Notes for: Jepthah Fitz Randolph

Jepthah Fitz Randolph was a delegate to the first Wheeling Convention, May 13-15, 1861, which led to West Virginia statehood two years later.
(Note: It has been reported that Jepthah's son Franklin was a delegate to the Wheeling Convention. This is incorrect. Jepthah attended only the first convention in May, but not the second, June 11-25, 1861. Franklin attended neither.
http://www.wvculture.org/history/statehood/statehood05.html
http://www.wvculture.org/history/statehood/statehood07.html

Established the first post office in New Milton, which he named after the community of Milton, Wisconsin, where he had resided for about one year before returning to Doddridge County. Many researchers consider it likely that Jepthah Fitz Randolph was active in the underground railroad, the design of his home and its location near the Salem-Harrisville Turnpike lending credence to such speculation.

http://www.urrfreepress.com/index_files/2009_Survey_Report.pdf

According to Susie Davis Nicholson (p. 65), the home of Jepthah Fitz Randolph was built from native clay taken from a nearby field. This is fire brick, so a kiln had to be built to fire the brick. The home was occupied by Jeptha Randolph and his descendants until the death of his great-grandaughter, Blonda McClain Groah, on Dec 18, 1968. When her estate was settled, the property was sold to a person unrelated to the family. After the death of Jeptha, the home had gone to the youngest son, Alvin, who as of 1979 had no living descendants.