Notes:

From family records of Merle Arbogast Chorba of New Vernon, New Jersey,
daughter of Dr. Hoyt Bailey Arbogast. Additional information from Pocahontas
Co., WV, History, 1981, by Wilma Beard Harper.

Ref: Trexler 250 (from WBH)

Frances married James Daniel Kerr on 6 Mar 1866 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States. James was born on 15 Dec 1844 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States; died on 4 Jun 1931 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States; was buried in Kerr Cemetery, Boyer, Pocahontas Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Cewillia Elizabeth Kerr was born on 10 Sep 1868 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States; died on 11 Jan 1961; was buried in Kerr Cemetery, Boyer, Pocahontas Co., Wv.
2. Vesta Jane Kerr was born on 17 Jun 1872; died on 5 Nov 1960.
3. Burjessie Elizabeth Kerr was born on 16 Apr 1874; died on 30 Apr 1939.
4. Robert David Kerr was born on 10 Jun 1876 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States; died on 27 Jul 1898.
5. Margaret Yeager Kerr was born on 11 May 1878 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States; died on 1 Feb 1963; was buried in Mt. Calvary Cem, Morgantown, Monongalia Co., Wv.

Notes:

From family records of Merle Arbogast Chorba of New Vernon, New Jersey,
daughter of Dr. Hoyt Bailey Arbogast. Settled on the homestead which became
known as Camp Allegheny.

Additional information from Pocahontas Co., WV, 1981, pp. 504-506, by Wilma
Beard Harper.

Ref: WBH, granddaughter. When John died, soldiers were camped at the Methodist
Church at Bartow. The family meant to remove him after the war to the church
cemetery, but this had not been done when Margaret died in 1865, and she was
laid to rest beside him.
One of the Civil War battles was fought on their homeplace; Will and Henry
carried their mother to 52nd VA Regiment camp, which was principally from
Augusta, as she was ill. She remained there during the night.
John was an extensive landowner, owning thousands of acres of land on both
sides of the road for a distance of 10 miles. He was also a surveyor and
helped survey the Staunton-Petersburg Turnpike on the Allegheny Mountain and
Traveler's Repose section, under Claude Crozet, an engineer of Napoleon's. He
was deputy surveyor for the county under Sampson Mathews, first surveyor of
Pocahontas Co. Roscoe W. Brown, surveyor in 1938, told WBH that he had always
found the work of John Yeager to be very accurate.

John married Margaret (Peggy) Arbogast on 1 Nov 1837 in Pocahontas Co., Va. Margaret (daughter of Benjamin Arbogast and Frances Mullens) was born on 29 Feb 1820 in Pocahontas Co., Va; died on 11 May 1865 in Top of Allegheny, Pendleton Co., Wv; was buried in Homeplace, Top Allegheny, Pocahontas Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From family records of Merle Arbogast Chorba of New Vernon, New Jersey,
daughter of Dr. Hoyt Bailey Arbogast.

Additional information from Pocahontas Co., WV, 1981, pp. 504-506, by Wilma
Beard Harper. Married by Rev. Benjamin Tallman. Buried at the home place on
Top of Allegheny with her husband.

Notes:

From Amanda Arbogast Forbes record A-3, copy in file. Death was sometime
during Mar-Jun 1830. Will recorded in Will Book 1, p. 217, Pocahontas Co.
All children except Frances named in will.

Ref: WBH; homeplace in the Glade Hill area owned successively by son Henry, then
Clark and Margaret (Arbogast) Dilley, then a Galford, then ? (FYD: perhaps a
Shinaberry), then (as of June 1953) Harry Moore.

Benjamin married Frances Mullens about 1804. Frances was born in 1790; died in 1857 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States; was buried in Homeplace, Glade Hill, Pocahontas Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Amanda Arbogast Forbes record A-3, copy in file. Frances was from
Westmoreland Co., VA. Year of death noted from Wilma Harper.

WBH: Tradition is that Frances came to Pocahontas to visit the John Sutton
family. (John Sutton was from Westmoreland Co.)

Other Events:

• Military: American Revolution

Notes:

See Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War, by McAllister, page 235. Adam
received pension for service as Virginia Militiaman, living 1835. Also page 19,
Indian Spy, 1776 or 1777; page 22, Pvt., Capt. Peter Hull's Co. during Yorktown
Campaign, 1781; and, page 148, Muster Roll of that Company in 1779.

See Pocahontas Co. History, by Price. Adam relocated to headwaters of the
Greenbrier River, now Pocahontas Co., WV, in 1796. Several pages devoted to
Adam and his family.

Birth 1759/60 from Rev. War Pension Applications. Marriage and death date
from A. Arbogast Forbes Papers in file. Will recorded in Pocahontas Co. Will
Book 3, page 4, copy in file. Jacob Hull Arbogast is named as son in all
histories but was not in will. Will probated in June 1852 term of Court,
actual date of death unknown. PHOTO OF TOMBSTONE IN FILE INDICATES 1760 BIRTH.

Amanda Arbogast Forbes (AAF) research includes papers of Wilma Harper, 1850 and
1880 Census of Pendleton County, Court Records and County histories. AAF
Record "A".

Ref: WBH; tombstone marked 1760-1861 by WBH in about 1940. She later said that
1861 was her error. Granddaughter Hulda (Arbogast) Yeager said that he
died before she was born (in 1858). Was married near Hevener's Store.
Received second eyesight before he died accoding to legend.

Drafted and marched under Captain John McCoy and Lt. Joesph Gwin to West's Fort on West Fork of Monogahela, then down the river to Lowther's Fort, then lower yet to Nutter's Fort where he remained much of the three months...... Then finally to Coontie's Fort where troops were called in consequence of the Indians killing a white woman while she was spreading hemp in a field...... Volunteered 1778 as Indian Spy under same Captain and marched on to Warm Springs, whence he, together with George Hull, John Gum and Conrad Fleisher were ordered to Crabbottom to guard that locality and remained there the rest of his time....... At another time he marched from his home (now Highland) across the Greenbrier River to head of Seneca in pursuit of Indians.

Adam married Margaret "Peggy" Hull about 1778 in Crabbottom Sect., Augusta Co., Va. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Peter Hull and Susannah Margaretha Dieffenbach) was born in 1757 in Shenandoah Valley, Augusta Co., Va; died on 15 Jan 1820 in Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv; was buried in Yeager/Arbogast, Cem., Bartow, Pocahontas Co., wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes research and papers in file includes
place of birth, date and place of death, where buried and parents.

Ref: Cleek 374

Differing birth/death info:

Margaret Hull was born 1757 in Augusta County, which is now Highland and died 1/15/1820 in Traveler's Repose, Bath Co. Her parents were Thomas Peter Hull (Hohl) born 1706 in Germany and died 1776 in Augusta Co and Susannah Margaretha Dieffenbach born Oct. 1725 in Lancaster, Pa and died abt 1776 in Augusta Co, Va , They were married 11/25/1750 in the Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa. He was a widower who had married in Germany and was a miller on the Susquehanna River before marrying Susannah.