C-56 WV GREENBRIER EARLY RESIDENTS
WV, GREENBRIER EARLY RESIDENTS
The Journal of the Greenbrier Historical Society
The earliest census for this area was 1810 so the early records are important to show residency.
Volume 1, No. 1, p. 8+
The Mathews Trading Post by Harry E. Handley
The Mathews Trading Post was the earliest store operating in what is now Greenbrier County. There were others in Rockbridge and on the Cowpasture River and at Staunton in the Virginia valley.
Customers at Greenbrier include:
Kincaid, Samuel - Dec 1771
Patton, John - Apr 1771 - Jan 1773: cuttoe knife, tobac., comb
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Volume 1, No. 1, p. 15
Petition, 1777, Greenbrier County, Virginia
(Asking for surveys to be made so they could secure their lands)
Samuel Caldwell
Thos. Kinkead
William Graham
John Williams
Total of 74 signatures
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Volume 1, No. 1, p. 17
Land Owners in Greenbrier at the End of the Revolutionary War
Caldwell, Samuel-------------270 acres
Kinkaid, Hugh-----------------90 acres
Kinkead, George-------------310 acres, assignee, James Gillilan, 1784
Kinkead, Thomas------------1590 acres, 3 tracts
Kinkead, John-----------------400 acres
Kinkead, John-----------------160 acres
Kinkead, Andrew-------------200 acres
Kinkead, William-------------400 acres
Kinkead, Sam'l----------------300 acres, assignees: George Kinkead for '85, James Callison,86
Meeke, James-----------------400 acres
Meeke, William----------------400 acres
Patton, John--------------------350 acres, 2 tracts; assignee: 150 a. for Ocheltree
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It is interesting to note that the land petition of 1783 did not include Samuel Caldwell and only had one Kinkead: George.
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