Post by glen on Aug 30, 2006 13:03:23 GMT -5
John Friend, b. abt. 1728 pr, Monocacy Hundred, Prince George Co (now Frederick), MD; d. aft./abt. 1808 "Friend's Delight", Allegany Co, MD. He was the son of Nicholas Friend (1700-1791). He m. abt. 1753 in pr, Hampshire Co, VA to Kerenhappuch, b. abt. 1733; d. 13 Oct 1798 Friendsville, Garrett Co, MD. [comment; Kerenhappuch, is not the daughter of Jost Heydt. Her name is from the bible (Job 42:13), and nothing has been found to indicate she is part Native American]
(Kerenhappuch Hyatt - Myth or Fiction)
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Nicholas Friend, c1700-1791
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Children of John Friend and Kerenhappuck are (birth dates are subjective):
1. Sarah Friend, b. abt. 1754 pr, Little Cacapon River, Hampshire Co, (W)VA; d. aft. 1816 OH; she m. abt. 1774 pr, Frederick Co, MD to Henry Dewitt, b. abt. 1752, d. 1821 DeWitt Ridge, Richland Twp, Holmes Co, OH. Sarah & her husband moved to Ohio about 1815.
2. Rebecca Friend, b. 1758 pr, Little Cacapon River, Hampshire Co, (W)VA; d. ps. OH, or MO. She m. Joseph Butler. Rebecca and Joseph moved to Ohio about 1808.
3. Nicholas Friend, b. abt. 1759 pr, Little Cacapon River, Hampshire Co, (W)VA; d. 1776 Sang Run, Garrett Co, MD, Supposedly killed by Indians at "the Crossings."
4. Gabriel Friend, b. 17 Jun 1761 pr, Little Cacapon River, Hampshire Co, (W)VA; d. 08 Jan 1854 "Look Sharp", Friendsville, Garrett Co, MD. He m.(1) 29 Jul 1787 Providence Presbyterian Ch, New Providence, Essex Co, NJ to Elizabeth Bonnell, b. Aug 1769 New Providence, Essex Co, NJ, d. 25 Jan 1809 Friendsville, Allegany Co, MD. He m.(2) abt. 1809 pr, Allegany Co, MD to Clarissa Ann "Nancy" (Peck) Steele. Gabriel Friend supposedly served as a 1st Lt. in the Revolutionary War, but his pension was denied and no record of service has been found.
5. Susan Friend, b. abt. 1763 pr, Little Cacapon River, Hampshire Co, (W)VA, d. aft. 1840 ps, Columbiana Co, OH; m. abt. 1783 pr, Allegany Co, MD to Andrew House, b. 06 Mar 1758 near Sheperdstown, Frederick Co, VA, d. abt. 1839 Jefferson Twp, Knox Co, OH.
6. John Friend, b. abt. 1764 pr, Little Cacapon River, Hampshire Co, (W)VA; d. 23 Mar 1849 Sang Run, Garrett Co, MD; he m. 14 Feb 1795 Sang Run, Allegany Co, MD to Elizabeth Ward.
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7. Joseph Friend, b. 1766 Friendsville, Allegany Co, MD; d. aft. 1840 pr, Friendsville, Allegany Co, MD. He m. 1795 Friendsville, Garrett Co. MD to Sarah Green, b. 1777 ps, Monongalia Co, VA (Preston Co, WV), d. aft. 1840 pr, Allegany Co, MD.
8. Augustine John Friend, b. abt. 1768 pr, Little Cacapon River, Hampshire Co, (W)VA; d. abt. 1845 Elk River, McDonald Co, MO. Augustine resided 1801 OH, c.1804 KY, c.1806 MO (he did not resided at the Dunkard Bottom, Cheat River - that was his Uncle),
9. Charles Friend, b. abt. 1771 pr, "Friends Choice," Friendsville, Frederick Co (now Garrett), MD; d. abt. 1832 Green Co (now Taney Co), MO. He m. abt. 1794 pr, Sang Run, Garrett Co, MD to Prudence Hall, b. abt. 1776, d. 02 Jul 1863 Sang Run, Friendsville, Allegany Co, MD. Charles Friend settled in Sang Run abt. 1795 and in 1828 moved to Missouri where he probably died of Malaria.
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Details supporting John Friend:
15 Feb 1749 [1750]: On the petition of Providence Williams, Samuel Hopkins, Richard Poulson, Friend Cox, John Newton, John Hopkins, William Smith, Francis Spencer, William Biggerstaff, and John Friend for a road to be laid off and cleared from Frederick Town to the Mouth of the South Branch of Potomac. Ordered that the said Williams lay off the same and be overseer thereof and that the petitioners clear and keep the said road in repair. (Frederick Co, Order Book, 3:210)
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1755, Mar 28, survey, Hampshire Co, VA for John Friend, assignee of Neills Friend of Frederick Co; 194 acres on Potomac, adj. his own land & Neills Friend; chain carriers, Neills Friend, Harman Greathouse. Surveyor Thomas Rutherford. Warrant 18 Mar 1754 (Joyner, Vol.4, p24). 1763, Apr 2, grant, M:154, VA, Hampshire Co, to John Friend of Hampshire Co; 194 acres on the Potomac River is said county, adjacent Neill Friend's patent, Surveyed by Thomas Rutherford (Gray, "Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants", Vol.2, p150). 1765, Aug 10, John Friend and wife Carenhapeck Friend of Hampshire Co, to Dennis Pursley of Frederick Co, 194 acres for £25 near the Potomac River, adjacent to Keil Friend. Lease and release (Hampshire Co (W)VA, Deed Bk 1, p309; Shuck, Larry G. "Hampshire & Hardy Counties, (W)VA Abstracts..." p34)
Topo Graphical Map of Neals Run: historical.maptech.com/getImage.cfm?fname=CaponBridge43nw.jpg&state=WV
1763, Feb 26, survey Hampshire Co, VA for John Friend, assignee of Neills Friend; 110 acres on Potomac River, (from warrant, where Alexander Debbutts has improved), adjacent where John Friend lives. Chain carriers; Andrew Friend & Benjamin Purcell. P&M John thingys. Warrant 1755 (Joyner, Vol.4, p24). 1766, May 28, patent, N:13, Hampshire Co, to John Friend of said county; 110 acres on the Potomac River in the said county (Gray, "Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants", Vol.2, p169).
1763, Feb 26, survey, Hampshire Co, VA for Nicholas & John Friend; 150 acres on Potomac River, 3 miles below mouth of Little Cacapehon, adjacent, Enoch Enoch, Nicholas Friend, John Friend. Chain carriers, Andrew Friend, Benjamin Purcell; Surveyor Thomas Rutherford. No warrant (Joyner, Vol.4, p24). 1768, Jan 19, grant, O:120, Hampshire Co, to Nicholas Friend & John Friend of Hampshire Co, VA; 150 acres on the Potomac River in said county; surveyed by Mr. Thomas Rutherford. The property adjoins lands of Enoch Enoch, Nicholas Friend and John Friend (Gray, Vol.2, p194).
"The Devastation Of Pontiac's War, 1763-1764" by Terry Gruber
In The Papers of Henry Bouquet, vol. 6, there are several reports of those killed and missing in Hampshire County and elsewhere. Return of Persons Killed or Taken By Indians in The Department of Fort Pitt
1763, Jul 14: On South Branch Potomac River, two Boys, Viz Collins & Sullivan, Killed and Scalped; Two Girls, named Delong Scalped.
1763, Jul 15: At Colonel Cresaps, Mr. Samuel Stansby Welder, killed.
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Pontiac's War lasted from about 1763 till 1766 when a treaty was concluded, presumably John Friend arrived in Friendsville a year or two later (obviously 1664 is unlikely)
- 1765, Dec 12, patent Z:212, Hampshire Co, Angus McDonald, 445 acres, on Pappaw Ridge, opposite John Friend (Gray, Vol.4, p14).
- 1767, Nov 14, survey, VA, Hampshire Co, 315 acres for Robert Craigen of Frederick Co, on north side of Sidling Hill, called "Little Zoar", on draught of Neil Friend's Run. Surveyor Richard Rigg (Joyner, Vol.4, p14).
- 1769, Feb 6, survey, VA, Hampshire Co, for Stephen West, 280 acres on draws of Potomac River, near John Friend. Chain Carriers, John Johnson & James Pursel. Marker, Isaac Cox. Surveyor, Richard Riggs (Joyner, Vol.4, p73).
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"...In 1764, a year after peace was formally established, following Pontiac's uprising, a white man named John Friend walked up the mountains from the Potomac River on the trail of a fur trader which followed a buffalo trace. He crossed the crest of the Alleghenies, then descended to the sole Indian village of the area on the Youghiogheny. Here he bought land. He traded an iron pot for several cornfields and a few rough dwellings. Then he returned to the Potomac. A year later he came back. He settled on the land. (now Friendsville)..." (Schlosnagle, Stephen, "Garrett County: A History of Maryland's Tableland", Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Co., 1978. p3) Comment, the year was probably 1767-8, not 1764.
"The Friend family discovered a hill about seven miles south of their home on which ginseng, whose medicinal roots had been highly prized by the Chinese for centuries as a restorer of waning vitality and virility, grew in abundance. They named the bluff Ginseng Hill, but the stream at its base became known simply as Sang Run. John Friend discovered the cave now bearing his name, John Friend's Cave, in the vicinity in 1765. At the same time, he found the remains of Indian cornfields in the area and watched buffalo graze in the local glades. His brother, Augustine, settled along Sang Run in the late 1700's before moving to the Big Boiling Spring at Buffalo Marsh. Another son, John, Jr., settled in the Sanging Ground in 1796. Two years later a party of federal surveyors presented John Friend, Jr., with a two-hundred acre parcel of land at the mouth of Sang Run on the Youghiogheny in exchange for food and shelter. Friend was pleased with the bargain and named his tract Friend's Delight." (Schlosnagle, p56).
1774, "John Friend's tract was known as "Friend's Fortune." 1803, Nov 1; the "Friends Fortune," tract was surveyed with 383 acres, and adjacent to lot. 3281 and 3282, including lot 3283 (deed located by Pat Smith in the MD Archives, Annapolis, MD). The land was surveyed and patented to David Hoffman on that date. (Allegany Co, MD, deed Liber 2, folio, 301, p908 - not sure if the citation is correct)
"The Glades Star," Vol.1, Oakland, MD: Garrett Co, Hist. Soc., [1941-49] pp40-41. Washington Co., Militia, 1776. (Maryland Historical Society Records, pp198-200)
We whose names are hereinto subscribed do Inrole ourselves into a Company of Militia agreeable to the Resolves of the Provincial Convention held at the City of Annapolis this 26th Day of July, 1775... Witness our hands this 28th Day of Augt. 1776.
Cpt Charles Coulson; Teen Friend, John Friend. . .
[Comment, Skipton is now know as Oldtown, VA]
1777, Glades Star, Vol.1, p46; Snowy Creek Massacre: James Brain and his family spent the winter of 1777-78 at the Friend Fort.
1783 Willstown and Sandy Creek Hundred, Washington Co, MD
- Tax Assessment -
John Friend, 6 horses and 11 black cattle; comment, not assessed for any land.
(WMG 9:2:82, "Washington County 1783 Tax Assessment," Damascus, MD: GenLaw Resources, Apr 93).
1788 (From Deakins' Survey); List of families who settled on lots included in the survey before the lands were set aside as military lots.
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[accessed 9 Jan 2005]
John Friend, Lots: 1471, 1472 (valuation 5 shillings) - comment, "Old" John Friend.
John Friend, Lots: 3281, 3282, 3283 (valuation 5 - 7 shillings) - comment, "Old" John Friend.
Gabriel Friend, Lot: 4117 (valuation 5 shillings) - comment, s/o "Old" John Friend.
Joseph Friend, Lot: 4118 (valuation 5 shillings) - comment, s/o "Old" John Friend.
Charles Friend, Lots: 874, 928, 940 (valuation 5 shillings) - comment, cousin of "Old" John Friend.
1787 Map (Veatch, Hezekiah, "Map of Military lots, tracts, patents" 1787)
on file at the Library of Congress: memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdquery.html (search on Allegany)
John Friend, Lots: 1471, 1472 - These lots are adjacent "Friends Delight."
John Friend, Lots: 3281, 3282, 3283 - These lots are also adjacent "Look Sharp"
Gabriel Friend, Lot: 4117 - adjacent "Look Sharp" (between "Friends Choice, and Blooming Rose")
Joseph Friend, Lot: 4118 - adjacent "Look Sharp" (between "Friends Choice, and Blooming Rose")
Charles Friend, Lots: 874, 928, 940 - these lots are contiguous and near Oakland.
1793 1st Dist, Sandy Creek and Glade Hundreds Allegany (now Garrett) Co, MD
- Tax Assessment -
John Friend, 300 acres;
Gabriel Friend, "Look Sharp" 48 acres, 1 lot;
Joseph Friend, 50 acres, 1 lot;
Charles Friend;
Andrew House
(Western Maryland Genealogy; 6:2:50-55, Damascus, MD: GenLaw Resources, Apr 90).
Comment, the tax assessment was alphabetized.
1793 Glade Lands (Garrett Co.), Allegany Co, MD
- Tax Assessment -
Augustine Friend, "Friend's Choice" 106 acres
(WMG, 6:4:164, Oct 90).
1796, Sep 9th, John Friend and wife Keronhappuch sold 75 acres of land for 40 pounds to Luke Huff (Hampshire Co, WV, Deed Bk 9, p323).
1798 Allegany Co, MD.
- Tax Assessment - Personal Prop, Real Estate - Lots and Tracts.
(Hoye, "Pioneer Families of Garrett County").
Slaves-horses-cattle-value; Property lots and tracts... acres-value.
John Friend, 0-1-7-£24; Lots 424, 425, 1471, 1472, 1281, 1282...300-£33.
Charles Friend, 0-2-20-£147; none
Joseph Friend, 0-1-6-£41; Part of Gleanings, lot 4118... 116-£12.
Charles Friend of J., 0-1-2-£30; none.
Gabriel Friend, 0-2-5-£47; Look Sharp, lot 4117... 98-£51.
1799 Dec 6, Paul Hoye of Washington Co, MD, for the sum of 20 dollars sold to John Friend, of Allegany Co, MD a tract of land called "Friend's Delight," situated in Allegany Co, MD on the Great Youghiogheny River, beginning near the mouth of Sang Run and running North thirty eight degrees East one hundred and thirty five perches, north forty degrees West eighty perches, South seventy nine degrees West one hundred perches, South seventy nine perches there with a straight line to the place of beginning containing 100 acres. Recorded 6 Dec 1799.
1800 Sandy Creek Hundred, Allegany Co, MD, (M32-9).
p39. ln27 Wm W. Hoyes, ln28 John Freind of Jn, ln29 Henry DeWitt, ln30 Andrew House.
p41. ln26 Israel Freind, ln28 Mashack Browning, ln29 Charles Freind of Jn.
p42. ln16 Gabriel Freind, ln17 Joseph Freind.
1804-1812, 1st Dist, Sandy Creek & Glade Hundreds, Allegany Co, MD.
- Tax Records - Real Property"
(WMG 15:4:169, Damascus, MD: GenLaw Resources, Oct 99).
1805-1812, Gabriel Friend, "Look Sharp," 48 acres, lots 3281, 4117. 1809-1812, acq. lot 3282. [comment, s/o John Friend, Sr.]
1804-1808, Joseph Friend, part of "Gleanings" 66 acres, lots 4118, 3282. 1809 trade, acq. "Friends Neglect" to 1812. [comment, the s/o John Friend, Sr.]
1804-1812, John Friend, Jr., 1804-1812, "Friends Delight" 75 acres, lot no. 1809, 25 acres.
1809-1812, Charles Friend, lots no. 1471, 1472, 100 acres. [comment, the s/o John Friend, Sr.]
1804-1812, 1st Dist, Sandy Creek & Glade Hundreds, Allegany Co, MD, Tax Records - Personal Property.
(WMG 16:4:167, Damascus, MD: GenLaw Resources, Oct 2000).
Gabriel Friend, 3 horses, 8 cattle, $154.
Joseph Friend, 2 horses, 9 cattle, $122.
John Friend, 1 horse, 2 cattle, $59.
1808 Jun 1, Indenture between John Friend Sr. of Allegany Co, MD of the one part and John Friend Junior of Allegany Co, state aforesaid of the other part. John Friend Senior in consideration of the sum of five shillings (5 sl.) paid by the said John Friend Junior, doth, granted, unto the said John Friend Junior all that part of a tract of land called "Friend's Delight, situate in Allegany County on the great Youghegany River, beginning at the mouth of Sang Run... containing 100 acres. Allegany County, to wit, June 1st, 1808, then appeared John Friend Senior before us two of the Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid and acknowledged the within instrument of writing to be his act and deed and the land, premises therein mentioned to be the right and estate of John Friend Junior and his heirs. Recorded 5 Jul 1808.
(Kerenhappuch Hyatt - Myth or Fiction)
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Nicholas Friend, c1700-1791
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Children of John Friend and Kerenhappuck are (birth dates are subjective):
1. Sarah Friend, b. abt. 1754 pr, Little Cacapon River, Hampshire Co, (W)VA; d. aft. 1816 OH; she m. abt. 1774 pr, Frederick Co, MD to Henry Dewitt, b. abt. 1752, d. 1821 DeWitt Ridge, Richland Twp, Holmes Co, OH. Sarah & her husband moved to Ohio about 1815.
2. Rebecca Friend, b. 1758 pr, Little Cacapon River, Hampshire Co, (W)VA; d. ps. OH, or MO. She m. Joseph Butler. Rebecca and Joseph moved to Ohio about 1808.
3. Nicholas Friend, b. abt. 1759 pr, Little Cacapon River, Hampshire Co, (W)VA; d. 1776 Sang Run, Garrett Co, MD, Supposedly killed by Indians at "the Crossings."
4. Gabriel Friend, b. 17 Jun 1761 pr, Little Cacapon River, Hampshire Co, (W)VA; d. 08 Jan 1854 "Look Sharp", Friendsville, Garrett Co, MD. He m.(1) 29 Jul 1787 Providence Presbyterian Ch, New Providence, Essex Co, NJ to Elizabeth Bonnell, b. Aug 1769 New Providence, Essex Co, NJ, d. 25 Jan 1809 Friendsville, Allegany Co, MD. He m.(2) abt. 1809 pr, Allegany Co, MD to Clarissa Ann "Nancy" (Peck) Steele. Gabriel Friend supposedly served as a 1st Lt. in the Revolutionary War, but his pension was denied and no record of service has been found.
5. Susan Friend, b. abt. 1763 pr, Little Cacapon River, Hampshire Co, (W)VA, d. aft. 1840 ps, Columbiana Co, OH; m. abt. 1783 pr, Allegany Co, MD to Andrew House, b. 06 Mar 1758 near Sheperdstown, Frederick Co, VA, d. abt. 1839 Jefferson Twp, Knox Co, OH.
6. John Friend, b. abt. 1764 pr, Little Cacapon River, Hampshire Co, (W)VA; d. 23 Mar 1849 Sang Run, Garrett Co, MD; he m. 14 Feb 1795 Sang Run, Allegany Co, MD to Elizabeth Ward.
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7. Joseph Friend, b. 1766 Friendsville, Allegany Co, MD; d. aft. 1840 pr, Friendsville, Allegany Co, MD. He m. 1795 Friendsville, Garrett Co. MD to Sarah Green, b. 1777 ps, Monongalia Co, VA (Preston Co, WV), d. aft. 1840 pr, Allegany Co, MD.
8. Augustine John Friend, b. abt. 1768 pr, Little Cacapon River, Hampshire Co, (W)VA; d. abt. 1845 Elk River, McDonald Co, MO. Augustine resided 1801 OH, c.1804 KY, c.1806 MO (he did not resided at the Dunkard Bottom, Cheat River - that was his Uncle),
9. Charles Friend, b. abt. 1771 pr, "Friends Choice," Friendsville, Frederick Co (now Garrett), MD; d. abt. 1832 Green Co (now Taney Co), MO. He m. abt. 1794 pr, Sang Run, Garrett Co, MD to Prudence Hall, b. abt. 1776, d. 02 Jul 1863 Sang Run, Friendsville, Allegany Co, MD. Charles Friend settled in Sang Run abt. 1795 and in 1828 moved to Missouri where he probably died of Malaria.
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Details supporting John Friend:
15 Feb 1749 [1750]: On the petition of Providence Williams, Samuel Hopkins, Richard Poulson, Friend Cox, John Newton, John Hopkins, William Smith, Francis Spencer, William Biggerstaff, and John Friend for a road to be laid off and cleared from Frederick Town to the Mouth of the South Branch of Potomac. Ordered that the said Williams lay off the same and be overseer thereof and that the petitioners clear and keep the said road in repair. (Frederick Co, Order Book, 3:210)
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1755, Mar 28, survey, Hampshire Co, VA for John Friend, assignee of Neills Friend of Frederick Co; 194 acres on Potomac, adj. his own land & Neills Friend; chain carriers, Neills Friend, Harman Greathouse. Surveyor Thomas Rutherford. Warrant 18 Mar 1754 (Joyner, Vol.4, p24). 1763, Apr 2, grant, M:154, VA, Hampshire Co, to John Friend of Hampshire Co; 194 acres on the Potomac River is said county, adjacent Neill Friend's patent, Surveyed by Thomas Rutherford (Gray, "Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants", Vol.2, p150). 1765, Aug 10, John Friend and wife Carenhapeck Friend of Hampshire Co, to Dennis Pursley of Frederick Co, 194 acres for £25 near the Potomac River, adjacent to Keil Friend. Lease and release (Hampshire Co (W)VA, Deed Bk 1, p309; Shuck, Larry G. "Hampshire & Hardy Counties, (W)VA Abstracts..." p34)
Topo Graphical Map of Neals Run: historical.maptech.com/getImage.cfm?fname=CaponBridge43nw.jpg&state=WV
1763, Feb 26, survey Hampshire Co, VA for John Friend, assignee of Neills Friend; 110 acres on Potomac River, (from warrant, where Alexander Debbutts has improved), adjacent where John Friend lives. Chain carriers; Andrew Friend & Benjamin Purcell. P&M John thingys. Warrant 1755 (Joyner, Vol.4, p24). 1766, May 28, patent, N:13, Hampshire Co, to John Friend of said county; 110 acres on the Potomac River in the said county (Gray, "Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants", Vol.2, p169).
1763, Feb 26, survey, Hampshire Co, VA for Nicholas & John Friend; 150 acres on Potomac River, 3 miles below mouth of Little Cacapehon, adjacent, Enoch Enoch, Nicholas Friend, John Friend. Chain carriers, Andrew Friend, Benjamin Purcell; Surveyor Thomas Rutherford. No warrant (Joyner, Vol.4, p24). 1768, Jan 19, grant, O:120, Hampshire Co, to Nicholas Friend & John Friend of Hampshire Co, VA; 150 acres on the Potomac River in said county; surveyed by Mr. Thomas Rutherford. The property adjoins lands of Enoch Enoch, Nicholas Friend and John Friend (Gray, Vol.2, p194).
"The Devastation Of Pontiac's War, 1763-1764" by Terry Gruber
In The Papers of Henry Bouquet, vol. 6, there are several reports of those killed and missing in Hampshire County and elsewhere. Return of Persons Killed or Taken By Indians in The Department of Fort Pitt
1763, Jul 14: On South Branch Potomac River, two Boys, Viz Collins & Sullivan, Killed and Scalped; Two Girls, named Delong Scalped.
1763, Jul 15: At Colonel Cresaps, Mr. Samuel Stansby Welder, killed.
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Pontiac's War lasted from about 1763 till 1766 when a treaty was concluded, presumably John Friend arrived in Friendsville a year or two later (obviously 1664 is unlikely)
- 1765, Dec 12, patent Z:212, Hampshire Co, Angus McDonald, 445 acres, on Pappaw Ridge, opposite John Friend (Gray, Vol.4, p14).
- 1767, Nov 14, survey, VA, Hampshire Co, 315 acres for Robert Craigen of Frederick Co, on north side of Sidling Hill, called "Little Zoar", on draught of Neil Friend's Run. Surveyor Richard Rigg (Joyner, Vol.4, p14).
- 1769, Feb 6, survey, VA, Hampshire Co, for Stephen West, 280 acres on draws of Potomac River, near John Friend. Chain Carriers, John Johnson & James Pursel. Marker, Isaac Cox. Surveyor, Richard Riggs (Joyner, Vol.4, p73).
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"...In 1764, a year after peace was formally established, following Pontiac's uprising, a white man named John Friend walked up the mountains from the Potomac River on the trail of a fur trader which followed a buffalo trace. He crossed the crest of the Alleghenies, then descended to the sole Indian village of the area on the Youghiogheny. Here he bought land. He traded an iron pot for several cornfields and a few rough dwellings. Then he returned to the Potomac. A year later he came back. He settled on the land. (now Friendsville)..." (Schlosnagle, Stephen, "Garrett County: A History of Maryland's Tableland", Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Co., 1978. p3) Comment, the year was probably 1767-8, not 1764.
"The Friend family discovered a hill about seven miles south of their home on which ginseng, whose medicinal roots had been highly prized by the Chinese for centuries as a restorer of waning vitality and virility, grew in abundance. They named the bluff Ginseng Hill, but the stream at its base became known simply as Sang Run. John Friend discovered the cave now bearing his name, John Friend's Cave, in the vicinity in 1765. At the same time, he found the remains of Indian cornfields in the area and watched buffalo graze in the local glades. His brother, Augustine, settled along Sang Run in the late 1700's before moving to the Big Boiling Spring at Buffalo Marsh. Another son, John, Jr., settled in the Sanging Ground in 1796. Two years later a party of federal surveyors presented John Friend, Jr., with a two-hundred acre parcel of land at the mouth of Sang Run on the Youghiogheny in exchange for food and shelter. Friend was pleased with the bargain and named his tract Friend's Delight." (Schlosnagle, p56).
1774, "John Friend's tract was known as "Friend's Fortune." 1803, Nov 1; the "Friends Fortune," tract was surveyed with 383 acres, and adjacent to lot. 3281 and 3282, including lot 3283 (deed located by Pat Smith in the MD Archives, Annapolis, MD). The land was surveyed and patented to David Hoffman on that date. (Allegany Co, MD, deed Liber 2, folio, 301, p908 - not sure if the citation is correct)
"The Glades Star," Vol.1, Oakland, MD: Garrett Co, Hist. Soc., [1941-49] pp40-41. Washington Co., Militia, 1776. (Maryland Historical Society Records, pp198-200)
We whose names are hereinto subscribed do Inrole ourselves into a Company of Militia agreeable to the Resolves of the Provincial Convention held at the City of Annapolis this 26th Day of July, 1775... Witness our hands this 28th Day of Augt. 1776.
Cpt Charles Coulson; Teen Friend, John Friend. . .
[Comment, Skipton is now know as Oldtown, VA]
1777, Glades Star, Vol.1, p46; Snowy Creek Massacre: James Brain and his family spent the winter of 1777-78 at the Friend Fort.
1783 Willstown and Sandy Creek Hundred, Washington Co, MD
- Tax Assessment -
John Friend, 6 horses and 11 black cattle; comment, not assessed for any land.
(WMG 9:2:82, "Washington County 1783 Tax Assessment," Damascus, MD: GenLaw Resources, Apr 93).
1788 (From Deakins' Survey); List of families who settled on lots included in the survey before the lands were set aside as military lots.
www.rootsweb.com/~mdallegh/deakins.htm
[accessed 9 Jan 2005]
John Friend, Lots: 1471, 1472 (valuation 5 shillings) - comment, "Old" John Friend.
John Friend, Lots: 3281, 3282, 3283 (valuation 5 - 7 shillings) - comment, "Old" John Friend.
Gabriel Friend, Lot: 4117 (valuation 5 shillings) - comment, s/o "Old" John Friend.
Joseph Friend, Lot: 4118 (valuation 5 shillings) - comment, s/o "Old" John Friend.
Charles Friend, Lots: 874, 928, 940 (valuation 5 shillings) - comment, cousin of "Old" John Friend.
1787 Map (Veatch, Hezekiah, "Map of Military lots, tracts, patents" 1787)
on file at the Library of Congress: memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdquery.html (search on Allegany)
John Friend, Lots: 1471, 1472 - These lots are adjacent "Friends Delight."
John Friend, Lots: 3281, 3282, 3283 - These lots are also adjacent "Look Sharp"
Gabriel Friend, Lot: 4117 - adjacent "Look Sharp" (between "Friends Choice, and Blooming Rose")
Joseph Friend, Lot: 4118 - adjacent "Look Sharp" (between "Friends Choice, and Blooming Rose")
Charles Friend, Lots: 874, 928, 940 - these lots are contiguous and near Oakland.
1793 1st Dist, Sandy Creek and Glade Hundreds Allegany (now Garrett) Co, MD
- Tax Assessment -
John Friend, 300 acres;
Gabriel Friend, "Look Sharp" 48 acres, 1 lot;
Joseph Friend, 50 acres, 1 lot;
Charles Friend;
Andrew House
(Western Maryland Genealogy; 6:2:50-55, Damascus, MD: GenLaw Resources, Apr 90).
Comment, the tax assessment was alphabetized.
1793 Glade Lands (Garrett Co.), Allegany Co, MD
- Tax Assessment -
Augustine Friend, "Friend's Choice" 106 acres
(WMG, 6:4:164, Oct 90).
1796, Sep 9th, John Friend and wife Keronhappuch sold 75 acres of land for 40 pounds to Luke Huff (Hampshire Co, WV, Deed Bk 9, p323).
1798 Allegany Co, MD.
- Tax Assessment - Personal Prop, Real Estate - Lots and Tracts.
(Hoye, "Pioneer Families of Garrett County").
Slaves-horses-cattle-value; Property lots and tracts... acres-value.
John Friend, 0-1-7-£24; Lots 424, 425, 1471, 1472, 1281, 1282...300-£33.
Charles Friend, 0-2-20-£147; none
Joseph Friend, 0-1-6-£41; Part of Gleanings, lot 4118... 116-£12.
Charles Friend of J., 0-1-2-£30; none.
Gabriel Friend, 0-2-5-£47; Look Sharp, lot 4117... 98-£51.
1799 Dec 6, Paul Hoye of Washington Co, MD, for the sum of 20 dollars sold to John Friend, of Allegany Co, MD a tract of land called "Friend's Delight," situated in Allegany Co, MD on the Great Youghiogheny River, beginning near the mouth of Sang Run and running North thirty eight degrees East one hundred and thirty five perches, north forty degrees West eighty perches, South seventy nine degrees West one hundred perches, South seventy nine perches there with a straight line to the place of beginning containing 100 acres. Recorded 6 Dec 1799.
1800 Sandy Creek Hundred, Allegany Co, MD, (M32-9).
p39. ln27 Wm W. Hoyes, ln28 John Freind of Jn, ln29 Henry DeWitt, ln30 Andrew House.
p41. ln26 Israel Freind, ln28 Mashack Browning, ln29 Charles Freind of Jn.
p42. ln16 Gabriel Freind, ln17 Joseph Freind.
1804-1812, 1st Dist, Sandy Creek & Glade Hundreds, Allegany Co, MD.
- Tax Records - Real Property"
(WMG 15:4:169, Damascus, MD: GenLaw Resources, Oct 99).
1805-1812, Gabriel Friend, "Look Sharp," 48 acres, lots 3281, 4117. 1809-1812, acq. lot 3282. [comment, s/o John Friend, Sr.]
1804-1808, Joseph Friend, part of "Gleanings" 66 acres, lots 4118, 3282. 1809 trade, acq. "Friends Neglect" to 1812. [comment, the s/o John Friend, Sr.]
1804-1812, John Friend, Jr., 1804-1812, "Friends Delight" 75 acres, lot no. 1809, 25 acres.
1809-1812, Charles Friend, lots no. 1471, 1472, 100 acres. [comment, the s/o John Friend, Sr.]
1804-1812, 1st Dist, Sandy Creek & Glade Hundreds, Allegany Co, MD, Tax Records - Personal Property.
(WMG 16:4:167, Damascus, MD: GenLaw Resources, Oct 2000).
Gabriel Friend, 3 horses, 8 cattle, $154.
Joseph Friend, 2 horses, 9 cattle, $122.
John Friend, 1 horse, 2 cattle, $59.
1808 Jun 1, Indenture between John Friend Sr. of Allegany Co, MD of the one part and John Friend Junior of Allegany Co, state aforesaid of the other part. John Friend Senior in consideration of the sum of five shillings (5 sl.) paid by the said John Friend Junior, doth, granted, unto the said John Friend Junior all that part of a tract of land called "Friend's Delight, situate in Allegany County on the great Youghegany River, beginning at the mouth of Sang Run... containing 100 acres. Allegany County, to wit, June 1st, 1808, then appeared John Friend Senior before us two of the Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid and acknowledged the within instrument of writing to be his act and deed and the land, premises therein mentioned to be the right and estate of John Friend Junior and his heirs. Recorded 5 Jul 1808.