. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. VALLEY. enough left to make almost a Texas ranch. JacobLockwood again showed a resemblance to Jacob ofold, by selecting the best land for his portion ofthe vast domain, and accordingly settled on thatpart now owned by his grandson, John Lockwood,of Lockwood Station, on the Chatterawha Railroad,opposite Virginia Whites Creek, said by many tobe the best and most valuable farm on the Big Sandy Lockwoodlived to a goodold age, as didalso his left manydescendants, whoha
. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. VALLEY. enough left to make almost a Texas ranch. JacobLockwood again showed a resemblance to Jacob ofold, by selecting the best land for his portion ofthe vast domain, and accordingly settled on thatpart now owned by his grandson, John Lockwood,of Lockwood Station, on the Chatterawha Railroad,opposite Virginia Whites Creek, said by many tobe the best and most valuable farm on the Big Sandy Lockwoodlived to a goodold age, as didalso his left manydescendants, whohave borne goodnames in thecommunitywhere they were^ born and raised. Residence of John Lockwood, Staley, Ky. JaCob LockwOod opened his doors to the preachers of the Gospelwho at an early day traveled up and down the val-ley, warning sinners to flee the wrath to Lockwood and wife were Methodists, and theirdescendants still hold to that faith. Party politicsnever gave them much trouble; but when the CivilWar came on they were found on the side of theUnion. John Lockwood, grandson of Jacob Lockwood,. THE McCLURE FAMILY. 245 married a daughter of the well and favorablyknown John Van Horn, who was brother-in-law ofFrederick Moore. Mr. Lockwood has one of themost complete farm-houses in the Sandy Valley, fur-nished in a style of exquisite taste, and presidedover by his wife, a lady of sense and refinement,who dispenses her hospitality with a grace anddignity almost queenly. They have but one child,a son, now eleven years old, whose expectancy ofmaterial wealth outranks that of most boys in thevalley. THE McCLURE FAMILY. William McClure, one of the old settlers ofwhat is now Lawrence County, came from GilesCounty, Virginia, where he married Lucretia Chap-man, and settled on the Sandy, about five milesabove the Forks, where, or near where, he con-tinued to reside until his death in 1861. His faith-ful wife died the same year. From this pair havedescended a large family of child
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