"Following passage of the Northwest Ordinance in 1787, people from the eastern states, including Anglo-Americans and Afro-Americans, began to move into the Ohio Country." Elisha W. Viers and his brother Brice W. Viers were some of those very early pioneers to Island Creek Twp. and Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio several years before Ohio became a state and before Jefferson County was formed. Elisha W. Viers came with a group of settlers to Island Creek Twp. His brother, Brice W. Viers owned land in Ohio County, (West) Virginia and he moved aross the Ohio river and helped with the lay out and development of Steubenville, Ohio.

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51. ELISHA W. VIERS
BORN: 1766-1770 (The inscription on the tombstone shows 83 YRS at time of death on 9 May 1851, and the 1850 census shows him to be 80 years of age; and, the Frederick County, Maryland Rock Creek One Hundred census taken in 1776, shows his age as 10 years old. Looking at these various dates and using subtraction, Elisha W. Viers could have been born anywhere from 1766-1770. Church christening and baptismal records are being sought to try to confirm his actual age). PLACE: Frederick County, Maryland)
DIED: 9 May 1851 PLACE: Northfield Twp., Summit County, Ohio (see below for webpage connection to documents link to census/land/will/notes for cemetery information)
PARENTS: Father: Nehemiah Viers Mother: Luranar (Bucey) Viers

Farmer

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• CENSUS/LAND/WILL/NOTES (Notes also include items on children)

52. MARGARET (FERRELL/FEHAL/FERRILL-uncofimred) VIERS
BORN: ? PLACE: ?
DIED: ? PLACE: ?
PARENTS: ? Mother: ?

ANCESTRAL LINE: ?

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NO CONFIRMING DOCUMENTATION

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MARRIED: (No documentation at this time)

CHILDREN: (More to be added later as notes and documents are compared for accuracy)

• 44. DORSEY W. VIERS (Click here for generation6 profile)



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• 53. REBECCA VIERS BORN: ? PLACE: ? DIED: ? PLACE: ?



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• 54. ELIZABETH VIERS BORN: 2 Aug 1795 PLACE: ? DIED: ? PLACE: ?
  *THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY MARRIAGE BONDS 1789-1829, Vol. I, A to E": VIERS, BETSY m. William Betz April 23, 1812.



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• 55. JAMES VIERS BORN: 1797 PLACE: ? DIED: ? PLACE: ?
  (click here for James Viers' History Profile and Notes)



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• 56. NANCY VIERS BORN: 5 Jan 1800 PLACE: ? DIED: ? PLACE: ?



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• 57. JOHN VIERS BORN: 9 Jan 1801 PLACE: ? DIED: ? PLACE: ?



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• 58. CASSINA VIERS BORN: ? PLACE: ? DIED: ? PLACE: ?
  *"THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY MARRIAGE BONDS 1789-1829, Vol. I, A to E": VIERS, CASSINA m. Johathan Hesser, May 23, 1816.



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• 59. LORANY (LUCINDA) VIERS BORN: ? PLACE: ? DIED: ? PLACE: ?
  *"THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY MARRIAGE BONDS 1789-1829, Vol. I, A to E": VIERS, LUCINDA m. Henry Nichols June 26, 1928.



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• 60. POLLY VIERS BORN: ? PLACE: ? DIED: ? PLACE: ?



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• 61. CHARLES VIERS BORN: 4 Aug 1806 PLACE: ? DIED: ? PLACE: ?
  (click here to see Charles Viers History Profile and Notes)



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• 62. MADISON B. VIERS BORN: 1811 PLACE: ? DIED: ? PLACE: ?
  *OHIO CENSUS INDEX-1850-MADISON VIERS, Fulton County, 310, Swan Creek.



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• 63. BAZEL W. VIERS BORN: ? PLACE: ? DIED: ? PLACE: ?
  (Click here for Bazel Viers profile notes and other data)



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• 64. BEERSHEBA VIERS BORN: 29 April 1815 PLACE: ? DIED: ? PLACE: ?

(The birth date informtion above, except for Dorsey W. Viers, comes from the VIERS FAMILY NEWSLETTER and I have no documented confirmation of any of the dates. Those entries with an astericks are considered to be either documented or come from written sources in books, etc.)