West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

 - Class of 1905

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History of Buckhannon Town. o? j THE town of Buckhannon is located on a platean one thousand four hundred and fifty feet above the sea. This plateau is watered by the Buckhannon river which has its source in the south eastern part of the county, and flows forth to its con- fluence with the Tygarts Valley. At the point where the town is situated the plateau averages in width one mile, and is so level that it is considered one of the most desirable locations in the State for a city. The land, upon which the town of Buckhannon is built, was granted originally to Elizabeth Jackson, the wife of John Jackson. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Cummins. She sold the land to John Patton, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, who in 1815 sent Benjamin Reeder, his at- torney in fact, to lay out the town. When Mr. Reeder came here he was very agreeably surprised to find so beautiful a valley so near the mountains, and so well populated by energetic people. In almost every letter he wrote to his employer he poured forth his enthusiasm in prai se of the kindliness of the settlers, the purity of the mountain water, and the abundance of material conditions necessary and important to the building of a town. He was always impressed with the hills which bordered the town and made a most unique and artistic background. He acquainted himself with the pioneer history of the place, learned about the location of Bush ' s Fort in 1780, and its wonderful usefulness in preserving the pioneer settlers oftimes from perpetual annihilation. The thrilling incidents, and eccentric life of William White who was killed by the Indians at or near the old ford below the town of Buckhannon about the year 1795, and whose grave, in the Heavner Cemetery, is still marked with a rough headstone bearing his name and date of death, were also interesting historical information to him. All these things tended to increase his interest for the new town. The services of Jacob Lorentz, John Jackson, and Joel Westfall, the

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latter two being surveyors, were secured by him, and thirty lots were laid out. He sold eighteen of these thirty lots at $25 per lot and returned home. His employer Mr. Patton, soon after his reurn sold the residue of his land and lots to Joseph Warden who in turn sold them to Daniel Farnsworth who came from Staten Island, New York. On account of the numerous changes of ownership of the lands around Buckhannon at this time the new town did not experience, as was expected, a building boom, but just the contrary. The lots sold were turned into pasture and tillable lands. Daniel Farnsworth used this land until 1824 when the purchasers demanded a resurvey, and a relocation of their lots. Mr. Farnsworth complied with their request, and John W. Westfall and Augustus W. Sexton were secured to do the work . The first pioneer settler built his log hut near the site where the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Buckhannon now stands, but the first real settler, Daniel Farnsworth, erected his house in 1822 on the north side of Main Street. He built a two story structure of hewn logs which is still occupied by J. J. Farnsworth, his youngest son. The second house was made out of small logs for George Nicholas, and the third was built by Levi Paugh, who soon after its erection sold it to Zedekiah Lanham. Up to this time this village was called Buck Wheat on account of the adaptability of the soil for the raising of the cereal of that name. It was hereafter to be called, Buckhannon, after the name of the river flow- ing through the valley. This river received its name from a missionary by the name of John Buckhannon, who was sent out by the Church of Virginia, in 1797, to inspect and explore the extent of a proposed mission- ary field among the settlements of the Tygarts Valley, the West Fork, and Buckhannon rivers. The town of Buckhannon, the county seat of Upshur, was not incorporated until 1S52 — John 0. Core, B. W. Burns, John Maxwell, W. H. Shultz, and M. J. Fogg were the first trustees; the first named was president of the bo ard. The first house of worship, known as the old Carper Church, was erected by the Methodists in 1852. The first Methodist minister of this church was Henry Comden who was on Buckhannon Circuit for several years, 6

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