. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . ormed the abovementioned Edward McDonald of his discovery, with whom heagreed for one blanket and a rifle gun to show him this land,which he did, and in 1780 McDonald entered and surveyed thesame; and in L802, together with his son-in-law, Captain JamesShannon, removed to the Guyandotte Valley and took posses-sion of his valuable property; his son-in-law, Captain Shannon,settling a few miles away on the Big Fork of the Captain Shannon took possession of his land he foundstill standing on the bottoms the Indi
. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . ormed the abovementioned Edward McDonald of his discovery, with whom heagreed for one blanket and a rifle gun to show him this land,which he did, and in 1780 McDonald entered and surveyed thesame; and in L802, together with his son-in-law, Captain JamesShannon, removed to the Guyandotte Valley and took posses-sion of his valuable property; his son-in-law, Captain Shannon,settling a few miles away on the Big Fork of the Captain Shannon took possession of his land he foundstill standing on the bottoms the Indian wigwams. Edward McDonald had several sons and daughters. Thesons, Joseph, William and Stephen, settled on the lands giventhem by their father out of the homestead. One daughter mar-ried Captain .James Shannon; one Captain Thomas Peery; oneAugustas Pack; one William Chapman. .Joseph McDonaldmarried Nancy Chapman, (laughter of Isaac Chapman and hiswife, Elian Johnston Chapman, and their children were Sallie,who married -John Sanders; Juliett, who married -John Tif-. •GREEN HILLThe old MacDonald Homestead, built about the close of Revolutionary war. The Packs. 439 fany; Elizabeth, who married John Anderson, and Nancy, whomarried Lewis McDonald. W. W. McDonald, of Logan, mar-ried Miss Scaggs; Lewis, the son of Joseph, married, first MissMcDonald, second Miss Keffer. John C, Floyd and ColonelIsaac E. were never married; the two former died in the armyduring the Civil war. Colonel Isaac E. lived on the McDonaldhomestead, in Wyoming County, until 1876, when he purchased,by exchange, the valuable farm of Mr. George Pearis George,on Bluestone, in Tazewell County, Virginia. Colonel Isaac a member of the Virginia Legislature in 1861, and of theWest Virginia Senate for several years. The family of William McDonald, son of Edward, consistedof one son, Edward, who married a Miss Black, of MontgomeryCounty, and daughters, of whom one married Harmon New-berry, one William G. Mustard
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