Person:William Forman (4)

Records in Virginia

• 11 Nov 1760, At a Court held for Hampshire County the 11th day of November 1760, this last will and Testament of John Parker, decd., was presented in Court by Robert Parker, son of the Testator, and proved by the oaths of William Smith & John Ross, witnesses thereto end ordered to be recorded, and on notion of the said Robert Parker, who made oath according to law, certificate is granted him for obtaining letters of administration of the estate of the said decedent, with his V.ill annexed, giving security, where a son the said Robert, together with William Foreman & Benjamin Kuykendall, his securities, entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of Fifteen Hundred Pounds for his due administration of the said decedent's estate and performance of his will.

• 2 Feb 1761, Virginia Northern Neck Land Grant: K-222: William Forman of Hampshire Co., 154 acres, 2 Ro, 6 Per. on S. Br. of Potomack in said Co. Surv. John Moffit. Adj. Mr. John Forman, Benjamin Forman, William Forman. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 123].

• 1765 John Forman and wife Margaret; and William Forman and wife Catherine leased to Keating the land which had been granted by Fairfax to their father, Benjamin Forman, Gentleman. [“The original deed with the signatures of these four people is in possession of Mr. C. C. Harmison of Romney, W. Va., and is a priceless possession. 1925”] Source WVGenWeb.org

• 4 Oct. 1766, Virginia Northern Neck Land Grant: N-259: William Forman of Hampshire Co., 195 acres on Castleman's Run of S. Br. in said Co. Surv. John Moffett. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 182].

• March 11, 1776 William Forman witnessed a lease from Boulder Parsons to Isaac Parsons. Source WVGenWeb.org

• May 11, 1779 Catherine Forman deeded 200 acres to John Williamson for £ 2,000. Deed states this 200 acres was part of the estate she received from her father, John Parker, by deed of partition dated June 12, 1765, and made between Thomas McGuire and Elizabeth his wife, late Elizabeth Parker, relict of John Parker; Robert Parker, Richard Parker, Nathaniel Parker, Aaron Parker, the said William Forman and Catherine, his wife, John Hall and Elizabeth his wife. Last eight persons being sons and daughters of John Parker and the husbands of the daughters. Source WVGenWeb.org

• Nov. 11, 1780 Deed from Catherine Forman, relict of William Forman, and John Forman, son and heir at law, to John Williamson certain lands received from the estate of John Parker. Source WVGenWeb.org

• Aug. 12, 1783 John Forman, Jr. and Catherine, widow of William Forman, to James Martin in consideration of x 2,000, 150 acres of land deeded to John Parker by Fairfax September 5, 1757. [Recorded in Proprietor’s office, Book K, Folio 7.] Source WVGenWeb.org

• William Forman’s son David, died 1795, and on September 11, 1795 the mother, Catherine Forman was made Administratix. Gave $2,000 bond. Source WVGenWeb.org

1.   Geni.com: (not a reliable primary source).

   Captain William Foreman (died September 27, 1777) was a colonial American officer from Hampshire County, Virginia, who was killed during an Indian ambush at the McMechen Narrows on the Ohio River south of Wheeling, Virginia in 1777.
   
   https://www.geni.com/people/Capt-William-Foreman/6000000026434859610

2.   Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

   Captain William Foreman[1] (1726 – September 27, 1777) was a colonial American officer from Hampshire County, Virginia, who was killed during an Indian ambush at the McMechen Narrows on the Ohio River south of Wheeling, Virginia in 1777.
   
   Before traveling to Wheeling to reinforce Fort Henry (Virginia) from Indian attacks, Foreman helped to establish Fort Forman in his home county near the South Branch Potomac River.
   
   As recounted by Willis De Haas in History of Early Settlement and Indian Wars of West Virginia,[2] mysterious smoke was reported south of Wheeling in the McMechen area. Wheeling residents were concerned that Indians had attacked and burned the stockade and houses of Mr. Tomlinson. Colonel David Shepherd dispatched Captain Foreman and 45 men to investigate the source of the smoke to the south.[3]
   
   Captain Foreman discovered the settlements at McMechen to be intact with no evidence of Indian attacks. After staying the night at McMechen, the party returned north on the morning of Sunday, September 26. Frontier guides familiar with the area suggested to Captain Foreman that he and his party should leave the path at the river bottom and return to Wheeling by way of the ridge. A man named Lynn explained to the commander that Indians in the area had probably noted the party's movements and crossed the river during the night. They would most likely attack the group at the river. Foreman refused this advice and ordered his men to stay on the lower route. Lynn and a group of six or eight others ignored Foreman's orders and followed the ridge path.
   
   When the party reached the extreme upper end of the McMechen Narrows, the men under Foreman's command broke ranks to investigate a display of Indian trinkets strewn across the path. As the entire party gathered around the trinkets, two lines of Indians from both sides of the path opened fire in a coordinated ambush. The men of Foreman's party who escaped the initial volley were pursued as they tried to escape up the hill to the ridge. The Indian force, numbering 20 to 25 men, suffered no known casualties.
   
   Lynn and his party, upon hearing the guns, rushed down the hill toward the site of the ambush "hallooing as if they were five times as numerous" (De Haas). Their efforts caused the Indians to retreat, but not before killing Captain Foreman and 21 of his men, including two of Foreman's sons. The account of men killed in the ambush included: Captain William Foreman, Edward Peterson, Benjamin Powell, Hambleton Foreman, James Greene, John Wilson, Jacob Pew, Isaac Harris, Robert McGrew, Elisha Shriver, Henry Risera, Batholomew Viney, Anthony Miller, John Vincent, Solomon Jones, William Ingle, Nathan Foreman, and Abraham Powell.[4] However, De Haas stated on page 233 of the cited source 'We give a list of losses sustained by members of Captain Foreman's company, but there is nothing to indicate who were killed.' Thwaites and Kellogg provide the following lists. Killed: Capt William Foreman, Hamilton Foreman, George Avery, Thomas Brazier, Hugh Clark, Jacob Greathouse, Ezekiel Hedges, Moses Lawson, Jacob Ogle, John Polk, William Shens and William Williams. Captured: Jonathan Pugh. Escaped: Harry Castleman, John Chambers, John Cullins, William Engle (Ingle), Robert Harkness, William Harrod, Solomon Jones, William Linn, Daniel McLain, Joseph Ogle, John Vincent and Martin Wetzel.[5]
   
   Several days after the ambush, a group from Wheeling reinforced by troops from Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania) and led by Colonel Shepherd buried the dead in one grave at the head of the narrows where they fell.
   
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