Notes:

Amanda Arbogast Forbes family group record 274.

Notes:

From family group record of John and Mary Arbogast # 21 in file from Amanda
Arbogast Forbes. Last name may be Geager. Wm. Jr. was a widower, age 22 when
married, born Randolph Co.; wife Martha Arbogast, age 20, born Randolph Co.
Son of William and Elizabeth (Thorn) Yeager.

William married Martha Jane Arbogast on 12 Jul 1855 in , Barbour , Virginia, United States. Martha (daughter of John Jr. Arbogast and Mary A. Woods) was born about 1838 in Randolph Co., Va/Wv; died after 1880 in Prb Barbour Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Census record and marriage record 1855 Barbour Co., age 20 to William Geager,
Jr., age 22, widower; both born Randolph Co., married by Jos. Teter, Jr.

Notes:

Information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes research record # 21 copy in file.

On 1870 census, Randolph Co., age 66; 1880 census Randolph Co., age 75
according to records of Beverly Kenny (Mrs. Donald) Pensacola, FL.

John and wife Mary assign their interest in 160ac. of land in Pendleton Co.,
VA, 21 Feb. 1831. See Deed Book 11, p. 30.

It is possible that John married a second time to Elizabeth. See 1860 census
of Randolph Co., age 55, Elizabeth, age 25. Census records indicate
possibility of these additional children: Jacob, born about 1856; Clara, born
about 1852 and John, born about 1859. Needs investigation.

Record of land sales in Randolph Co., VA/WV from Jean S. Loudin. 63ac. in 1837
on Haddon's Run, 100ac. in 1842 on Valley River and 100ac. in 1844 on Stuart
Run.

John married Mary A. Woods on 15 Jan 1824 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv. Mary was born in 1796 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died on 3 Apr 1884 in , Barbour , Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information from research of Amanda Arbogast Forbes record # 21 copy in file.

Copy of death certificate in file, Death Records No. 1 1/2, page 78, Barbour
Co., WV.

Marriage bond for John Arbogast and Mary Wood (Wooden-Wooten) in possession of
H. M. Calhoun, Attorney, Franklin, Pendleton Co., WV. Bond for $150. by John
Arbogast and Daniel Winebright. Marriage by James Watts, Pendleton Co. on July
15, 1824. See copy of file letter from Beverly Kenny, Pensacola, FL, 13 Jul.
1977.

1880 Barbour Co., Baker District, WV census indicates Mary living with
daughter-in-law Margaret (Decker) Arbogast, widow of George Washington Arbogast
who was killed in the Civil War.

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.