek in 1769, built cabin and settled there after his marriage to Miss Grace Tanner in 1770 or 1771. The records of Monongalia Co. court show that a grant was made to him in 1781 of "400 acres on Hacker's creek, to include his settlement made in 1770."
  Family ID	F1032	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jacob Bonnett,   b. 1761, Frederick Co, VA ,   d. Abt 1847  (Age 86 years)
  Married	6 Mar 1791	Harrison County, West Virginia, USA   [3]
  Notes	Harrison Co Marriages 1785-1894: James Bonnet & Martha Hughes, d/o Jesse, 3/6/1791 Bob Tanner says the marriage was 21 Feb 1791 Elizabeth is linked as a daughter because of the obit of her daughter Elizabeth Wolfe L. V. McWhorter's "Border Settler's of Northwestern Virginia": MARTHA, born in December, 1773, captured by the Indians, December, 1787; returned from captivity, December, 1790; married Jacob Bonnett in 1792, a brother to John Bonnett who was killed on the Little Kanawha, and lived all her life near West's Fort, now Jane Lew, just below the main road and opposite the present Methodist Episcopal Church, where she died in December, 1834, and was buried at the old Harmony Church Cemetery on Hacker's Creek. Her grave is marked by a plain sandstone slab, on which is the following inscription: MARTHA, DAUGHTER OF JESSE HUGHES BORN DECEMBER, 1773 MADE PRISONER BY THE INDIANS DEC., 1787 RETURNED FROM CAPTIVITY, 1790 MARRIED JACOB BONNETT, 1792 DIED DEC., 1834 AGED 61 YEARS.
  Children	1. Elizabeth Bonnett,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Jacob H Bonnett,   b. 28 Dec 1802, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 6 Jul 1881, Roane County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F1410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S99] Jackson County in the Wars. [S71] Judi Kenyon. [S72] Marriage Records, Harrison Co, WV.