Doddridge County Roots

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Philip MCGILL

Philip MCGILL

Male 1815 - 1888  (73 years)

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  • Name Philip MCGILL 
    Born 1815  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Pleasants Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1860  [1
    hatter 
    Census 1870  Olive Twp, Meigs Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 3
    Died 25 Jun 1888  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Gaskins-McKinney Cemetery, Canton Rd, Little Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I120398  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2018 

    Family Elizabeth PINELL,   b. May 1817, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Bond 3 Oct 1842  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Married 6 Oct 1842  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Since the presiding minister was Samuel Archbold, it is likely that this marriage took place in present-day Doddridge County.
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Tyler Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 31 1850:
      Phillip McGill, 38, farmer, cannot read/write; Elizabeth, 30; Jane, 8; Ellen, 4; Nimrod, 3; William, 8 months. All born in Virginia.

      1860 Census, Pleasants Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 28 1860:
      Philip McGill, 49, hatter, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $45; Elizabeth, 45; Emily, 15; Ellen, 14; Nimrod, 12; William, 9. All born in Virginia except Philip, born in New Jersey.

      1870 Census, Meigs Co, Ohio (Olive Township), enumerated on Jun 23 1870:
      Philip McGill, 55, b. New Jersey, farm laborer; Elizabeth, 47, b. Va, cannot read/write; Ellen Andrews, 23, b. WVa, housework, cannot write; William T. Andrews, 4, b. Ohio; Evaline Harvey, 4, b. Ohio.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 17 1880:
      Filip McGill, 65, b. WVa (father b. Ireland, mother b. Germany), farmer, insane; wife Elizabeth, 57, b. WVa (both parents b. Va.), cannot read/write.
      NOTE: Significance of husband's designation of being insane is not known. It is possible that the term was used to refer to what we now call dementia.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 5 1900:
      Elizabeth McGill, 83, b. May 1817 in Virginia, farmer, cannot read/write, widowed, mother of 4 children (all still living); dau Luelin Clutter, 56, b. May 1844 in WVa, servant, cannot read/write, widowed, mother of 2 children (both still living).
      The next enumerated household:
      John (or Jahu) McGill, 54, b. Oct 1846, single, farm hand, cannot read/write; mistress Alice Roberts, 22, b. Apr 1878, cannot read/write, single, mother of 3 children (1 still living); son Lenard Roberts, 1, b. Apr 1899.
    Children 
     1. Emily Jane MCGILL,   b. CA 1843
     2. Loe Ellen MCGILL,   b. CA 1846, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Nimrod MCGILL,   b. CA 1848
     4. William MCGILL,   b. CA 1850
    Family ID F51674  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2321] 1860 Census, Pleasants County, (W)VA.

    2. [S2108] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    3. [S2467] 1850 Census, Tyler County, (W)VA.

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12050214&Type=Marriage.

    6. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12016282&Type=Marriage.