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[Helmick's from online.FTW]

[Fair Sabra & Abraham Helmick.FTW]

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #1718, Date of Import: Feb 6, 2000]

Moved to Oklahoma, had ranch along Red River, died there.


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[Fair Sabra & Abraham Helmick.FTW]

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #1718, Date of Import: Feb 6, 2000]

Birth and death dates are approximate. The three Bays brothers appeared in the Loop (WV) before the formation of Fayette Co., but their cabins were located in diverse parts of that area - Thomas, on the present Country Club Road; William, on Cassady Branch of Laurel Creek; and Isaac, on Crooked Run.

In 1826, Thomas and Isaac Bays worked as chainmen on the surveys made by
Francis Pinnell in the Loop when it was under the jurisdiction of Logan County.
The place chosen by Thomas Bays for his homestead was on the headwaters of Wolf Creek, then called Wolfpen Creek, athwart the old Loup Creek Road across Rich Mountain. There he found acres and acres of good rolling terrain suitable fo farming and stock raising and waiting to be cleared. The original Loup Creek Road passed through this homestead to a junction with the Bluestone Road at the site of present Oak Hill, but that was somewhat out of the way for inhabitants who had business at the new county seat at Vandal's. In 1837, on petition of Loup Creek citizens, Thomas Bays was appointed on a committee of viewers to locate a new road "from the top of Rich Mountain where Loop Creek Road crosses, to intersect the Bluestone Road at the most convenient and practicable point toward Vandal's" (Fayetteville).

We do not know when Thomas and Nancy died. They appear on the Fayette Co. 1860 Census - Thomas's age is given as 64 and Nancy is 58. She is also listed as being a Midwife. There are also three children listed: Martha, 18, who married Lewis Blake; Henry C., 14, and James F., age 4.

In 1994, I visited Oak Hill, WV, in search of the burial place of Thomas and Nancy. I was told by Randy Steele of Kentucky that they were buried in the Brenneman Cemetery. I did not find the Brenneman Cemetery but later found that it is now know as the Lundale Farm. Merry Hanning of Oak Hill visited the Lundate Farm in 1995 but did not find any evidence of graves. She said it was overgrown with weeds and she was unable to find any markers.

While I was in Oak Hill, I drove down the street called Country Club Rd. I later found out after reading the book "Cabins in the Loop" that Thomas and Nancy had once lived on that same road.


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Thomas married Nancy Ann LINEGAR in 1818 in WV. Nancy (daughter of Isaac LINEGAR and Rebecca RUNNELLS) was born in 1801 in Bath Co., VA; died in 1880 in Fayette Co., WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[Helmick's from online.FTW]

[Fair Sabra & Abraham Helmick.FTW]

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #1718, Date of Import: Feb 6, 2000]

Birth and death dates are approximate.


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[Fair Sabra & Abraham Helmick.FTW]

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #1718, Date of Import: Feb 6, 2000]

John Bays - We are not sure whether his middle name was Franklin or Fielding.


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John married Mary Ann KNIGHT in 1794 in MD. Mary was born about 1775; died WFT est 1807-1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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[Fair Sabra & Abraham Helmick.FTW]

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #1718, Date of Import: Feb 6, 2000]

Father may have been Thomas Knight. 1776 census of Maryland indicates a
Thomas Knight 30, Margret 25, William 8, Mary 5, Elizabeth, 3 and Light 2.
There is also a family listed as Light Knight 59, Rachel 46, William 20, Mary
26, Rachel, 16, Isaac, 12, Sarah 9, and Hannah. This may have been the father
of Thomas Knight. Census taken by Joseph Benshaw and completed Aug. 15, 1776 of Buse River Lower Hundred, Barford County, MD.


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[Fair Sabra & Abraham Helmick.FTW]

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #1718, Date of Import: Feb 6, 2000]

Isaac Linegar - Parents William and Hester Linegar were tenants of Lord Fairfax
in 1777 on his manor of Leeds estate in northern Virginia.

In 180l, Isaac Linegar owned 200 acres in Bath Co. VA
Copy of deed on file.

1810 census - Giles Co., VA lists Isaac Linegar and family.
Isaac had a brother William


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Isaac married Rebecca RUNNELLS about 1788 in VA. Rebecca was born about 1770; died in 1835 in Indianapolis, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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[Fair Sabra & Abraham Helmick.FTW]

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #1718, Date of Import: Feb 6, 2000]

!There is little information on Rebecca, but she is reported to be a
full-blooded Cherokee. This has not been verified.

!In 1835, while traveling to Niles, Berrien Co., Michigan, Rebecca died of
cholera in Indianapolis, IN. She was traveling with the families of her
daughters Phoebe, wife of Wesley Pinnell, and Elizabeth, wife of Francis
Pinnell and their children. Five members of the family died including Rebecca,
three Pinnell children and Wesley Pinnell, husband of Phoebe.

In a conversation with Bill Settle Reese on 1/7/95, he informed me that his
grandmother told him back in the 1930's that the maiden name of Rebecca was
Runnells. In researching information on Faquier Co. where Isaac Linegar lived
I did find a Runnells family.

1790 Virginia census reveals a John and James Runnells as heads of households.

This surname may also have been spelled as "Runols" as Nancy Ann Linegar Bays
named her first son "Isaac Runols". Another variation is "Runolds".


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[Fair Sabra & Abraham Helmick.FTW]

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #1718, Date of Import: Feb 6, 2000]

!The Hampshire Co., VA Tax Enumeration of 1782 lists a William Linegar with 4
whites living in the Capon area of Hampshire Co.. In 1784, one white was listed
as living with William. The census of 1790 amd 1800 were lost. By 1810, he
was gone.
Early Records of Hampshire Co. by Sage & Jones list the following references:
P. 34, 14 Sept 1791, William Linegar (w. Hester) a deed to Alexander Brown of
Frederick Co., 223 acrew on North River (N. River is a tributary of the Cacapon
River, flows from W., north of Caon Bridge).

P. 27, 8 Nov 1779, Deed Howard Reason to William Linegar 200 acresa on Gibbons
Run, also a trek of Cacapon from the West.


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William married Hester about 1765 in VA. Hester was born about 1742 in VA; died WFT est 1771-1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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[Helmick's from online.FTW]

[Fair Sabra & Abraham Helmick.FTW]

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #1718, Date of Import: Feb 6, 2000]

!Not much is know of William and Hester Linegar, parents of Isaac. We know that
they were Tenants of Lord Fairfax in 1777 on his Manor of Leeds Estate in
Northern Virginia.


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