Notes:

Source is Amanda Arbogast Forbes family group record 266. Married Robert
Thompson, 21 Nov 1883 in Grant Co., WV.

Notes:

BIRTH: Estimated from Census Reports. 1850 Census Highland Co., VA, age 14;
1860 Census Highland Co., VA; 1870 Census Pendleton Co., WV age 32; 1880 Census
Pendleton Co., WV age 43, wife age 41. Peter's occupation listed as
Blacksmith.

MARRIAGE: Filed in Pendleton Co., WV.

PARENTS: From marriage record and census reports. Marriage records lists
Almira's parents as S. & P. Pennington but on 1850 census she is listed as age
13 and under family of Sampson and Mary Pennington.

DEATH: Not followed after 1900 census. No Cemetery records found in Highland
Co., VA or Pendleton Co., WV.

See records of Amanda Arbogast Forbes PAF RIN # 703, from which this is
copied, in file.

A Peter Arbogast listed as a Confederate soldier, C. Co., 62nd VA, living in
Grant Co. March 1, 1900 per Morton's History of Pendleton (Highland Co., VA)
County, WV, p.402.

Peter married Almira Pennington on 16 Jan 1860 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv. Almira was born about Jan 1834 in North Fork, Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died after 1900 in Grant Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This family from Amanda Arbogast Forbes PAF, Family Group Record 144, on file.

BIRTH: From 1850 Census Highland Co., VA age 50; 1860 Census Highland Co., Va
age 57.

MARRIAGES: 1st, Mary Davis, Marriages of Pendleton Co., VA, compiled by Mary
Harter, FASG; 2nd, Delila Davis Rymer, recorded in Highland Co., VA Marriage
Records.

DEATH: No record of death. Last found on 1860 Census of Highland Co., VA
living on Strait Creek, most likely lower Strait Creek near Forks of Waters.

CHILDREN: Derived from 1850 and 1860 Census of Highland Co., VA. Son Jesse
stayed in Highland Co., VA., son Peter in Pendleton Co., VA/WV. Other sons,
Adam, Jr., Daniel and James to Lewis and Upshur Counties, WV and appear in
records of these counties.

Amanda Arbogast Forbes PAF RIN # 444 in file, from which this is copied with
insignificant change. Also, AAF Reference No. 28.

Adam married Mary Davis on 30 May 1823 in Pendleton Co., Va. Mary was born about 1804 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died about 1851 in Highland Co., Va. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: 1850 Census Highland Co., VA age 46.

MARRIAGE: From Marriages of Pendleton Co., VA, compiled by Mary Harter, FASG.

DEATH: Listed 1850 Census Highland Co., VA on 21 Aug., so her death took place
between then and 26 June 1852 when her husband remarried as a widower.

Other Events:

• Military: American Revolution
• Residence: 1810, Pendleton, Virginia, United States
• Residence: 1820, Pendleton, Virginia, United States

Notes:

BIRTH: Estimated from census cited and 1787 Personal Property Tax List for
Augusta Co., VA. John listed as over 21 years of age. Born in Frederick or
Augusta Co., VA.

MARRIAGE: Date estimated but must have been before 1790.

DEATH: Will dated 20 Dec., 1820, proven on 3 Apr., 1821. Will Book 4, Page
49, Pendleton Co., VA/WV; lists children.

CENSUS: 1810 and 1820, Pendleton Co., VA/WV.

DEEDS: See deed from John Arbogast heirs and George Arbogast and his wife,
Katherine, to Henry Arbogast. Deed Book 14, pages 173 & 174, Pendleton Co.
Court Records, 1838. John in will of his father, Michael, in Pendleton Co.

HOMESTEAD: Near Circleville, across the mountain from his parents. His
children married into families from the Circleville area.

MILITARY: Private, Capt. Peter Hull's Company, 2nd Bn, Augusta Militia, 1779,
page 148, "Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War", by McAllister. Pages 22
and 93, Company in battles during the Yorktown Campaign, 1781. On D.A.R. List
of Patriots from Augusta Co., VA, DAR Index, Volume II, 1979, p. 6., in file.

John married Hannah Davis in Apr 1788 in Pendelton, Virginia, West Virginia, United States. Hannah was born in 1770/1780 in , Augusta, Virginia, United States; died in 1830/1838 in Pendleton Co., , Va/Wv, ,. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Estimated from 1810, 20 and 30 census, Augusta Co., VA, later Pendleton
Co., VA/WV.

DEATH: Living on 1830 census, not on 1840 census or deed from heirs, 1838.
Deed Book 14, Pages 171-174, Pendleton Co.

PARENTS: Unknown, maiden name from Morton's histories of Pendleton and Highland
Counties.

See notes of Spouse, John Arbogast. All information on this family from
research by Amanda Arbogast Forbes.

Regarding possible parents of Hannah; from Marian Ramona (Tracy) Bittle letter
in file, lists Davis heads of household from 1810 census and tax lists of the
period as follows: DAVIS, William, John, James, John, John, Joseph, Robert and
William.