| Notes |
1840 JC
1m 10-15
1m 50-60
1f 15-20
1f 40-50
slaves 5
1850 JC # 441-446
Rader Michael 63 M Farmer Va
Rader Catherine 58 F Ohio
Hopkins William 21 M Farmer Va
1860 JC # 516-481
Michael Jr 73
Catherine 69?
William 33
Elizabeth 32
Samuel B 10
John W 9
George A 7
Thomas J 5
Alexander H 2
JCWR, 1 - 68
dated 2/1/1861, Prob 9/5/1867
wife Catherine, sons, Abraham, George Washington, William, Dau Mrs Elvira (Alexander) Keeney, step-dau Elizabeth (Pfost) Harrison, exec William Rader, slaves to be freed on death of wife
Buried - Mt Olive Cemetery, Gay, Jackson Co, WV
John House "Pioneers of Jackson Co"
Michael Rader, Jr., lived on Mill Creek below the mouth of Joe's run. He was a drummer in Captain Billy's company in the War of 1812.
He married Catharine Roush, of Mason County, and lived on the farm above the mouth of Station Camp. One informant places the site of his first cabin at the old apple trees by the ford where the Joe Parsons cabin is said to have been located. Afterward, he lived in the low gap up on the point, west of the ford.
This land all belonged to his father, who sold it to him, as witnessed by two deeds, on record at the Clerk's office, at Ripley:
December 18th, 1828, Michael Rader sold to Michael Rader, Jr., for Three Hundred Dollars, one hundred and fifty acres of land lying on Trace Fork of Big Mill creek, above the old cabin formerly occupied by Joseph Parsons, and joining lands of Andrew Lewis. The deed is executed in Mason County.
Witnessed by: (Signed) Michael Rader
John Rader her
Michael Rader Catherine X Rader
mark
Another deed is for two tracts, and is dated May 29th, 1834.
One hundred acres of land patented to Michael Rader, July 18th, 1815, by Governor W. C. Nicholson, described as beginning at a black gum near the path at the first fording of the creek above the mouth of Station Camp, and running onto Station Camp. The other, patented by John Tyler, in June, 1826, lies north of this, consideration Ten Dollars.
In the early days of the settlements, the road crossed the creek above J. A. Parsons, and went up through the low gap, crossing again at the old Joe Parsons cabin, instead of following around the creek, as now.
Hart Rader, says Mike Rader, first built a few rods below the ford, at the mouth of Joe's Run.
Children:
"Wash" Rader (George W.) Born in 1814, died in 1868, first built where store is at Joe's Run, afterward moved to the Charley Shinn farm. He was clerk in a store at Reedy, in 1844 or 1845, where there was already a small improvement.
Abe Rader married Polly Aultz first, second Mary Bush. He lived first at the Charley Shinn farm, and moved to Sycamore about the 1890's. He was born in 1817 and died about 1897.
Will Rader married a Dye, and lived at the Low Gap across Mill Creek, below the old ford.
Elvira Rader married Alec Keeney, and lived where the old apple trees are, below Cal Parishes. He sold groceries and whiskey. Rebels raided his store and burned the goods. Whiskey ran in a blaze down on the creek.
Bet Rader married Wash Pfost.
|
West Virginia Pioneers
1818 - 1896 (78 years)
[1] 
