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     Ann Tetrick was born circa 1785 at VA. She was the daughter of Henry Tetrick and Ann (---). She married Adam Cunningham, son of Walter Cunningham and Hannah (---), on 9 April 1816 at Harrison Co, VA; by David Masters.¹ She died from 1830 to 1840 at Harrison Co, VA..

     Henry Tetrick married Ann (---).
(Comment: This is not proven. Click on icons for researched data in Loudoun Co, VA. and Harrison Co (W)VA.)

     Ann (---) was born circa 1751. She married Henry Tetrick. She died on 20 July 1833 at Wyatt, WV.. She was buried at Joseph Hildeth Cemetery, Wyatt, WV..
(Comment: There was an Inventory of her Estate, on 28 Nov 1833, Recorded Will Book 4, p553, at Feb Term of Harrison County Court, 1834. Adam Cunningham was said to be the Administrator.)
(Comment: This is not proven. More research needs to be done.)

     Henry Tetrick died circa 1814 at Harrison Co, WV..
(Comment: This is not proven. More research needs to be done.)

     Walter Cunningham was born in December 1749 at Shenandoah Co, VA.. He was the son of Adam Cunningham and Catherine (---). He married Hannah (---) from 1775 to 1778. He served during the Revolutionary War. He did Ranging and Scouting in Harrison County, VA. He also was part of a march from Shendonah Valley to Pittsburgh and Wheeling.⁵ He moved circa 1800 at Simpsons Creek, Harrison Co, VA.. He married Ann Randall, daughter of Abraham Randall, on 23 December 1804. He died from 5 March 1834 to 4 September 1834 at Harrison Co, WV..⁶

Details of his life are written on pages 69 to 79 of the well researched book, "Adam Cunningham and 500 More Cunninghams of the Valley of Virginia."²

     Hannah (---) was born circa 1757. She married Walter Cunningham, son of Adam Cunningham and Catherine (---), from 1775 to 1778. She died on 30 March 1803 at Harrison Co, WV..

Hannah could have been the same person as Hannah Leith, daughter of George and Miriam Leith.²

     Elizabeth Linville was born in April 1824 at Harrison Co, WV.. She was the daughter of John Linville Jr. and Margaret Gifford. She married Christopher C. Cunningham, son of Adam Cunningham and Ann Tetrick, on 24 August 1843 at Harrison Co, VA..⁸ She died on 26 September 1907 at Coburn Creek, Harrison Co, WV., at age 83.⁹ She was buried at Cunningham's Run Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV..¹⁰
(Comment:

Elizabeth had 13 children, with only 4 still living perthe 1900 Census.)⁵

     John Linville Jr. was born circa 1800 at VA. He was the son of John Linville Jr. and Elizabeth Shiverdecker. He married Margaret Gifford, daughter of John Gifford and Mary Jacobs, on 13 January 1822 at Harrison Co, WV.. He died between 1860 and April 1864 at Little Indian Run, Eagle Twp, Harrison Co, WV; died of small pox.

In 1825, John Linville bought 91 acres on Mud Lick Run, the same Run as John Gifford, his father-in-law. In August 1843, the same month his daughter married Christopher Cunningham, John Linville bought land on Little Indian Run, a branch of Cunningham Run. In 1864, after his death, the land was sold to his son-in-law, Benjamin Sandy.

     John Linville Jr. was born before 1765. He was the son of John Linvill and Maria Anna Christina Stephens. He married Elizabeth Shiverdecker, daughter of Johann Jacob Shiverdecker and Maria Catherine Koehler, on 23 October 1792 at Frederick Co, VA..² He died between 1817 and 1819 at Harrison Co, WV..

John's parentage is not proven. John Linville first appears in Harrison County tax records in 1806. He appears through 1817 and in 1819 his widow Elizabeth is listed. There are no land records for him.
Two sons of William and Mary (Donaldson) Linville of Darby, Pennsylvania bought land in Harrison County, but the purchases have not yet been connected to John Linville. Thomas Linville bought 343 acres on Elk Creek, Harrison Co. in 1786. He is listed in the 1796-1806 land tax book for every year, but is not listed in the household tax lists, so he must have not lived there.
William Linville bought 203 acres on Raccoon Branch of Gnatty Creek, Harrison Co, in 1790, and his children sold the property in 1834. There is no record of him ever living there.

     Elizabeth Shiverdecker was born circa 1770. She was the daughter of Johann Jacob Shiverdecker and Maria Catherine Koehler. She probably lived in Stephensburg, VA prior to her marriage. She married John Linville Jr., son of John Linvill and Maria Anna Christina Stephens, on 23 October 1792 at Frederick Co, VA..³
(Comment: ???? a Henry Linville appears in Harrison Co. tax records starting in 1823. Perhaps he was her son?) She died after 1840 at Harrison Co, VA..

     John Gifford was born from 1750 to 1760 at Shrewsbury Twp., Monmouth Co, NJ.. He was the son of Benoni "Benjamin" Gifford and Sarah (---). He married Mary Jacobs, daughter of Jacob Jacobs and Hannah Johnson, circa 1778. He died on 19 October 1825 at Harrison Co, WV..

John Gifford settled in Monongalia Co., (W)VA, in 1773. [WV Land Grants, Monongalia Co., Bk#1, 1782-85: John Deut/Dent was an assignee of John Gifford for 392 acres and it "includes the said Gifford settlement made thereon in the year 1773.] He is listed (5 persons in household) in the 1782 tax list of Monongalia, VA., which included Harrison County. In 1785, his 289 acres in Harrison County was surveyed. It was on the headwaters of MudLick Creek, a drain of the West Fork, (southeast of present day Shinnston, Harrison Co.) In 1806, he purchased an adjacent 400 acres of land, which he later sold to his sons. From land and tax records, John Gifford appears to have remained there all his life.
(Comment:

Ancestry of John Gifford is not known by any written documentation. There is ongoing Y-DNA research by Steve Warling which shows that John's ancestors were as reported here.)⁴

     Mary Jacobs was born on 14 December 1761. She was the daughter of Jacob Jacobs and Hannah Johnson. She married John Gifford, son of Benoni "Benjamin" Gifford and Sarah (---), circa 1778. She died on 24 March 1825 at age 63.

     Adam Cunningham was born circa 1713. He immigrated in 1740 to Virginia. He married Catherine (---). He died after 1793 at VA.

Betty Cunningham Newman has written a well researched book on Adam Cunningham who lived in Virginia.¹

Adam probably was the same Adam Cunningham, who was born 20 Jul 1714 Shankill Parish, Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland, son of James Cunningham and Jeanie Ballentine.

     Alfred Flowers Sine was born on 31 October 1818 at WV. He was the son of Moses Leander Sine and Sarah A. Flowers. He married Mary Ann Chesney, daughter of Hazael Chesney and Nancy Ramsey, on 11 October 1841 at Monongalia Co, VA..⁹ He was one of the first settlers to move into Marion Co, after it was set off as a County in 1843. He donated the land for Beegum Church, Mannington, WV. He died on 13 January 1892 at Mannington, WV., at age 73; "LaGrippe."^1,10,11 He was buried at Beegum Cemetery, Mannington, WV..
(Comment: Here are some of his letters he wrote.)

     Moses Leander Sine was born on 12 January 1793 at York Co, PA.. He was the son of William Sine Jr. and Margaret Christy. He married Sarah A. Flowers, daughter of Benjamin Flowers and Elizabeth (---). He died on 24 December 1872 at Clay District, Monongalia Co, WV., at age 79. He was buried at Shriver Cemetery, Monongalia Co, WV.. 1814 Moses Sine was 21 when his father William Sine arrived in Monongalia County, VA.

     married Sarah Flowers

1818 first son, Alfred Flowers Sine was born.

1820 Monongalia Co. Census living next to his father

1828 received land grant of 19 1/2 acres of Stradler's Run, which was later called Jake's Run.

1830 Monongalia Co. Census living near his father and siblings

1835 living on Long Drain of Jake's Run

1840 Monongalia Co Census with father and sblings

1844 received land grant of 50+97 acres Piles Fork, Marion Co.

1850 Monongalia Co. Census living alongside siblings

1864 living on "Moses Sine's ridge farm"

1870 living on "the Home place [of his father] in the head of Sines Hollow and on the ridge between that stream and Jake's Run."

     Sarah A. Flowers was born on 25 May 1799 at PA. She was the daughter of Benjamin Flowers and Elizabeth (---). She married Moses Leander Sine, son of William Sine Jr. and Margaret Christy. She was a charter member of "the Christian Church on the waters of Dunkard and naborhood of John Myers" in 1835 at Monongalia Co, WV..⁵ She died on 5 December 1874 at Monongalia Co, WV., at age 75. She was buried at Shriver Cemetery, Monongalia Co, WV..
(Comment: The only information that Sarah was the daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Flowers is the 1808 Greene Co, PA. Orphan Record, giving the names of Benjamin's children, including Sarah under the age of 14. According to the Journal of Christy Sine (brother of Moses), their family moved from York Co, PA to Fayette Co, PA in October 1804, and then moved on to Greene County PA in summer 1810. (This time period matches the Fayette Co, PA tax records)

So Moses Sine (b. Jan 1793) would have been in Greene County, PA. from 1810 to at least 1814 when his father moved to Monongalia Co. VA. We do know that his wife Sarah Flowers was born May 1799. This does match the approximate age of Sarah daughter of Benjamin Flowers of Greene County.)^6,7

     William Sine Jr. was born on 24 October 1763 at PA. He was the son of Wiliam Sines Sr. He lived from 1785 to 1804 at Monaghan Twp., York Co, PA.. He married Margaret Christy at Philadelphia, PA.. He moved to Fayette Co, PA in October 1804. He moved to Greene Co, PA, late in the year1810. He then moved to Monongalia Co, (W)VA. in 1814.² William Sine Jr. was also known as William Sines Jr. He was listed as "Signs" in the 1790 and 1800 York Co, PA Census and in the Fayette Co Tax. He was listed as "Sines" in the tax records of York Co PA, and in the 1810 Census of Fayette Co, PA, and 1820 Census of Monongalia Co, VA. He also used the "Sines" surname, when the family was listed in 1835 Church list. He was a charter member of "the Christian Church on the waters of Dunkard and naborhood of John Myers" at Monongalia Co, WV..¹¹ He died on 22 June 1842 at Monongalia Co, WV., at age 78.
(Comment: All of the following are in Monaghan Twp, York Co, PA.
before 1785: No Sines listed in Monaghan Twp.
1785 York Co tax:
William Sines 4 horses 1 cattle value: $27, tax: 5 s
Jacob Sines Phd, tax: 10 s
1786 York Co tax:
William Sines 4 horses, 1 cattle, value: $28, tax: 4 s, 8 p
Jacob Sines Phd, tax: 10 s
William Sines Jr, Phd, tax: 10 s
1787 York Co tax
William Sines, 4 horses 1 cattle, value: $27 tax: 7 s 6 p
Single men: Jacob Sines, tax: 10 s, William Sines, tax: 10 s
1788 York Co tax:
William Sines 4 horses 2 cattle, 1 Mulattoe Wrench 6 years old, value $27, tax: 6 s 4 p
Jacob Sines Phd tax 10 s
William Sines Jr. Phd tax 10 s
1789 York Co tax:
William Sines 4 horses 1 cattle, 1 Mulattoe Wench 4 years, value $27, tax: 4 s 8 p
William Sines Jr. Phd, tax: 10 s
Jacob Sines Phd, tax: 10 s
1790 Census, William Signs: 4 males 16 yrs & older, 1 female, 1 slave
1792 York Co tax:
William Sines Sr. 4 horses 4 cattle + 1 negro/mulatto
Jacob Sines Phd 1 horse
William Sines Jr. 1 cow
1793 York Co tax:
William Sines 2 cows ['occupation"?] value: $14. tax: 11 pence
1797: William Sines 2 cows Valuation 16, tax 13 cents
1798 York Co tax:
No SInes listed
1800 Census: William Signs: 1 male 26-44 yrs, 1 male 10-15, 3 males under 10, 1 female 26-44, 3 females under 10.
1801 York Co tax:
William Sines 1 horned cattle Valuation 8 tax 13 cents
1802 York Co tax:
William Sines 1 cow Valuation 8, tax: 13 cents
1803 York Co tax:
William SInes 3 cows Valuation 24, tax: 13 cents
1804 and afterwards: No Sines listed in Monaghan Twp.
Note. Phd is a tax abbrevaition for Peronal Head. It seems to be used for unmarried men of age.)
(Comment: German Twp, Fayette Co, tax lists (checked 1785 to 1815)
1803 Benjamin Sins "miller, 1 cow"
1804
1805 Benjamin Sines "1 cow"
1806 William Signs [crossed out] "gone"
1807 William Signs [line drawn through] "R" [meaning removed]
1808 William Signs "2 horses 1 cow occupation"
1809 William Signs "1 horse 1 cattle no occupation"
1810 William Signs "2 horse 1 cattle no occupation.")
(Comment: William Sine's migration is detailed in his son's journal. Rev Christy Sine wrote, "I was born in the State of Pennsylvania, York County - on the 5th day of July in the year Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight where I lived till October 1804 when my Father Removed to the Western part of Pennsylvania and settled in Fayette County where he lived till the year1810 in the later end of the year- when he Removed to Green County where he lived till the spring of the year 1814 When he removed to Monongalia County State of Viriginia.² ")

     Margaret Christy was born on 21 August 1768. She married William Sine Jr., son of Wiliam Sines Sr., at Philadelphia, PA.. She died on 20 June 1855 at Monongalia Co, WV., at age 86. She was buried at Doll's Run Cemetery, Monongalia Co, WV..