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Early Settlers of
West Virginia
Chapter 5
Directions: The following information describes settlement in western Virginia before the American
Revolution. Place each of the settlements on an outline map of West Virginia.
1 Morgan Morgan
2joistHite
SShepherd family
4Isaac Van Meter
5 Henry Van Meter
6Stephen Sewell and Jacob Marlin
/Andrew Culbertson
8 Robert Files and David Tygart
gEckarly Brothers
lOjames Moss
lljohn Simpson
12Zackquill Morgan
ISjohn and Samuel Pringle
14Wood family
ISEbenezer Zane
16Walter Kellev
1726
1732
1732
1744
1744
1749
1753
1753
1754
1760
1764
1768
1768
1769
1769
1773
Mill Creek, Berkeley County
Winchester, Jefferson County
Shepherdstown, Jefferson County
Old Fields, Hardy County
Trough, Hardy County
Marlinton, Pocahontas County
Crumps Bottom, Summers County
Beverly, Randolph County
Drunkard Bottom, Preston County
Sweet Springs, Monroe County
Clarksburg, Harrison County
Morgantown, Monongalia County
Buckhannon, Upshur County
Peterstown, Monroe County
Wheeling, Ohio County
Kelley's Creek, Kanawha County
What conclusions can you draw about early settlement in Western Virginia from the data?
The settlements were first established in the east, then settlers gradually moved west. The
westernmost areas were the last to be settled
What do you think the area of western Virginia outside the settlements was like?
Sparse population, poor transportation, dangerous, survival, difficult living
conditions
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The Settlers
Levi, Mod, and James - New
Mart insvi lie
Andrew Lewis - Sreenbrier
Valley
Lewis Tacket - St. Albans
Daniel Boone - Pt. Pleasant
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George Clendenin Charleston
Thomas Ingles - Bluef ield