Greenbrier County Settlers Born 1775-6
Greenbrier County Settlers Born 1775-6
At Find-A-Grave, PLUS McClung Vital Records
The notes below do not confirm accuracy of anything. This is merely a survey to let you know what is currently (as of 8/15/2023) included in the memorial. All of these cemeteries are in Greenbrier County. Most of the cemeteries can be found by following the map link on the memorial page.
William Shepard Caraway, 15 Mar 1775 – 6 Feb 1859, Muddy Creek Presbyterian Cemetery. Parents, siblings, spouses, and children are listed. There is a tombstone.
John Moses Livesay I, 25 Aug 1775 – 3 Sep 1840, Butler-Livesay Cemetery. Wife’s name is provided and there are memorials for three children. No photo or tombstone.
Elizabeth “Betsy” Heaster , 1775 – unknown, Henry Bivens Cemetery. A husband and several children are named. There is no photo, and the grave is said to be “unmarked”. There is a short biography.
Frederick Hedrick, 1775 – 14 Mar 1860, Tuckwiller Cemetery. Many family members are named, but there is no photo or tombstone.
Alexander Matics, 1775 – 14 Oct 1840, Harrah Cemetery. There is a tombstone, and two children are named.
George Sidenstricker, 1775 – 1845, Old Greenbrier Baptist Church Cemetery. Spouse is named, and there are a few sentences with additional information.
Below: Old Greenbrier Baptist Church, Alderson, West Virginia. Photo courtesy of Felipe Barrera
Barbary “Barbara” Keener Spotts, 1775 – 22 Feb 1843, Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery. A spouse and five children are named. There is a tombstone.
Henson Williams Sr., 1775 – 16 Nov 1859, Gilboa Cemetery. Many family members are listed, and there is a tombstone.
Margaret Hanna Lyle Alexander, 14 Jan 1776 – 15 Feb 1854, Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Parents, husband, and six children are named. There is a tombstone.
James Withrow, 15 Feb 1776 – 6 Dec 1843, Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery. A wife and five children are named. There is a tombstone and several paragraphs from A History of Greenbrier County about this life and his house.
Aaron Burr Sr., 16 Mar 1776 – Aug 1834, Old Salem Cemetery. Eight children, a wife, parents, and siblings are named. A copy of his will is provided. It is suggested there may have been a tombstone there at one time but it’s no longer there. (This is not the Aaron Burr that dueled with Alexander Hamilton.)
John Hunter, 4 Apr 1776 – 1 Dec 1824, Welsh Cemetery. His parents are named, and there is a tombstone.
Joseph Walkup S, 22 Jun 1776 – 1 Apr 1840, Beard-Hanna Cemetery. Memorials for a wife and eight children are linked, and there is a tombstone.
Joseph “Joe Bush” McClung, 12 Jul 1776 – 7 Jan 1850, McClung Cemetery, Blue Sulphur Springs. There is a tombstone, and there are links to memorials for parents, siblings, half-siblings, spouse, and eight children.
Anna Barbara Arbaugh Miller, 31 Aug 1776 – 1813, Richland Cemetery. There is a biography, and many family members are listed. No tombstone.
Maria “Mary” Niswander Hockman, 1776 – 6 May 1848, Hockman Family Burial Ground. Spouse and children are named. There are no photos.
Elizabeth Groves McClung, 1776 – 1802, McClung Family Cemetery. Linked to a memorial for her husband. No photos.
Arthur McClure, 1776 – 23 Apr 1842, Walkup Cemetery 02, Renicks Valley. No photo and no additional information.
Susan Flint Wightman, 1776 – 18 Apr 1863, Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Parents and spouses are named. No photos.