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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]
!Possibly born in Hampshire Co. Married Elizabeth Kincaid
In the book written by L. Neil Darlington in 1987. entitled "Cabins of the Loop
& Environs of the Southern Half of Fayette Co. Va (now WV)", Amos is listed as
one of the first settlers on Wolf Creek then known as Ben's Creek along with
Francis Pinnell (who were related by marriage) and Moses Keeney. Although Amos
apparently did not get his land claims on JWolf Creek entered or surveyed under
Giles Co. as early as did Keeney and Pinnell, there is evidence that his cabin
and fenced fields were there at the same time as theirs (1810-1812).
In 1812, Amos was appointed as one of the viewers to locate the mid-Loop road
link from Thomas Arthur's cabin at the forks of the road (now Oak HIll) through
the Wolf Creek settlement, to the Seven-Mile Tree. In 1813, he was on the
Giles Co. jury; and in 1814, he was a member of the Loop posse deputized to
guard accused criminals to jail at Pearlsburg.
Court records of his troubles with the Keeneys over fences in 1814 suggest that
their land claims not only joined but overlapped. He was still living at the
site in 1814 when the Loop became a part of the new county of Logan. In 1826,
he had a survey made by the Logan surveyor for 200 acres on Wolf Pen Creek,
extending from Levisee's Fork to Crooked Run including the "Pigeon Roost" in
the timbered bottom below the later Henry Light residence.
[Helmick's from online.FTW]
[Fair Sabra & Abraham Helmick.FTW]
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #1718, Date of Import: Feb 6, 2000]
!Amos Linegar appears in the book "Cabin in the Loop" by L. Neil Darlington.
It appears that he was in the Fayette Co. area around 1812. In 1812 he was
appointed as one of the viewers to locate the mid-Loop road link from Thomas
Arthur's cabin at the forks of the road (now Oak Hill) through the Wolf Creek
Settlement, to the Seven-Mile Tree. In 1813, he was on the Giles Co. jury;
and in 1814, he was a member of the Loop Posse deputized to guard accused
criminals to jail at Pearisburg (Giles Co. seat)
Amos was probably the last of the three settlers to abandon the Wolf Creek
settlement, but by the time of the organization of the new county of Fayette, or
soon after, they had all depareted from the Loop and from their cabin homes,
which we believe to have been the earliest one at the site.
Linigar is a place name from "Linacre" a town in Lancashire, England. The
family name sometimes appears in records as Linigan, Linigans and, apparently,
has even slid into Linkins, in careless pronunciation.
If you have corrections, or comments please contact me, Terry Pogue at t_pogue@hotmail.com
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Abt 1790 - 1880 (90 years)
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