Samuel SHEETS
Birth:
Abt 1795
of Harrison, Virginia
Death:
Abt 1865
Harrison, West Virginia
Marriage:
4 Apr 1818
Harrison, Virginia
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
BY CORRESPONDANCE WITH CLARKSBURG, W. VA. LIBRARY..MARIAGE RECORDS HARRISON CO,
VA. (W.VA) 1784-1850
Book:"OLD GRIST MILLS OF HARRISON COUNTY" BY HARVEY W. HARMER IN CLARKSBURG
LIBRARY, W.VA..P.115-116 CHAPTER XX THE SHEETS MILL "GEORGE KNISLEY APPLIED
TO THE COUNTY COURT, JAN. 17, 1815, FOR PERMISSION TO ERECT A DAM, 10 FEET
HIGH, ACROSS LOST CREEK TO OPERATE A WATER SAW AND GRIST MILL ON HIS LAND. THE
COURT AWARDED HIM A WRIT OF AD QUAD DAMNUM, THE INQUEST TO BE RETURNED FEBRUARY
23. NO RETURN OR ORDER WAS MADE. KNISLEY BUILT HIS MILL, BUT NO ONE KNOWS THE
EXACT DATE. HE OPERATED IT FOR SOMETIME BEFORE HIS DEATH, IN 1835.
KNISLEY HAD SEVERAL CHILDREN, AND THERE IS A REFERENCE TO HIS WILL IN A
DEED MADE BY ONE SON, YET NO WILL IS OF RECORD, NOR DID HE MAKE ANY DEED
CONVEYING HIS PROPERTY TO HIS CHILDREN. HIS CHILDREN TOOK HIS LAND UNDER THE
LAW OF DESCENT AND MADE MUTUAL PARTITION OF THE LAND.
AT ANY RATE, HIS SON, ABRAHAM KNISLEY, SOLD AND CONVEYED THE 60 ACRES OF
LAND ON WHICH THE MILL WAS LOCATED TO SAMUEL SHEETS BY DEED DATED MAY 12, 1846.
SAMUEL SHEETS OPERATED THE MILL UNTIL HIS DEATH, NEAR THE CLOSE OF THE CIVIL
WAR. THE MILL THEN BECAME KNOWN AS "SHEETS MILL," AND BY THAT NAME CONTINUED TO
BE KNOWN AS LONG AS IT EXISTED.
SAMUEL SHEETS DIED, LEAVING TWELVE SONS AND DAUTHTERS, ALL WELL-KNOWN MEN
AND WOMEN IN THEIR DAY. ON APRIL 20, 1865, HIS CHILDREN MADE PARTITION OF THE
LANDS OF WHICH THEIR FATHER DIED SEIZED. THE MILL AND SEVENTEEN AND ONE-HALF
ACRES OF LAND WERE DEEDED TO MARTIN, G. BRYAN, BELL JANE, AND JULIA SHEETS.
MARTIN PURCHASED THE INTEREST OF HIS BROTHER AND SISTERS, AND NOT LONG
THEREAFTER, HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE INTESTATE. THE MILL THEN DESCENDED TO HIS
BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO JOINED IN A CONVEYANCE OF THE MILL TO THEIR BROTHER,
EDWIN FENTON SHEETS, FEB. 1, 1869.
FENTEON SHEETS ADDED TO THE LANDS HE INHERITED UNTIL HE OWNED MORE THAT 500
ACRES IN A BODY, IN ONE OF THE FINEST SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. LOSSES AND
REVERSES, HOWEVER, OVERTOOK HIM, AND TO COVER THE LOSSES, HE PLACED A MORTGAGE
ON HIS LAND, INCLUDING THE MILL, CONVEYING THEM TO EDWIN MAXWELL, TRUSTEE, NOV
29, 1886. ETC. (KNISLEY FILE)
Elizabeth KNISELEY
Birth:
12 Apr 1799
York, Pennsylvania
Chr:
10 Jun 1799
York, Pennsylvania
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
Temple work done with abt date of 1797....later found record on ancestry.com
Archive record Joseph Smith Mem. Building, 4th Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah.
MARRIAGE RECORDS from Harrison County, West Virginia by correspondance.
OLD KNISLEY LETTER (Original in possession of Mary Sayers (Samuel), Dunn Loring, Virginia...a cousin. Stated "BETSY SHEETS" (probably a nickname.)
Rosamund Ball disk has her listed as: Margaret Elizabeth Kniseley b. 12 Apr 1799 York County, Pa.
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Database: York County, Pennsylvania, 1733-1800: Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
Combined Matches: 2
Name: Kneisele, Elizabeth
Description: Born
Event: Birth
Date: 12 April 1799
Church: Records of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, City of York, York County, Pennsylvania, 1733-1800
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Name: Kneisele, Elizabeth
Description: Baptized
Event: Baptism
Date: 10 June 1799
Church: Records of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, City of York, York County, Pennsylvania, 1733-1800
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Disk #1 from Rosamund Ball.......
1 NAME Margaret Elizabeth /Kniseley/
2 GIVN Margaret Elizabeth
2 SURN Kniseley
1 SEX F
1 NOTE Married Samuel Sheets, b. 6/6/1796 in Preston Co., (W)V, d. 1/6/1862
2 CONT in Harrison Co., (W)V, on 4/4/1818 in Harrison Co. Children: John A.
2 CONT Sheets b. 1/27/1828, m. Almedia Wolfe, b. 6/19/1833, dau. of John &
2 CONT Nancy Overfield Wolfe, on 4/12/1853. Edwin F. Sheets, b. 3/1/1830, m.
2 CONT Belinda M. Stout, b. 5/19/1842, dau. of Edward J. & Amanda Blake
2 CONT Stout, on 4/29/1860 in Harrison Co. Washington G. Sheets, b.
2 CONT 2/19/1823, d. 6/30/1894, m. Rebecca C. Wolfe, b. Aug. 1833, dau. of
2 CONT David & Elizabeth Ireland Wolfe, on 5/4/1854 in Harrison Co. Martin L.
2 CONT Sheets, b. 1834, d. 11/2/1867, m. Druzilla Sullivan on 4/25/1868 (that
2 CONT can't be right) in Harrison Co. Daniel Sheets, b. 1836. Isabel J.
2 CONT Sheets, b. 11/3/1838, d. 5/2/1925, m. Chapman G. Smith, b. 6/18/1827,
2 CONT d. 8/7/1913, son of Charles & Mary Smith, on 12/28/1865 in Harrison
2 CONT Co.
1 SOUR @S217@
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 APR 1800
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 APR 1842
2 PLAC Sheets Mills, Harrison Co., (W)V
Children
Marriage
1
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked
Marr:
Notes:
CLARKSBURG LIBRARY BOOK "OLD GRIST MILLS OF HARRISON COUNTY" MUCH INFORMATION
REGARDING THE SHEETS MILL AND FAMILY.
2
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked
Marr:
Notes:
SHEETS MILL IN BK "OLD GRIST MILLS OF HARRISON COUNTY" IN CLARKSBURG,W.VA
LIBRARY.
3
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked
Marr:
Notes:
SHEETS MILL INFORMATION IN BK: "OLD GRIST MILLS OF HARRISON CO." IN
CLARKSBURG,W.VA LIBRARY.
4
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked
Marr:
Notes:
BK: "OLD GRIST MILLS OF HARRISON COUNTY" IN CLARKSBURG, W.VA LIBRARY P.115-116
5
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked
Marr:
Notes:
BK: "OLD GRIST MILLS OF HARRISON CO." P.115-116 IN CLARKSBURG,W.VA LIBRARY
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Samuel Sheets - Elizabeth Kniseley
Samuel Sheets
was born at of Harrison, Virginia Abt 1795.
He married Elizabeth Kniseley 4 Apr 1818 at Harrison, Virginia . Elizabeth Kniseley was born at York, Pennsylvania 12 Apr 1799 daughter of George Kniseley and Annie Ann Eib .
They were the parents of 5
children:
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Samuel Sheets died Abt 1865 at Harrison, West Virginia .