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Isaac Van Bibber
b.2 Feb 1724 Cecil County, Maryland
d.10 Oct 1774 Point Pleasant, Mason County, Virginia
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m. Abt 1727
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m. Abt 1754
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[edit] Biography"Rev Isaac Vanbebber, born in Maryland, Died at Point Pleasant October 10, 1774. He had a daughter Martha born 1754; married 1778 George Yoakum. Another account gives, Isaac, Captain of Militia, and that he left a widow and four children: John, Peter, Rebecca, and Isaac, Jr." Isaac moved with his brothers James and Peter, and sister Brigetta to Virginia. "The first trading post, or store, within the confines of the present limits of Greenbrier (County) , for which there is any known record, was owned by Sampson and George Matthews, and is said to have been located on the Greenbrier River, now known as Matthews Ford. Two of the Day Books, in which were kept an account of the charges for purchases made and credits for produce sold to the store, have survived. They cover the time interval 8 April 1771 to 26 January 1773. The names of many customers appear only once during the more than twenty-one months covered by the two books, but the names of others appear repeatedly, and from the various entries it is possible to gain considerable insight into the tenor of community life in this frontier area. Only the names of those mentioned in the two books are being given, followed by the month and year of the first mentioned, the month and year of last mentioned. Customers at the Greenbrier trading post included: Isaac Van Bibber 6-1771 and 10-1772. Those who paid with deerskins were Isaac Van Bibber, who killed the most deer, and Joseph and James Davis. Van Bibber selling at least 230 deerskins. Davis' sold more than 100 deerskins." [Journal of the Greenbrier County Historical Society, Vol 4 No. 4; L. C. Draper's MMs, Vol 5 The Boone Papers, Letter of the Van Bibbers; History of Greenbrier County West Virginia, Otis Rice, p 102] [edit] Estate Inventory
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