Person:Peter Eads (2)

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From "History of West Virginia"; By Virgil Anson Lewis; pub. 1887:

The Last Indian Incursion.

After the signal defeat at Donnally's Fort, the Indians made but two more incursions into the Greenbrier country, and these in small parties. In the first they came to Muddy creek. and there wounded Captain Samuel McClung and killed Mr. Munday and his wife. In the second they visited the same place, and Thomas Griffith, the last victim of savage butchery in Greenbrier county, was killed. His son was carried away prisoner, but while descending the Great Kanawha, they were pursued and overtaken by a body of whites. One Indian was killed and the boy released and returned to his friends. Thus ended the period of savage atrocity in Greenbrier county in the year 1780.

About one mile southeast of the Graham place, on what has since been known as the Eads farm, there lived William Withrow, who moved away in [a] short time. This property was afterwards occupied by Peter Eads and family [who] came from Albemarle County, Virginia, and settled here about 1830. There also lived at the same time of Graham's locating here, a family by the name of [McGraw], about two miles to the south on what has since been known as the [ lan] place. Eastward, about three miles, at the mouth of Griffith's Creek, lived a family by the name Griffith. The head of the family, Thomas Griffith, was killed by the Indians in 1780. He was the last victim of the savages in this section of the Country. This place was afterwards occupied [by] Enos Ellis and is still occupied by his descendants. It is thought that [Ellis] may have lived in this place before the Graham Settlement.

1. ↑ Find A Grave.

   Peter Anderson Eads
   BIRTH 13 Oct 1777
   Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
   DEATH 1870 (aged 92–93)
   Wolfcreek, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA
   BURIAL Wolf Creek Cemetery
   Wolfcreek, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA
   
   He was the son of
   John Isaac Eads, Sr.
   and
   Huldah Eads (born Clark)
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181865037/peter-anderson-eads

2.   United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).

   Name Peter Eads
   Gender Male
   Race White
   Age 77
   Birth Year abt 1773
   Birthplace Virginia
   Home in 1850 District 39 and A Half, Monroe, Virginia, USA
   Occupation Farmer
   Industry Agriculture
   Cannot Read, Write Yes
   Line Number 3
   Dwelling Number 450
   Family Number 450
   Inferred Spouse Sarah Eads
   Inferred Child Geo W Eads
   Household Members (Name) Age
   Peter Eads 77
   Sarah Eads 66
   Geo W Eads 23
   Benjm Dehart 12
   Elizth Lizer 10

3.   United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).

   Name Peter Eades
   Age 81
   Birth Year abt 1779
   Gender Male
   Race White
   Home in 1860 Rallingsburg, Monroe, Virginia
   Post Office Peterstown
   Dwelling Number 435
   Family Number 429
   Occupation Farmer
   Personal Estate Value 75
   Cannot Read, Write Y
   Inferred Spouse Sarah Eades
   Household Members (Name) Age
   Peter Eades 81
   Sarah Eades 78