Other Events:

• Occupation: farmer & stock raiser
• Census: 1880, 1900, Elk District, Harrison Co, WV
• Residence: 1904, Harrison Co, WV

Notes:

Birth:
But age given as 8 in 1880 Census.

Isaac married Nancy Hart BAKER 28 Dec 1904, Elkins, Randolph Co, WV. Nancy (daughter of Daniel Randolph BAKER and Christine Margaret CHENOWETH) was born 17 Aug 1882, Beverly, Randolph Co, WV; died 3 Jan 1950, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV; was buried , Lost Creek 7th Day Baptist (Brick Church) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

1. Christine Margaret MAXWELL was born 2 Apr 1906, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV; died 11 Jun 1989.
2. Emily Frances MAXWELL was born 17 Oct 1907, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV; died 13 Nov 1907, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV.
3. Isaac Homer MAXWELL, Jr. was born 17 Sep 1913, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV; died 9 Nov 1998.

Other Events:

• Occupation: stockman and farmer
• Residence: Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV
• Census: 1850, 1860, Doddridge Co, (W)VA
• Census: 1870, 1880, 1900, Elk District, Harrison Co, WV

Porter married Columbia Virginia POST 29 Apr 1869, Upshur Co, WV. Columbia (daughter of Isaac POST and Emily CARPER) was born 10 Nov 1846, Lewis Co, (W)VA; died 4 Apr 1894, Johnstown, Harrison Co, WV; was buried , Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Lewis Co, (W)VA
• Residence: 1869, Upshur Co, WV
• Census: 1870, 1880, Elk District, Harrison Co, WV

Notes:

1870 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Elk Twp, Clarksburg Post Office), enumerated on Aug 11 1870:
Porter Maxwell, 24, farmer, value of real estae $11,490, value of personal estate $3,300; Columbia Maxwell, 33; Baby Maxwell, male, 3 months; Verdillia Shrives (white female, domestic servant), 21, cannot read/write; Rebecca A. Shrives, 2.
NOTE: In the 1880 Census, Rebecca Shreeves, 12, was listed as a ward in the household of Porter's father Franklin.

1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Elk District), enumerated on Jun 2 1880:
Porter Maxwell, age 36, farmer; wife Columbia , 33; son Franklin, 11; son Isaac, 8; son Lee, 7; dau Hattie, 3; dau Carrie, 1; servant Robert Ramsey (black male), 15, cannot write; servant Fannie Ramsey (black female), 9; servant Berdilla Shrieves (white female), 32, single, cannot read/write.

Other Events:

• Occupation: farmer
• Residence: Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1850, 1860, Doddridge Co, (W)VA
• Census: 1870, Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1880, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV

Notes:

Franklin Maxwell was "one of the State's most extensive landowners. He once represented the district of which the county of Doddridge was a part in the West Virginia Senate." [son's obituary]

Local news item, "The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer," Mar 29 1882, in its entirety:
"Senator Maxwell, of Doddridge county, left for his home on the Andes yesterday accompanied by his daughter, Miss Susie, who has been here with her father during the session, forming a valuable addition to Wheeling society."

He is said to have helped many poor laborers to homes of their own by permitting them to live on his lands and by giving them time to make payments, provided that they were honest and industrious. [Minnie Kendall Lowther's "History of Ritchie County," p. 601]

The 1860 Census showed the value of Franklin Maxwell's real estate to be $50,000, and the value of his personal estate to be $8,000. By the time of the 1870 Census, those values had increased to $80,000 and $40,000. According to his obituary, Franklin Maxwell left an estate worth about a half million dollars.

Franklin married Frances Jane REYNOLDS 1840. Frances was born 12 Jan 1819, Harrison Co, (W)VA; died 21 Aug 1897, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV; was buried , Franklin Maxwell Cemetery, Maxwell Ridge, Doddridge Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, 1860, Doddridge Co, (W)VA
• Census: 1870, Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1880, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV

Notes:

The 1850 Federal Census Slave Schedule for Doddridge County, enumerated on Jul 16 1850, contains the following entry:
Slave owner: Franklin Maxwell.
Description of slaves:
1 black male, age 46
1 black female, age 23
1 mulatto female, age 3
1 black female, age 1

The 1860 Federal Census Slave Schedule for Doddridge County, enumerated on Jun 1 1860, contains the following entry:
Slave owner: Frank Maxwell
Description of slaves:
1 black male, age 56
1 black female, age 30
1 black female, age 12
1 black male, age 10
1 black female, age 8
1 black female, age 5

The following in an excerpt from an article about Franklin Maxwell's son Lewis that appeared in the February 21, 1932, issue of the "Sunday Morning Exponent-Telegram." Part of it quotes Lewis Maxwell directly:
"The [Jones-Imboden] raiders went into camp right at my father's home at the head of Bluestone creek," Mr. Maxwell said. "The officers occupied rooms in our home and my mother and a slave, 'Aunt Till,' cooked for and fed them." ...
Besides "Aunt Till," the Franklin Maxwell family had four slaves, all members of one family. The man slave was "Anthony," who Maxwell bought in the Wood County jail for $250 from a man named Henderson, whose cattle Maxwell bought. The price was low, as Henderson had much trouble keeping Anthony on the West Virginia side of the river, the slave having a natural inclination to live in a free state. The colored couple had two daughters and a son.
"Aunt Till" was a wedding present to Mrs. Franklin Maxwell, a gift made by her father. Because of that fact, as well as the long period she served in the Maxwell family, "Aunt Till" was very much endeared to the Maxwells, and the colored folk were very fond of their master's family.
Franklin Maxwell, as stated, once bought a slave, but he never sold one. He was offered $1,600 by a Virginian for the two slave girls, but spurned the offer, and the son declares he would not have sold them at any price.
The Maxwell slaves were given their freedom before the Civil War, but the old couple remained on the premises, died there, and were buried near their former master and mistress. The children were presented with a farm in Taylor County by their former master. He was kind to them and they respected him to the point of devotion.
After "Anthony" had been given his freedom, he rode to Parkersburg on the first train that ran over the Grafton-Parkersburg division of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad system a few years before the Civil War began.

1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp), enumerated on Aug 22 1870:
Franklin Maxwell, 55, farmer, value of real estate $80,000, value of personal estate $40,000; Frances, 50; Rector, 22, farmer; Williams B, 20, farmer; Harriet P, 16; Franklin, 12; Frances J, 10; Susan A, 8.

1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 4 1880:
Franklin Maxwell, 66, farmer; wife Frances, 52; son Rector, 31; dau Harriet, 25; dau Susan A, 18; servant Sarah Waldo, 28, single; ward Rebecca Shreeves, 12.

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Lewis Co, (W)VA
• Census: 1870, 1880, 1900, Upshur Co, WV

Isaac married Emily CARPER 20 Nov 1840, Lewis Co, (W)VA. Emily (daughter of A. CARPER) was born Sep 1823; died 1907, Upshur Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Lewis Co, (W)VA
• Census: 1870, 1880, 1900, Upshur Co, WV

Notes:

1850 Census, Lewis Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 7 1850:
Isaac Post, 30, farmer; Emily, 28; Ira, 7; Virginia C, 4.
A nearby household had the following persons:
Abraham Post, 69, farmer; Tency Post, 68; Jemima Rhorabaugh, 14.

1870 Census, Upshur Co, WV (Warren Twp, Buckhannon Post Office), enumerated on Sep 1 1870:
Isaac Post, 50, farmer; Emily, 46; William, 17; Adam, 12; Elizabeth Rigney, 16.

1880 Census, Upshur Co, WV (Warren District), enumerated on Jun 25 1880:
Isaac Post, 60, farmer; wife Emily, 56; son William, 27, farmer, single; son Adam, 21, farm worker, single; servant Rachel Wilmoth, white female, 12, orphan; farm worker Sheridan Shreve, white male, 15.
A nearby household had the following persons:
Abram Post, 62, farmer; wife Barbara, 55; son Thomas, 18; son Charley, 15.

1900 Census, Upshur Co, WV (Warren District), enumerated on Jun 20 1900:
Isaac Post, 80, b. Dec 1819, farmer, married 60 yrs; wife Emily, 76, b. Sep 1823, married 60 yrs, no children; boarder Myrtle Cheuvront, 19, b. Jun 1880, servant, widowed, mother of one child (still living); boarder William Cheuvront, 6 months, b. Nov 1899.
(Note: The entry indicating that Emily never had children is clearly incorrect.)

Other Events:

• Military: Captain, War of 1812
• Residence: Doddridge Co, WV
• Residence: UNTIL 1840S, Harrison Co, (W)VA
• Census: 1850, 1860, Doddridge Co, (W)VA

Abner married Susan DAVISSON 16 Apr 1809. Susan (daughter of Josiah DAVISSON and Martha STOUT) was born 1788; died 1 Aug 1826. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name appears as "Judah" in son's marriage record, but as "Susanah" in his death record.

Notes:

Probably the son of Robert and Elizabeth Maxwell of East Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA, as Robert's will, dated Dec 30 1791, and probated Nov 13 1792, mentions his son Thomas. Just prior to his death, Thomas Maxwell had been making arrangements to move his family from Pennsylvania to western Virginia and had made one or more trips to that wilderness. But on his last trip, he failed to arrive. His exact fate remains unknown, although it is widely maintained that he drowned and his body was never recovered.

Thomas married Jane LEWIS CA 1785. Jane (daughter of Alexander LEWIS and Mary SMITH) was born 17 Jul 1767, Pennsylvania; died , Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: UNTIL 1799, Pennsylvania
• Residence: Aft 1799, Harrison Co, (W)VA

Notes:

In 1799, the widowed Jane Lewis Maxwell and her six children moved from Pennsylvania to Harrison County, settling on land owned by Col. William Lowther (1742-1814) near present-day West Milford, W.Va. She later moved to Lost Creek, and finally to near present-day Jane Lew in Lewis County. The town Jane Lew was named by her son, Lewis, in her honor.

Notes:

Josiah & Martha Stout Davisson's ten children were: Elizabeth (1785-1877), Nathan (1787-1864), Susan (1788-1826), Mary, Deborah (1794-1854), William M. (1796/7-1887), Joseph (1800-1880), Julius E. (1802-1884), James Bray (ca 1807- 1871), and Job. Martha Stout was the daughter of Job & Nancy Bray Stout (or Stought) of Hunterdon Co, NJ; Job was the son of Joseph, who was the son of David, who was the son of Richard Stout (b. 1640). Nancy Bray was the dau. of Gen. John Bray of the Revolution in NJ and later a judge.

Josiah married Martha STOUT. Martha (daughter of Job STOUT and Nancy BRAY) was born CA 1765; died 1 May 1842; was buried , Davisson Family Cemetery, Brushy Fork, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Alexander married Mary SMITH. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The 8 children of Obadiah & Elizabeth Davisson were: Isaac (1746-1847), Daniel (ca 1748 - 1819), Hezekiah (d. 1797), Nathaniel (d. 1778), Josiah (1758-1838), Elizabeth (ca 1760 - ca 1795), Obadiah Jr. (1762-1825), and Mary. He settled at Davissons Run, near the West Fork at Clarksburg, WV.

Died:
July 17 1806 was the last recorded land conveyance by Obadiah Davisson, and Russell Lee Davisson uses that as a reference point for Obadiah's date of death. But Jeff Whittaker reports Obadiah's death as July 17 1786 in Clarksburg, WV.

Obadiah married Elizabeth ___ 1742. [Group Sheet]

Job married Nancy BRAY. Nancy was born 1743, New York; died 1812, Harrison Co, (W)VA; was buried , Limestone Graveyard, Harrison Co, WV. [Group Sheet]