Wednesday, January 05, 2005

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.

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