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VIERS...VIA...VIARS LAND PATENTS (the documents typed out)...OHIO, VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY, MISSOURI. (45 Land Patents)
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VIERS, SAM-VIERS, LEWIS-VIERS, HENDERSON-VIERS, JOSEPH-VIERS,COLUMBUS-
VIERS, ISAAC-VIERS, LARKIN TAYLOR-VIERS, RANDOLPH-VIERS, CLEVELAND
VIERS, NOAH-VIERS, RACHEL-VIERS, MARY JANE
"Narration of Noah C. Edwards, dated January 8, 1936. SAM VIERS married a sister of my grandfather, Lewis Edwards, but I do not remember her name. They came to Sand Lick after Grandpa died. They moved about from place to place, living part of the time on Backbone Ridge. He died when I was about thirty years old, maybe not hardly that old. I've seen him and his wife. LEWIS VIERS lived on VIERS RIDGE. He married Mary Gothard in East Virginia.

Their Children: A.J., Sam, Isaac, Brice, John, Noah, Randolph, Mary Jane (married [1] HENDERSON VIERS, [2] me); Martha (married Jeff Cochran) and Nancy (married COLUMBUS VIERS). JOSEPH VIERS lived near Delano then moved to Artrip, Virginia. He married Leah Arington and their children were: Lewis, Burrell and other boys; Hettie (married Charles Turner); ? (married Marion Davis) and other girls. ISAAC VIERS lived at Delano then to Greenbriar, West Virginia (see picture below of Isaac and Lucy Viers).

NARRATIVE OF NOAH VIERS. Pg. 440-Pioneer Recollections taken March 7, 1936 at Haysi, Virginia. 'My father was LARKIN TAYLOR VIERS who lived most of his life near Martha Gap, Dickenson County, Virginia. I don't know the dates of his birth and death. He married Judy Nowlin, a daughter of Wilson and Polly Nowlin in Patrick County, Virginia in the spring of the year that the Civil War ended. They moved near Sand Lick right away, before any of their children were born and settled where their son, RANDOLPH VIERS, now lives, where they made their home the rest of their lives. Their children were all born there and were as follows: Andrew Jackson, Mary Jane (married first, HENDERSON VIERS and second, Noah C. Edwards), Isaac Patterson and Brice Madison (twins), Samuel J., Wilson, Martha (married W. Jeff Cochran), Charley C., Noah, Nancy (married first, CLEVELAND VIERS; second, Henry Deel and third, Jim Harrison); Larkin T., John H., and Randolph D. We have been Democrats all our lives and vote that way straight. Daddy's brothers and sisters were: LEWIS VIERS, lived on VIERS RIDGE, near Sand Lick; Joseph lived near Delano, Virginia and late in his life to near Artrip, Virginia; Isaac lived some years near Delano, then to West Virginia; RACHEL VIERS married first, Nathan Cochran and their children were: Isaac, W. Jeff, Samuel, Ned, Mary Bets (married Billy Harris-children: Ned, Lewis, Linda); and Crissa (married George W. Robinson-children: John, Jim, Hardin and others). MARY JANE VIERS married Randolph Cannady.

SARAH (married Columbus Owens), HETTY (married Charles Turner), Nancy (married Marion Davis), and SUSAN (married Jim Sykes of Newbern). They lived near Artrip, Virginia.

LARKIN TAYLOR VIERS lived near Martha Gap, Dickenson County, Virginia, married Judy Nowlin in Patrick County, Virginia in the spring that the civil war ended. Moved to Sand Lick and had children: ANDREW JACKSON, MARY JANE (married [11 HENDERSON VIERS, [21 Noah C. Edwards) Isaac Patterson and Brice Madison [twins], Samuel J., Wilson, MARTHA (married Jeff Chochran), Charley C., Noah, NANCY (married [11 CLEVELAND VIERS [2] Henry Deel [3] Jim Harrison), LARKIN T., JOHN H. and RANDOLPH D.. LARKIN's brothers and sisters: LEWIS (of VIERS RIDGE), JOSEPH (Delano, Virginia then Artrip, Virginia), ISAAC (near Delano then West Virginia), RACHEL (married [1] Nathan Cochran-children: Isaac, W. Jeff, Samuel, Ned, Mary Bets [2) Brice Madison Arrington, her lst cousin once removed: children: Emaline who married Frank Rose. 27 people made the group that moved into Sand Lick. It took 18 days to make the trip from Patrick County. Those families were Randolph Cannady, wife MARY JANE (VIERS), James Turner, John Gillenwaters and ISAAC VIERS & their families. The deed to Backbone Ridge was 100 acres and turned out to be 159 3/4 acres.
Source: This information was transmitted by computer modem to modem communications from a Virgina resident who has one of a very limited number of copies of "Pioneer Recollections." The accuracy would naturally need further documentation, as it is narrative that was given as recollection and recorded as such in "Pioneer Recollections." However, checking other sources, it holds close to the line of events listed in these other sources, such as that recorded by the Works Projects Administration pilot project listing family histories in various geographical areas. The author is not specified, nor the publisher. "Pioneer Collections" was published in total of 512 copies. One might find a copy at the Dickenson County Library in Dickenson County, Virginia.

VIERS, AILSY (KISER)
NAISLY (KISER) VIERS...Near Lebanon, Virginia
"I was born at the mouth of Priest Fork of Frying Pan, Jun 8, 1861. My parents were John and Sylvia (Burchett) Kiser. My father lived there two years before their marriage. Uncle Ab Kiser had built the house there first and had then sold out to my father, and then Uncle Ab moved down to the Andy Edwards place near Sand Lick. All of my parents children were born at the mouth of Priest Fork. My father died October , 1886, and he was seventy when he died. My two oldest children died of flux on October 4, 1886, while we lived on Big Ridge. My father came to see them, and he thought he took the flux there. He went back home and lived about two weeks. He was buried in the edge of an old field on the hill east of the house. Mother was buried there, too. Mother was born in North Carolina. I've heard her say she remembered crossing Blue Ridge as a baby on the trip to this section. I have no picture of my father, nor do I know of any in existence. I have a picture of Mother. My parents' children were: Andrew J., Polly, Elihu, Fullen, Elizabeth, Ailsy, Rachel, John and Noah L. My husband's name is FLOYD VIERS. Here is our Bible with the Family Record in it (NOTE BY E.J.S.: I then made a copy of this Family Record)."

"NOAH VIERS...March 7, 1936...Haysi, Virginia
"My father was LARKIN TAYLOR VIERS who lived most of his life near Martha Gap, Dickenson County, Virginia. I don't know the dates of his birth and death. He married Judy Nowlin, a daughter of Wilson and Polly Nowlin in Patrick County, Virginia, in the spring of the year the the Civil War ended. They moved to near Sand Lick right away, before any of their children were born and settled where their son, RANDOLPH VIERS, now lives, where they made their home the rest of their lives. Their children were all born there and were as follows: Andrew Jackson, Mary Jane (married first, HENDERSON VIERS and second Noah C. Edwards), Isaac Patterson and Brice Madison (twins), Samuel J., Wilson, Martha (married W. Jeff Cochran), Charley C., Noah, Nancy (married first CLEVELAND VIERS; second, Henry Deel; and third, Jim Harrison), Larkin T., John H. and Randolph D. We have been Democrats all our lives and vote that way straight. Daddy's brothers and sisters were: LEWIS VIERS lived on VIERS RIDGE, near Sand Lick; Joseph lived near Delano, Virginia and late in life to near Artrip, Virginia; Isaac lived some years near Delano, then to West Virginia; RACHEL VIERS married first, Nathan Cochran and their children were: Issac, W. Jeff, Samuel, Ned, Mary Bets (married Billy Harris-children: Ned, Lewis, Linda), and Crissa (married Geroge W. Robinson-children: John, Jim, Hardin and others.). MARY JANE VIERS married Randolph Cannady. NOTE BY H.S.S. 1-23-1976: Beulah Arrington Lyall, Clintwood, Virginia, called my attention to statemnt by Merled Arrington in the Cumberland Times (Thursday, January 15, 1976) that RACHEL VIERS married, the second time, Brice Madison Arrington, son of Lewis and Sarah (Edwards) Arrington (her first cousin). It was also his second marriage. Their only child was Emaline Arrington (married Frank Rose). Beulah added to this statement the fact that Brice Madison Arrington was her paternal grandfather. She had know that his second wife's name was Rachel, but not who she was before marriage to Brice M. Arrington. She further confirmed the statement that their only child was Emaline Arrington who married Frank Rose, stating that Frank Rose was a brother of Millard Rose and Mary (Rose) Speer (Mrs. Bruce Speer). Recollections of Mrs. Millard F. Rose dated May 2, 1929 show they were children of Swinfield and Elizabeth (Robinson) Rose. Mrs. Millard F. Rose (Sarah Rose) was a daughter of John E. Rose, brother of Swinfield. She and Millard F. Rose were first cousins."

MARRIAGES
LARKIN T. and JUDITH A VIERS were married January the llth, 1866.
BIRTHS
VIERS, ANDREW J. -Born: Jan 26, 1867
VIERS, MARY J. -Born: Jan 2, 1869
VIERS, BRICE M./
VIERS, ISAAC T. -Born: Apr 2, 1870
VIERS, SAMUEL -Born:May 28, 1872
VIERS, WILSON -Born:May 10, 1874
VIERS, MARTHA-Born: Aug 10, 1875
CHARLES VIERS-Born: Jan 29, 1877
VIERS, NOAH - Born: Nov 18, 1879
VIERS, NANCY-Born: Sep 15, 1881
VIERS Jr., LARKIN T.- Born: May 1, 1883
VIERS, JOHN- Born: Mar 24, 1885
VIERS, RANDALL-Born: Jan 5, 1888

DEATHS (None Recorded)

Family of VIERS, LEWIS
Bible now possessed by LARKIN VIERS, Address: Viers, VA Copies by Fern Ratliff
MARRIAGES
(None Recorded)

BIRTHS
VIERS, LARKIN-Born: Jul 6, 1858
VIERS, HENDERSON-Born: Nov 9, 1850
VIERS, FLOYD-Born: Apr 5, 1861
VIERS, HETTY-Born: Apr 31, 1847
CANNADY, RANDOLPH-Born: Dec 27, 1827
CANNADY, MARY JANE-Born: Aug 6, 1830
VIERS, LEWIS-Born: Feb 20, ----

DEATHS
(None Recorded)
Source: NOTE BY HETTY S. SUTHERLAND-These Bible Records copied by me this 7th day of May, 1992, are from a Works Progress Administration Project under President F. D. Roosevelt, re: copies by my husband, Elihu Jasper Sutherland for preservation in our home library.

VIA, SAMUEL married Hetty Edwards
Source: Franklin County Marriage Records 1786-1858 on page 231. Their wedding date was Oct. 30, 1826. The book Mountain Legacy by Gayle Fuller Stanley discusses Samuel James Viers and Hetty Edwards Viers on page 57. The Gayle Fuller Stanley book lists Samuel Via and Hetty Edwards children as Lewis, Mary Jane, Rachel, Isaac, Larkin, Louisa, and Joseph. She also lists ISAAC VIERS as marrying Lucy Wood. She only lists 8 of Isaac and Lucy's children however the 1880 Census of Sandlick District Buchanan County (became Dickenson County) recorded June 15, 1880, lines 12 thru 25 lists Isaac and Lucy and 12 children. (cited sources provided by David Viers-a direct descendant and researcher). NOTE: This family uses a number of spellings within their line: VIA, VIAR, VIERS.

ISAAC AND LUCY VIERS
(Named in Source data above and in other dialogue within this web page)

VIERS, LUCINDA m Henry Nichols 26 June 1928'
Source: Microfilm #317422-Ohio Marriage Records 1797-1839, Jefferson County.

VIER, WINSTON-"List Returned by Capt. Samuel H. Lewis ...(list of names including:) WINSTON VIER (1)...Many of these names sound like 'Tuc-hahoel (Eastern Virginia). East Rockingham, extending up to the crest of the Blue Ridge, naturally had a larger proportion of East Virginians than the sections farther west ... Strother, Blakey, Bailey, Ford, Marshall, Clarke, Winston, and VIA (VIER) are all familiar family names in Albemarle and adjacent counties just across (east of) the Ridge."
Source: VIRGINIA VALLEY RECORDS-Rockingham Supplement, pg. 146; by John W. Wayland, Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc.-1930.

VIERS, MAYME-187?--Zink Fam: 284."
Source: American Genealogical Index.

VIERS, ANDREW (VIERS, JOHN)-"Born in Gallia County, Ohio, September 27, 1822, and in that State and county was joined in wedlock with Mahala J. McCarley, and their union was blessed with six children, all at this writing living with their parents. They were born: John-March 24, 1859; Moses-August 6, 1862; Aaron-September 13, 1865; Sara F.-July 10 1868; Chauncey B.-November 10, 1873; Susan S.-August 14, 1878. Mrs. Viers was born in Gallia County, Ohio-October 13, 1841 and was a daughter of John and Susan (Dyer) McCarley, the former born in 1817, and the latter in 1823. The parents of Mrs. Viers have 25 grandchildren, all living. JOHN VIERS, father of Andrew, was born in Bath County, Virginia-February 8, 1787, and in his younger days was a noted hunter. In Bath County, Virginia and later, in Gallia County, Ohio, after he made his home there, he killed great quanities of game. In the latter county, he shot the last bear killed in that part of the country. He died May 13, 1872. His wife, the mother of Andrew was born in Pochahontas County, now part of West Virginia, February 23, 1793 and she died May 17, 1840. ANDREW VIERS settled in Mason County, West Virginia in 1878, and is actively engaged in farming in Arbuckle District, receiving his mail at the post office at Arbuckle, Mason County, West Virginia."
Source: West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, Vol. 5, Hardesty's, pg. 147; edited and published by Jim Comstock.

VIERS IN VIRGINIA WEBSITE Russel/Dickenson Counties, Virginia.

VIERS in Sutherland Cemetery, Dickenson County, Virginia-website

VIERS in Martha Arrington Cemetery Located on Back Bone Ridge, Dickenson County, Virginia-website

"p. 17, March 1856 term of Montgomery County Circuit Court, Judge Brewer presiding. H. F. VIERS, et. al. jurors.
p. 3 Applicants for Bounty Warrant under Act of 1855 through Robert Willett: JESSE VIERS, et. al.
p. 25 List of farmers who purchased the McCormick's combine reaping and mowing machine: JESSE VIERS, et. al.
p. 30 Advertisement. Leavitt's Corn & Cob Mill 'For satisfactory work of these mills we refer you to a list of farmers who use the,' JESSE VIERS, et. al.
p. 44 W. VIERS BOUIC, Secretary of Montgomery County Agriculture Society.
p. 55 Montgomery County Agriculture Society Fair 11-12 September 1856, $1 awarded to Miss JULIANA VIERS 'for a handsome display of flowers.' Complementary notice to Miss KATE VIERS, and Miss Ellanor O'Neale 'for beautiful tidies.'
p. 5 Farm sale (part of a tract called 'The Heritage')-property located 'about 2-1/2 miles from Rockville, adjoining the Flouring Mills of SAMUEL C. VIERS, Esq."
Source: Montgomery County Sentinel, Vol. I, 1855-56; Edited by Ronald Paul Riggs, Washington, D.C.-1978.

VIER (or VIA), JOHN, Franklin Co., Va., Jan. 24, 1834, aged 76: enlisted under Capt. Jesse Allen; transferred to Capt. Holeman Rice's Co. who resigned & he was placed under Capt. Burton, Col. Taylor, Albermarle Barracks. He d. March 7, 1834, & his widow, SARAH VIAH applied Jan. 21 1843, aged 95; they were m. March 4, 1784. WILLIAM VIA, Floyd Co., Va., stated JOHN VIA was a pensioner. JOHN VIER (or VIA) m. Sarah Wright in Buckingham Co, 1784, & moved to Franklin Co. 40 or 50 years ago. Rev. Hawkins Landrum testified in Buckingham Co. that 'he joined together JOHN VYER & Sarah Wright, 4th March 17841.
Source: Amherst County, Virginia, in the Revolution, Including extracts from the ulost Order Book" 1773-1782, pg. 176; by Lenora Higgenbotham Sweeney; J.P. Bell Co., 1951.

VIERS, JOHN B.D.-David R. Carrall and Elizabeth his wife, John W. Carrall and Amalthe his wife, William Heth and Mary Ann his wife, Johun Gerguson and Sarah his wife, JOHN B.D. VIERS all of Harrison Co., Indiana to Enos J. Searl of Clermont Co., 5-8-1834- $30.-Nl/2 lot #2 in New Richmond. deed book G-2 (or 31), page 365.'
Source: Clermont, Ohio-Deed Records from Gateway to the West, Volume 1, pg. 241; Compiled by Ruth Bowers and Anita Short.

VIERS, D.M.-Co. H. 104th. Ohio Inf." (no date given)
Source: Ohio Cemetery Records extracted from Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly.

VIA, WILLIAM -APPENDIX, No. 9.-NECROLOGY""1836" (9 names listed including:) VIA, WILLIAM
Source: HISTORY OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN VIRGINIA, pg. 402; by Rev. Edgar Woods, published by The Michie Company Printers, Charlottseville, VA-1901 and a reprint of "A Heritage Classic" published by Heritage Books, Inc.-1991.

VIERS, BRICE W.-Probate Judges-BRICE W. VIERS (1852-1854)
Source: Historical Collections of Harrison County in 1813, Chapter VIII, pg. 111; by Charles Hanna-1900.

VEIRS, JESSE E. n.a.; San Francisco, Cal., 1851 7158 p2O5.
Source: Passenger and Immigaration Lists Index, 1982 Supplement, pg. 869.

CIVIL WAR ENTRIES
VIERS, WILLIAM J...115th OH INF I Summit-Civil War
VIERS, JOHN D...58th OH INF C Summit-Civil War
VIERS, GEORGE W...104th OH INF H Summit-Civil War

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