"The section of Bath beyond the main Alleghany was given two constables and was one of the three districts to elect overseers of the poor. It was peopled quite wholly by the overflow from the older section to the east. The Burners, Houchins, Sharps, and Sharrots removed thither in a body, and were joined by branches of the Arbogast, Gum, and other families."
"In 1788, George Nicholas was road surveyor from the mouth to the head of Straight Creek. In 1790, Charles Erwin had the road from Mathias Benson's to the Augusta line, James Steuart, the road from the Pendleton line to Joseph Gwin's, and Abraham Gum, the road from John Slaven's to the Pendleton line. Robert, Carlile, David Gwin, and William Houchin were other road surveyors under Bath. In the same year Jacob Gum took the place of McKenny Robeinson on the upper South Branch...."
