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Note N100 Index
[Ralston.FTW]
Rolston 77 -- "Raulston & Russell Genealogy", by Barbara Gonce Clepper. Published 1986 by the Gregath Company, Cullman, Alabama. Page 130
Rolston 78 -- Will of William Rallston, recorded 1767 in Staunton, Augusta County, VA., photocopy from State Library of Virginia in Richmond
Rolston 107 -- Rolston Family Tree from Gordon Rolston & Lawrence H. Rolston, Jan. 1999: Gives approx. birth date.
Notes
Note N101 Index
[Ralston.FTW]
Rolston 38--History of Hancock County, Ohio; mentions William as father of
Alpheus. Living in Rockingham Co., VA. when son Alpheus born in 1801. Later
moved to Wood county, WV, and possibly to Pickaway Co., Ohio about 1826
Rolston 50--Marriage bond from Rockingham County for William Ralston to Mary
Hopkins, daughter of Archabald Hopkins. Bond of 50 pounds posted by William
Ralston * Benjamin Henton, April 16, 1782
Rolston 51--Published marriage records of Rockingham county lists several
entries for William Ralston/Rolstone to Mary Hopkins.
Rolston 52--published cemetery inscriptions gives birth & death dates. Says
removed to Wood Co. 1804
Rolston 56--William Rolston information provided by Jim Libertini, Jan. 1998:
In 1757 William Rolston was born in that part of Augusta County, Virginia which is presently Rockingham County, Virginia. He is believed to be The son of David and Ann Copeland Rolston. Ann Copeland was the widow of Benjamin Copeland who died about 1755. William Rolston married Mary Hopkins, daughter of Archibald and Janet Love Hopkins, in April 1782 (marriage bond dated 16 April 1782) in Rockingham County. Mary was born in 1755.
In 1804, William moved his family from Rockingham County to Wood County,
Virginia (now West Virginia). On April 6, 1805 William purchased 801 acres of land from Caleb and Jesse Hitchcock for 5000 dollars. This land consisted of three separate tracts located along the Ohio River at Bull Creek near the present city of Waverly. On July 13, 1807 at Bull Creek, just a few years after settling there, William died. It is said that he contracted some disease. Mary also
died at Bull Creek on August 28, 1823. (Note Cemetery Record in Rolston 52 gives different death date. William is said to have taken part in the Whiskey Rebellion during 1794. He was probably a member of the Virginia Militia sent by President George Washington to the western counties of Pennsylvania to restore order and enforce the law.
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Pleasants County History, 1980, page 63: William Rolston settled in Grant
District in 1804, coming from Pennsylvania, where he had participated in
the Whiskey Insurrection. His wife was Mary Hopkins. Their son Nathan
was born In Rockingham County, Virginia in 1794, and married, Sarah,
daughter of Solomon and Katie (Stump) Harness, who was born in Hardy
County in 1797.
Their Children were: Archibald Rufus b. 1818, Mary Catherine (Thornley)
b. 1820, George Wilson b. 1823, Granville Harness b. 1825, David Compton
b. 1827, Eliza Alcinda (Ingraham) b. 1830, Solomon William b. 1822, John
Tyler b. 1836. George W. Rolston married Elizabeth, daughter of Lloyd
and Frances Biddle.
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The following is from page 69 "Hardesty's West Virginia Counties, Wood &
Jefferson", Volume 8, Richwood, WVa. 1973, originally published in 1882.
UNION DISTRICT - ...Its principle streams are: Bull Creek, which forms
the division line between Wood and Pleasants Counties, and empties into
the Ohio; Bull Run, Dearth Run, Right Fork and Isaacs Run, small branches
of Bull Creek; Carpenters Run, a small stream which runs north and emptie
into the Ohio; Island Run, the extreme northern boundary of the district;
Washington (Worthington) Creek, which rises in the eastern part of the
district, and running west, thence southwest, into Parkersburg District,
empties into Little Kanawha; Laurel Fork, Little Bull Run, Long Run, Pike
Run, Chancellor, Six Mile and Five Mile Runs, all empty into Worthington
Creek; Stilwell Creek forms a part of the border line between Union and
Walker, and running southeasterly into Clay, empties into Little
Kanawha.........Among the first settlers were Caleb Hitchcock, William
Rollston (1804), T. Miner, Robert Wells and George and James Compton
(1803). Caleb Hitchcock built the first cabin at a very early day, and
became the first settler.
Rolston 64 -- History of Wood County, WV, Vol 1 by Donald F. Black. 1805--April 6--Caleb hitchcock and Joanna, his wife, and Jesse Hitchcock and sarah, his wife, conveyed to William Rolston, 400 acres purchased from John O'fin and 400 acres patented to Caleb Hitchcock, Oct. 25, 1798, and 1 acre and 189 poles patented to Caleb hitchcock, Nov. 9, 1799.
Rolston 75 -- Some information gleaned from Dr. Wayland's Virginia Valley Records as to the Rolstons, Ralstons, Rolstones, Roalstons, and Rolestones, (all these spellings probably referring to the same lines): (5): That, in 1788, William ralston had one slave and 4 horses.
Rolston 76 -- Wood County, WV Deed Book 3, page 42. Caleb & Jesse Hitchcock and wives sold to William Rolston 800 acres at western juncture of Bull Creek and Ohio River for $5,000 dollars on 6 April, 1805.
Rolston 107 -- Rolston Family Tree from Gordon Rolston & Lawrence H. Rolston, Jan. 1999: pg 1: gives exact marriage date. Says died of disease