Family/Spouse: Andreas Koenig. Andreas was born on 31 Dec 1654 in eckwartsweir, baden germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dau. of Andreas Konig. The "in" in Konigin is the femanine form, and the surname means "King" or "Queen" in German.

Catherina married Michael Arbogast on 4 Jul 1724 in Kehl, Baden, Germany. Michael (son of David Arbogast and Christiana Diebold) was born on 27 March 1694 in Kehl, Baden, Germany; was christened on 27 Mar 1694 in Christuskirche, Kehl, Baden, Germany; died on 3 May 1743 in Kehl, Baden, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Andreas Sommer on 12 Nov 1748. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

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

Notes:

For family, see History of Pendleton (Highland) Co., by Morton, pages 257 &
332. Michael immigrated through Philadelphia on 25 Sep 1749 on ship,
Speedwell.

CHILDREN: Ft. Seybert births of children are approximate from census reel,
except Peter (Fam.Cem.), Adam (Pension), David (Fam. Rec.) and Dorothy, from
Highland History, page 290. Settled prior to 1758 in VA.

WILL: Probated in Pendleton Co., VA, 4 Aug 1812, now Highland Co., VA.

MARRIAGE RECORDS: Only records available are found in Augusta Co. Marriage
Records and Pendleton Co. Court Records.

All information from extensive research and records of Amanda Crawford Arbogast
Forbes on Michael and his descendants unless otherwise indicated.

BIRTH record from Evangelical Lutheran Church Records, Kehl, Baden, Germany

Records of daughter, Mary, indicate Michael had two wives. Considering all
available information, Mary was probably his first wife, Elizabeth his second.

Naturalized in Augusta Co., VA, 22 Aug 1770, #117, Chalkleys Abstracts, Vol.
I, p. 161.

Records of Dr. Dunham indicate the possibility of another son, Joseph, b. 1769
based on information from tax records, d. 1820 based on information in Morton's
Pendleton Co. History. The Peter Arbogsast who married Henry Arbogast's daughter also not placed.

Christened:
Michael was baptized on 27 Sept 1732.

Buried:
"Take Wimer Mountain road from Blue Grass, at the intersection with Hardscrabble road, continue north on Wimer Mountain, go approximately 3/10 mile. On the left will be a pond. The two rocks marking the graves are on the right side of the road. The graves sit almost in the fence row, if the grass is high its difficult to see them from the road. "

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth. Elizabeth died after 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Michael married Mary E Samuels about 1758 in Prb Frederick Co, Va. Mary was born in 1736; died in 1772. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Other Events:

• Military: American Revolution

Notes:

Migrated to Champaign Co., later Clark Co., OH about 1811. He later
relocated to Madison Co., IN, about 1830-1831, where he died. Migrated to OH
with brothers, Michael, Jr., and Peter. Peter remained in Ohio.

MILITARY: Pvt., Capt. Peter Hull's Co., 2nd Bn., Augusta Militia, during
Yorktown Campaign, 1781, page 148, Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War,
by McAllister.

From "Mulanax - Bales" by Katherine and Alvin Mulanax, April 1980, pp. 83 &
84, David is thought to have migrated to Madison Co., Indiana shortly after
1830 with his family and other relatives, including his niece, Catherine
Arbogast Mulanax (daughter of Michael Arbogast, Jr.), and her husband, Joseph
Mulanax. The Mulanax' report that three Arbogasts bought land in Madison
County in the 1830's, Jesse, Isaac and Jacob Arbogast. It is thought that
they are sons of David Arbogast who came to Madison County about 1831.

According to Vera Arbogast Turner (Mrs. Lynn Turner) of Bloomington, IL, David
purchased land in Madison Co., IN in 1833. Vera is descended through the son,
Henry, William, John Lewis and Rev. Wm. H. Arbogast, her father.

David married Elizabeth Fleisher on 4 Jul 1785 in , Augusta, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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:

Source is research and family records of Helen J. Gasch of Clarkston, WA.

Mary married James Mullenax on 10 Apr 1785 in , Augusta, Virginia, United States. James was born about 1765 in , Augusta, Virginia, United States; died on 6 Sep 1814 in Pendleton Co., Va; was buried in Pendleton Co., Va. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Power of Attorney from brother, Peter, mentions Dorothy, only record of
Dorothy as child. Deed Book 11, p. 522., 30 Sep 1830,copy in file.

See Gum History of Highland Co., page 290, husband was Jacob Gum.

Date of Birth est. from Census records. Death est. from 1839 deed of her heirs

Source is Amanda Arbogast Forbes file with reference to research and
correspondence from Lana (Tevis) Griffin, Falls Church, VA, and Edrie M.
Graham, St. Louis, MO. Additional information from, Leaves From A Gum Tree, by
Muriel Martens Hoffman, Cornbelt Press, 1984, Fairbury, IL, p. 452, et seq.

Dorothy married Jacob Gum in 1780/1790 in , Augusta, Virginia, United States. Jacob was born before 1760 in , Augusta, Virginia, United States; died in 1820 in Pendleton Co., Va. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Migrated to Champaign Co., now Clark Co., OH, about 1811, killed there in
1813. Land Bounty for war service? Relocated with brothers, David and Peter.
Father of several children. See Biographical Album of Clark and Greene Cos.,
by Chapman Bros., 1890, page 295. Also Court Records of Clark Co. This
information from Amanda Arbogast research.

Rosemary Pickett a descendant has done extensive research in and around Clark
Co., OH and from her home over several years has provided well documented
family group records for Michael, Jr. and each of his children. On the son,
George, Rosemary's data was augmented by research of Theodore B. James who is
descended from George's daughter Annie Eliza and research of Margaret Sievers,
National DAR # 527614 who is descended from George's son, James Henry Arbogast.
On the son, Eli McKinley, all of the research is by Rosemary since this is her
line and includes this line of her ancestors as well as her own descendants.
Children listed may not be in order of birth. Rosemary cites, Portraits and
Biographies Album of Greene and Clark Counties, Ohio, Vols. I & II, Chapman
Bros., Chicage, 1890, as a source and extracted the text pointing out the error
that all of Michael's children were not born in Ohio and he came to Ohio prior
to 1816. Rosemary's work may be referred to hereafter as THE PICKETT PAPERS.

Other sources cited by Rosemary Pickett are: Clark Co., OH Marriage Records
(researched 4 Apr 1991).

Also see, Ohio Wills & Estates to 1850: An Index, by Carol W. Bell, 1981,
Michael's estate filed 1814.

Early Clark Co., OH Families, Vol. I & II, by Friends of the Library General
Research Group. History of Clark Co., OH, by W.H. Beers & Co. as well as, A
Standard History of Springfield & Clark Co., OH, 1922, by Dr. Benjamin F.
Price.

Michael, Jr. was a farmer. His year of death is from his Estate papers,
Champaign Co., OH, Common Pleas Court minute book, 5, p. 24, 1814.

Michael married Barbara Buzzard in 1792 in Pendleton Co., Va. Barbara was born about 1772 in Va; died about 1824 in Springfield, Clark Co., Oh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

MARRIAGES: Second wife, Elizabeth, 1805. May have been married more than two
times, had 17 children. Henry remained in community of father, Dry Run, near
Crabbottom, now Blue Grass, VA. He may have inherited or otherwise acquired
his father's homestead because his descendants owned the property as late as
1971 per Amanda Crawford Arbogast Forbes research.

WILL: Pendleton Co. Court Records Will Book 4, pp.236-237, childrens names.
Copy of will in file also names wife, Elizabeth. Probated 4 Apr 1844, written
Feb. 1844. Son, Ephriam not in will, previously deeded 375ac to him in 1840.

Birth estimated from Pendleton Co., VA census of 1810,20,30 and 40.
See Pendleton (Highland) Co. History, by Morton
Name appears frequently in Pendleton Co. Court Records.
All information herein from Amanda Arbogast Forbes research, copy in file.
Henry and Peter were twin sons of Michael Arbogast.
Marriage bond for first wife, Sophia Wade, dated 17 Jan. 1792.

Henry married Sophia Wade on 17 Jan 1792 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv. Sophia was born about 1772 in Prb. Md; died about 1803 in Crabbottom, Pendleton Co., Va/Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Elizabeth Seybert about 1805 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv. Elizabeth was born about 1785 in , Augusta, Virginia, United States; died about 1844 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Peter and Henry were twins.

Relocated to Champaign Co.,OH (Clark Co. since 1818) about 1811 with brothers,
David and Michael, Jr. by covered wagon. David went on to IN, about 1830.

Grave is marked with a stone from which an inscription was copied, see Forbes
and/or Hartmann records. Tombstone provides birth and death dates. Cemetery
is about 1 1/2 mi. N/E of South Vienna, OH, on old Columbus Rd. Estate
probated, Clark Co., OH, A-995, 1842.

See Power of Attorney from Peter and his wife Sarah authorizing Cornelius
Arbogast to dispose of their undivided share in real property in Crabbottom
inherited from his father Michael. Pendleton Co. Court Records, Deed Book 11,
Page 522. Names brothers John, Adam, Henry and George as well as his sister
Dorothy, wife of Jacob Gum as co-inheritors of the property. Copy in file.

Daughter Mary and spouse from letter to Patricia Bebernick from Amanda
Arbogast Forbes, 1988, copy in file.

Children list may not be complete and order of birth may not be correct.

Family group records of 4th great granddaughter, Patricia Crissman Bebernick
received 24 Sep 1992 giving day and month of birth for Peter and tracing her
ancestry to Peter.

Peter filed land claim 28 Jan. 1812 according to Patricia (Allen) McSherry who
cites records at General Land Office, Cincinnati, OH. See patent on land, 31
May 1816, Clark Co., OH, Deed Book V, p. 85.

Peter married Sarah Henderson about 1798 in Prb Pendleton Co, Va/Wv. Sarah was born about 1781 in Prb Augusta Co., Va; died on 18 Jul 1850 in Pleasant Twp., Clark Co., Oh; was buried in Pleasant Hill Cm, Clark Co., Oh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

All information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes RIN# 28, copy in file.

See Pendleton Co. deed from heirs of his brother, John.

Married once, remained in the community where his father settled near the
village of Crabbottom, Pendleton Co., VA/WV, now Blue Grass, Highland Co., VA.
His place probably abutted the lands of his father and brother, Michael. It
may be possible that he lived 2-3 miles from his fathers home, on Franks Run.
His son, Daniel, lived at this location. Carl Arbogast, son of Abraham
Arbogast lived there in 1971, per Amanda Forbes. Had 9 children.

See extensive research and records of Amanda Crawford Arbogast Forbes.

Deed of heirs filed in Pendleton Co., 1844 gives names of children. Died
intestate. His dates are from a family bible in possession of Larry Roberts.
Bible was kept by Emanuel or some of his family who went to Illinois.

George married Catherine Yeager about 1791/2 in Pendleton Co., Va. Catherine was born on 17 Jun 1769 in Shenandoah Co., Va; died in Feb 1848 in Crabbottom, Highland Co., Va. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]