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HISTORICAL NOTES ON THE STUMP FAMILY
MICHAEL STUMP I
The earliest settlers in West Virginia came from Pennsylvania, Western Maryland and Eastern Virginia. They crossed the Potomac at the "Packhorse Ford", near Mechlemberg, now called Sheperdstown. Named after Thomas Sheperd, who surveyed and planned the layout of the town, it is the oldest town in West Virginia. Michael Stump was one of the first settlers. He settled on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River. Where Michael and his wife Catherine settled and built their home has since been known as Stumps’ Run. They settled on what was known as a "Tomahawk" title for their home. This means that Michael and the person or persons acting as land agent for Lord Fairfax who claimed the ownership of the land had a verbal agreement on the land. Back in the early days a mans word was his bond, and each kept his word, much more than those who sign contracts today. This understanding is assumed from a notation found in George Washingtons’ diary, which said, Michael Stump and Veneable Henry needs survey for lands settled prior to 1748. The following contract and title was registered in the proprietors office in book 6. File 227 as a result.
LAND GRANT OF LORD FAIRFAX TO MICHAEL STUMP I
The right honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, proprietor of the northern neck of Virginia to all whom present writing may come sends greetings.
Know ye for good causes, for and in consideration of the compensation to me paid and for the annual rent here-in -after reserved, I have given, granted, and confirmed and by these presents formerly heirs and assigns, do hereby grant and confirm unto Michael Stump of Hampshire County, a certain tract of waste and ungranted land on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac in the said County called and known as Lot #3 in a plat and survey thereof made by James Ginn. Beginning at a ledge of rock on a Mountain side comer to Lot #2. and running along the line thereto South 60 East 300 poles to two white oaks, near the Branch;
Thence North 30 East 213 poles to a pine on the hillside near a run, thence North 60, West 202 poles crossing the South Fork 244 poles to a pine by a rock on the mountain side: Thence, South 47 West 216 poles to the beginning, 366 acres together with all rights, members apurtences thereunto belonging, Royal Mines excepted, and a full third of all lead, tin, copper, iron and iron ore that shall be found thereon, to have and to hold the said three hundred sixty acres together with all rights, member and apurtences thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, except before excepted to him the said Michael Stump, his heirs and assigns, therefore yielding and paying unto me, my heirs or assigns, or to my attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, or to a certain attorney or attorneys of my heirs or assigns, proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia, yearly and every year on the feast day of St. Michael the Arch Angel the present of one shilling Sterling money for every fifty acres of land hereby granted and so proportionately a greater or lesser quantity provided that the said Michael Stump, his heir assigns shall not pay the reserved annual rent as aforesaid, so that the same or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of two whole years after the same shall come due, if legally demanded then it shall be lawful for me, or my heirs or assigns, or proprietors aforesaid, their attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, to enter and hold the same as if the grant had never been passed.
Given at my office in the County of Fairfax within my Proprietary under my hand and seal, dated the 8th. day of September in the 23rd. day of his Majesty, King George the Second's Reigh AD One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Nine."FAIRFAX "
The older Stump's were close friends to the Father of Our Country, Mr. George Washington. He surveyed and marked out their original farms. He was a regular engineer for Lord Fairfax and a neighbor for many years to Michael Stump. They fought as comrades in the early Indian Wars and Mr. Stump was Ade-Campe to General Washington in the American Revolution.
In General Washingtons' diary the following notation is recorded: In 1748, Tuesday, the 29th., this morning went out and surveyed five hundred acres of land and went down to one Michael Stump's on ye South Branch, South Fork. On the way shot two wild turkeys. Wednesday, the 30th., this morning began our intended business of laying off lots. We began at ye boundary line of ye northern 10 mile above Stump's. The course and distance of ye lots led off on ye South Fork of Wappacomo.
Began March 30th. Lot #1 to Peter Reed. Thursday the 31st., early this morning one of the men went out with ye gun and soon returned with wild turkeys.
We then went to our camping places at Stump's. Saturday the 2nd, last night was blowing and raining. Our straw catched on fire. We were laying upon it and luckily preserved by on of our men awaking when it was ablaze. We ran off Four lots this day which reached below Stump's. Lot #10 for Michael called Liverson. Lot #11 for Leonard Nave and Lot #12 for Michael Stump.
George Washington spent several days with Michael Stump while surveying land for Lord Fairfax in Northern Virginia. These settlements of the South branch constituted at that time, the Western Frontier of Virginia.There was no protection from the savages, and these early settlers were the bulwarks of the tide water section. The South Branch was one of the most fertile sections of the entire country. The wide bottoms which extended back to the base of the timbered mountains were capable of producing fabulous crops under the expert hands of these hard working people. They made the land yield a good livelihood by wise cultivation. But this beautiful land and bountiful harvests were always overshadowed by the fear of an Indian attack. Our family seems to have come through the whole turmoil without the loss of a single member. Some of the neighbors did not fare so well. Blockhouses and fortresses were built in the center of each settlement. Scouts were always kept on lookout for signs of danger. The alarm was spread and the families, with their livestock, were driven into the stockade. Fort Waggoner, about three miles above Moorefield, was the Michael Stump family's nearest haven of safety. Transportation was one of their greatest problems. They had to have an outlet for their produce. It has been claimed by good authority that this need led to the experiment of James Ramsey with his steamboat at Sheperdstown, and inspired George Washington in the construction of canals and waterways throughout Virginia.
Our forefathers were advocates of good roads. They were the inventors of the Conestoga Wagons. They traded at the head of the Potomac and what is now called Winchester, Virginia became the center for their trade.
The names of our fore-bearers appear on many of the old County records as road foreman, overseers, Militia Men and Justices of the Peace. One such record follows: Augusta County, Nov 15, 1752, Kames Simpson and Michael Stump overseers, with Josiah Osborn and others to view, mark and keep in repair on petition of the inhabitants of the South Fork Branch a road up the South Branch to Peter Reed's Mill. This Peter Reed tract later passed into the hands of Michael Stump. Peter Reed was the first miller in all that section. A short distance above the mouth of Stump Run the old homestead stood. Another tributary emptied into the South Branch was called Brake's Run. It was so named for John Brake who was one of the early influential citizens of that early day. John Brake's wife was murdered in one of the Indian raids on the settlement. John's brother, Jacob, married Michaels daughter.
These early settlers were among that group that resisted the unreasonable taxes levied on the colonies by Great Britain in the Colonial years. To avoid unjust taxes and seeking more elbow room as they expressed it, and freedom from the King's mandates, kept moving Westward until several reached the Cheat and West Fork rivers. Before the Revolutionary War broke out some had penetrated as far West as Wheeling Creek which emptied into the Ohio River near the present city of Wheeling, WV
As it has already been stated Michael Stump I and Catherine Whitecotton Stump established their home on the Fairfax land grant on lot #12, this tract having been surveyed by George Washington. This land was acquired by George Stump, a descendant of Leonard Stump who was the son of Michael and Catherine. Just South of this tract stands the old log residence built by Lenoard Stump prior to the American Revolution.
Near this sacred spot the old burial grounds was located, It is believed that the bodies of Michael and Catherine Stump lies buried here. Possibly George I, Leonard, Michael II and his wife Catherine. The markers of these graves were mere native limestone and all inscriptions that were chiseled thereon have been worn away by the ravages of time and nature.
[mullensfamily.FTW]HISTORICAL NOTES ON THE STUMP FAMILY
MICHAEL STUMP I
The earliest settlers in West Virginia came from Pennsylvania, Western Maryland and Eastern Virginia. They crossed the Potomac at the "Packhorse Ford", near Mechlemberg, now called Sheperdstown. Named after Thomas Sheperd, who surveyed and planned the layout of the town, it is the oldest town in West Virginia. Michael Stump was one of the first settlers. He settled on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River. Where Michael and his wife Catherine settled and built their home has since been known as Stumps’ Run. They settled on what was known as a "Tomohawk" title for their home. This means that Michael and the person or persons acting as land agent for Lord Fairfax who claimed the ownership of the land had a verbal agreement on the land. Back in the early days a mans word was his bond, and each kept his word, much more than those who sign contracts today. This understanding is assumed from a notation found in George Washingtons’ diary, which said, Michael Stump and Veneable Henry needs survey for lands settled prior to 1748. The following contract and title was registered in the proprietors office in book 6. File 227 as a result.
LAND GRANT OF LORD FAIRFAX TO MICHAEL STUMP I
The right honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, proprietor of the northern neck of Virginia to all whom present writing may come sends greetings.
Know ye for good causes, for and in consideration of the compensation to me paid and for the annual rent here-in -after reserved, I have given, granted, and confirmed and by these presents formerly heirs and assigns, do hereby grant and confirm unto Michael Stump of Hampshire County, a certain tract of waste and ungranted land on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac in the said County called and known as Lot #3 in a plat and survey thereof made by James Ginn. Beginning at a ledge of rock on a Mountain side comer to Lot #2. and running along the line thereto South 60 East 300 poles to two white oaks, near the Branch;
Thence North 30 East 213 poles to a pine on the hillside near a run, thence North 60, West 202 poles crossing the South Fork 244 poles to a pine by a rock on the mountain side: Thence, South 47 West 216 poles to the beginning, 366 acres together with all rights, members apurtences thereunto belonging, Royal Mines excepted, and a full third of all lead, tin, copper, iron and iron ore that shall be found thereon, to have and to hold the said three hundred sixty acres together with all rights, member and apurtences thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, except before excepted to him the said Michael Stump, his heirs and assigns, therefore yielding and paying unto me, my heirs or assigns, or to my attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, or to a certain attorney or attorneys of my heirs or assigns, proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia, yearly and every year on the feast day of St. Michael the Arch Angel the present of one shilling Sterling money for every fifty acres of land hereby granted and so proportionately a greater or lesser quantity provided that the said Michael Stump, his heir assigns shall not pay the reserved annual rent as aforesaid, so that the same or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of two whole years after the same shall come due, if legally demanded then it shall be lawful for me, or my heirs or assigns, or proprietors aforesaid, their attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, to enter and hold the same as if the grant had never been passed.
Given at my office in the County of Fairfax within my Proprietary under my hand and seal, dated the 8th. day of September in the 23rd. day of his Majesty, King George the Second's Reigh AD One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Nine."FAIRFAX "
The older Stump's were close friends to the Father of Our Country, Mr. George Washington. He surveyed and marked out their original farms. He was a regular engineer for Lord Fairfax and a neighbor for many years to Michael Stump. They fought as comrades in the early Indian Wars and Mr. Stump was Ade-Campe to General Washington in the American Revolution.
In General Washingtons' diary the following notation is recorded: In 1748, Tuesday, the 29th., this morning went out and surveyed five hundred acres of land and went down to one Michael Stump's on ye South Branch, South Fork. On the way shot two wild turkeys. Wednesday, the 30th., this morning began our intended business of laying off lots. We began at ye boundary line of ye northern 10 mile above Stump's. The course and distance of ye lots led off on ye South Fork of Wappacomo.
Began March 30th. Lot #1 to Peter Reed. Thursday the 31st., early this morning one of the men went out with ye gun and soon returned with wild turkeys.
We then went to our camping places at Stump's. Saturday the 2nd, last night was blowing and raining. Our straw catched on fire. We were laying upon it and luckily preserved by on of our men awaking when it was ablaze. We ran off Four lots this day which reached below Stump's. Lot #10 for Michael called Liverson. Lot #11 for Leonard Nave and Lot #12 for Michael Stump.
George Washington spent several days with Michael Stump while surveying land for Lord Fairfax in Northern Virginia. These settlements of the South branch constituted at that time, the Western Frontier of Virginia.There was no protection from the savages, and these early settlers were the bulwarks of the tide water section. The South Branch was one of the most fertile sections of the entire country. The wide bottoms which extended back to the base of the timbered mountains were capable of producing fabulous crops under the expert hands of these hard working people. They made the land yield a good livelihood by wise cultivation. But this beautiful land and bountiful harvests were always overshadowed by the fear of an Indian attack. Our family seems to have come through the whole turmoil without the loss of a single member. Some of the neighbors did not fare so well. Blockhouses and fortresses were built in the center of each settlement. Scouts were always kept on lookout for signs of danger. The alarm was spread and the families, with their livestock, were driven into the stockade. Fort Waggoner, about three miles above Moorefield, was the Michael Stump family's nearest haven of safety. Transportation was one of their greatest problems. They had to have an outlet for their produce. It has been claimed by good authority that this need led to the experiment of James Ramsey with his steamboat at Sheperdstown, and inspired George Washington in the construction of canals and waterways throughout Virginia.
Our forefathers were advocates of good roads. They were the inventors of the Conestoga Wagons. They traded at the head of the Potomac and what is now called Winchester, Virginia became the center for their trade.
The names of our fore-bearers appear on many of the old County records as road foreman, overseers, Militia Men and Justices of the Peace. One such record follows: Augusta County, Nov 15, 1752, Kames Simpson and Michael Stump overseers, with Josiah Osborn and others to view, mark and keep in repair on petition of the inhabitants of the South Fork Branch a road up the South Branch to Peter Reed's Mill. This Peter Reed tract later passed into the hands of Michael Stump. Peter Reed was the first miller in all that section. A short distance above the mouth of Stump Run the old homestead stood. Another tributary emptied into the South Branch was called Brake's Run. It was so named for John Brake who was one of the early influential citizens of that early day. John Brake's wife was murdered in one of the Indian raids on the settlement. John's brother, Jacob, married Michaels daughter.
These early settlers were among that group that resisted the unreasonable taxes levied on the colonies by Great Britain in the Colonial years. To avoid unjust taxes and seeking more elbow room as they expressed it, and freedom from the King's mandates, kept moving Westward until several reached the Cheat and West Fork rivers. Before the Revolutionary War broke out some had penetrated as far West as Wheeling Creek which emptied into the Ohio River near the present city of Wheeling, WV
As it has already been stated Michael Stump I and Catherine Whitecotton Stump established their home on the Fairfax land grant on lot #12, this tract having been surveyed by George Washington. This land was acquired by George Stump, a descendant of Leonard Stump who was the son of Michael and Catherine. Just South of this tract stands the old log residence built by Lenoard Stump prior to the American Revolution.
Near this sacred spot the old burial grounds was located, It is believed that the bodies of Michael and Catherine Stump lies buried here. Possibly George I, Leonard, Michael II and his wife Catherine. The markers of these graves were mere native limestone and all inscriptions that were chiseled thereon have been worn away by the ravages of time and nature.
[mullensfamily2.FTW]HISTORICAL NOTES ON THE STUMP FAMILY
MICHAEL STUMP I
The earliest settlers in West Virginia came from Pennsylvania, Western Maryland and Eastern Virginia. They crossed the Potomac at the "Packhorse Ford", near Mechlemberg, now called Sheperdstown. Named after Thomas Sheperd, who surveyed and planned the layout of the town, it is the oldest town in West Virginia. Michael Stump was one of the first settlers. He settled on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River. Where Michael and his wife Catherine settled and built their home has since been known as Stumps’ Run. They settled on what was known as a "Tomohawk" title for their home. This means that Michael and the person or persons acting as land agent for Lord Fairfax who claimed the ownership of the land had a verbal agreement on the land. Back in the early days a mans word was his bond, and each kept his word, much more than those who sign contracts today. This understanding is assumed from a notation found in George Washingtons’ diary, which said, Michael Stump and Veneable Henry needs survey for lands settled prior to 1748. The following contract and title was registered in the proprietors office in book 6. File 227 as a result.
LAND GRANT OF LORD FAIRFAX TO MICHAEL STUMP I
The right honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, proprietor of the northern neck of Virginia to all whom present writing may come sends greetings.
Know ye for good causes, for and in consideration of the compensation to me paid and for the annual rent here-in -after reserved, I have given, granted, and confirmed and by these presents formerly heirs and assigns, do hereby grant and confirm unto Michael Stump of Hampshire County, a certain tract of waste and ungranted land on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac in the said County called and known as Lot #3 in a plat and survey thereof made by James Ginn. Beginning at a ledge of rock on a Mountain side comer to Lot #2. and running along the line thereto South 60 East 300 poles to two white oaks, near the Branch;
Thence North 30 East 213 poles to a pine on the hillside near a run, thence North 60, West 202 poles crossing the South Fork 244 poles to a pine by a rock on the mountain side: Thence, South 47 West 216 poles to the beginning, 366 acres together with all rights, members apurtences thereunto belonging, Royal Mines excepted, and a full third of all lead, tin, copper, iron and iron ore that shall be found thereon, to have and to hold the said three hundred sixty acres together with all rights, member and apurtences thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, except before excepted to him the said Michael Stump, his heirs and assigns, therefore yielding and paying unto me, my heirs or assigns, or to my attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, or to a certain attorney or attorneys of my heirs or assigns, proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia, yearly and every year on the feast day of St. Michael the Arch Angel the present of one shilling Sterling money for every fifty acres of land hereby granted and so proportionately a greater or lesser quantity provided that the said Michael Stump, his heir assigns shall not pay the reserved annual rent as aforesaid, so that the same or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of two whole years after the same shall come due, if legally demanded then it shall be lawful for me, or my heirs or assigns, or proprietors aforesaid, their attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, to enter and hold the same as if the grant had never been passed.
Given at my office in the County of Fairfax within my Proprietary under my hand and seal, dated the 8th. day of September in the 23rd. day of his Majesty, King George the Second's Reigh AD One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Nine."FAIRFAX "
The older Stump's were close friends to the Father of Our Country, Mr. George Washington. He surveyed and marked out their original farms. He was a regular engineer for Lord Fairfax and a neighbor for many years to Michael Stump. They fought as comrades in the early Indian Wars and Mr. Stump was Ade-Campe to General Washington in the American Revolution.
In General Washingtons' diary the following notation is recorded: In 1748, Tuesday, the 29th., this morning went out and surveyed five hundred acres of land and went down to one Michael Stump's on ye South Branch, South Fork. On the way shot two wild turkeys. Wednesday, the 30th., this morning began our intended business of laying off lots. We began at ye boundary line of ye northern 10 mile above Stump's. The course and distance of ye lots led off on ye South Fork of Wappacomo.
Began March 30th. Lot #1 to Peter Reed. Thursday the 31st., early this morning one of the men went out with ye gun and soon returned with wild turkeys.
We then went to our camping places at Stump's. Saturday the 2nd, last night was blowing and raining. Our straw catched on fire. We were laying upon it and luckily preserved by on of our men awaking when it was ablaze. We ran off Four lots this day which reached below Stump's. Lot #10 for Michael called Liverson. Lot #11 for Leonard Nave and Lot #12 for Michael Stump.
George Washington spent several days with Michael Stump while surveying land for Lord Fairfax in Northern Virginia. These settlements of the South branch constituted at that time, the Western Frontier of Virginia.There was no protection from the savages, and these early settlers were the bulwarks of the tide water section. The South Branch was one of the most fertile sections of the entire country. The wide bottoms which extended back to the base of the timbered mountains were capable of producing fabulous crops under the expert hands of these hard working people. They made the land yield a good livelihood by wise cultivation. But this beautiful land and bountiful harvests were always overshadowed by the fear of an Indian attack. Our family seems to have come through the whole turmoil without the loss of a single member. Some of the neighbors did not fare so well. Blockhouses and fortresses were built in the center of each settlement. Scouts were always kept on lookout for signs of danger. The alarm was spread and the families, with their livestock, were driven into the stockade. Fort Waggoner, about three miles above Moorefield, was the Michael Stump family's nearest haven of safety. Transportation was one of their greatest problems. They had to have an outlet for their produce. It has been claimed by good authority that this need led to the experiment of James Ramsey with his steamboat at Sheperdstown, and inspired George Washington in the construction of canals and waterways throughout Virginia.
Our forefathers were advocates of good roads. They were the inventors of the Conestoga Wagons. They traded at the head of the Potomac and what is now called Winchester, Virginia became the center for their trade.
The names of our fore-bearers appear on many of the old County records as road foreman, overseers, Militia Men and Justices of the Peace. One such record follows: Augusta County, Nov 15, 1752, Kames Simpson and Michael Stump overseers, with Josiah Osborn and others to view, mark and keep in repair on petition of the inhabitants of the South Fork Branch a road up the South Branch to Peter Reed's Mill. This Peter Reed tract later passed into the hands of Michael Stump. Peter Reed was the first miller in all that section. A short distance above the mouth of Stump Run the old homestead stood. Another tributary emptied into the South Branch was called Brake's Run. It was so named for John Brake who was one of the early influential citizens of that early day. John Brake's wife was murdered in one of the Indian raids on the settlement. John's brother, Jacob, married Michaels daughter.
These early settlers were among that group that resisted the unreasonable taxes levied on the colonies by Great Britain in the Colonial years. To avoid unjust taxes and seeking more elbow room as they expressed it, and freedom from the King's mandates, kept moving Westward until several reached the Cheat and West Fork rivers. Before the Revolutionary War broke out some had penetrated as far West as Wheeling Creek which emptied into the Ohio River near the present city of Wheeling, WV
As it has already been stated Michael Stump I and Catherine Whitecotton Stump established their home on the Fairfax land grant on lot #12, this tract having been surveyed by George Washington. This land was acquired by George Stump, a descendant of Leonard Stump who was the son of Michael and Catherine. Just South of this tract stands the old log residence built by Lenoard Stump prior to the American Revolution.
Near this sacred spot the old burial grounds was located, It is believed that the bodies of Michael and Catherine Stump lies buried here. Possibly George I, Leonard, Michael II and his wife Catherine. The markers of these graves were mere native limestone and all inscriptions that were chiseled thereon have been worn away by the ravages of time and nature.HISTORICAL NOTES ON THE STUMP FAMILY
MICHAEL STUMP I
The earliest settlers in West Virginia came from Pennsylvania, Western Maryland and Eastern Virginia. They crossed the Potomac at the "Packhorse Ford", near Mechlemberg, now called Sheperdstown. Named after Thomas Sheperd, who surveyed and planned the layout of the town, it is the oldest town in West Virginia. Michael Stump was one of the first settlers. He settled on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River. Where Michael and his wife Catherine settled and built their home has since been known as Stumps’ Run. They settled on what was known as a "Tomahawk" title for their home. This means that Michael and the person or persons acting as land agent for Lord Fairfax who claimed the ownership of the land had a verbal agreement on the land. Back in the early days a mans word was his bond, and each kept his word, much more than those who sign contracts today. This understanding is assumed from a notation found in George Washingtons’ diary, which said, Michael Stump and Veneable Henry needs survey for lands settled prior to 1748. The following contract and title was registered in the proprietors office in book 6. File 227 as a result.
LAND GRANT OF LORD FAIRFAX TO MICHAEL STUMP I
The right honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, proprietor of the northern neck of Virginia to all whom present writing may come sends greetings.
Know ye for good causes, for and in consideration of the compensation to me paid and for the annual rent here-in -after reserved, I have given, granted, and confirmed and by these presents formerly heirs and assigns, do hereby grant and confirm unto Michael Stump of Hampshire County, a certain tract of waste and ungranted land on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac in the said County called and known as Lot #3 in a plat and survey thereof made by James Ginn. Beginning at a ledge of rock on a Mountain side comer to Lot #2. and running along the line thereto South 60 East 300 poles to two white oaks, near the Branch;
Thence North 30 East 213 poles to a pine on the hillside near a run, thence North 60, West 202 poles crossing the South Fork 244 poles to a pine by a rock on the mountain side: Thence, South 47 West 216 poles to the beginning, 366 acres together with all rights, members apurtences thereunto belonging, Royal Mines excepted, and a full third of all lead, tin, copper, iron and iron ore that shall be found thereon, to have and to hold the said three hundred sixty acres together with all rights, member and apurtences thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, except before excepted to him the said Michael Stump, his heirs and assigns, therefore yielding and paying unto me, my heirs or assigns, or to my attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, or to a certain attorney or attorneys of my heirs or assigns, proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia, yearly and every year on the feast day of St. Michael the Arch Angel the present of one shilling Sterling money for every fifty acres of land hereby granted and so proportionately a greater or lesser quantity provided that the said Michael Stump, his heir assigns shall not pay the reserved annual rent as aforesaid, so that the same or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of two whole years after the same shall come due, if legally demanded then it shall be lawful for me, or my heirs or assigns, or proprietors aforesaid, their attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, to enter and hold the same as if the grant had never been passed.
Given at my office in the County of Fairfax within my Proprietary under my hand and seal, dated the 8th. day of September in the 23rd. day of his Majesty, King George the Second's Reigh AD One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Nine."FAIRFAX "
The older Stump's were close friends to the Father of Our Country, Mr. George Washington. He surveyed and marked out their original farms. He was a regular engineer for Lord Fairfax and a neighbor for many years to Michael Stump. They fought as comrades in the early Indian Wars and Mr. Stump was Ade-Campe to General Washington in the American Revolution.
In General Washingtons' diary the following notation is recorded: In 1748, Tuesday, the 29th., this morning went out and surveyed five hundred acres of land and went down to one Michael Stump's on ye South Branch, South Fork. On the way shot two wild turkeys. Wednesday, the 30th., this morning began our intended business of laying off lots. We began at ye boundary line of ye northern 10 mile above Stump's. The course and distance of ye lots led off on ye South Fork of Wappacomo.
Began March 30th. Lot #1 to Peter Reed. Thursday the 31st., early this morning one of the men went out with ye gun and soon returned with wild turkeys.
We then went to our camping places at Stump's. Saturday the 2nd, last night was blowing and raining. Our straw catched on fire. We were laying upon it and luckily preserved by on of our men awaking when it was ablaze. We ran off Four lots this day which reached below Stump's. Lot #10 for Michael called Liverson. Lot #11 for Leonard Nave and Lot #12 for Michael Stump.
George Washington spent several days with Michael Stump while surveying land for Lord Fairfax in Northern Virginia. These settlements of the South branch constituted at that time, the Western Frontier of Virginia.There was no protection from the savages, and these early settlers were the bulwarks of the tide water section. The South Branch was one of the most fertile sections of the entire country. The wide bottoms which extended back to the base of the timbered mountains were capable of producing fabulous crops under the expert hands of these hard working people. They made the land yield a good livelihood by wise cultivation. But this beautiful land and bountiful harvests were always overshadowed by the fear of an Indian attack. Our family seems to have come through the whole turmoil without the loss of a single member. Some of the neighbors did not fare so well. Blockhouses and fortresses were built in the center of each settlement. Scouts were always kept on lookout for signs of danger. The alarm was spread and the families, with their livestock, were driven into the stockade. Fort Waggoner, about three miles above Moorefield, was the Michael Stump family's nearest haven of safety. Transportation was one of their greatest problems. They had to have an outlet for their produce. It has been claimed by good authority that this need led to the experiment of James Ramsey with his steamboat at Sheperdstown, and inspired George Washington in the construction of canals and waterways throughout Virginia.
Our forefathers were advocates of good roads. They were the inventors of the Conestoga Wagons. They traded at the head of the Potomac and what is now called Winchester, Virginia became the center for their trade.
The names of our fore-bearers appear on many of the old County records as road foreman, overseers, Militia Men and Justices of the Peace. One such record follows: Augusta County, Nov 15, 1752, Kames Simpson and Michael Stump overseers, with Josiah Osborn and others to view, mark and keep in repair on petition of the inhabitants of the South Fork Branch a road up the South Branch to Peter Reed's Mill. This Peter Reed tract later passed into the hands of Michael Stump. Peter Reed was the first miller in all that section. A short distance above the mouth of Stump Run the old homestead stood. Another tributary emptied into the South Branch was called Brake's Run. It was so named for John Brake who was one of the early influential citizens of that early day. John Brake's wife was murdered in one of the Indian raids on the settlement. John's brother, Jacob, married Michaels daughter.
These early settlers were among that group that resisted the unreasonable taxes levied on the colonies by Great Britain in the Colonial years. To avoid unjust taxes and seeking more elbow room as they expressed it, and freedom from the King's mandates, kept moving Westward until several reached the Cheat and West Fork rivers. Before the Revolutionary War broke out some had penetrated as far West as Wheeling Creek which emptied into the Ohio River near the present city of Wheeling, WV
As it has already been stated Michael Stump I and Catherine Whitecotton Stump established their home on the Fairfax land grant on lot #12, this tract having been surveyed by George Washington. This land was acquired by George Stump, a descendant of Leonard Stump who was the son of Michael and Catherine. Just South of this tract stands the old log residence built by Lenoard Stump prior to the American Revolution.
Near this sacred spot the old burial grounds was located, It is believed that the bodies of Michael and Catherine Stump lies buried here. Possibly George I, Leonard, Michael II and his wife Catherine. The markers of these graves were mere native limestone and all inscriptions that were chiseled thereon have been worn away by the ravages of time and nature.
[mullensfamily.FTW]HISTORICAL NOTES ON THE STUMP FAMILY
MICHAEL STUMP I
The earliest settlers in West Virginia came from Pennsylvania, Western Maryland and Eastern Virginia. They crossed the Potomac at the "Packhorse Ford", near Mechlemberg, now called Sheperdstown. Named after Thomas Sheperd, who surveyed and planned the layout of the town, it is the oldest town in West Virginia. Michael Stump was one of the first settlers. He settled on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River. Where Michael and his wife Catherine settled and built their home has since been known as Stumps’ Run. They settled on what was known as a "Tomohawk" title for their home. This means that Michael and the person or persons acting as land agent for Lord Fairfax who claimed the ownership of the land had a verbal agreement on the land. Back in the early days a mans word was his bond, and each kept his word, much more than those who sign contracts today. This understanding is assumed from a notation found in George Washingtons’ diary, which said, Michael Stump and Veneable Henry needs survey for lands settled prior to 1748. The following contract and title was registered in the proprietors office in book 6. File 227 as a result.
LAND GRANT OF LORD FAIRFAX TO MICHAEL STUMP I
The right honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, proprietor of the northern neck of Virginia to all whom present writing may come sends greetings.
Know ye for good causes, for and in consideration of the compensation to me paid and for the annual rent here-in -after reserved, I have given, granted, and confirmed and by these presents formerly heirs and assigns, do hereby grant and confirm unto Michael Stump of Hampshire County, a certain tract of waste and ungranted land on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac in the said County called and known as Lot #3 in a plat and survey thereof made by James Ginn. Beginning at a ledge of rock on a Mountain side comer to Lot #2. and running along the line thereto South 60 East 300 poles to two white oaks, near the Branch;
Thence North 30 East 213 poles to a pine on the hillside near a run, thence North 60, West 202 poles crossing the South Fork 244 poles to a pine by a rock on the mountain side: Thence, South 47 West 216 poles to the beginning, 366 acres together with all rights, members apurtences thereunto belonging, Royal Mines excepted, and a full third of all lead, tin, copper, iron and iron ore that shall be found thereon, to have and to hold the said three hundred sixty acres together with all rights, member and apurtences thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, except before excepted to him the said Michael Stump, his heirs and assigns, therefore yielding and paying unto me, my heirs or assigns, or to my attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, or to a certain attorney or attorneys of my heirs or assigns, proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia, yearly and every year on the feast day of St. Michael the Arch Angel the present of one shilling Sterling money for every fifty acres of land hereby granted and so proportionately a greater or lesser quantity provided that the said Michael Stump, his heir assigns shall not pay the reserved annual rent as aforesaid, so that the same or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of two whole years after the same shall come due, if legally demanded then it shall be lawful for me, or my heirs or assigns, or proprietors aforesaid, their attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, to enter and hold the same as if the grant had never been passed.
Given at my office in the County of Fairfax within my Proprietary under my hand and seal, dated the 8th. day of September in the 23rd. day of his Majesty, King George the Second's Reigh AD One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Nine."FAIRFAX "
The older Stump's were close friends to the Father of Our Country, Mr. George Washington. He surveyed and marked out their original farms. He was a regular engineer for Lord Fairfax and a neighbor for many years to Michael Stump. They fought as comrades in the early Indian Wars and Mr. Stump was Ade-Campe to General Washington in the American Revolution.
In General Washingtons' diary the following notation is recorded: In 1748, Tuesday, the 29th., this morning went out and surveyed five hundred acres of land and went down to one Michael Stump's on ye South Branch, South Fork. On the way shot two wild turkeys. Wednesday, the 30th., this morning began our intended business of laying off lots. We began at ye boundary line of ye northern 10 mile above Stump's. The course and distance of ye lots led off on ye South Fork of Wappacomo.
Began March 30th. Lot #1 to Peter Reed. Thursday the 31st., early this morning one of the men went out with ye gun and soon returned with wild turkeys.
We then went to our camping places at Stump's. Saturday the 2nd, last night was blowing and raining. Our straw catched on fire. We were laying upon it and luckily preserved by on of our men awaking when it was ablaze. We ran off Four lots this day which reached below Stump's. Lot #10 for Michael called Liverson. Lot #11 for Leonard Nave and Lot #12 for Michael Stump.
George Washington spent several days with Michael Stump while surveying land for Lord Fairfax in Northern Virginia. These settlements of the South branch constituted at that time, the Western Frontier of Virginia.There was no protection from the savages, and these early settlers were the bulwarks of the tide water section. The South Branch was one of the most fertile sections of the entire country. The wide bottoms which extended back to the base of the timbered mountains were capable of producing fabulous crops under the expert hands of these hard working people. They made the land yield a good livelihood by wise cultivation. But this beautiful land and bountiful harvests were always overshadowed by the fear of an Indian attack. Our family seems to have come through the whole turmoil without the loss of a single member. Some of the neighbors did not fare so well. Blockhouses and fortresses were built in the center of each settlement. Scouts were always kept on lookout for signs of danger. The alarm was spread and the families, with their livestock, were driven into the stockade. Fort Waggoner, about three miles above Moorefield, was the Michael Stump family's nearest haven of safety. Transportation was one of their greatest problems. They had to have an outlet for their produce. It has been claimed by good authority that this need led to the experiment of James Ramsey with his steamboat at Sheperdstown, and inspired George Washington in the construction of canals and waterways throughout Virginia.
Our forefathers were advocates of good roads. They were the inventors of the Conestoga Wagons. They traded at the head of the Potomac and what is now called Winchester, Virginia became the center for their trade.
The names of our fore-bearers appear on many of the old County records as road foreman, overseers, Militia Men and Justices of the Peace. One such record follows: Augusta County, Nov 15, 1752, Kames Simpson and Michael Stump overseers, with Josiah Osborn and others to view, mark and keep in repair on petition of the inhabitants of the South Fork Branch a road up the South Branch to Peter Reed's Mill. This Peter Reed tract later passed into the hands of Michael Stump. Peter Reed was the first miller in all that section. A short distance above the mouth of Stump Run the old homestead stood. Another tributary emptied into the South Branch was called Brake's Run. It was so named for John Brake who was one of the early influential citizens of that early day. John Brake's wife was murdered in one of the Indian raids on the settlement. John's brother, Jacob, married Michaels daughter.
These early settlers were among that group that resisted the unreasonable taxes levied on the colonies by Great Britain in the Colonial years. To avoid unjust taxes and seeking more elbow room as they expressed it, and freedom from the King's mandates, kept moving Westward until several reached the Cheat and West Fork rivers. Before the Revolutionary War broke out some had penetrated as far West as Wheeling Creek which emptied into the Ohio River near the present city of Wheeling, WV
As it has already been stated Michael Stump I and Catherine Whitecotton Stump established their home on the Fairfax land grant on lot #12, this tract having been surveyed by George Washington. This land was acquired by George Stump, a descendant of Leonard Stump who was the son of Michael and Catherine. Just South of this tract stands the old log residence built by Lenoard Stump prior to the American Revolution.
Near this sacred spot the old burial grounds was located, It is believed that the bodies of Michael and Catherine Stump lies buried here. Possibly George I, Leonard, Michael II and his wife Catherine. The markers of these graves were mere native limestone and all inscriptions that were chiseled thereon have been worn away by the ravages of time and nature.
[mullensfamily2.FTW]HISTORICAL NOTES ON THE STUMP FAMILY
MICHAEL STUMP I
The earliest settlers in West Virginia came from Pennsylvania, Western Maryland and Eastern Virginia. They crossed the Potomac at the "Packhorse Ford", near Mechlemberg, now called Sheperdstown. Named after Thomas Sheperd, who surveyed and planned the layout of the town, it is the oldest town in West Virginia. Michael Stump was one of the first settlers. He settled on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River. Where Michael and his wife Catherine settled and built their home has since been known as Stumps’ Run. They settled on what was known as a "Tomohawk" title for their home. This means that Michael and the person or persons acting as land agent for Lord Fairfax who claimed the ownership of the land had a verbal agreement on the land. Back in the early days a mans word was his bond, and each kept his word, much more than those who sign contracts today. This understanding is assumed from a notation found in George Washingtons’ diary, which said, Michael Stump and Veneable Henry needs survey for lands settled prior to 1748. The following contract and title was registered in the proprietors office in book 6. File 227 as a result.
LAND GRANT OF LORD FAIRFAX TO MICHAEL STUMP I
The right honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, proprietor of the northern neck of Virginia to all whom present writing may come sends greetings.
Know ye for good causes, for and in consideration of the compensation to me paid and for the annual rent here-in -after reserved, I have given, granted, and confirmed and by these presents formerly heirs and assigns, do hereby grant and confirm unto Michael Stump of Hampshire County, a certain tract of waste and ungranted land on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac in the said County called and known as Lot #3 in a plat and survey thereof made by James Ginn. Beginning at a ledge of rock on a Mountain side comer to Lot #2. and running along the line thereto South 60 East 300 poles to two white oaks, near the Branch;
Thence North 30 East 213 poles to a pine on the hillside near a run, thence North 60, West 202 poles crossing the South Fork 244 poles to a pine by a rock on the mountain side: Thence, South 47 West 216 poles to the beginning, 366 acres together with all rights, members apurtences thereunto belonging, Royal Mines excepted, and a full third of all lead, tin, copper, iron and iron ore that shall be found thereon, to have and to hold the said three hundred sixty acres together with all rights, member and apurtences thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, except before excepted to him the said Michael Stump, his heirs and assigns, therefore yielding and paying unto me, my heirs or assigns, or to my attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, or to a certain attorney or attorneys of my heirs or assigns, proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia, yearly and every year on the feast day of St. Michael the Arch Angel the present of one shilling Sterling money for every fifty acres of land hereby granted and so proportionately a greater or lesser quantity provided that the said Michael Stump, his heir assigns shall not pay the reserved annual rent as aforesaid, so that the same or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of two whole years after the same shall come due, if legally demanded then it shall be lawful for me, or my heirs or assigns, or proprietors aforesaid, their attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, to enter and hold the same as if the grant had never been passed.
Given at my office in the County of Fairfax within my Proprietary under my hand and seal, dated the 8th. day of September in the 23rd. day of his Majesty, King George the Second's Reigh AD One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Nine."FAIRFAX "
The older Stump's were close friends to the Father of Our Country, Mr. George Washington. He surveyed and marked out their original farms. He was a regular engineer for Lord Fairfax and a neighbor for many years to Michael Stump. They fought as comrades in the early Indian Wars and Mr. Stump was Ade-Campe to General Washington in the American Revolution.
In General Washingtons' diary the following notation is recorded: In 1748, Tuesday, the 29th., this morning went out and surveyed five hundred acres of land and went down to one Michael Stump's on ye South Branch, South Fork. On the way shot two wild turkeys. Wednesday, the 30th., this morning began our intended business of laying off lots. We began at ye boundary line of ye northern 10 mile above Stump's. The course and distance of ye lots led off on ye South Fork of Wappacomo.
Began March 30th. Lot #1 to Peter Reed. Thursday the 31st., early this morning one of the men went out with ye gun and soon returned with wild turkeys.
We then went to our camping places at Stump's. Saturday the 2nd, last night was blowing and raining. Our straw catched on fire. We were laying upon it and luckily preserved by on of our men awaking when it was ablaze. We ran off Four lots this day which reached below Stump's. Lot #10 for Michael called Liverson. Lot #11 for Leonard Nave and Lot #12 for Michael Stump.
George Washington spent several days with Michael Stump while surveying land for Lord Fairfax in Northern Virginia. These settlements of the South branch constituted at that time, the Western Frontier of Virginia.There was no protection from the savages, and these early settlers were the bulwarks of the tide water section. The South Branch was one of the most fertile sections of the entire country. The wide bottoms which extended back to the base of the timbered mountains were capable of producing fabulous crops under the expert hands of these hard working people. They made the land yield a good livelihood by wise cultivation. But this beautiful land and bountiful harvests were always overshadowed by the fear of an Indian attack. Our family seems to have come through the whole turmoil without the loss of a single member. Some of the neighbors did not fare so well. Blockhouses and fortresses were built in the center of each settlement. Scouts were always kept on lookout for signs of danger. The alarm was spread and the families, with their livestock, were driven into the stockade. Fort Waggoner, about three miles above Moorefield, was the Michael Stump family's nearest haven of safety. Transportation was one of their greatest problems. They had to have an outlet for their produce. It has been claimed by good authority that this need led to the experiment of James Ramsey with his steamboat at Sheperdstown, and inspired George Washington in the construction of canals and waterways throughout Virginia.
Our forefathers were advocates of good roads. They were the inventors of the Conestoga Wagons. They traded at the head of the Potomac and what is now called Winchester, Virginia became the center for their trade.
The names of our fore-bearers appear on many of the old County records as road foreman, overseers, Militia Men and Justices of the Peace. One such record follows: Augusta County, Nov 15, 1752, Kames Simpson and Michael Stump overseers, with Josiah Osborn and others to view, mark and keep in repair on petition of the inhabitants of the South Fork Branch a road up the South Branch to Peter Reed's Mill. This Peter Reed tract later passed into the hands of Michael Stump. Peter Reed was the first miller in all that section. A short distance above the mouth of Stump Run the old homestead stood. Another tributary emptied into the South Branch was called Brake's Run. It was so named for John Brake who was one of the early influential citizens of that early day. John Brake's wife was murdered in one of the Indian raids on the settlement. John's brother, Jacob, married Michaels daughter.
These early settlers were among that group that resisted the unreasonable taxes levied on the colonies by Great Britain in the Colonial years. To avoid unjust taxes and seeking more elbow room as they expressed it, and freedom from the King's mandates, kept moving Westward until several reached the Cheat and West Fork rivers. Before the Revolutionary War broke out some had penetrated as far West as Wheeling Creek which emptied into the Ohio River near the present city of Wheeling, WV
As it has already been stated Michael Stump I and Catherine Whitecotton Stump established their home on the Fairfax land grant on lot #12, this tract having been surveyed by George Washington. This land was acquired by George Stump, a descendant of Leonard Stump who was the son of Michael and Catherine. Just South of this tract stands the old log residence built by Lenoard Stump prior to the American Revolution.
Near this sacred spot the old burial grounds was located, It is believed that the bodies of Michael and Catherine Stump lies buried here. Possibly George I, Leonard, Michael II and his wife Catherine. The markers of these graves were mere native limestone and all inscriptions that were chiseled thereon have been worn away by the ravages of time and nature.HISTORICAL NOTES ON THE STUMP FAMILY
MICHAEL STUMP I
The earliest settlers in West Virginia came from Pennsylvania, Western Maryland and Eastern Virginia. They crossed the Potomac at the "Packhorse Ford", near Mechlemberg, now called Sheperdstown. Named after Thomas Sheperd, who surveyed and planned the layout of the town, it is the oldest town in West Virginia. Michael Stump was one of the first settlers. He settled on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River. Where Michael and his wife Catherine settled and built their home has since been known as Stumps’ Run. They settled on what was known as a "Tomahawk" title for their home. This means that Michael and the person or persons acting as land agent for Lord Fairfax who claimed the ownership of the land had a verbal agreement on the land. Back in the early days a mans word was his bond, and each kept his word, much more than those who sign contracts today. This understanding is assumed from a notation found in George Washingtons’ diary, which said, Michael Stump and Veneable Henry needs survey for lands settled prior to 1748. The following contract and title was registered in the proprietors office in book 6. File 227 as a result.
LAND GRANT OF LORD FAIRFAX TO MICHAEL STUMP I
The right honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, proprietor of the northern neck of Virginia to all whom present writing may come sends greetings.
Know ye for good causes, for and in consideration of the compensation to me paid and for the annual rent here-in -after reserved, I have given, granted, and confirmed and by these presents formerly heirs and assigns, do hereby grant and confirm unto Michael Stump of Hampshire County, a certain tract of waste and ungranted land on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac in the said County called and known as Lot #3 in a plat and survey thereof made by James Ginn. Beginning at a ledge of rock on a Mountain side comer to Lot #2. and running along the line thereto South 60 East 300 poles to two white oaks, near the Branch;
Thence North 30 East 213 poles to a pine on the hillside near a run, thence North 60, West 202 poles crossing the South Fork 244 poles to a pine by a rock on the mountain side: Thence, South 47 West 216 poles to the beginning, 366 acres together with all rights, members apurtences thereunto belonging, Royal Mines excepted, and a full third of all lead, tin, copper, iron and iron ore that shall be found thereon, to have and to hold the said three hundred sixty acres together with all rights, member and apurtences thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, except before excepted to him the said Michael Stump, his heirs and assigns, therefore yielding and paying unto me, my heirs or assigns, or to my attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, or to a certain attorney or attorneys of my heirs or assigns, proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia, yearly and every year on the feast day of St. Michael the Arch Angel the present of one shilling Sterling money for every fifty acres of land hereby granted and so proportionately a greater or lesser quantity provided that the said Michael Stump, his heir assigns shall not pay the reserved annual rent as aforesaid, so that the same or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of two whole years after the same shall come due, if legally demanded then it shall be lawful for me, or my heirs or assigns, or proprietors aforesaid, their attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, to enter and hold the same as if the grant had never been passed.
Given at my office in the County of Fairfax within my Proprietary under my hand and seal, dated the 8th. day of September in the 23rd. day of his Majesty, King George the Second's Reigh AD One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Nine."FAIRFAX "
The older Stump's were close friends to the Father of Our Country, Mr. George Washington. He surveyed and marked out their original farms. He was a regular engineer for Lord Fairfax and a neighbor for many years to Michael Stump. They fought as comrades in the early Indian Wars and Mr. Stump was Ade-Campe to General Washington in the American Revolution.
In General Washingtons' diary the following notation is recorded: In 1748, Tuesday, the 29th., this morning went out and surveyed five hundred acres of land and went down to one Michael Stump's on ye South Branch, South Fork. On the way shot two wild turkeys. Wednesday, the 30th., this morning began our intended business of laying off lots. We began at ye boundary line of ye northern 10 mile above Stump's. The course and distance of ye lots led off on ye South Fork of Wappacomo.
Began March 30th. Lot #1 to Peter Reed. Thursday the 31st., early this morning one of the men went out with ye gun and soon returned with wild turkeys.
We then went to our camping places at Stump's. Saturday the 2nd, last night was blowing and raining. Our straw catched on fire. We were laying upon it and luckily preserved by on of our men awaking when it was ablaze. We ran off Four lots this day which reached below Stump's. Lot #10 for Michael called Liverson. Lot #11 for Leonard Nave and Lot #12 for Michael Stump.
George Washington spent several days with Michael Stump while surveying land for Lord Fairfax in Northern Virginia. These settlements of the South branch constituted at that time, the Western Frontier of Virginia.There was no protection from the savages, and these early settlers were the bulwarks of the tide water section. The South Branch was one of the most fertile sections of the entire country. The wide bottoms which extended back to the base of the timbered mountains were capable of producing fabulous crops under the expert hands of these hard working people. They made the land yield a good livelihood by wise cultivation. But this beautiful land and bountiful harvests were always overshadowed by the fear of an Indian attack. Our family seems to have come through the whole turmoil without the loss of a single member. Some of the neighbors did not fare so well. Blockhouses and fortresses were built in the center of each settlement. Scouts were always kept on lookout for signs of danger. The alarm was spread and the families, with their livestock, were driven into the stockade. Fort Waggoner, about three miles above Moorefield, was the Michael Stump family's nearest haven of safety. Transportation was one of their greatest problems. They had to have an outlet for their produce. It has been claimed by good authority that this need led to the experiment of James Ramsey with his steamboat at Sheperdstown, and inspired George Washington in the construction of canals and waterways throughout Virginia.
Our forefathers were advocates of good roads. They were the inventors of the Conestoga Wagons. They traded at the head of the Potomac and what is now called Winchester, Virginia became the center for their trade.
The names of our fore-bearers appear on many of the old County records as road foreman, overseers, Militia Men and Justices of the Peace. One such record follows: Augusta County, Nov 15, 1752, Kames Simpson and Michael Stump overseers, with Josiah Osborn and others to view, mark and keep in repair on petition of the inhabitants of the South Fork Branch a road up the South Branch to Peter Reed's Mill. This Peter Reed tract later passed into the hands of Michael Stump. Peter Reed was the first miller in all that section. A short distance above the mouth of Stump Run the old homestead stood. Another tributary emptied into the South Branch was called Brake's Run. It was so named for John Brake who was one of the early influential citizens of that early day. John Brake's wife was murdered in one of the Indian raids on the settlement. John's brother, Jacob, married Michaels daughter.
These early settlers were among that group that resisted the unreasonable taxes levied on the colonies by Great Britain in the Colonial years. To avoid unjust taxes and seeking more elbow room as they expressed it, and freedom from the King's mandates, kept moving Westward until several reached the Cheat and West Fork rivers. Before the Revolutionary War broke out some had penetrated as far West as Wheeling Creek which emptied into the Ohio River near the present city of Wheeling, WV
As it has already been stated Michael Stump I and Catherine Whitecotton Stump established their home on the Fairfax land grant on lot #12, this tract having been surveyed by George Washington. This land was acquired by George Stump, a descendant of Leonard Stump who was the son of Michael and Catherine. Just South of this tract stands the old log residence built by Lenoard Stump prior to the American Revolution.
Near this sacred spot the old burial grounds was located, It is believed that the bodies of Michael and Catherine Stump lies buried here. Possibly George I, Leonard, Michael II and his wife Catherine. The markers of these graves were mere native limestone and all inscriptions that were chiseled thereon have been worn away by the ravages of time and nature.
[mullensfamily.FTW]HISTORICAL NOTES ON THE STUMP FAMILY
MICHAEL STUMP I
The earliest settlers in West Virginia came from Pennsylvania, Western Maryland and Eastern Virginia. They crossed the Potomac at the "Packhorse Ford", near Mechlemberg, now called Sheperdstown. Named after Thomas Sheperd, who surveyed and planned the layout of the town, it is the oldest town in West Virginia. Michael Stump was one of the first settlers. He settled on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River. Where Michael and his wife Catherine settled and built their home has since been known as Stumps’ Run. They settled on what was known as a "Tomohawk" title for their home. This means that Michael and the person or persons acting as land agent for Lord Fairfax who claimed the ownership of the land had a verbal agreement on the land. Back in the early days a mans word was his bond, and each kept his word, much more than those who sign contracts today. This understanding is assumed from a notation found in George Washingtons’ diary, which said, Michael Stump and Veneable Henry needs survey for lands settled prior to 1748. The following contract and title was registered in the proprietors office in book 6. File 227 as a result.
LAND GRANT OF LORD FAIRFAX TO MICHAEL STUMP I
The right honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, proprietor of the northern neck of Virginia to all whom present writing may come sends greetings.
Know ye for good causes, for and in consideration of the compensation to me paid and for the annual rent here-in -after reserved, I have given, granted, and confirmed and by these presents formerly heirs and assigns, do hereby grant and confirm unto Michael Stump of Hampshire County, a certain tract of waste and ungranted land on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac in the said County called and known as Lot #3 in a plat and survey thereof made by James Ginn. Beginning at a ledge of rock on a Mountain side comer to Lot #2. and running along the line thereto South 60 East 300 poles to two white oaks, near the Branch;
Thence North 30 East 213 poles to a pine on the hillside near a run, thence North 60, West 202 poles crossing the South Fork 244 poles to a pine by a rock on the mountain side: Thence, South 47 West 216 poles to the beginning, 366 acres together with all rights, members apurtences thereunto belonging, Royal Mines excepted, and a full third of all lead, tin, copper, iron and iron ore that shall be found thereon, to have and to hold the said three hundred sixty acres together with all rights, member and apurtences thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, except before excepted to him the said Michael Stump, his heirs and assigns, therefore yielding and paying unto me, my heirs or assigns, or to my attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, or to a certain attorney or attorneys of my heirs or assigns, proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia, yearly and every year on the feast day of St. Michael the Arch Angel the present of one shilling Sterling money for every fifty acres of land hereby granted and so proportionately a greater or lesser quantity provided that the said Michael Stump, his heir assigns shall not pay the reserved annual rent as aforesaid, so that the same or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of two whole years after the same shall come due, if legally demanded then it shall be lawful for me, or my heirs or assigns, or proprietors aforesaid, their attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, to enter and hold the same as if the grant had never been passed.
Given at my office in the County of Fairfax within my Proprietary under my hand and seal, dated the 8th. day of September in the 23rd. day of his Majesty, King George the Second's Reigh AD One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Nine."FAIRFAX "
The older Stump's were close friends to the Father of Our Country, Mr. George Washington. He surveyed and marked out their original farms. He was a regular engineer for Lord Fairfax and a neighbor for many years to Michael Stump. They fought as comrades in the early Indian Wars and Mr. Stump was Ade-Campe to General Washington in the American Revolution.
In General Washingtons' diary the following notation is recorded: In 1748, Tuesday, the 29th., this morning went out and surveyed five hundred acres of land and went down to one Michael Stump's on ye South Branch, South Fork. On the way shot two wild turkeys. Wednesday, the 30th., this morning began our intended business of laying off lots. We began at ye boundary line of ye northern 10 mile above Stump's. The course and distance of ye lots led off on ye South Fork of Wappacomo.
Began March 30th. Lot #1 to Peter Reed. Thursday the 31st., early this morning one of the men went out with ye gun and soon returned with wild turkeys.
We then went to our camping places at Stump's. Saturday the 2nd, last night was blowing and raining. Our straw catched on fire. We were laying upon it and luckily preserved by on of our men awaking when it was ablaze. We ran off Four lots this day which reached below Stump's. Lot #10 for Michael called Liverson. Lot #11 for Leonard Nave and Lot #12 for Michael Stump.
George Washington spent several days with Michael Stump while surveying land for Lord Fairfax in Northern Virginia. These settlements of the South branch constituted at that time, the Western Frontier of Virginia.There was no protection from the savages, and these early settlers were the bulwarks of the tide water section. The South Branch was one of the most fertile sections of the entire country. The wide bottoms which extended back to the base of the timbered mountains were capable of producing fabulous crops under the expert hands of these hard working people. They made the land yield a good livelihood by wise cultivation. But this beautiful land and bountiful harvests were always overshadowed by the fear of an Indian attack. Our family seems to have come through the whole turmoil without the loss of a single member. Some of the neighbors did not fare so well. Blockhouses and fortresses were built in the center of each settlement. Scouts were always kept on lookout for signs of danger. The alarm was spread and the families, with their livestock, were driven into the stockade. Fort Waggoner, about three miles above Moorefield, was the Michael Stump family's nearest haven of safety. Transportation was one of their greatest problems. They had to have an outlet for their produce. It has been claimed by good authority that this need led to the experiment of James Ramsey with his steamboat at Sheperdstown, and inspired George Washington in the construction of canals and waterways throughout Virginia.
Our forefathers were advocates of good roads. They were the inventors of the Conestoga Wagons. They traded at the head of the Potomac and what is now called Winchester, Virginia became the center for their trade.
The names of our fore-bearers appear on many of the old County records as road foreman, overseers, Militia Men and Justices of the Peace. One such record follows: Augusta County, Nov 15, 1752, Kames Simpson and Michael Stump overseers, with Josiah Osborn and others to view, mark and keep in repair on petition of the inhabitants of the South Fork Branch a road up the South Branch to Peter Reed's Mill. This Peter Reed tract later passed into the hands of Michael Stump. Peter Reed was the first miller in all that section. A short distance above the mouth of Stump Run the old homestead stood. Another tributary emptied into the South Branch was called Brake's Run. It was so named for John Brake who was one of the early influential citizens of that early day. John Brake's wife was murdered in one of the Indian raids on the settlement. John's brother, Jacob, married Michaels daughter.
These early settlers were among that group that resisted the unreasonable taxes levied on the colonies by Great Britain in the Colonial years. To avoid unjust taxes and seeking more elbow room as they expressed it, and freedom from the King's mandates, kept moving Westward until several reached the Cheat and West Fork rivers. Before the Revolutionary War broke out some had penetrated as far West as Wheeling Creek which emptied into the Ohio River near the present city of Wheeling, WV
As it has already been stated Michael Stump I and Catherine Whitecotton Stump established their home on the Fairfax land grant on lot #12, this tract having been surveyed by George Washington. This land was acquired by George Stump, a descendant of Leonard Stump who was the son of Michael and Catherine. Just South of this tract stands the old log residence built by Lenoard Stump prior to the American Revolution.
Near this sacred spot the old burial grounds was located, It is believed that the bodies of Michael and Catherine Stump lies buried here. Possibly George I, Leonard, Michael II and his wife Catherine. The markers of these graves were mere native limestone and all inscriptions that were chiseled thereon have been worn away by the ravages of time and nature.
[mullensfamily2.FTW]HISTORICAL NOTES ON THE STUMP FAMILY
MICHAEL STUMP I
The earliest settlers in West Virginia came from Pennsylvania, Western Maryland and Eastern Virginia. They crossed the Potomac at the "Packhorse Ford", near Mechlemberg, now called Sheperdstown. Named after Thomas Sheperd, who surveyed and planned the layout of the town, it is the oldest town in West Virginia. Michael Stump was one of the first settlers. He settled on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River. Where Michael and his wife Catherine settled and built their home has since been known as Stumps’ Run. They settled on what was known as a "Tomohawk" title for their home. This means that Michael and the person or persons acting as land agent for Lord Fairfax who claimed the ownership of the land had a verbal agreement on the land. Back in the early days a mans word was his bond, and each kept his word, much more than those who sign contracts today. This understanding is assumed from a notation found in George Washingtons’ diary, which said, Michael Stump and Veneable Henry needs survey for lands settled prior to 1748. The following contract and title was registered in the proprietors office in book 6. File 227 as a result.
LAND GRANT OF LORD FAIRFAX TO MICHAEL STUMP I
The right honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, proprietor of the northern neck of Virginia to all whom present writing may come sends greetings.
Know ye for good causes, for and in consideration of the compensation to me paid and for the annual rent here-in -after reserved, I have given, granted, and confirmed and by these presents formerly heirs and assigns, do hereby grant and confirm unto Michael Stump of Hampshire County, a certain tract of waste and ungranted land on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac in the said County called and known as Lot #3 in a plat and survey thereof made by James Ginn. Beginning at a ledge of rock on a Mountain side comer to Lot #2. and running along the line thereto South 60 East 300 poles to two white oaks, near the Branch;
Thence North 30 East 213 poles to a pine on the hillside near a run, thence North 60, West 202 poles crossing the South Fork 244 poles to a pine by a rock on the mountain side: Thence, South 47 West 216 poles to the beginning, 366 acres together with all rights, members apurtences thereunto belonging, Royal Mines excepted, and a full third of all lead, tin, copper, iron and iron ore that shall be found thereon, to have and to hold the said three hundred sixty acres together with all rights, member and apurtences thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, except before excepted to him the said Michael Stump, his heirs and assigns, therefore yielding and paying unto me, my heirs or assigns, or to my attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, or to a certain attorney or attorneys of my heirs or assigns, proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia, yearly and every year on the feast day of St. Michael the Arch Angel the present of one shilling Sterling money for every fifty acres of land hereby granted and so proportionately a greater or lesser quantity provided that the said Michael Stump, his heir assigns shall not pay the reserved annual rent as aforesaid, so that the same or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of two whole years after the same shall come due, if legally demanded then it shall be lawful for me, or my heirs or assigns, or proprietors aforesaid, their attorney or attorneys, agent or agents, to enter and hold the same as if the grant had never been passed.
Given at my office in the County of Fairfax within my Proprietary under my hand and seal, dated the 8th. day of September in the 23rd. day of his Majesty, King George the Second's Reigh AD One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Nine."FAIRFAX "
The older Stump's were close friends to the Father of Our Country, Mr. George Washington. He surveyed and marked out their original farms. He was a regular engineer for Lord Fairfax and a neighbor for many years to Michael Stump. They fought as comrades in the early Indian Wars and Mr. Stump was Ade-Campe to General Washington in the American Revolution.
In General Washingtons' diary the following notation is recorded: In 1748, Tuesday, the 29th., this morning went out and surveyed five hundred acres of land and went down to one Michael Stump's on ye South Branch, South Fork. On the way shot two wild turkeys. Wednesday, the 30th., this morning began our intended business of laying off lots. We began at ye boundary line of ye northern 10 mile above Stump's. The course and distance of ye lots led off on ye South Fork of Wappacomo.
Began March 30th. Lot #1 to Peter Reed. Thursday the 31st., early this morning one of the men went out with ye gun and soon returned with wild turkeys.
We then went to our camping places at Stump's. Saturday the 2nd, last night was blowing and raining. Our straw catched on fire. We were laying upon it and luckily preserved by on of our men awaking when it was ablaze. We ran off Four lots this day which reached below Stump's. Lot #10 for Michael called Liverson. Lot #11 for Leonard Nave and Lot #12 for Michael Stump.
George Washington spent several days with Michael Stump while surveying land for Lord Fairfax in Northern Virginia. These settlements of the South branch constituted at that time, the Western Frontier of Virginia.There was no protection from the savages, and these early settlers were the bulwarks of the tide water section. The South Branch was one of the most fertile sections of the entire country. The wide bottoms which extended back to the base of the timbered mountains were capable of producing fabulous crops under the expert hands of these hard working people. They made the land yield a good livelihood by wise cultivation. But this beautiful land and bountiful harvests were always overshadowed by the fear of an Indian attack. Our family seems to have come through the whole turmoil without the loss of a single member. Some of the neighbors did not fare so well. Blockhouses and fortresses were built in the center of each settlement. Scouts were always kept on lookout for signs of danger. The alarm was spread and the families, with their livestock, were driven into the stockade. Fort Waggoner, about three miles above Moorefield, was the Michael Stump family's nearest haven of safety. Transportation was one of their greatest problems. They had to have an outlet for their produce. It has been claimed by good authority that this need led to the experiment of James Ramsey with his steamboat at Sheperdstown, and inspired George Washington in the construction of canals and waterways throughout Virginia.
Our forefathers were advocates of good roads. They were the inventors of the Conestoga Wagons. They traded at the head of the Potomac and what is now called Winchester, Virginia became the center for their trade.
The names of our fore-bearers appear on many of the old County records as road foreman, overseers, Militia Men and Justices of the Peace. One such record follows: Augusta County, Nov 15, 1752, Kames Simpson and Michael Stump overseers, with Josiah Osborn and others to view, mark and keep in repair on petition of the inhabitants of the South Fork Branch a road up the South Branch to Peter Reed's Mill. This Peter Reed tract later passed into the hands of Michael Stump. Peter Reed was the first miller in all that section. A short distance above the mouth of Stump Run the old homestead stood. Another tributary emptied into the South Branch was called Brake's Run. It was so named for John Brake who was one of the early influential citizens of that early day. John Brake's wife was murdered in one of the Indian raids on the settlement. John's brother, Jacob, married Michaels daughter.
These early settlers were among that group that resisted the unreasonable taxes levied on the colonies by Great Britain in the Colonial years. To avoid unjust taxes and seeking more elbow room as they expressed it, and freedom from the King's mandates, kept moving Westward until several reached the Cheat and West Fork rivers. Before the Revolutionary War broke out some had penetrated as far West as Wheeling Creek which emptied into the Ohio River near the present city of Wheeling, WV
As it has already been stated Michael Stump I and Catherine Whitecotton Stump established their home on the Fairfax land grant on lot #12, this tract having been surveyed by George Washington. This land was acquired by George Stump, a descendant of Leonard Stump who was the son of Michael and Catherine. Just South of this tract stands the old log residence built by Lenoard Stump prior to the American Revolution.
Near this sacred spot the old burial grounds was located, It is believed that the bodies of Michael and Catherine Stump lies buried here. Possibly George I, Leonard, Michael II and his wife Catherine. The markers of these graves were mere native limestone and all inscriptions that were chiseled thereon have been worn away by the ravages of time and nature.There was no protection from the savages, and these early settlers were the bulwarks of the tide water section. The South Branch was one of the most fertile sections of the entire country. The wide bottoms which extended back to the base of the timbered mountains were capable of producing fabulous crops under the expert hands of these hard working people. They made the land yield a good livelihood by wise cultivation. But this beautiful land and bountiful harvests were always overshadowed by the fear of an Indian attack. Our family seems to have come through the whole turmoil without the loss of a single member. Some of the neighbors did not fare so well. Blockhouses and fortresses were built in the center of each settlement. Scouts were always kept on lookout for signs of danger. The alarm was spread and the families, with their livestock, were driven into the stockade. Fort Waggoner, about three miles above Moorefield, was the Michael Stump family's nearest haven of safety. Transportation was one of their greatest problems. They had to have an outlet for their produce. It has been claimed by good authority that this need led to the experiment of James Ramsey with his steamboat at Sheperdstown, and inspired George Washington in the construction of canals and waterways throughout Virginia.
Our forefathers were advocates of good roads. They were the inventors of the Conestoga Wagons. They traded at the head of the Potomac and what is now called Winchester, Virginia became the center for their trade.
The names of our fore-bearers appear on many of the old County records as road foreman, overseers, Militia Men and Justices of the Peace. One such record follows: Augusta County, Nov 15, 1752, Kames Simpson and Michael Stump overseers, with Josiah Osborn and others to view, mark and keep in repair on petition of the inhabitants of the South Fork Branch a road up the South Branch to Peter Reed's Mill. This Peter Reed tract later passed into the hands of Michael Stump. Peter Reed was the first miller in all that section. A short distance above the mouth of Stump Run the old homestead stood. Another tributary emptied into the South Branch was called Brake's Run. It was so named for John Brake who was one of the early influential citizens of that early day. John Brake's wife was murdered in one of the Indian raids on the settlement. John's brother, Jacob, married Michaels daughter.
These early settlers were among that group that resisted the unreasonable taxes levied on the colonies by Great Britain in the Colonial years. To avoid unjust taxes and seeking more elbow room as they expressed it, and freedom from the King's mandates, kept moving Westward until several reached the Cheat and West Fork rivers. Before the Revolutionary War broke out some had penetrated as far West as Wheeling Creek which emptied into the Ohio River near the present city of Wheeling, WV
As it has already been stated Michael Stump I and Catherine Whitecotton Stump established their home on the Fairfax land grant on lot #12, this tract having been surveyed by George Washi
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MICHAEL STUMP II
Michael II, whose lineage we are tracing, was born in 1744. He was four years of age when George Washington visited his fathers home on the South Branch of the Potomac in 1748. The early pioneers labored hard to overcome the many difficulties and hardships to survive and give to their children what was at that time a liberal education, and prepare them for useful citizenship. It cannot be questioned that the older Michael had been endowed with a liberal German education. His will which will be referred to later signifies that. Not only does he prove that he was sagacious, but also mentally well balanced and characterized by Justice and fairness. His interest in education is marked by a special bequest toward the education and development of his grandson Michael Stump III.
The progress of this German family is astonishing in view of the fact it was surrounded by English neighbors, customs, laws and institutions. With all the odds against them they plowed a straight furrow to success. Their English neighbors appreciated their presence and looked upon them as battering rams against the wilds of the forest and Western savages, far more than as fellow citizens of equal rights and privileges. In fact that is still a characteristic of the English Nation. All through history the British Empire has played to the nations that they were able to use to their own advantage. The United States has twice in the last century delivered them from their foulers.
Regardless of hardships the Michael Stumps rose very rapidly to commanding positions in their communities. Three sons were honored with the position of a Justice of Peace of their day. That position in the early days was one of honor and dignity. One son served a term as a member of the Virginia House of Burgess's, and all were commissioned as Lieutenants in the Virginia State Militia.
Little is known of their early religious life, but it has been traditionally reported they were of the Baptist faith, and it is claimed that was their reason for leaving Germany. They wanted to live where they could worship God as they chose without interference. The Baptists suffered much in the early days of the Virginia Colony because of their faith. Many were fined, whipped and jailed for worshipping God contrary to the Episcopal Church which was established as the church of the colonies.
In 1747 a German Moravian Missionary visited the South Branch by the name of Rev. Schnell. In his diary later the following lines were found "March 19-30, 1747, I visited several families and lodged with Michael Stump. Mr. Stump gave us a horse to cross the many streams." We note that this was a general trait of the family in all their history. Although Schnell did not belong to Stump's religion, he possessed a desire that his neighbors hear a preacher of some faith, hence loaned a horse for the preacher to ride through the settlement. The Stump family even unto the seventh generation has clung to their original religious convictions. Every generation has produced their share of teachers and ministers.
Michael I passed away in 1767. He had lived a very useful life, accumulated much property, soldiered on the frontier, fostered community activities, lived a clean life and was a strict adherent to law and order. He lived within the bounds of five different counties. His wife Catherine saw the formation of the sixth. They were Spotsylvanis, Orange, Frederick, Augusta, Hampshire and Hardy counties. All were in the Colony of Virginia. It was about the citizens of Augusta County in the dark days of the American Revolution that Col. Washington was heard to remark "Leave me a banner to plant on the hills of Augusta County, and there I will gather around me the men who will lift our bleeding Country from the dust and set her free."
It was also these same people with whom the widow lived, when the British tyrant Tarleton was ravishing the Carolina's who said to her three sons "Go my sons, keep back the foot of the invader or see my face no more.
Michael II became of age in 1765. His birthday was celebrated by giving him the deed to Lot #2, embracing 400 acres of rich Virginia land.
Michael II chose for his wife a lady named Sarah Hughes, a daughter of Thomas Hughes and a sister of Jesse Hughes and Elias Hughes, early pioneer scouts and Indian fighters.
Michael II received an exceptional education for one of his day. He lived on the plantation given to him by his father early in life and he and his wife remained there until the day of his death. From his early manhood he was constantly serving his community in some field of public service. His beginning was as a Justice of the Peace, which at that time necessitated being a member of the County Court, but in 1787 when Hardy County was laid out he was transferred to the same office in the new County.
In 1774 the County again faced a frontier war. In the early Spring, murders, robberies and raids by the Indians caused a general alarm throughout all the early settlements. Forts were built to which people frequently fled for safety. But in many cases this precaution was not sufficient. Many men, women and children fell victim of savage butchery along the frontier. Hu-Maxwell ,West Virginia state historian, claims that Mingo Chief Logan raided the Monongahelia Valley and carried off as many as thirty scalps in one round. Retaliating, a body of militia crossed the Ohio River and burned an Indian village on the Muskingum River. War raged from western border of Pennsylvania as far as Central Kentucky. Every cabin became a mark for savage attack.
Several Indians were killed on the South Branch of the Potomac, among whom was a chief named Bald Eagle. At the time a German family named Stroud had settled in the Gauley River valley. This family was attacked and all murdered by the Indians. In retaliation a body of men followed the trail of the Indians who passed by Bulltown in Braxton County where a chief named Captain Bull lived who was believed to be friendly with the whites. In their mad rage the white men slew Bull and threw his body into the Kanawha River
On April 16, 1774 a large canoe filled with white men from Pittsburgh was attacked by Indians at Wheeling and one man was killed. On the 30th of that month a body of men ascended the Ohio River to the mouth of Yellow Creek on the West Virginia side, where, unprovoked, they murdered ten Indians, among whom were the children of Chief Logan.
War seemed inevitable and the storm burst forth with all it's fury on the frontier. In the early Fall of 1774 Governor Dunsmore of Virginia ordered the raising of an army of more than 2000 men to invade the Indian towns of Ohio and conquer a peace. He himself took command of the northern division. He marched westward by the Potomac Gap, reaching the Monongahelia River and descending that river by the way of Pittsburgh as far as Wheeling. After being joined there by Colonel Crawford, they dropped on down the Ohio River to the mouth of Hocklicking River, where they paused and went into camp for rest. From here they sought connection with the Southern wing of the Virginia Army under the command of General Andrew Lewis who had crossed the Southern part of West Virginia by the way of Lewisburg to the head waters of the great Kanawha River. They descended the river until they reached its mouth on the 8th day of October, 1774. On the morning of the 10th two soldiers, Robertson and Hickman, went up the east side of the Ohio River to hunt. Three miles above their camp they were fired upon by a large body of Indians and Hickman was killed. Robertson ran into camp and spread the alarm. An hour later the battle was on, which lasted all day. Col. Charles Lewis a brother of General Lewis was wounded early in the battle and died. He made the mistake of going into battle wearing a bright officer's uniform which made him a special target for the Indians. This large Indian army was commanded by a famous Shawnee chief by the name of Cornstalk.
His powerful voice could be heard above the battle urging his braves onward. Late in the afternoon the strategy of General Lewis succeeded in defeating the Indians and sending them across the river, some on logs, some in canoes and some swimming. His strategy was to send a company of men up the bank of the Kanawha and then up Crooked Creek to attack the Indians from the rear. They thought it was another army coming and fled. The cost was very heavy. The Virginia Army lost 60 men, killed upon the field and had 96 wounded. The Indians left 33 dead in the woods and were seen to throw others in the river.
We have dealt with this baffle because Michael Stump was a Colonel in General Lewis army and participated in this fight. He also fought through the Revolution as an aide to General Washington. He never received a scratch from his army duties. He continued with General Lewis' army throughout the Colonial War and was present at the signing of the peace treaty with the Indians at Camp Charlotte in what is now Ohio.
After Stump returned from the Indian wars he was commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel of the Hampshire Militia. In this position he found himself the following year, by the suggestion of General Washington, responsible for the training and equipping of the American Army.
History relates that when these men, so trained and equipped, reached Philadelphia and reported to General Washington that he dismounted and shook hands with every man in the division. Colonel Stump continued through the entire war and was present with Washington to witness the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781.
After the war Michael Stump returned home to be chosen Justice of the Peace of the new County of Hardy, which was so named for Samuel Hardy, a member of Congress from the State of Virginia. He also was named as one of the first Enumerators of the new nation in 1790. He was described by those who knew him well as a considerate and likable person. He died in June 1799. His wife passed away 22 years later. They were buried in the Old Stump Burial Grounds by the side of his father who preceded him in death 22 years previously. All markers of their resting place have long been removed, but his life and noble experiences will long be remembered. He was known as a stickler for law and order.
[mullensfamily.FTW]MICHAEL STUMP II
Michael II, whose lineage we are tracing, was born in 1744. He was four years of age when George Washington visited his fathers home on the South Branch of the Potomac in 1748. The early pioneers labored hard to overcome the many difficulties and hardships to survive and give to their children what was at that time a liberal education, and prepare them for useful citizenship. It cannot be questioned that the older Michael had been endowed with a liberal German education. His will which will be referred to later signifies that. Not only does he prove that he was sagacious, but also mentally well balanced and characterized by Justice and fairness. His interest in education is marked by a special bequest toward the education and development of his grandson Michael Stump III.
The progress of this German family is astonishing in view of the fact it was surrounded by English neighbors, customs, laws and institutions. With all the odds against them they plowed a straight furrow to success. Their English neighbors appreciated their presence and looked upon them as battering rams against the wilds of the forest and Western savages, far more than as fellow citizens of equal rights and privileges. In fact that is still a characteristic of the English Nation. All through history the British Empire has played to the nations that they were able to use to their own advantage. The United States has twice in the last century delivered them from their foulers.
Regardless of hardships the Michael Stumps rose very rapidly to commanding positions in their communities. Three sons were honored with the position of a Justice of Peace of their day. That position in the early days was one of honor and dignity. One son served a term as a member of the Virginia House of Burgess's, and all were commissioned as Lieutenants in the Virginia State Militia.
Little is known of their early religious life, but it has been traditionally reported they were of the Baptist faith, and it is claimed that was their reason for leaving Germany. They wanted to live where they could worship God as they chose without interference. The Baptists suffered much in the early days of the Virginia Colony because of their faith. Many were fined, whipped and jailed for worshipping God contrary to the Episcopal Church which was established as the church of the colonies.
In 1747 a German Moravian Missionary visited the South Branch by the name of Rev. Schnell. In his diary later the following lines were found "March 19-30, 1747, I visited several families and lodged with Michael Stump. Mr. Stump gave us a horse to cross the many streams." We note that this was a general trait of the family in all their history. Although Schnell did not belong to Stump's religion, he possessed a desire that his neighbors hear a preacher of some faith, hence loaned a horse for the preacher to ride through the settlement. The Stump family even unto the seventh generation has clung to their original religious convictions. Every generation has produced their share of teachers and ministers.
Michael I passed away in 1767. He had lived a very useful life, accumulated much property, soldiered on the frontier, fostered community activities, lived a clean life and was a strict adherent to law and order. He lived within the bounds of five different counties. His wife Catherine saw the formation of the sixth. They were Spotsylvanis, Orange, Frederick, Augusta, Hampshire and Hardy counties. All were in the Colony of Virginia. It was about the citizens of Augusta County in the dark days of the American Revolution that Col. Washington was heard to remark "Leave me a banner to plant on the hills of Augusta County, and there I will gather around me the men who will lift our bleeding Country from the dust and set her free."
It was also these same people with whom the widow lived, when the British tyrant Tarleton was ravishing the Carolina's who said to her three sons "Go my sons, keep back the foot of the invader or see my face no more.
Michael II became of age in 1765. His birthday was celebrated by giving him the deed to Lot #2, embracing 400 acres of rich Virginia land.
Michael II chose for his wife a lady named Sarah Hughes, a daughter of Thomas Hughes and a sister of Jesse Hughes and Elias Hughes, early pioneer scouts and Indian fighters.
Michael II received an exceptional education for one of his day. He lived on the plantation given to him by his father early in life and he and his wife remained there until the day of his death. From his early manhood he was constantly serving his community in some field of public service. His beginning was as a Justice of the Peace, which at that time necessitated being a member of the County Court, but in 1787 when Hardy County was laid out he was transferred to the same office in the new County.
In 1774 the County again faced a frontier war. In the early Spring, murders, robberies and raids by the Indians caused a general alarm throughout all the early settlements. Forts were built to which people frequently fled for safety. But in many cases this precaution was not sufficient. Many men, women and children fell victim of savage butchery along the frontier. Hu-Maxwell ,West Virginia state historian, claims that Mingo Chief Logan raided the Monongahelia Valley and carried off as many as thirty scalps in one round. Retaliating, a body of militia crossed the Ohio River and burned an Indian village on the Muskingum River. War raged from western border of Pennsylvania as far as Central Kentucky. Every cabin became a mark for savage attack.
Several Indians were killed on the South Branch of the Potomac, among whom was a chief named Bald Eagle. At the time a German family named Stroud had settled in the Gauley River valley. This family was attacked and all murdered by the Indians. In retaliation a body of men followed the trail of the Indians who passed by Bulltown in Braxton County where a chief named Captain Bull lived who was believed to be friendly with the whites. In their mad rage the white men slew Bull and threw his body into the Kanawha River
On April 16, 1774 a large canoe filled with white men from Pittsburgh was attacked by Indians at Wheeling and one man was killed. On the 30th of that month a body of men ascended the Ohio River to the mouth of Yellow Creek on the West Virginia side, where, unprovoked, they murdered ten Indians, among whom were the children of Chief Logan.
War seemed inevitable and the storm burst forth with all it's fury on the frontier. In the early Fall of 1774 Governor Dunsmore of Virginia ordered the raising of an army of more than 2000 men to invade the Indian towns of Ohio and conquer a peace. He himself took command of the northern division. He marched westward by the Potomac Gap, reaching the Monongahelia River and descending that river by the way of Pittsburgh as far as Wheeling. After being joined there by Colonel Crawford, they dropped on down the Ohio River to the mouth of Hocklicking River, where they paused and went into camp for rest. From here they sought connection with the Southern wing of the Virginia Army under the command of General Andrew Lewis who had crossed the Southern part of West Virginia by the way of Lewisburg to the head waters of the great Kanawha River. They descended the river until they reached its mouth on the 8th day of October, 1774. On the morning of the 10th two soldiers, Robertson and Hickman, went up the east side of the Ohio River to hunt. Three miles above their camp they were fired upon by a large body of Indians and Hickman was killed. Robertson ran into camp and spread the alarm. An hour later the battle was on, which lasted all day. Col. Charles Lewis a brother of General Lewis was wounded early in the battle and died. He made the mistake of going into battle wearing a bright officer's uniform which made him a special target for the Indians. This large Indian army was commanded by a famous Shawnee chief by the name of Cornstalk.
His powerful voice could be heard above the battle urging his braves onward. Late in the afternoon the strategy of General Lewis succeeded in defeating the Indians and sending them across the river, some on logs, some in canoes and some swimming. His strategy was to send a company of men up the bank of the Kanawha and then up Crooked Creek to attack the Indians from the rear. They thought it was another army coming and fled. The cost was very heavy. The Virginia Army lost 60 men, killed upon the field and had 96 wounded. The Indians left 33 dead in the woods and were seen to throw others in the river.
We have dealt with this baffle because Michael Stump was a Colonel in General Lewis army and participated in this fight. He also fought through the Revolution as an aide to General Washington. He never received a scratch from his army duties. He continued with General Lewis' army throughout the Colonial War and was present at the signing of the peace treaty with the Indians at Camp Charlotte in what is now Ohio.
After Stump returned from the Indian wars he was commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel of the Hampshire Militia. In this position he found himself the following year, by the suggestion of General Washington, responsible for the training and equipping of the American Army.
History relates that when these men, so trained and equipped, reached Philadelphia and reported to General Washington that he dismounted and shook hands with every man in the division. Colonel Stump continued through the entire war and was present with Washington to witness the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781.
After the war Michael Stump returned home to be chosen Justice of the Peace of the new County of Hardy, which was so named for Samuel Hardy, a member of Congress from the State of Virginia. He also was named as one of the first Enumerators of the new nation in 1790. He was described by those who knew him well as a considerate and likable person. He died in June 1799. His wife passed away 22 years later. They were buried in the Old Stump Burial Grounds by the side of his father who preceded him in death 22 years previously. All markers of their resting place have long been removed, but his life and noble experiences will long be remembered. He was known as a stickler for law and order.
[mullensfamily2.FTW]MICHAEL STUMP II
Michael II, whose lineage we are tracing, was born in 1744. He was four years of age when George Washington visited his fathers home on the South Branch of the Potomac in 1748. The early pioneers labored hard to overcome the many difficulties and hardships to survive and give to their children what was at that time a liberal education, and prepare them for useful citizenship. It cannot be questioned that the older Michael had been endowed with a liberal German education. His will which will be referred to later signifies that. Not only does he prove that he was sagacious, but also mentally well balanced and characterized by Justice and fairness. His interest in education is marked by a special bequest toward the education and development of his grandson Michael Stump III.
The progress of this German family is astonishing in view of the fact it was surrounded by English neighbors, customs, laws and institutions. With all the odds against them they plowed a straight furrow to success. Their English neighbors appreciated their presence and looked upon them as battering rams against the wilds of the forest and Western savages, far more than as fellow citizens of equal rights and privileges. In fact that is still a characteristic of the English Nation. All through history the British Empire has played to the nations that they were able to use to their own advantage. The United States has twice in the last century delivered them from their foulers.
Regardless of hardships the Michael Stumps rose very rapidly to commanding positions in their communities. Three sons were honored with the position of a Justice of Peace of their day. That position in the early days was one of honor and dignity. One son served a term as a member of the Virginia House of Burgess's, and all were commissioned as Lieutenants in the Virginia State Militia.
Little is known of their early religious life, but it has been traditionally reported they were of the Baptist faith, and it is claimed that was their reason for leaving Germany. They wanted to live where they could worship God as they chose without interference. The Baptists suffered much in the early days of the Virginia Colony because of their faith. Many were fined, whipped and jailed for worshipping God contrary to the Episcopal Church which was established as the church of the colonies.
In 1747 a German Moravian Missionary visited the South Branch by the name of Rev. Schnell. In his diary later the following lines were found "March 19-30, 1747, I visited several families and lodged with Michael Stump. Mr. Stump gave us a horse to cross the many streams." We note that this was a general trait of the family in all their history. Although Schnell did not belong to Stump's religion, he possessed a desire that his neighbors hear a preacher of some faith, hence loaned a horse for the preacher to ride through the settlement. The Stump family even unto the seventh generation has clung to their original religious convictions. Every generation has produced their share of teachers and ministers.
Michael I passed away in 1767. He had lived a very useful life, accumulated much property, soldiered on the frontier, fostered community activities, lived a clean life and was a strict adherent to law and order. He lived within the bounds of five different counties. His wife Catherine saw the formation of the sixth. They were Spotsylvanis, Orange, Frederick, Augusta, Hampshire and Hardy counties. All were in the Colony of Virginia. It was about the citizens of Augusta County in the dark days of the American Revolution that Col. Washington was heard to remark "Leave me a banner to plant on the hills of Augusta County, and there I will gather around me the men who will lift our bleeding Country from the dust and set her free."
It was also these same people with whom the widow lived, when the British tyrant Tarleton was ravishing the Carolina's who said to her three sons "Go my sons, keep back the foot of the invader or see my face no more.
Michael II became of age in 1765. His birthday was celebrated by giving him the deed to Lot #2, embracing 400 acres of rich Virginia land.
Michael II chose for his wife a lady named Sarah Hughes, a daughter of Thomas Hughes and a sister of Jesse Hughes and Elias Hughes, early pioneer scouts and Indian fighters.
Michael II received an exceptional education for one of his day. He lived on the plantation given to him by his father early in life and he and his wife remained there until the day of his death. From his early manhood he was constantly serving his community in some field of public service. His beginning was as a Justice of the Peace, which at that time necessitated being a member of the County Court, but in 1787 when Hardy County was laid out he was transferred to the same office in the new County.
In 1774 the County again faced a frontier war. In the early Spring, murders, robberies and raids by the Indians caused a general alarm throughout all the early settlements. Forts were built to which people frequently fled for safety. But in many cases this precaution was not sufficient. Many men, women and children fell victim of savage butchery along the frontier. Hu-Maxwell ,West Virginia state historian, claims that Mingo Chief Logan raided the Monongahelia Valley and carried off as many as thirty scalps in one round. Retaliating, a body of militia crossed the Ohio River and burned an Indian village on the Muskingum River. War raged from western border of Pennsylvania as far as Central Kentucky. Every cabin became a mark for savage attack.
Several Indians were killed on the South Branch of the Potomac, among whom was a chief named Bald Eagle. At the time a German family named Stroud had settled in the Gauley River valley. This family was attacked and all murdered by the Indians. In retaliation a body of men followed the trail of the Indians who passed by Bulltown in Braxton County where a chief named Captain Bull lived who was believed to be friendly with the whites. In their mad rage the white men slew Bull and threw his body into the Kanawha River
On April 16, 1774 a large canoe filled with white men from Pittsburgh was attacked by Indians at Wheeling and one man was killed. On the 30th of that month a body of men ascended the Ohio River to the mouth of Yellow Creek on the West Virginia side, where, unprovoked, they murdered ten Indians, among whom were the children of Chief Logan.
War seemed inevitable and the storm burst forth with all it's fury on the frontier. In the early Fall of 1774 Governor Dunsmore of Virginia ordered the raising of an army of more than 2000 men to invade the Indian towns of Ohio and conquer a peace. He himself took command of the northern division. He marched westward by the Potomac Gap, reaching the Monongahelia River and descending that river by the way of Pittsburgh as far as Wheeling. After being joined there by Colonel Crawford, they dropped on down the Ohio River to the mouth of Hocklicking River, where they paused and went into camp for rest. From here they sought connection with the Southern wing of the Virginia Army under the command of General Andrew Lewis who had crossed the Southern part of West Virginia by the way of Lewisburg to the head waters of the great Kanawha River. They descended the river until they reached its mouth on the 8th day of October, 1774. On the morning of the 10th two soldiers, Robertson and Hickman, went up the east side of the Ohio River to hunt. Three miles above their camp they were fired upon by a large body of Indians and Hickman was killed. Robertson ran into camp and spread the alarm. An hour later the battle was on, which lasted all day. Col. Charles Lewis a brother of General Lewis was wounded early in the battle and died. He made the mistake of going into battle wearing a bright officer's uniform which made him a special target for the Indians. This large Indian army was commanded by a famous Shawnee chief by the name of Cornstalk.
His powerful voice could be heard above the battle urging his braves onward. Late in the afternoon the strategy of General Lewis succeeded in defeating the Indians and sending them across the river, some on logs, some in canoes and some swimming. His strategy was to send a company of men up the bank of the Kanawha and then up Crooked Creek to attack the Indians from the rear. They thought it was another army coming and fled. The cost was very heavy. The Virginia Army lost 60 men, killed upon the field and had 96 wounded. The Indians left 33 dead in the woods and were seen to throw others in the river.
We have dealt with this baffle because Michael Stump was a Colonel in General Lewis army and participated in this fight. He also fought through the Revolution as an aide to General Washington. He never received a scratch from his army duties. He continued with General Lewis' army throughout the Colonial War and was present at the signing of the peace treaty with the Indians at Camp Charlotte in what is now Ohio.
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MICHAEL STUMP IIMichael II, whose lineage we are tracing, was born in 1744. He was four years of age when George Washington visited his fathers home on the South Branch of the Potomac in 1748. The early pioneers labored hard to overcome the many difficulties and hardships to survive and give to their children what was at that time a liberal education, and prepare them for useful citizenship. It cannot be questioned that the older Michael had been endowed with a liberal German education. His will which will be referred to later signifies that. Not only does he prove that he was sagacious, but also mentally well balanced and characterized by Justice and fairness. His interest in education is marked by a special bequest toward the education and development of his grandson Michael Stump III.
The progress of this German family is astonishing in view of the fact it was surrounded by English neighbors, customs, laws and institutions. With all the odds against them they plowed a straight furrow to success. Their English neighbors appreciated their presence and looked upon them as battering rams against the wilds of the forest and Western savages, far more than as fellow citizens of equal rights and privileges. In fact that is still a characteristic of the English Nation. All through history the British Empire has played to the nations that they were able to use to their own advantage. The United States has twice in the last century delivered them from their foulers.
Regardless of hardships the Michael Stumps rose very rapidly to commanding positions in their communities. Three sons were honored with the position of a Justice of Peace of their day. That position in the early days was one of honor and dignity. One son served a term as a member of the Virginia House of Burgess's, and all were commissioned as Lieutenants in the Virginia State Militia.
Little is known of their early religious life, but it has been traditionally reported they were of the Baptist faith, and it is claimed that was their reason for leaving Germany. They wanted to live where they could worship God as they chose without interference. The Baptists suffered much in the early days of the Virginia Colony because of their faith. Many were fined, whipped and jailed for worshipping God contrary to the Episcopal Church which was established as the church of the colonies.
In 1747 a German Moravian Missionary visited the South Branch by the name of Rev. Schnell. In his diary later the following lines were found "March 19-30, 1747, I visited several families and lodged with Michael Stump. Mr. Stump gave us a horse to cross the many streams." We note that this was a general trait of the family in all their history. Although Schnell did not belong to Stump's religion, he possessed a desire that his neighbors hear a preacher of some faith, hence loaned a horse for the preacher to ride through the settlement. The Stump family even unto the seventh generation has clung to their original religious convictions. Every generation has produced their share of teachers and ministers.
Michael I passed away in 1767. He had lived a very useful life, accumulated much property, soldiered on the frontier, fostered community activities, lived a clean life and was a strict adherent to law and order. He lived within the bounds of five different counties. His wife Catherine saw the formation of the sixth. They were Spotsylvanis, Orange, Frederick, Augusta, Hampshire and Hardy counties. All were in the Colony of Virginia. It was about the citizens of Augusta County in the dark days of the American Revolution that Col. Washington was heard to remark "Leave me a banner to plant on the hills of Augusta County, and there I will gather around me the men who will lift our bleeding Country from the dust and set her free."
It was also these same people with whom the widow lived, when the British tyrant Tarleton was ravishing the Carolina's who said to her three sons "Go my sons, keep back the foot of the invader or see my face no more.
Michael II became of age in 1765. His birthday was celebrated by giving him the deed to Lot #2, embracing 400 acres of rich Virginia land.
Michael II chose for his wife a lady named Sarah Hughes, a daughter of Thomas Hughes and a sister of Jesse Hughes and Elias Hughes, early pioneer scouts and Indian fighters.
Michael II received an exceptional education for one of his day. He lived on the plantation given to him by his father early in life and he and his wife remained there until the day of his death. From his early manhood he was constantly serving his community in some field of public service. His beginning was as a Justice of the Peace, which at that time necessitated being a member of the County Court, but in 1787 when Hardy County was laid out he was transferred to the same office in the new County.
In 1774 the County again faced a frontier war. In the early Spring, murders, robberies and raids by the Indians caused a general alarm throughout all the early settlements. Forts were built to which people frequently fled for safety. But in many cases this precaution was not sufficient. Many men, women and children fell victim of savage butchery along the frontier. Hu-Maxwell ,West Virginia state historian, claims that Mingo Chief Logan raided the Monongahelia Valley and carried off as many as thirty scalps in one round. Retaliating, a body of militia crossed the Ohio River and burned an Indian village on the Muskingum River. War raged from western border of Pennsylvania as far as Central Kentucky. Every cabin became a mark for savage attack.
Several Indians were killed on the South Branch of the Potomac, among whom was a chief named Bald Eagle. At the time a German family named Stroud had settled in the Gauley River valley. This family was attacked and all murdered by the Indians. In retaliation a body of men followed the trail of the Indians who passed by Bulltown in Braxton County where a chief named Captain Bull lived who was believed to be friendly with the whites. In their mad rage the white men slew Bull and threw his body into the Kanawha River
On April 16, 1774 a large canoe filled with white men from Pittsburgh was attacked by Indians at Wheeling and one man was killed. On the 30th of that month a body of men ascended the Ohio River to the mouth of Yellow Creek on the West Virginia side, where, unprovoked, they murdered ten Indians, among whom were the children of Chief Logan.
War seemed inevitable and the storm burst forth with all it's fury on the frontier. In the early Fall of 1774 Governor Dunsmore of Virginia ordered the raising of an army of more than 2000 men to invade the Indian towns of Ohio and conquer a peace. He himself took command of the northern division. He marched westward by the Potomac Gap, reaching the Monongahelia River and descending that river by the way of Pittsburgh as far as Wheeling. After being joined there by Colonel Crawford, they dropped on down the Ohio River to the mouth of Hocklicking River, where they paused and went into camp for rest. From here they sought connection with the Southern wing of the Virginia Army under the command of General Andrew Lewis who had crossed the Southern part of West Virginia by the way of Lewisburg to the head waters of the great Kanawha River. They descended the river until they reached its mouth on the 8th day of October, 1774. On the morning of the 10th two soldiers, Robertson and Hickman, went up the east side of the Ohio River to hunt. Three miles above their camp they were fired upon by a large body of Indians and Hickman was killed. Robertson ran into camp and spread the alarm. An hour later the battle was on, which lasted all day. Col. Charles Lewis a brother of General Lewis was wounded early in the battle and died. He made the mistake of going into battle wearing a bright officer's uniform which made him a special target for the Indians. This large Indian army was commanded by a famous Shawnee chief by the name of Cornstalk.
His powerful voice could be heard above the battle urging his braves onward. Late in the afternoon the strategy of General Lewis succeeded in defeating the Indians and sending them across the river, some on logs, some in canoes and some swimming. His strategy was to send a company of men up the bank of the Kanawha and then up Crooked Creek to attack the Indians from the rear. They thought it was another army coming and fled. The cost was very heavy. The Virginia Army lost 60 men, killed upon the field and had 96 wounded. The Indians left 33 dead in the woods and were seen to throw others in the river.
We have dealt with this baffle because Michael Stump was a Colonel in General Lewis army and participated in this fight. He also fought through the Revolution as an aide to General Washington. He never received a scratch from his army duties. He continued with General Lewis' army throughout the Colonial War and was present at the signing of the peace treaty with the Indians at Camp Charlotte in what is now Ohio.
After Stump returned from the Indian wars he was commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel of the Hampshire Militia. In this position he found himself the following year, by the suggestion of General Washington, responsible for the training and equipping of the American Army.
History relates that when these men, so trained and equipped, reached Philadelphia and reported to General Washington that he dismounted and shook hands with every man in the division. Colonel Stump continued through the entire war and was present with Washington to witness the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781.
After the war Michael Stump returned home to be chosen Justice of the Peace of the new County of Hardy, which was so named for Samuel Hardy, a member of Congress from the State of Virginia. He also was named as one of the first Enumerators of the new nation in 1790. He was described by those who knew him well as a considerate and likable person. He died in June 1799. His wife passed away 22 years later. They were buried in the Old Stump Burial Grounds by the side of his father who preceded him in death 22 years previously. All markers of their resting place have long been removed, but his life and noble experiences will long be remembered. He was known as a stickler for law and order.
[mullensfamily.FTW]MICHAEL STUMP II
Michael II, whose lineage we are tracing, was born in 1744. He was four years of age when George Washington visited his fathers home on the South Branch of the Potomac in 1748. The early pioneers labored hard to overcome the many difficulties and hardships to survive and give to their children what was at that time a liberal education, and prepare them for useful citizenship. It cannot be questioned that the older Michael had been endowed with a liberal German education. His will which will be referred to later signifies that. Not only does he prove that he was sagacious, but also mentally well balanced and characterized by Justice and fairness. His interest in education is marked by a special bequest toward the education and development of his grandson Michael Stump III.
The progress of this German family is astonishing in view of the fact it was surrounded by English neighbors, customs, laws and institutions. With all the odds against them they plowed a straight furrow to success. Their English neighbors appreciated their presence and looked upon them as battering rams against the wilds of the forest and Western savages, far more than as fellow citizens of equal rights and privileges. In fact that is still a characteristic of the English Nation. All through history the British Empire has played to the nations that they were able to use to their own advantage. The United States has twice in the last century delivered them from their foulers.
Regardless of hardships the Michael Stumps rose very rapidly to commanding positions in their communities. Three sons were honored with the position of a Justice of Peace of their day. That position in the early days was one of honor and dignity. One son served a term as a member of the Virginia House of Burgess's, and all were commissioned as Lieutenants in the Virginia State Militia.
Little is known of their early religious life, but it has been traditionally reported they were of the Baptist faith, and it is claimed that was their reason for leaving Germany. They wanted to live where they could worship God as they chose without interference. The Baptists suffered much in the early days of the Virginia Colony because of their faith. Many were fined, whipped and jailed for worshipping God contrary to the Episcopal Church which was established as the church of the colonies.
In 1747 a German Moravian Missionary visited the South Branch by the name of Rev. Schnell. In his diary later the following lines were found "March 19-30, 1747, I visited several families and lodged with Michael Stump. Mr. Stump gave us a horse to cross the many streams." We note that this was a general trait of the family in all their history. Although Schnell did not belong to Stump's religion, he possessed a desire that his neighbors hear a preacher of some faith, hence loaned a horse for the preacher to ride through the settlement. The Stump family even unto the seventh generation has clung to their original religious convictions. Every generation has produced their share of teachers and ministers.
Michael I passed away in 1767. He had lived a very useful life, accumulated much property, soldiered on the frontier, fostered community activities, lived a clean life and was a strict adherent to law and order. He lived within the bounds of five different counties. His wife Catherine saw the formation of the sixth. They were Spotsylvanis, Orange, Frederick, Augusta, Hampshire and Hardy counties. All were in the Colony of Virginia. It was about the citizens of Augusta County in the dark days of the American Revolution that Col. Washington was heard to remark "Leave me a banner to plant on the hills of Augusta County, and there I will gather around me the men who will lift our bleeding Country from the dust and set her free."
It was also these same people with whom the widow lived, when the British tyrant Tarleton was ravishing the Carolina's who said to her three sons "Go my sons, keep back the foot of the invader or see my face no more.
Michael II became of age in 1765. His birthday was celebrated by giving him the deed to Lot #2, embracing 400 acres of rich Virginia land.
Michael II chose for his wife a lady named Sarah Hughes, a daughter of Thomas Hughes and a sister of Jesse Hughes and Elias Hughes, early pioneer scouts and Indian fighters.
Michael II received an exceptional education for one of his day. He lived on the plantation given to him by his father early in life and he and his wife remained there until the day of his death. From his early manhood he was constantly serving his community in some field of public service. His beginning was as a Justice of the Peace, which at that time necessitated being a member of the County Court, but in 1787 when Hardy County was laid out he was transferred to the same office in the new County.
In 1774 the County again faced a frontier war. In the early Spring, murders, robberies and raids by the Indians caused a general alarm throughout all the early settlements. Forts were built to which people frequently fled for safety. But in many cases this precaution was not sufficient. Many men, women and children fell victim of savage butchery along the frontier. Hu-Maxwell ,West Virginia state historian, claims that Mingo Chief Logan raided the Monongahelia Valley and carried off as many as thirty scalps in one round. Retaliating, a body of militia crossed the Ohio River and burned an Indian village on the Muskingum River. War raged from western border of Pennsylvania as far as Central Kentucky. Every cabin became a mark for savage attack.
Several Indians were killed on the South Branch of the Potomac, among whom was a chief named Bald Eagle. At the time a German family named Stroud had settled in the Gauley River valley. This family was attacked and all murdered by the Indians. In retaliation a body of men followed the trail of the Indians who passed by Bulltown in Braxton County where a chief named Captain Bull lived who was believed to be friendly with the whites. In their mad rage the white men slew Bull and threw his body into the Kanawha River
On April 16, 1774 a large canoe filled with white men from Pittsburgh was attacked by Indians at Wheeling and one man was killed. On the 30th of that month a body of men ascended the Ohio River to the mouth of Yellow Creek on the West Virginia side, where, unprovoked, they murdered ten Indians, among whom were the children of Chief Logan.
War seemed inevitable and the storm burst forth with all it's fury on the frontier. In the early Fall of 1774 Governor Dunsmore of Virginia ordered the raising of an army of more than 2000 men to invade the Indian towns of Ohio and conquer a peace. He himself took command of the northern division. He marched westward by the Potomac Gap, reaching the Monongahelia River and descending that river by the way of Pittsburgh as far as Wheeling. After being joined there by Colonel Crawford, they dropped on down the Ohio River to the mouth of Hocklicking River, where they paused and went into camp for rest. From here they sought connection with the Southern wing of the Virginia Army under the command of General Andrew Lewis who had crossed the Southern part of West Virginia by the way of Lewisburg to the head waters of the great Kanawha River. They descended the river until they reached its mouth on the 8th day of October, 1774. On the morning of the 10th two soldiers, Robertson and Hickman, went up the east side of the Ohio River to hunt. Three miles above their camp they were fired upon by a large body of Indians and Hickman was killed. Robertson ran into camp and spread the alarm. An hour later the battle was on, which lasted all day. Col. Charles Lewis a brother of General Lewis was wounded early in the battle and died. He made the mistake of going into battle wearing a bright officer's uniform which made him a special target for the Indians. This large Indian army was commanded by a famous Shawnee chief by the name of Cornstalk.
His powerful voice could be heard above the battle urging his braves onward. Late in the afternoon the strategy of General Lewis succeeded in defeating the Indians and sending them across the river, some on logs, some in canoes and some swimming. His strategy was to send a company of men up the bank of the Kanawha and then up Crooked Creek to attack the Indians from the rear. They thought it was another army coming and fled. The cost was very heavy. The Virginia Army lost 60 men, killed upon the field and had 96 wounded. The Indians left 33 dead in the woods and were seen to throw others in the river.
We have dealt with this baffle because Michael Stump was a Colonel in General Lewis army and participated in this fight. He also fought through the Revolution as an aide to General Washington. He never received a scratch from his army duties. He continued with General Lewis' army throughout the Colonial War and was present at the signing of the peace treaty with the Indians at Camp Charlotte in what is now Ohio.
After Stump returned from the Indian wars he was commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel of the Hampshire Militia. In this position he found himself the following year, by the suggestion of General Washington, responsible for the training and equipping of the American Army.
History relates that when these men, so trained and equipped, reached Philadelphia and reported to General Washington that he dismounted and shook hands with every man in the division. Colonel Stump continued through the entire war and was present with Washington to witness the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781.
After the war Michael Stump returned home to be chosen Justice of the Peace of the new County of Hardy, which was so named for Samuel Hardy, a member of Congress from the State of Virginia. He also was named as one of the first Enumerators of the new nation in 1790. He was described by those who knew him well as a considerate and likable person. He died in June 1799. His wife passed away 22 years later. They were buried in the Old Stump Burial Grounds by the side of his father who preceded him in death 22 years previously. All markers of their resting place have long been removed, but his life and noble experiences will long be remembered. He was known as a stickler for law and order.
[mullensfamily2.FTW]MICHAEL STUMP II
Michael II, whose lineage we are tracing, was born in 1744. He was four years of age when George Washington visited his fathers home on the South Branch of the Potomac in 1748. The early pioneers labored hard to overcome the many difficulties and hardships to survive and give to their children what was at that time a liberal education, and prepare them for useful citizenship. It cannot be questioned that the older Michael had been endowed with a liberal German education. His will which will be referred to later signifies that. Not only does he prove that he was sagacious, but also mentally well balanced and characterized by Justice and fairness. His interest in education is marked by a special bequest toward the education and development of his grandson Michael Stump III.
The progress of this German family is astonishing in view of the fact it was surrounded by English neighbors, customs, laws and institutions. With all the odds against them they plowed a straight furrow to success. Their English neighbors appreciated their presence and looked upon them as battering rams against the wilds of the forest and Western savages, far more than as fellow citizens of equal rights and privileges. In fact that is still a characteristic of the English Nation. All through history the British Empire has played to the nations that they were able to use to their own advantage. The United States has twice in the last century delivered them from their foulers.
Regardless of hardships the Michael Stumps rose very rapidly to commanding positions in their communities. Three sons were honored with the position of a Justice of Peace of their day. That position in the early days was one of honor and dignity. One son served a term as a member of the Virginia House of Burgess's, and all were commissioned as Lieutenants in the Virginia State Militia.
Little is known of their early religious life, but it has been traditionally reported they were of the Baptist faith, and it is claimed that was their reason for leaving Germany. They wanted to live where they could worship God as they chose without interference. The Baptists suffered much in the early days of the Virginia Colony because of their faith. Many were fined, whipped and jailed for worshipping God contrary to the Episcopal Church which was established as the church of the colonies.
In 1747 a German Moravian Missionary visited the South Branch by the name of Rev. Schnell. In his diary later the following lines were found "March 19-30, 1747, I visited several families and lodged with Michael Stump. Mr. Stump gave us a horse to cross the many streams." We note that this was a general trait of the family in all their history. Although Schnell did not belong to Stump's religion, he possessed a desire that his neighbors hear a preacher of some faith, hence loaned a horse for the preacher to ride through the settlement. The Stump family even unto the seventh generation has clung to their original religious convictions. Every generation has produced their share of teachers and ministers.
Michael I passed away in 1767. He had lived a very useful life, accumulated much property, soldiered on the frontier, fostered community activities, lived a clean life and was a strict adherent to law and order. He lived within the bounds of five different counties. His wife Catherine saw the formation of the sixth. They were Spotsylvanis, Orange, Frederick, Augusta, Hampshire and Hardy counties. All were in the Colony of Virginia. It was about the citizens of Augusta County in the dark days of the American Revolution that Col. Washington was heard to remark "Leave me a banner to plant on the hills of Augusta County, and there I will gather around me the men who will lift our bleeding Country from the dust and set her free."
It was also these same people with whom the widow lived, when the British tyrant Tarleton was ravishing the Carolina's who said to her three sons "Go my sons, keep back the foot of the invader or see my face no more.
Michael II became of age in 1765. His birthday was celebrated by giving him the deed to Lot #2, embracing 400 acres of rich Virginia land.
Michael II chose for his wife a lady named Sarah Hughes, a daughter of Thomas Hughes and a sister of Jesse Hughes and Elias Hughes, early pioneer scouts and Indian fighters.
Michael II received an exceptional education for one of his day. He lived on the plantation given to him by his father early in life and he and his wife remained there until the day of his death. From his early manhood he was constantly serving his community in some field of public service. His beginning was as a Justice of the Peace, which at that time necessitated being a member of the County Court, but in 1787 when Hardy County was laid out he was transferred to the same office in the new County.
In 1774 the County again faced a frontier war. In the early Spring, murders, robberies and raids by the Indians caused a general alarm throughout all the early settlements. Forts were built to which people frequently fled for safety. But in many cases this precaution was not sufficient. Many men, women and children fell victim of savage butchery along the frontier. Hu-Maxwell ,West Virginia state historian, claims that Mingo Chief Logan raided the Monongahelia Valley and carried off as many as thirty scalps in one round. Retaliating, a body of militia crossed the Ohio River and burned an Indian village on the Muskingum River. War raged from western border of Pennsylvania as far as Central Kentucky. Every cabin became a mark for savage attack.
Several Indians were killed on the South Branch of the Potomac, among whom was a chief named Bald Eagle. At the time a German family named Stroud had settled in the Gauley River valley. This family was attacked and all murdered by the Indians. In retaliation a body of men followed the trail of the Indians who passed by Bulltown in Braxton County where a chief named Captain Bull lived who was believed to be friendly with the whites. In their mad rage the white men slew Bull and threw his body into the Kanawha River
On April 16, 1774 a large canoe filled with white men from Pittsburgh was attacked by Indians at Wheeling and one man was killed. On the 30th of that month a body of men ascended the Ohio River to the mouth of Yellow Creek on the West Virginia side, where, unprovoked, they murdered ten Indians, among whom were the children of Chief Logan.
War seemed inevitable and the storm burst forth with all it's fury on the frontier. In the early Fall of 1774 Governor Dunsmore of Virginia ordered the raising of an army of more than 2000 men to invade the Indian towns of Ohio and conquer a peace. He himself took command of the northern division. He marched westward by the Potomac Gap, reaching the Monongahelia River and descending that river by the way of Pittsburgh as far as Wheeling. After being joined there by Colonel Crawford, they dropped on down the Ohio River to the mouth of Hocklicking River, where they paused and went into camp for rest. From here they sought connection with the Southern wing of the Virginia Army under the command of General Andrew Lewis who had crossed the Southern part of West Virginia by the way of Lewisburg to the head waters of the great Kanawha River. They descended the river until they reached its mouth on the 8th day of October, 1774. On the morning of the 10th two soldiers, Robertson and Hickman, went up the east side of the Ohio River to hunt. Three miles above their camp they were fired upon by a large body of Indians and Hickman was killed. Robertson ran into camp and spread the alarm. An hour later the battle was on, which lasted all day. Col. Charles Lewis a brother of General Lewis was wounded early in the battle and died. He made the mistake of going into battle wearing a bright officer's uniform which made him a special target for the Indians. This large Indian army was commanded by a famous Shawnee chief by the name of Cornstalk.
His powerful voice could be heard above the battle urging his braves onward. Late in the afternoon the strategy of General Lewis succeeded in defeating the Indians and sending them across the river, some on logs, some in canoes and some swimming. His strategy was to send a company of men up the bank of the Kanawha and then up Crooked Creek to attack the Indians from the rear. They thought it was another army coming and fled. The cost was very heavy. The Virginia Army lost 60 men, killed upon the field and had 96 wounded. The Indians left 33 dead in the woods and were seen to throw others in the river.
We have dealt with this baffle because Michael Stump was a Colonel in General Lewis army and participated in this fight. He also fought through the Revolution as an aide to General Washington. He never received a scratch from his army duties. He continued with General Lewis' army throughout the Colonial War and was present at the signing of the peace treaty with the Indians at Camp Charlotte in what is now Ohio.
After Stump returned from the Indian wars he was commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel of the Hampshire MilitMICHAEL STUMP II
Michael II, whose lineage we are tracing, was born in 1744. He was four years of age when George Washington visited his fathers home on the South Branch of the Potomac in 1748. The early pioneers labored hard to overcome the many difficulties and hardships to survive and give to their children what was at that time a liberal education, and prepare them for useful citizenship. It cannot be questioned that the older Michael had been endowed with a liberal German education. His will which will be referred to later signifies that. Not only does he prove that he was sagacious, but also mentally well balanced and characterized by Justice and fairness. His interest in education is marked by a special bequest toward the education and development of his grandson Michael Stump III.
The progress of this German family is astonishing in view of the fact it was surrounded by English neighbors, customs, laws and institutions. With all the odds against them they plowed a straight furrow to success. Their English neighbors appreciated their presence and looked upon them as battering rams against the wilds of the forest and Western savages, far more than as fellow citizens of equal rights and privileges. In fact that is still a characteristic of the English Nation. All through history the British Empire has played to the nations that they were able to use to their own advantage. The United States has twice in the last century delivered them from their foulers.
Regardless of hardships the Michael Stumps rose very rapidly to commanding positions in their communities. Three sons were honored with the position of a Justice of Peace of their day. That position in the early days was one of honor and dignity. One son served a term as a member of the Virginia House of Burgess's, and all were commissioned as Lieutenants in the Virginia State Militia.
Little is known of their early religious life, but it has been traditionally reported they were of the Baptist faith, and it is claimed that was their reason for leaving Germany. They wanted to live where they could worship God as they chose without interference. The Baptists suffered much in the early days of the Virginia Colony because of their faith. Many were fined, whipped and jailed for worshipping God contrary to the Episcopal Church which was established as the church of the colonies.
In 1747 a German Moravian Missionary visited the South Branch by the name of Rev. Schnell. In his diary later the following lines were found "March 19-30, 1747, I visited several families and lodged with Michael Stump. Mr. Stump gave us a horse to cross the many streams." We note that this was a general trait of the family in all their history. Although Schnell did not belong to Stump's religion, he possessed a desire that his neighbors hear a preacher of some faith, hence loaned a horse for the preacher to ride through the settlement. The Stump family even unto the seventh generation has clung to their original religious convictions. Every generation has produced their share of teachers and ministers.
Michael I passed away in 1767. He had lived a very useful life, accumulated much property, soldiered on the frontier, fostered community activities, lived a clean life and was a strict adherent to law and order. He lived within the bounds of five different counties. His wife Catherine saw the formation of the sixth. They were Spotsylvanis, Orange, Frederick, Augusta, Hampshire and Hardy counties. All were in the Colony of Virginia. It was about the citizens of Augusta County in the dark days of the American Revolution that Col. Washington was heard to remark "Leave me a banner to plant on the hills of Augusta County, and there I will gather around me the men who will lift our bleeding Country from the dust and set her free."
It was also these same people with whom the widow lived, when the British tyrant Tarleton was ravishing the Carolina's who said to her three sons "Go my sons, keep back the foot of the invader or see my face no more.
Michael II became of age in 1765. His birthday was celebrated by giving him the deed to Lot #2, embracing 400 acres of rich Virginia land.
Michael II chose for his wife a lady named Sarah Hughes, a daughter of Thomas Hughes and a sister of Jesse Hughes and Elias Hughes, early pioneer scouts and Indian fighters.
Michael II received an exceptional education for one of his day. He lived on the plantation given to him by his father early in life and he and his wife remained there until the day of his death. From his early manhood he was constantly serving his community in some field of public service. His beginning was as a Justice of the Peace, which at that time necessitated being a member of the County Court, but in 1787 when Hardy County was laid out he was transferred to the same office in the new County.
In 1774 the County again faced a frontier war. In the early Spring, murders, robberies and raids by the Indians caused a general alarm throughout all the early settlements. Forts were built to which people frequently fled for safety. But in many cases this precaution was not sufficient. Many men, women and children fell victim of savage butchery along the frontier. Hu-Maxwell ,West Virginia state historian, claims that Mingo Chief Logan raided the Monongahelia Valley and carried off as many as thirty scalps in one round. Retaliating, a body of militia crossed the Ohio River and burned an Indian village on the Muskingum River. War raged from western border of Pennsylvania as far as Central Kentucky. Every cabin became a mark for savage attack.
Several Indians were killed on the South Branch of the Potomac, among whom was a chief named Bald Eagle. At the time a German family named Stroud had settled in the Gauley River valley. This family was attacked and all murdered by the Indians. In retaliation a body of men followed the trail of the Indians who passed by Bulltown in Braxton County where a chief named Captain Bull lived who was believed to be friendly with the whites. In their mad rage the white men slew Bull and threw his body into the Kanawha River
On April 16, 1774 a large canoe filled with white men from Pittsburgh was attacked by Indians at Wheeling and one man was killed. On the 30th of that month a body of men ascended the Ohio River to the mouth of Yellow Creek on the West Virginia side, where, unprovoked, they murdered ten Indians, among whom were the children of Chief Logan.
War seemed inevitable and the storm burst forth with all it's fury on the frontier. In the early Fall of 1774 Governor Dunsmore of Virginia ordered the raising of an army of more than 2000 men to invade the Indian towns of Ohio and conquer a peace. He himself took command of the northern division. He marched westward by the Potomac Gap, reaching the Monongahelia River and descending that river by the way of Pittsburgh as far as Wheeling. After being joined there by Colonel Crawford, they dropped on down the Ohio River to the mouth of Hocklicking River, where they paused and went into camp for rest. From here they sought connection with the Southern wing of the Virginia Army under the command of General Andrew Lewis who had crossed the Southern part of West Virginia by the way of Lewisburg to the head waters of the great Kanawha River. They descended the river until they reached its mouth on the 8th day of October, 1774. On the morning of the 10th two soldiers, Robertson and Hickman, went up the east side of the Ohio River to hunt. Three miles above their camp they were fired upon by a large body of Indians and Hickman was killed. Robertson ran into camp and spread the alarm. An hour later the battle was on, which lasted all day. Col. Charles Lewis a brother of General Lewis was wounded early in the battle and died. He made the mistake of going into battle wearing a bright officer's uniform which made him a special target for the Indians. This large Indian army was commanded by a famous Shawnee chief by the name of Cornstalk.
His powerful voice could be heard above the battle urging his braves onward. Late in the afternoon the strategy of General Lewis succeeded in defeating the Indians and sending them across the river, some on logs, some in canoes and some swimming. His strategy was to send a company of men up the bank of the Kanawha and then up Crooked Creek to attack the Indians from the rear. They thought it was another army coming and fled. The cost was very heavy. The Virginia Army lost 60 men, killed upon the field and had 96 wounded. The Indians left 33 dead in the woods and were seen to throw others in the river.
We have dealt with this baffle because Michael Stump was a Colonel in General Lewis army and participated in this fight. He also fought through the Revolution as an aide to General Washington. He never received a scratch from his army duties. He continued with General Lewis' army throughout the Colonial War and was present at the signing of the peace treaty with the Indians at Camp Charlotte in what is now Ohio.
After Stump returned from the Indian wars he was commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel of the Hampshire Militia. In this position he found himself the following year, by the suggestion of General Washington, responsible for the training and equipping of the American Army.
History relates that when these men, so trained and equipped, reached Philadelphia and reported to General Washington that he dismounted and shook hands with every man in the division. Colonel Stump continued through the entire war and was present with Washington to witness the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781.
After the war Michael Stump returned home to be chosen Justice of the Peace of the new County of Hardy, which was so named for Samuel Hardy, a member of Congress from the State of Virginia. He also was named as one of the first Enumerators of the new nation in 1790. He was described by those who knew him well as a considerate and likable person. He died in June 1799. His wife passed away 22 years later. They were buried in the Old Stump Burial Grounds by the side of his father who preceded him in death 22 years previously. All markers of their resting place have long been removed, but his life and noble experiences will long be remembered. He was known as a stickler for law and order.
[mullensfamily.FTW]MICHAEL STUMP II
Michael II, whose lineage we are tracing, was born in 1744. He was four years of age when George Washington visited his fathers home on the South Branch of the Potomac in 1748. The early pioneers labored hard to overcome the many difficulties and hardships to survive and give to their children what was at that time a liberal education, and prepare them for useful citizenship. It cannot be questioned that the older Michael had been endowed with a liberal German education. His will which will be referred to later signifies that. Not only does he prove that he was sagacious, but also mentally well balanced and characterized by Justice and fairness. His interest in education is marked by a special bequest toward the education and development of his grandson Michael Stump III.
The progress of this German family is astonishing in view of the fact it was surrounded by English neighbors, customs, laws and institutions. With all the odds against them they plowed a straight furrow to success. Their English neighbors appreciated their presence and looked upon them as battering rams against the wilds of the forest and Western savages, far more than as fellow citizens of equal rights and privileges. In fact that is still a characteristic of the English Nation. All through history the British Empire has played to the nations that they were able to use to their own advantage. The United States has twice in the last century delivered them from their foulers.
Regardless of hardships the Michael Stumps rose very rapidly to commanding positions in their communities. Three sons were honored with the position of a Justice of Peace of their day. That position in the early days was one of honor and dignity. One son served a term as a member of the Virginia House of Burgess's, and all were commissioned as Lieutenants in the Virginia State Militia.
Little is known of their early religious life, but it has been traditionally reported they were of the Baptist faith, and it is claimed that was their reason for leaving Germany. They wanted to live where they could worship God as they chose without interference. The Baptists suffered much in the early days of the Virginia Colony because of their faith. Many were fined, whipped and jailed for worshipping God contrary to the Episcopal Church which was established as the church of the colonies.
In 1747 a German Moravian Missionary visited the South Branch by the name of Rev. Schnell. In his diary later the following lines were found "March 19-30, 1747, I visited several families and lodged with Michael Stump. Mr. Stump gave us a horse to cross the many streams." We note that this was a general trait of the family in all their history. Although Schnell did not belong to Stump's religion, he possessed a desire that his neighbors hear a preacher of some faith, hence loaned a horse for the preacher to ride through the settlement. The Stump family even unto the seventh generation has clung to their original religious convictions. Every generation has produced their share of teachers and ministers.
Michael I passed away in 1767. He had lived a very useful life, accumulated much property, soldiered on the frontier, fostered community activities, lived a clean life and was a strict adherent to law and order. He lived within the bounds of five different counties. His wife Catherine saw the formation of the sixth. They were Spotsylvanis, Orange, Frederick, Augusta, Hampshire and Hardy counties. All were in the Colony of Virginia. It was about the citizens of Augusta County in the dark days of the American Revolution that Col. Washington was heard to remark "Leave me a banner to plant on the hills of Augusta County, and there I will gather around me the men who will lift our bleeding Country from the dust and set her free."
It was also these same people with whom the widow lived, when the British tyrant Tarleton was ravishing the Carolina's who said to her three sons "Go my sons, keep back the foot of the invader or see my face no more.
Michael II became of age in 1765. His birthday was celebrated by giving him the deed to Lot #2, embracing 400 acres of rich Virginia land.
Michael II chose for his wife a lady named Sarah Hughes, a daughter of Thomas Hughes and a sister of Jesse Hughes and Elias Hughes, early pioneer scouts and Indian fighters.
Michael II received an exceptional education for one of his day. He lived on the plantation given to him by his father early in life and he and his wife remained there until the day of his death. From his early manhood he was constantly serving his community in some field of public service. His beginning was as a Justice of the Peace, which at that time necessitated being a member of the County Court, but in 1787 when Hardy County was laid out he was transferred to the same office in the new County.
In 1774 the County again faced a frontier war. In the early Spring, murders, robberies and raids by the Indians caused a general alarm throughout all the early settlements. Forts were built to which people frequently fled for safety. But in many cases this precaution was not sufficient. Many men, women and children fell victim of savage butchery along the frontier. Hu-Maxwell ,West Virginia state historian, claims that Mingo Chief Logan raided the Monongahelia Valley and carried off as many as thirty scalps in one round. Retaliating, a body of militia crossed the Ohio River and burned an Indian village on the Muskingum River. War raged from western border of Pennsylvania as far as Central Kentucky. Every cabin became a mark for savage attack.
Several Indians were killed on the South Branch of the Potomac, among whom was a chief named Bald Eagle. At the time a German family named Stroud had settled in the Gauley River valley. This family was attacked and all murdered by the Indians. In retaliation a body of men followed the trail of the Indians who passed by Bulltown in Braxton County where a chief named Captain Bull lived who was believed to be friendly with the whites. In their mad rage the white men slew Bull and threw his body into the Kanawha River
On April 16, 1774 a large canoe filled with white men from Pittsburgh was attacked by Indians at Wheeling and one man was killed. On the 30th of that month a body of men ascended the Ohio River to the mouth of Yellow Creek on the West Virginia side, where, unprovoked, they murdered ten Indians, among whom were the children of Chief Logan.
War seemed inevitable and the storm burst forth with all it's fury on the frontier. In the early Fall of 1774 Governor Dunsmore of Virginia ordered the raising of an army of more than 2000 men to invade the Indian towns of Ohio and conquer a peace. He himself took command of the northern division. He marched westward by the Potomac Gap, reaching the Monongahelia River and descending that river by the way of Pittsburgh as far as Wheeling. After being joined there by Colonel Crawford, they dropped on down the Ohio River to the mouth of Hocklicking River, where they paused and went into camp for rest. From here they sought connection with the Southern wing of the Virginia Army under the command of General Andrew Lewis who had crossed the Southern part of West Virginia by the way of Lewisburg to the head waters of the great Kanawha River. They descended the river until they reached its mouth on the 8th day of October, 1774. On the morning of the 10th two soldiers, Robertson and Hickman, went up the east side of the Ohio River to hunt. Three miles above their camp they were fired upon by a large body of Indians and Hickman was killed. Robertson ran into camp and spread the alarm. An hour later the battle was on, which lasted all day. Col. Charles Lewis a brother of General Lewis was wounded early in the battle and died. He made the mistake of going into battle wearing a bright officer's uniform which made him a special target for the Indians. This large Indian army was commanded by a famous Shawnee chief by the name of Cornstalk.
His powerful voice could be heard above the battle urging his braves onward. Late in the afternoon the strategy of General Lewis succeeded in defeating the Indians and sending them across the river, some on logs, some in canoes and some swimming. His strategy was to send a company of men up the bank of the Kanawha and then up Crooked Creek to attack the Indians from the rear. They thought it was another army coming and fled. The cost was very heavy. The Virginia Army lost 60 men, killed upon the field and had 96 wounded. The Indians left 33 dead in the woods and were seen to throw others in the river.
We have dealt with this baffle because Michael Stump was a Colonel in General Lewis army and participated in this fight. He also fought through the Revolution as an aide to General Washington. He never received a scratch from his army duties. He continued with General Lewis' army throughout the Colonial War and was present at the signing of the peace treaty with the Indians at Camp Charlotte in what is now Ohio.
After Stump returned from the Indian wars he was commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel of the Hampshire Militia. In this position he found himself the following year, by the suggestion of General Washington, responsible for the training and equipping of the American Army.
History relates that when these men, so trained and equipped, reached Philadelphia and reported to General Washington that he dismounted and shook hands with every man in the division. Colonel Stump continued through the entire war and was present with Washington to witness the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781.
After the war Michael Stump returned home to be chosen Justice of the Peace of the new County of Hardy, which was so named for Samuel Hardy, a member of Congress from the State of Virginia. He also was named as one of the first Enumerators of the new nation in 1790. He was described by those who knew him well as a considerate and likable person. He died in June 1799. His wife passed away 22 years later. They were buried in the Old Stump Burial Grounds by the side of his father who preceded him in death 22 years previously. All markers of their resting place have long been removed, but his life and noble experiences will long be remembered. He was known as a stickler for law and order.
[mullensfamily2.FTW]MICHAEL STUMP II
Michael II, whose lineage we are tracing, was born in 1744. He was four years of age when George Washington visited his fathers home on the South Branch of the Potomac in 1748. The early pioneers labored hard to overcome the many difficulties and hardships to survive and give to their children what was at that time a liberal education, and prepare them for useful citizenship. It cannot be questioned that the older Michael had been endowed with a liberal German education. His will which will be referred to later signifies that. Not only does he prove that he was sagacious, but also mentally well balanced and characterized by Justice and fairness. His interest in education is marked by a special bequest toward the education and development of his grandson Michael Stump III.
The progress of this German family is astonishing in view of the fact it was surrounded by English neighbors, customs, laws and institutions. With all the odds against them they plowed a straight furrow to success. Their English neighbors appreciated their presence and looked upon them as battering rams against the wilds of the forest and Western savages, far more than as fellow citizens of equal rights and privileges. In fact that is still a characteristic of the English Nation. All through history the British Empire has played to the nations that they were able to use to their own advantage. The United States has twice in the last century delivered them from their foulers.
Regardless of hardships the Michael Stumps rose very rapidly to commanding positions in their communities. Three sons were honored with the position of a Justice of Peace of their day. That position in the early days was one of honor and dignity. One son served a term as a member of the Virginia House of Burgess's, and all were commissioned as Lieutenants in the Virginia State Militia.
Little is known of their early religious life, but it has been traditionally reported they were of the Baptist faith, and it is claimed that was their reason for leaving Germany. They wanted to live where they could worship God as they chose without interference. The Baptists suffered much in the early days of the Virginia Colony because of their faith. Many were fined, whipped and jailed for worshipping God contrary to the Episcopal Church which was established as the church of the colonies.
In 1747 a German Moravian Missionary visited the South Branch by the name of Rev. Schnell. In his diary later the following lines were found "March 19-30, 1747, I visited several families and lodged with Michael Stump. Mr. Stump gave us a horse to cross the many streams." We note that this was a general trait of the family in all their history. Although Schnell did not belong to Stump's religion, he possessed a desire that his neighbors hear a preacher of some faith, hence loaned a horse for the preacher to ride through the settlement. The Stump family even unto the seventh generation has clung to their original religious convictions. Every generation has produced their share of teachers and ministers.
Michael I passed away in 1767. He had lived a very useful life, accumulated much property, soldiered on the frontier, fostered community activities, lived a clean life and was a strict adherent to law and order. He lived within the bounds of five different counties. His wife Catherine saw the formation of the sixth. They were Spotsylvanis, Orange, Frederick, Augusta, Hampshire and Hardy counties. All were in the Colony of Virginia. It was about the citizens of Augusta County in the dark days of the American Revolution that Col. Washington was heard to remark "Leave me a banner to plant on the hills of Augusta County, and there I will gather around me the men who will lift our bleeding Country from the dust and set her free."
It was also these same people with whom the widow lived, when the British tyrant Tarleton was ravishing the Carolina's who said to her three sons "Go my sons, keep back the foot of the invader or see my face no more.
Michael II became of age in 1765. His birthday was celebrated by giving him the deed to Lot #2, embracing 400 acres of rich Virginia land.
Michael II chose for his wife a lady named Sarah Hughes, a daughter of Thomas Hughes and a sister of Jesse Hughes and Elias Hughes, early pioneer scouts and Indian fighters.
Michael II received an exceptional education for one of his day. He lived on the plantation given to him by his father early in life and he and his wife remained there until the day of his death. From his early manhood he was constantly serving his community in some field of public service. His beginning was as a Justice of the Peace, which at that time necessitated being a member of the County Court, but in 1787 when Hardy County was laid out he was transferred to the same office in the new County.
In 1774 the County again faced a frontier war. In the early Spring, murders, robberies and raids by the Indians caused a general alarm throughout all the early settlements. Forts were built to which people frequently fled for safety. But in many cases this precaution was not sufficient. Many men, women and children fell victim of savage butchery along the frontier. Hu-Maxwell ,West Virginia state historian, claims that Mingo Chief Logan raided the Monongahelia Valley and carried off as many as thirty scalps in one round. Retaliating, a body of militia crossed the Ohio River and burned an Indian village on the Muskingum River. War raged from western border of Pennsylvania as far as Central Kentucky. Every cabin became a mark for savage attack.
Several Indians were killed on the South Branch of the Potomac, among whom was a chief named Bald Eagle. At the time a German family named Stroud had settled in the Gauley River valley. This family was attacked and all murdered by the Indians. In retaliation a body of men followed the trail of the Indians who passed by Bulltown in Braxton County where a chief named Captain Bull lived who was believed to be friendly with the whites. In their mad rage the white men slew Bull and threw his body into the Kanawha River
On April 16, 1774 a large canoe filled with white men from Pittsburgh was attacked by Indians at Wheeling and one man was killed. On the 30th of that month a body of men ascended the Ohio River to the mouth of Yellow Creek on the West Virginia side, where, unprovoked, they murdered ten Indians, among whom were the children of Chief Logan.
War seemed inevitable and the storm burst forth with all it's fury on the frontier. In the early Fall of 1774 Governor Dunsmore of Virginia ordered the raising of an army of more than 2000 men to invade the Indian towns of Ohio and conquer a peace. He himself took command of the northern division. He marched westward by the Potomac Gap, reaching the Monongahelia River and descending that river by the way of Pittsburgh as far as Wheeling. After being joined there by Colonel Crawford, they dropped on down the Ohio River to the mouth of Hocklicking River, where they paused and went into camp for rest. From here they sought connection with the Southern wing of the Virginia Army under the command of General Andrew Lewis who had crossed the Southern part of West Virginia by the way of Lewisburg to the head waters of the great Kanawha River. They descended the river until they reached its mouth on the 8th day of October, 1774. On the morning of the 10th two soldiers, Robertson and Hickman, went up the east side of the Ohio River to hunt. Three miles above their camp they were fired upon by a large body of Indians and Hickman was killed. Robertson ran into camp and spread the alarm. An hour later the battle was on, which lasted all day. Col. Charles Lewis a brother of General Lewis was wounded early in the battle and died. He made the mistake of going into battle wearing a bright officer's uniform which made him a special target for the Indians. This large Indian army was commanded by a famous Shawnee chief by the name of Cornstalk.
His powerful voice could be heard above the battle urging his braves onward. Late in the afternoon the strategy of General Lewis succeeded in defeating the Indians and sending them across the river, some on logs, some in canoes and some swimming. His strategy was to send a company of men up the bank of the Kanawha and then up Crooked Creek to attack the Indians from the rear. They thought it was another army coming and fled. The cost was very heavy. The Virginia Army lost 60 men, killed upon the field and had 96 wounded. The Indians left 33 dead in the woods and were seen to throw others in the river.
We have dealt with this baffle because Michael Stump was a Colonel in General Lewis army and participated in this fight. He also fought through the Revolution as an aide to General Washington. He never received a scratch from his army duties. He continued with General Lewis' army throughout the Colonial War and was present at the signing of the peace treaty with the Indians at Camp Charlotte in what is now Ohio.
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4 TEXT Date of Import: Feb 28, 2002Michael II, whose lineage we are tracing, was born in 1744. He was four years of age when George Washington visited his fathers home on the South Branch of the Potomac in 1748. The early pioneers labored hard to overcome the many difficulties and hardships to survive and give to their children what was at that time a liberal education, and prepare them for useful citizenship. It cannot be questioned that the older Michael had been endowed with a liberal German education. His will which will be referred to later signifies that. Not only does he prove that he was sagacious, but also mentally well balanced and characterized by Justice and fairness. His interest in education is marked by a special bequest toward the education and development of his grandson Michael Stump III.
The progress of this German family is astonishing in view of the fact it was surrounded by English neighbors, customs, laws and institutions. With all the odds against them they plowed a straight furrow to success. Their English neighbors appreciated their presence and looked upon them as battering rams against the wilds of the forest and Western savages, far more than as fellow citizens of equal rights and privileges. In fact that is still a characteristic of the English Nation. All through history the British Empire has played to the nations that they were able to use to their own advantage. The United States has twice in the last century delivered them from their foulers.
Regardless of hardships the Michael Stumps rose very rapidly to commanding positions in their communities. Three sons were honored with the position of a Justice of Peace of their day. That position in the early days was one of honor and dignity. One son served a term as a member of the Virginia House of Burgess's, and all were commissioned as Lieutenants in the Virginia State Militia.
Little is known of their early religious life, but it has been traditionally reported they were of the Baptist faith, and it is claimed that was their reason for leaving Germany. They wanted to live where they could worship God as they chose without interference. The Baptists suffered much in the early days of the Virginia Colony because of their faith. Many were fined, whipped and jailed for worshipping God contrary to the Episcopal Church which was established as the church of the colonies.
In 1747 a German Moravian Missionary visited the South Branch by the name of Rev. Schnell. In his diary later the following lines were found "March 19-30, 1747, I visited several families and lodged with Michael Stump. Mr. Stump gave us a horse to cross the many streams." We note that this was a general trait of the family in all their history. Although Schnell did not belong to Stump's religion, he possessed a desire that his neighbors hear a preacher of some faith, hence loaned a horse for the preacher to ride through the settlement. The Stump family even unto the seventh generation has clung to their original religious convictions. Every generation has produced their share of teachers and ministers.
Michael I passed away in 1767. He had lived a very useful life, accumulated much property, soldiered on the frontier, fostered community activities, lived a clean life and was a strict adherent to law and order. He lived within the bounds of five different counties. His wife Catherine saw the formation of the sixth. They were Spotsylvanis, Orange, Frederick, Augusta, Hampshire and Hardy counties. All were in the Colony of Virginia. It was about the citizens of Augusta County in the dark days of the American Revolution that Col. Washington was heard to remark "Leave me a banner to plant on the hills of Augusta County, and there I will gather around me the men who will lift our bleeding Country from the dust and set her free."
It was also these same people with whom the widow lived, when the British tyrant Tarleton was ravishing the Carolina's who said to her three sons "Go my sons, keep back the foot of the invader or see my face no more.
Michael II became of age in 1765. His birthday was celebrated by giving him the deed to Lot #2, embracing 400 acres of rich Virginia land.
Michael II chose for his wife a lady named Sarah Hughes, a daughter of Thomas Hughes and a sid to the same office in the new County.
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