Person:Mordecai Bane (1)

Most of the information about the Bane's were found in the Ancestral File and the IGI. They list Mordecai's birth date as 22 Oct 1777 rather then 1776 but the same place.

I received research information collected by Naomi and Dale Lowe. They located a book entitled "THE BANE FAMILY HISTORY' compiled by F.J. Bane and donated to the Citizens Library, Washington, PA in 1976.

The Lowe's visited the Old Wolf Run Cemetery on Irish Ridge in 1982 and found the graves of Elizabeth and Mordecai Bane, and George Bane.

"Mordecai's brother, Jesse Bane, married Elizabeth's sister, Nancy Beeler. The father of the two women, George Beeler, died about 1798 without making a will. Be had a considerable amount of property and it took nearly twenty years to settle his estate. Consequently, it was not until 1812 that Mordecia and Elizabeth started to come into possession of their inheritance.

In a deed dated 3 April 1812 in Ohio County, VA, the brothers and sisters of Elizabeth deeded a share of the property to her: ... "to Mordecia Bane an heir of the said George Beelor, deceased, legacy or portion left to the heirs of said George Beelor, 500 A, situate on the waters of Wheeling and Grave Creek, Ohio County, VA, being part of 1000 A tract of land granted to George Beilor by deed and by virtue of an exchange preemption warrant number 270 date 29 June 1792 and the deed date 5 Nov 1792...~ (8.1)

There is a large old house near Beeler's Station in Marshall County, WVA, along Route 250, that has the name Bane spelled out in red slates on the roof. Since the date on this house is 1898, it, no doubt, is not the original house that stood on the property. Some have understood this farm was the one belonging to Mordecai and Elizabeth; however, it was probably the one that Jesse and Nancy inherited. Behind the house, on a very steep hill, is the Bane Cemetery and among those buried in the cemetery are Jesse and Nancy Bane and members of their family.

Evidently Mordecai and his brother, Jesse, were caught sleeping. For on 22 August 1815, the Sheriff of Ohio County sold their inherited property for delinquent taxes. The record concerning Mordecai reads something like this: ~General Assembly of the Commonwealth of VA on the 9th day Feb 1814 passed a act ... titled an act concerning taxes on land, directing the sherriff of each county ... to advertise and sell land where the taxes haven't been paid. The said John Fesy (Sheriff) having complied with the requisition of said act did on the 21 Aug proceed to offer for sale at the front door of the court house said tract of land returned delinquent in the name of Mordica Bane containing 500 A and the said John Fesy having tried to source for a considerable time and no person appearing or offering to pay the taxes due sold off 150 acres for taxes to James Arbutton appearing to be the lowest and best bidder sold to him for $1.00 and nine cents being the whole amount of taxes and fees due on said 500 acres which together with the sum of $1.00 paid to the sheriff for executing and two dollars paid for writing this deed & $1.75 to the clerk for recording it for sum of $5.84." (8.2)

The two brothers were finally alerted to this oversight and on 5 July 1816 were able to redeem their property. "Mordica Bane of Ohio County, VA, to James Arbutton, for $6.00, 150 acres of land being part of a tract of 500 acres which was offered for sale by the Sheriff as the property of the said Mordica Bane at the August term of the Court in 1815 for the taxes due thereon and the said James having made the purchase of the said 150 acres for the taxes due on the whole and received a conveyance from the Sherriff ... Mordica Bane hath redeemed the said 150 acres by paying the said taxes & fees & expenses plus percent allowed by law." (8.2)

It would appear that Mordecai and Elizabeth moved from Richhill Township in Green County, PA, to Ohio County, VA (now Marshall County, WVA) sometime between 1820 and 1830. In the 1800, 1810 and 1820 U.S. census records they were living in Green County, PA. but in the 1830 census they were living in Ohio County, VA. By the time of the 1840 census, Ohio County had been divided and the part where the Bane's lived was now Marshall County.

Mordecai had a will drawn up the day before his death and it can be found in the Marshall County Will Book 1A, p. 18. ~In the name of God Amen, I Mordicai Bane being in a feeble State of bodily health but of a sound disposing mind do make this my last will and testament. I wish that my body have a decent and Christian burial and commend my spirit to God who gave it. I will that all my personal property be collected together and sold and the proceeds of the sale equally divided among all my children Except 2 beds and bedding which I bequeath to my 2 daughters to be divided as they see proper. And my bureau I will to my son Mordicai at its value and my family Bible I will to my son Mordicai and further I will to Mordicai a yearling colt. I will to my daughter Rachel ten dollars or the price of a bureau more than the other heirs and the balance of my personal property with these exceptions be sold and the proceeds equally divided among all my heirs. And further having conveyed to my sons George and Frederick each a piece of land, I consider that as being their distributive share of my real Estate. The share conveyed to my son George contained ninety four acres where his widow now lives. The share of Frederick contained one hundred acres where T. Smart now lives and was conveyed to Samuel Boward by myself my wife and said Frederick we considered as being his full share of the old track of land where I now live at that time, and further I will that remainder of the track of land where I now live divided among all my children except George's heirs and Frederick which may be divided either by dividing the land into shares or by selling and dividing the proceeds of the sale among them as they may think best. And that the mony that my son Joseph has received being one hundred and ninety dollars and that the waggon now prepared for him worth sixty five dollars be deducted out of his share of the real Estate and that he get the bed and bedding left him by his mother be given him without being charged to him and that he receive the money coming to me from the sale of lands after just debts and demands are paid towards his share of my real estate and if that is not not enough to make up his share he is to receive the remainder when the land whereon Nathan Robinson now lives is to be sold. I wish the said Robinson to continue to hold his lease till his term expires and then the land to be disposed by my Executors and the proceeds of the sale equally divided among all my heirs without exception after Joseph gets his share. I will in case of my decease that my sons Frederick, Joseph and Mordicai keep my share of the last spring and this fall crop without being charged to them by this my last will and testament. I appoint my son-in-law John Standiford and my son Joseph Bane my Executors and lawful attorneys to collect all debts and demands coming to or from me, and that they convey the titles of the lands I have already sold to the purchasers of them according to agreement." Signed in the presence of Edward Dowler, Frederick Bane, William Standiford." References:

1. A Bane Family Bible, in the hands of Marget Ann (Gallup) Buckles, |

Phoenix, Arizona.

2. THE BANE FAMILY HISTORY, compiled by F.J. Bane and donated to the

Citizens Library, Washington, PA in 1976 by the descendents of Dr. |

Walter D. Lacock of Columbus, Ohio. Indexed by Rachel Wayman Fite of Tacoma, WA, 1987.

3. Bean, Bernie and Carol. The Clan MacBean in North America, Vol. II, Pgs. 420-431. Box 278, Cut and Shoot, Texas, 77303.

4. Early Marriages in Ohio County, WVA, Court Bouse, from TBE ECHOER (Monthly Genealogical and Bistorical Data) Wheeling, WVA.

5. Bistorical Records Survey, Marshall Co, WVA, Births, Marriages, Deaths 1835-1889, Copied frrom Moundsville Court Bouse Records by Works Progress Administration of West Virgina, Bistoric marker Project, Ross

B. Johnston, Director, 1936. (LDS f848619) |

12/13 BANE 6. LDS Family Index 7. Marshall County, WVA, Will Book 1A, p. 18 8. Ohio County, VA (now WVA) Deeds

8.1 Deed Book 7, p. 290 (LDS i855590)

8.2 Deed Book 8, p. 311, 492 (LDS f855590)

8.3 Deed Book 10, p. 70 (LDS t855591)

8.4 Deed Book 18, p. 449 (LDS I855528)

9. U.S. Census Records

| 9 1 1800 - Green County, Richhill Township, PA, p. 2, t97

9.2 1810 - Green County, Richhill Township, PA

9.3 1820 - Green County, Richhill Township, PA, p. 329

9.4 1830 - Ohio County, VA, p. 22

9.5 1840 - Marshall County, WVA, p. 284

1.   Bane, F.J. The Bane Family History.
2.   Bigsby, Nina & Yoder, Margaret. GENERATIONS 1991 revised 1993.
3. ↑ On Irish Ridge