Mary PARSONS

1773 - 1863  (90 years)

• Name	Mary PARSONS
  Nickname	Polly
  Born	1 Jan 1773	Buchannon Settlement, Harrison County, (West) Virginia , USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	4 Dec 1863	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I913	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	Charles PARSONS,   b. 4 Nov 1745,   d. 4 Nov 1823, Mason County, now Jackson County, (West ) Virginia, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth CHESTNUT,   d. 1790, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
  Married	Between 1764 and 1768
  Notes	Probably married 1764-1768, possibly in Maryland, probably in Virginia. HEADS OF FAMILIES--- VIRGINIA,1782 FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES (1790) Monongalia County, Virginia Parsons, Charles 07 Parsons, George 06 Parsons, Charles 06 Parsons, George 06 Parsons, Joseph 04 ~~ Harrison Co PP tax list 1785 - 1 tithable, 4 horses, 6 cattle 1786 - 1-3-5 1795 - 1-1 (horse) 1796 - 1-1 1800 - 2-3 1803 - 1-3 1804 1-4 1805 - 2-6 Kanawha Co tax list 1802, 1 white male over 21 ~~ Mason Co tax list Charles Pasons Sr 1805-06-07-09-10-11-12-13-14 ~~ Buried in the Baptist Grove Cemetery, formerly known as the Parsons Graveyard, on farm owned by Elias Parsons ~~ "Jackson County in the Wars" Revolutionary Soldiers Charles Parsons Sr. Son of William Parsons, who came to the Eastern Shore of Maryland from Prussia about 1725. Charles was born about 1745 in Queen's Anne's County, Maryland. He entered service as a private in the Hampshire County Militia in the Company of Captain John Harness' VA Rangers in 1775, and also served as a scout in Harrison county in 1792. He came to then Kanawha County about 1802 and settled on Sycamore Creek, near Ripley. Later, he moved to present Frozen Camp in Washington District, where he died November 4, 1823, and is interred in the Frozen Camp Cemetery. A Marker in his memory was placed at his grave in the cemetery by the Ravenswood Chapter of the DAR in 1970. Children of Charles Parsons by his first marriage to Elizabeth Chestnut, in Maryland, 1764, were: William L; George; John; Elias; Margaret 'Peggy', who married Joseph Bibbee; Mary 'Polly', married Thomas Carney; Elizabeth. Children by his second marriage to Mrs Nancy Ann (Flesher) Sleeth, a daughter of Henry Flesher, in Harrison County, May 3, 1797, were: Martha 'Patsy', married William Casto; Nancy, married (1) John Casto and (2) John Board; Charles; Sarah 'Sallie', married James Cunningham, of Tug Fork. Charles Parsons' widow, who was also the widow of John Sleeth, made application for a pension on the service of her first husband. Indian Wars The following were scouts in the Indian Wars following the Revolution: Charles Parsons, Randolph County. March 15, 1792 to Dec 1, 1792. Source: Virginia State Papers, Vol 7, page 469 ~~~ "The Parsons Family book" by Augustine Chapman Parsons. "In 1779, Charles Parsons "Choiles Parsones" and Joseph Parsons were among the signers of a petition dated May 25, as inhabitants of the West Fork of the Monongalia County (Chalkey, 1989). In 1782, Charles was listed in the tax roll of Monongalia County with seven white souls. Also listed here are Joseph with five and a George Parsons with six. In 1785, a census of all white inhabitants of Randolph county was taken and Charles Parsons was listed in H. Delay's District from Petty's Ford to Joseph Crouch (Bosworth, 1916). He also appears this year in the tax rolls of Harrison Coiunty which had just been formed from Monongalia. These were used to reconstruct the 1790 cnsus which had been destroyed. Charles is listed with 8 whites, Joseph with 6 and George with 7. Also present is a William Parsons and a James Parsons who were almost certainly descendants of Thomas Parsons, Sr. (see McCabe, 1913.). George Parsons is also probably from this family however, both Charles and Joseph named a son George, and so it is possible that George is their brother. There is further confusion here because Charles, Joseph and George are listed twice in the 1782 tax rolls, however, they have different numbers of children in each listing and it looks like an earlier (1781) tax roll was inadvertently included." John House "Pioneers of Jackson Co" pg 44 - His (William Lowther Parsons) father, Charles Parsons, moved on Sycamore, just above town (Ripley) probably not far from the bridge and it is not unlikey on the same farm (as WL) pg 54- As far as we are able to trace the records back, the founder of the Parsons family in Jackson county was a hardy pioneer who had seen active service during the Indian Wars of the last half of the 18th century and bore a full part in opening the country west of the Allegheny Mountains. His first wife was a Miss Chestnut. After this he migrated to the banks of the South Branch of the Potomac River, and about 1786, as the record goes, to the Fort on the Buckhannon River. The actual date may likely have been earlier, as the Bush Fort which it probably was, was destroyed by the Indians in 1782. There is a tradition that the Parsons and Carney families were in the fort when it was taken. It is commonly the belief handed down by word of mouth that they lived on the Buckhannon River and I have no doubt it is correct. The next recorded move was about 1796 or 1797 to Warth's Bottom. Whether he came with his son or later is not known, but they probably moved at the same time. He lived afterward on Sycamore, above the bridge, probably he came there about the same time William located on the present site of Ripley. He had moved to the farm owned by John Duke at Frozen Camp, before March 1816. I take this date from parent to HF Knopp, land which calls for line of lnad owned by Charles Parsons, but does not say he lived on it. Date of patent, 1818. pg 56- . . .He married, probably in Maryland, and raised seven children. His wife dying, he married again, it is almost certain, after moving to Warth's Bottom, and raised five children more. House goes on to list the names and spouses of the children and includes, for Elizabeth Chestnut, a daughter Betsy who married John Smith. Chapman Parsons does not include her in his book. The Parsons discussion group has named another daughter, Mary, b 1/1/1769. Betsy, a daughter of Charles Parsons, Sr., married John Smith, of Lewis County. Their children were: George Smith, who lives in Roane County, and was three times married, the third wife's name being Smith. Elias Smith, went to Illinois, was married. His children were Calvin and David. Dolly Smith, married Jonah Woodruff, brother of David Woodruff. He was drowned, and she later married John Law, who, it is said, was also drowned. One child by the first marriage, John Woodruff, is mentioned.
  Family ID	F601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas CARNEY,   b. 15 Oct 1768, Hampshire County, WV ,   d. 19 Oct 1846, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Married	3 Jan 1788
  Notes	Mason countyTax Rolls Thomas Carney, 1813-14 1810 Harrison Co census: Thomas Carney 3 males under 10 John, Charles, Spencer 2 males 10-16 Jesse, William 1 male 26-46 Thomas 2 females under 10 Melinda & Delilah? 1 female 10-16 Mercy 1 female 16-26 Anna 1 female 26-45 Polly 1820 Mason Co, VA Thomas Carney 0-2-1-1-0-1--4-0-0-1-0-0-4 1830 Wood co census: Carney, Thomas - 1j, 2q, 2r, 1v 1m 60-70 2f 10-15 Mahala, Margaret 2f 15-20 Hannah, Dorcas 1f 50-60 1840 JC 1 m 70-80 female 0-5 -1 5-10 - 1 20-30 - 1 70-80 -1 1850 Wirt Co 88-88 John Staats, 32, VA (Half brother of Cornelius) Margaret, 30, VA 5 kids Mary Carney, 75 1860 Jackson Co, WV census: Stout, Mercy, 62 Mazilla, 22 Wilson, 20 Henry, 15 Carney, Mary, 85 . . . .all born VA 1860 JC also counted with Charles on Page 49. ~~~ MT. CALVARY CEMETERY (Harpold) (Jackson Co. WV. near Ripley) At the top of the hill on the left, about a quarter mile from the bridge over Mill Creek, coming from Ripley on Ceder Lakes Drive. A quaint inscription on an old fashion flag headstone by a neglected grave in the Mount Calvary Mount Calvary Cemetery, half way between the site of where the cabin of John Harpold and Thomas Carney's were. It reads in memory of Thomas Carney born Oct. 15, 1768 and departed this life Oct. 19, 1846 78 years 4 days old. M. Carney lays beside him. ~~~ "Pioneers of Jackson Co" John House: pp 111-120 About a half mile above the Harpold ford, or a little more, a small run comes into Mill Creek from the right. It comes down out of the hills and flows across a sort of second borrom or table land for about the same distance that it extends back into the hills, at something like half way between the base of the hill and the creek, it is joined by a branch from the left, which heads up in the side of the Salt Lick mountain, and up this branch runs the Charleston Pike, as probably did the old pack trail. On this run, out a short distance from the creek, it is said, in the spring of 1811, Thomas Carney accompanied by his family and his father, John Carney, built his cabin home. He owned at one time a large tract of the Mill Creek bottoms, reaching nearly or quite up to the mouth of Tug Fork. When Carney came to Mill Creek, he is said to have owned to bottom lands from the Bonnet farm to and including the eenan farm, a mile and a half above. He may have moved to Reedy about 1830, or a little earlier. Deed dated April 30, 1830, Henry Clark and wife convey to Thomas Carney of Wood County, 200 acres, being a part of a tract of land purchased of William Tucker and sold to William B Reynolds, apparently not paid for by Reynolds. Carney's land was at the mouth of Staats Run. Just thirty years after the Pringle brothers began their pioneer life in the hollow of the sycamore tree standing on the south bank, near the mouth of Turkey run, Mr Haddox, in a primitive log cabin, near the mouth of Radcliff's Run, taught the first school in the bounds of the present county of Upshur. [This would make the date 1794 or 1784 (probably the latter). Thomas Carney, David Casto were among the students. Thomas was probably born in the Shenandoah Valley and moved to the Buckhannon. Of Irish stock. 8 years a 'spy' or Indian scout for the state of VA. ~~~ "Pioneers in Roane County": John House John Staats was given the farm on Staats Run for keeping the old lady by her son, Charles Carney, who had been obligated for his parents' maintenance. Staats returned from Indiana, whither he had gone to this place, about 1854 or 1855. Mrs Carney stayed with him until his death, which occurred in 1859, when he was only 42 years old. The old lady may have stayed with his widow a while longer, but was with her son Charles on Mill Creek at the time of her death in 1863. One would probably be reasonably safe in hazarding the guess that Thomas Carney came to the mouth of Staats Run not later than April 1834, when he bought the land of Clark. Carney was then a resident of Wood County. "Jackson County in the Wars" Revolutionay Soldiers Thomas Carney. Application for a pension files, July 1834, in Lewis county; refused due to applicant's inability to prove that he was old enough for such service. John Reger, John Mitchell, Henry Flesher and Samuel Bonnett testified in his behalf. He was born October 15, 1768, in the Shenandoad Valley and came to Jackson (then Mason) county about 1813 with his father, John, and his wife, Mary (Polly) Parsons, a daughter of Charles Parsons, Sr. They settled on the Mill Creek bottoms about a half-mile above the Harpold Ford. He died October 19, 1846, age 78. His wife was born January 1, 1773 and died December 4, 1863. Their children were Mary; Jemima, Jesse (1797-1879) married Sarah (Sally) Greene (1806-1867); Charles, married Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Greene, Sept 4, 1823; William, married Elizabeth, daughter of William and Barbara (Harpold) Bonnett; John, married Earty Jividen, Oct 20, 1825; Delila, married William Roach, Dec 2, 1819; Malinda, married Peter P Thomas, Nov 11, 1830; Anna, married three times, lastly to Enoch Thomas; Spencer, married Sally Hyde, Margaret (Peggy) married John Staats, Nov 28, 1837; Dorcas, married James Brown, Jan 16, 1833; Mercy, married Joseph Stout, Jan 5, 1826; Mahala, married Adam Given, March 15, 1835; Phoebe, married Calvin West, Oct 4, 1838; Hannah, married Levi Casto, Feb 14, 1833; Enoch (1811-1833) did not marry. As Thomas was only 15 when the Revolution ended, he likely served only in the local militia. He did serve as a scout in the later Indian Wars, ending in 1795. Indian Wars The following were scouts in the Indian Wars following the Revolution: Thomas Carney. Randolph County. Sept 19, 1792 to Dec 1, 1792. Source: Virginia State Papers, Vol 7, page 469 From John House's "Some Early City, Village, and Country Burying Grounds": The Harpold Graveyard "In Memory of Thomas Carney, born October 15, 1768 and departed this Life October 19, 1846, aged seventy-eight years and four days. A humble flagstone, lost in weeds and briers and leaning forward at an angle, whose degree I will not venture to guess, bears the inscription of which the above is a facsimile. And here, in this little neglected country graveyard, overlooking the picturesque cliff and swift rolling swirl of the rushing waters in easy view of the wide sweep of bottom lands, once his own, the last lines of one of the most eventful lives with which the history of Jackson County ever had to do, were wirtten in by the pen of time and the volume closed. A poor lad walking to the first old field school recorded on the Buckhannon River. Once a scout in company with Jesse Hughes and otehr hardy frontiersmen, standing as a solid bulwark, a mighty dike of flesh and blood. . . . . By the side of Thomas Carney's grave is another mound, equally lowly and equally weed grown and neglected and at its head another flagstone marker equally humble and just as quaintly marked and leaning at such an angle I had to get down on the ground to see its face and read the inscription, which told me that was the resting place of M. Carney, who died December 4, 1863, aged ninety years eleven months and four days. Truly, a ripe old age. Her birth date would be the first day of the year 1773."
  Children	1. Mariah Carney,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Anna CARNEY,   b. 8 Mar 1794, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 8 Jul 1879, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 85 years)   3. William Carney,   b. 1794, Stoney Run, near Buckhannon, Randolph Co, WVa ,   d. 17 Apr 1873, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 79 years)   4. Jesse Carney,   b. 23 Feb 1797, Harrison County, now Upshur County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 31 Jul 1879, at home, Mill Creek, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 82 years)   5. Mercy 'Mizraim' Carney,   b. 10 Mar 1799, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 17 Aug 1875, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 76 years)   6. Delilah Carney,   b. 17 Apr 1800, Monongahelia Valley ,   d. 10 May 1884, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 84 years)   7. John Carney,   b. Abt 1802,   d. Abt 1827  (Age ~ 25 years)   8. Charles Carney,   b. 11 Jul 1805, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 30 Sep 1880, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 75 years)   9. Spencer Carney,   b. 1805,   d. 1886  (Age 81 years)   10. Melinda Carney,   b. 1809, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 8 Jul 1877, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 68 years)   11. Enoch Carney,   b. 16 Feb 1811,   d. 10 Aug 1883  (Age 72 years)   12. Hannah Carney,   b. 3 Aug 1814 OR 1813,   d. 22 Jan 1891  (Age 78 years)   13. Dorcas Carney,   b. 19 Aug 1816, Wood County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 12 Jun 1897, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 80 years)   14. Mahala Carney,   b. Abt 1818,   d. Yes, date unknown   15. Phoebe Carney,   b. Abt 1819, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia ,   d. Aft 1880  (Age ~ 62 years)   16. Margaret 'Peggy' Carney,   b. 25 Apr 1820, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia ,   d. 25 May 1881, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S102] John House - Cemeteries. [S70] John House.