Renicks in West Virginia and Pennsylvania
I'm trying to find positive proof that the Renicks in the South Branch Valley of West Virginia came from Paxtang Township, Pennsylvania.
I know that my McNeills went from Pennsylvania to West Virginia and that the Renicks were closely associated with them.
The best proof I have so far is from Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Volume I, COUNTY COURT JUDGMENTS, AUGUSTA COUNTY, pages 299-300. MAY AND AUGUST, 1748.
Renich vs. Holmes.--James Murray recovered vs. Thomas Renich in the Common Pleas at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1744. Judgment on a note by Thomas Renick, John Holmes and others, to James Murray, dated 31st December, 1741.
and page 304, AUGUST, 1750 (C).
Samuel Smith vs. Beaty.--Mr. Michael Woods, formerly of Paxtunk, Pennsylvania. Account dated 1733. Thomas Renich, on 1st September, 1750, deposed: About 8 years ago, at his own house, he saw and spoke with said Smith and Robert Buchanan, the then Sheriff of Lancaster County. He heard Smith (then merchant at Connoy) say, &c., several accounts: ... All sworn to by Samuel Smith, late of County of Lancaster, before a Justice, in Philadelphia, 13th October, 1743.