Notes:

From AAF # A-45 in file.

Notes:

From AAF # A-45 in file. Carpenter.

George married Elizabeth Wilfong on 2 Dec 1865 in , Barbour , Virginia, United States. Elizabeth was born in 1836 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died on 9 Jun 1873 in , Barbour , Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From AAF # A-45 in file. Daughter of Abel and Sarah (Waggy) Wilfong. Died of
fever.

Notes:

From Amanda Arbogast Forbes research and papers 387, copy in file. Copy of
longhand marriage bond in file 25 Sep 1817. Son of Daniel and Mary
(Kirkpatrick) Kerr, who were married 1 Jul 1790. Daniel, 1764-bef,1840. Mary,
1764-bef.1810. Daniel is the son of Robert and Elizabeth (Bailey) Kerr.
Robert, 1720/22-22 Feb 1808, Fifeshire, Scotland. Elizabeth, 1729-5 Dec 1810,
Wales. They were married in 1763. Ancestors data from Mary Jane (Kerr) Lewis,
in file.

Ref: AAF; gives place of death as Barbour Co.

Lived 1850 in Barbour Co.

Ref: WBH; birthdates in this family are from Bible

Robert married Elizabeth Ann Arbogast on 2 Oct 1817 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv. Elizabeth (daughter of Adam Arbogast and Margaret "Peggy" Hull) was born about 1794 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died after 1860 in Prb Barbour Co., Va/Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Amanda Arbogast Forbes research and papers, copy in file. Pendleton Co.
Marriage Record. A.k.a. Eliza Ann & Ann Elizabeth.

Ref: WBH; children and spouses from grandson Dr. William Kerr of Burnsville,
WV. Lived in Burnsville, Upshur Co. Name on marriage certificate Armoncost.

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.