Michael Rader, Jr

1788 - 1862  (74 years)

• Name	Michael Rader
  Suffix	Jr
  Born	12 Feb 1788	Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Mar 1862  [3]
  Person ID	I10744	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	24 May 2005

  
  

  Father	Michael Rader,   b. 8 Mar 1751, Shenandoah Valley, VA ,   d. Bef 16 May 1840  (Age < 89 years)
  Mother	Catherine Long,   b. 1750,   d. BY 16 May 1840  (Age 90 years)
  Married	25 Dec 1769  [2, 4]
  Notes	This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Upper Mill Creek". Rader Family Michael Rader lived on the first farm up Elk. He owned at one time several thousand acres of land, including the lower part of Elk Fork and Mill Creek, up to above where Hamp Parish now lives, all lower Station Camp, and a large part of Frozen Camp. He lived at the Mackintosh farm, about a mile up from Mill Creek, where he moved from Mason County before 1810, probably 1808. He was born in the Shenandoah Valley, of Pennsylvania Dutch stock. It is related of him that he talked a very broken English. The house Michael Rader lived in was just below where the Mackintosh house now stands, the latter is the Joesy Rader house. He built a mill on Elk, the first excepting Thomas's mill, on the creek above Ripley. Rader was wealthy and kept several negro slaves, as did his sons after him. One of these, Adam by name, was mostly employed in hunting, and kept up the supply of meat for the family. It was he who found the elk from which the stream received its name. Michael Rader went from the Shenandoah Valley to Greenbrier County, thence to Mason, and to what is now Jackson County. Michael Rader was a member of the first County Court of Mason County, a the time of its organization in 1804. In 1835, Michael Rader was receiving a pension from the State of Virginia, as a Militia man. County and date of enlistment not given. While I have not the date of his death, he was eighty three years old in 1835, which makes the year of his birth about 1751. Rader Family Record, copied from the family Bible in 1903: Michael Rader, born March 8th, 1751, married to Catharine Long December 25th, 1769. Their children: Elizabeth Rader, born December 28th, 1771. Catharine Rader, born December 29th, 1773. Susannah Rader, born December 23rd, 1776. Abraham Rader, born January 20th, 1779. James Rader, born January 28th, 1782. Philip Rader, born March 26th, 1784. Polly Rader, born February 18th, 1786. Michael Rader, Jr., born February 12th, 1788. He had a pension for service in the War of 1812. Joseph Rader, born October 21st, 1790. (Died in 1880.) History of Ritchie County gives the name of Joseph A. Rader.
  Family ID	F4425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Roush,   b. 27 Jun 1792, Virginia, USA ,   d. 6 Jul 1886, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 94 years)
  Married	23 Feb 1813	Gallia County, Ohio, USA   [5]
  Notes	1840 JC 1m 10-15 1m 50-60 1f 15-20 1f 40-50 slaves 5 1850 JC # 441-446 Rader Michael 63 M Farmer Va Rader Catherine 58 F Ohio Hopkins William 21 M Farmer Va 1860 JC # 516-481 Michael Jr 73 Catherine 69? William 33 Elizabeth 32 Samuel B 10 John W 9 George A 7 Thomas J 5 Alexander H 2 JCWR, 1 - 68 dated 2/1/1861, Prob 9/5/1867 wife Catherine, sons, Abraham, George Washington, William, Dau Mrs Elvira (Alexander) Keeney, step-dau Elizabeth (Pfost) Harrison, exec William Rader, slaves to be freed on death of wife Buried - Mt Olive Cemetery, Gay, Jackson Co, WV John House "Pioneers of Jackson Co" Michael Rader, Jr., lived on Mill Creek below the mouth of Joe's run. He was a drummer in Captain Billy's company in the War of 1812. He married Catharine Roush, of Mason County, and lived on the farm above the mouth of Station Camp. One informant places the site of his first cabin at the old apple trees by the ford where the Joe Parsons cabin is said to have been located. Afterward, he lived in the low gap up on the point, west of the ford. This land all belonged to his father, who sold it to him, as witnessed by two deeds, on record at the Clerk's office, at Ripley: December 18th, 1828, Michael Rader sold to Michael Rader, Jr., for Three Hundred Dollars, one hundred and fifty acres of land lying on Trace Fork of Big Mill creek, above the old cabin formerly occupied by Joseph Parsons, and joining lands of Andrew Lewis. The deed is executed in Mason County. Witnessed by: (Signed) Michael Rader John Rader her Michael Rader Catherine X Rader mark Another deed is for two tracts, and is dated May 29th, 1834. One hundred acres of land patented to Michael Rader, July 18th, 1815, by Governor W. C. Nicholson, described as beginning at a black gum near the path at the first fording of the creek above the mouth of Station Camp, and running onto Station Camp. The other, patented by John Tyler, in June, 1826, lies north of this, consideration Ten Dollars. In the early days of the settlements, the road crossed the creek above J. A. Parsons, and went up through the low gap, crossing again at the old Joe Parsons cabin, instead of following around the creek, as now. Hart Rader, says Mike Rader, first built a few rods below the ford, at the mouth of Joe's Run. Children: "Wash" Rader (George W.) Born in 1814, died in 1868, first built where store is at Joe's Run, afterward moved to the Charley Shinn farm. He was clerk in a store at Reedy, in 1844 or 1845, where there was already a small improvement. Abe Rader married Polly Aultz first, second Mary Bush. He lived first at the Charley Shinn farm, and moved to Sycamore about the 1890's. He was born in 1817 and died about 1897. Will Rader married a Dye, and lived at the Low Gap across Mill Creek, below the old ford. Elvira Rader married Alec Keeney, and lived where the old apple trees are, below Cal Parishes. He sold groceries and whiskey. Rebels raided his store and burned the goods. Whiskey ran in a blaze down on the creek. Bet Rader married Wash Pfost.
  Children	1. George Washington 'Wash' Rader,   b. 9 Jul 1814, MA ,   d. 18 Sep 1868  (Age 54 years)   2. Abraham Rader,   b. 14 Apr 1816,   d. 18 Jul 1897  (Age 81 years)   3. William Allen Rader,   b. 27 Jan 1827, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia ,   d. 14 Apr 1891  (Age 64 years)   4. Elviria Rader,   b. 1818, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1896  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F3588	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1205] Census. [S70] John House. [S519] Cemeteries JC Vol 1. [S20] Family Bible. [S61] Marriage Records, Gallia Co, OH.