Person:Robert Poage (12)

Watchers
Robert Poage
m. Abt 1740
  1. Grizzelda Poage1739/40 - Aft 1791
  2. Martha Poage1742 - 1786
  3. Robert Poage1745 - 1793
  4. William Poage1747 - 1781
  5. Lt. James Poage1751/52 - 1814
  6. Jonathan Poage1754 - 1802
  7. Thomas Poage1756 -
  8. Rebecca Poage1764 - 1825
m. Bef 1778
  1. Elizabeth "Eliza" Poague1778 - 1842
  2. Jane "Jenny" Poage1781 - 1839
  3. Mary "Polly" Poague1783 - 1854
  4. John Mitchell Poage1787 - 1842
Facts and Events
Name Robert Poage
Gender Male
Birth[2] 18 Aug 1745 Augusta (now Rockbridge), Virginia
Residence[1][3] Abt 1775 Abbs Valley, Tazewell, Virginia, United Statesmoved to Abbs Valley with brother-in-law Capt. James Moore
Marriage Bef 1778 Virginiato Peggy Mitchell
Death[2] 23 Sep 1793 Georgia, United States[see note]

Robert Poage was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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References
  1. Robert Poage, in Kercheval, Samuel. A history of the valley of Virginia (1850). (Woodstock, Va.: J. Gatewood, 1850, c1833).

    [page number needed]
    ... In the Autumn of 1775, Capt. James Moore removed with his family from Rockbridge county to Abb's Valley, having cleared some land the preceding spring, and raised a crop of corn. A short time afterwards, his brother-in-law, Robert Poage, settled near to him in the same valley. The place was exceedingly secluded, and these two families were ten or twelve miles from any other settlement of whites. As this had been a favorite hunting ground of the Indians, they often visited it.

    Indeed, there was scarcely a ear in which these families were not compelled to leave the valley and take shelter in a fort in the Bluestone settlement. In the spring of 1782, the Indians attacked the house of Robert Poage at night.

    They burst the door open, but finding that there were several men in the house (there happened to be three besides Mr. Poage), they did not attempt to enter the house, but after watching it for some time, went off; and the next morning killed a young man by the name of Richards, who had been living for some time at Capt. Moore's. He had gone out early in the morning to put some deer skins to soak in a pond about a quarter of a mile from the house; and whilst engaged at the pond, he was shot and immediately scalped. At this time the families forted again in the Bluestone settlement; and soon afterwards Mr. Poage removed to Georgia.10 ...
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    [cos1776 note: Abb's Valley was named after Absalom Looney, a neighbor and kinsmen of Capt. James Moore who was married to Martha Poage, sister to Robert. It was located on the waters of the Blue Stone branch of the New River in Tazewell county, Virginia.]

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    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qvarizona/poage.html

    4. Robert Poage was born 18 August 1745 in Augusta Co. VA; died 23 September 1793 in Howard Co. GA. He married Margaret Mitchell in Virginia; born ca. 1745; died 30 September 1793 in Howard Co. GA9
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    [cos1776 note: Howard county, GA may be a mistake. There is no Howard Co. in GA. Could it be MD?]

  3. Historical Highway Markers - [enter XP-5], in Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

    XP-5 ABB'S VALLEY
    Five miles southwest is Abb’s Valley, discovered by Absalom Looney. James Moore and Robert Poage were the first settlers, about 1770. In July, 1786, Shawnee Indians raided the valley, killing or carrying into captivity the Moore family. Mary (Polly) Moore, Martha Evans and James Moore (captured earlier) finally returned. They are known as “The Captives of Abb’s Valley.” Virginia Conservation Commission 1939
    (Location: Lon (X): -81.33424 Lat (Y): 37.30928 ; on Rt. 102, just east of Pocahontas)

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    Virginia historical marker XP-5, on Centre St. (Route 102) in Tazewell county:

    Five miles southwest is Abb's Valley, discovered by Absalom Looney. James Moore and Robert Poage were the first settlers, about 1770. In July, 1786, Shawnee Indians raided the valley, killing or carrying into captivity the Moore family. Mary (Polly) Moore, Martha Evans and James Moore (captured earlier) finally returned. They are known as "The Captives of Abb's Valley."

    Virginia Conservation Commission, 1939