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Note N594
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This Indenture made the 19th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven Between Richard Churchill of the County of Culpepper and Commonwealth of Virginia by George Dawson his attorney in fact of the one part and Jehu Dehaven and Joseph Dehaven sons of Jonathon Dehaven of the other part. Witness: that the said Richard Churchill by said Dawson his attorney as aforesaid for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty two dollars current money of Virginia unto him in hand paid by the said Jehu Dehaven and Joseph Dehaven at or before the sealing and delivery hereof the receipt hereof __ both hereby acknowledge and thereof dose release bequeath and discharge the said Jehu Dehaven and Joseph Dehaven their heirs executors and administrators by these presents the said Richard Churchill by his said attorney Dawson hath granted sold ___ ___ released and confined and by these presents doth grant bequeath sell ___ ___ and confirm to the said Jehu Dehaven and Joseph Dehaven their heirs and assigns a certain tract or parcel of land situate on Isaac's Creek in the County of Frederick and bounded as follows: Beginning on the south side of a steep hill and north of said creek at Dehavens corner an old hickory stump in County line thence with (him) N 58 3/4 W 150 poles and crossing said creek to a stone in the mouth of a ___ Lights corner, then with Light S 4 3/4 W 76 poles to a small black oak stump or sprout left standing and a small maple marked about 4 feet NW from said stump, thence S23 W25 poles thence parallel to Adams line S42 E89 poles to a stake in a line of Wrights original tract, therewith said line N 49 1/2 E 94 poles to some marked white oaks Dehaven corner, thence N 24 1/2 E 26 poles crossing the creek to the beginning containing 76 acres more or less which said tract of land is part of a tract of land conveyed to a certain John Wright by William Pickering's executor and by the said Wright conveyed in trust to a certain Frederick Naderboush by deed bearing the date of 12th day of February 1821 and being also part of the land ___ to the said Churchill by Joseph Seaton by deed of release bearing date the seventeenth day of the current month ___ to the said deeds will more fully appear together with all and singular the rights improvements ___ and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any wise approaching and the reversions and remainder rents dues and profits thereof, Also all the ___ right ___ interest use property claims and demands whatsoever of the said Richard Churchill in law or equity of and in the premises aforesaid and every part thereof, To have and to hold all and singular the premises with the appurtenances hereby granted unto the said Jehu Dehaven and Joseph Dehaven their heirs and assigns to the only proper use and ___ of the said Jehu Dehaven and Joseph Dehaven and their heirs and assigns forever....
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Note N595
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Alternate birth and death dates from notes by Ethel Blanch Davis: 6 Apr 1820 - 10 Sep 1865.
Following is a section from the notebook of Nella Apicer Slater, granddaughter of Joseph and Rebecca . This account was told to Mrs. Slater by her grandmother, Rebecca Roe. The account is titled OLD VIRGINIA HOME and is set near Romney, Winchester, and Martins Ferry, Va from 1856 to 1863. "The millhouse was of a style well known to all Virginians, since it was built on very much the same pattern as Mount Vernon; two stories with a steep pitched roof and dormer windows. It stood long and thin, a front porch, supported by square frame posts, ran the length of the house. (Was it on that porch, second story, that Sissy De Haven blew on the old conch shell to sound the alarm when the Confederate soldiers were coming?) From this porch, the broad green lawn sloped a long way to a white picket fence where the mill yard began. Its boxed hedge walks were shaded by great sugar maples and old locust trees. All was orderly in front: flower beds, shrubbery and a lilac arbor trimmed in an arch beneath which a tall man could walk. Behind the house the laundry and the big two story smokehouse were draped with flowering vines just coming into leaf-bud, Virginia creeper, trumpet vine, Dutchman's pip and morning glories. From Easter on there would be plenty of flowers. No one could remember a finer autumn; (1862) frost before sunrise, summer heat at noon, chill nights. All morning the mountain lay in a soft haze, and in the afternoon, broad fans of heavy golden sun lit its back and flanks. The color on the hillsides, in the low meadows, and along the streams had never been more brilliant. Little rain fell in October, and the trees held their leaves. The great maples in the yard were like blazing torches; scarlet leaves fluttered softly down to the green turf, leaving the boughs above still densely covered. With November, the weather changed. Heavy rain set in. The earth was soon soaked, the meadows became boggy. The creek overflowed its banks. There was an outbreak of diphtheria. In the spring of 1863, three children of Joseph and Rebecca De Haven passed away."
The youngest daughter, Daisy, told her daughter, Iva Davis Bears, of the struggle during the Civil War. This area of Virginia, so close to the new border between Virginia and West Virginia, was divided, neighbor against neighbor, father against son, brother against brother. Although Joseph's horses were taken by the Confederate Army, he did not sympathize with them. On advice from neighbors, he hid to avoid conscription into the Confederate Army. The De Haven home was close enough to the fighting at times to hear the guns. Since his sons were also old enough to be pressed into service, Joseph thought it best to move his family. He made a deal trading his land in Virginia for land which he had not seen in Iowa, some or all of it in Taylor County, Iowa. He bought a section of land for each child and two for his wife. In early 1863, Joseph took his family to Ohio to stay with an uncle while he went on to Iowa. He returned ill and disappointed because he found the sections of land scattered and uncultivated. Before he died, he asked his uncle to look after the family and prevent them from going to Iowa. However, Rebecca moved her family to Iowa in 1868, settling in Union Township of Marion County for about three years. By this time the older children were starting to marry. When the family moved to the land in Taylor County, the girls' land was sold and the money held for them. The boys got their land as they married. Irene Davis Bears says "One reason I believe Rebecca Roe De Haven took her family to Iowa very soon after losing her husband is that she was a very capable and independent person. She lived in our home for many years. She was one to take her share of responsibility and never did she want to be dependant on anyone. She was a widow for about fifty years. Her money could not have held out if she had not gone from one home to another earning her keep with her tender care when there was a sickness or a new baby. She was much loved and honored by her many grandchildren." According to a newspaper article in the Marion County (Iowa) News, Pleasantville, Iowa, Rebecca Roe was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The article states further than Rebecca had excellent eyesight and read without glasses. At the time of her death, Rebecca was living with a daughter, Matilda De Haven Richards.
From Joseph DeHaven I am not related to these people, but have ancestors who lived in the area. There is a picture of a log house built by Joseph DeHaven in "The Berkeley Journal, issue 21, 1996. The article states: "Shanghai Log House, by Don C. Wood - A unique log house was built by Joseph DeHaven ca. 1856. It was built to heat with use of a stove (also pictured) and had no fireplace...this is the only one (of its type) known to still be standing." Shanghai is near Ganotown. (There is further information.)
"Joseph T. DeHaven died 24 November 1865 leaving a widow Rebecca and six children. Most of the children were under 21 years. According to the Census, Joseph would have been in his 40s. His family moved to the State of Iowa. The log house was sold following a Court Case. Joseph had sold the cabin to Catherine Kees in 1860."
There were several other owners; John DeHaven bought it in 1881; John and his wife Emily sold it to Edward M. DeHaven in 1882. Three years later Edward and wife Susan sold the cabin back to John DeHaven. In 1902 John DeHaven and Emily sold it again."
The booklet is put out by the Berkeley Co., WV Historical Society.
19 December 1827 Property transaction starts out like this: This indenture made the nineteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven Between Richard Churchill of the County of Culpeper & Commonwealth of Virginia by George Dawson his attorney in fact of the one part and Jehu DeHaven and Joseph DeHaven sons of Jonathan DeHaven of the other part Witnesseth that the said Richard Churchill by said Dawson his attorney as aforesaid for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty two dollars current money of Virginia unto him in hand paid by the said Jehu DeHaven and Joseph DeHaven at or before the sealing and delivery hereof the recdeipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge and thereof (unreadable) release acquit and discharge the said Jehu DeHaven and Joseph DeHaven their heirs executors and administrators by these presents the said Richard Churchill by his said attorney Dawson hath granted sold (unreadable) released and confirmed and by these poresents doth grant bargain sale (unreadable) confirm unto the said Jehu DeHaven and Joseph DeHaven their heirs and assigns a certain tract or parcel of land situate on Isaacs creak in the County of Frederick and bounded as follows. Beginning on the south side of a steep hill and north of said creek at DeHavens corners and old hickory stump in County Line then with line .......
18 October 1848 Property transaction starts out like this: This indenture made the 18 of October in the year 1848 between Joseph T DeHaven and Rebecca his wife of the one part and Nathaniel B Triplett of the other part ( unreadable) That in consideration of the sum of two hundred & fifty dollars current money of the United States to him in hand (found) by the said N B Triplett at and before (unreadable) dealing and delivery of these presents the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by the said Joseph T Dehaven and Rebecca his wife have granted bargained sold and conveyed and by these presents do grant bargain sell and convey to the said N B Triplett his heirs and assigns a certain tract or parce of land lying and being on Isaac Creek in Frederick County, ( unreadable) and boundaries as follows. Begining on the South side of a steep hill and North of the said creek at Dehaven's corner an old hickory stump in County line then south.....
Occupant of the property in June 2014 was Justin Church, 444 Janney Ashton Road, Hedgesville, WV 25427