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1790 Hempfield, Westmoreland, PA
John Dewit
1 free white male 16+
1 free white female 16+
John Culbertson is listed next
Mason Co tax list
John Dewitt sr 1811-13-14
1810 Mason, VA
John Dewit
1m 10-15 Alexander?
1m 16-25 John?
1m 26-44 John would have been about 51
2f 0-10
1f 10-15
1f 26-44 Nancy should have been about 40
1820 Mason Co, VA
Thomas Duett (6 people, 1 in agriculture)
Males 0-10: 1; 16-26: 1
Females 0-10: 2; 16-26: 2
John Duett (4 people, 2 in agriculture)
Males 16-26: 2
Females 16-26: 2
Nancy Duett (6 people listed, 1 in agriculture)
males 10-16: 1, 16-26: 1 (
females 10-16: 1, 16-26: 1, 26-45: 1, 45+: 1 (Charlotte, Lydia,
1830 Mason Co, VA
John Duett
males 5-10: 1, 10-15: 1, 20-30: 2, 30-40: 1
females 10-15: 1, 30-40: 1
Thomas Duett
males 0-5: 2, 5-10: 1, 10-15: 1, 30-40: 1
females 5-10: 1, 10-15: 1, 20-30: 1
Revolutionary War Service; PA Archives Vol 8, pp 380, 421, 426, 435
Buried Dewitt Cemetery,
Tombstone destroyed when rocks were quarried out of the bank of the river below the cemetery
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"Jackson County in the Wars"
Revolutionary Soldiers
John Dewitt. A Revolutionary soldier who was the first settler at Muses Bottom in 1811; believed to have been the first white settler in Grant district. He died in 1810. (Date of settlement was 1807, not 1811. . drh) His son, John Jr, is listed in Mason County Tax Lists for 1811-14 and census for 1820. There seems to have been three John Dewitts in that area of the county at that time.
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This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the Section "Lower Sandy Valley".
Dewitt Family
The first settler at Muse's Bottom was John DeWitt (some of the old settlers pronounce it Doo-it), who built the first cabin, in 1807.
Soon after, Thomas DeWitt, John Powers, Thomas Coleman, Ellis Nesselrode, and John Boso came. It is not at all certain that these parties all came the same year, but they were all among the very early pioneers.
Where the DeWitts were from is not given, but the name recurs several times in the early history of Mill creek and Sandy, and parties of the same name are still to be found in Grant District. [2]
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| Children |
| | 1. Thomas Dewitt, b. Abt 1790, Pennsylvania, USA  , d. 16 Mar 1879, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age ~ 89 years) |
| | 2. Margaret Elizabeth Dewitt, b. 1796, d. 1823 (Age 27 years) |
| | 3. John Dewitt, b. 25 Nov 1792, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 1 Dec 1840, Grant Dist, Jackson Co, WV (Age 48 years) |
| | 4. Martha Charlotte Dewitt, b. 14 Aug 1797, d. 7 May 1877 (Age 79 years) |
| | 5. Nancy Elizabeth DEWITT, b. 1803 OR 1801, West Virginia, USA , d. 1838 OR 19 Mar 1834, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age 33 years) |
| | 6. Alexander C Dewitt, b. Abt 1803, or (1805) , d. 19 Feb 1823 OR 1825 (Age ~ 22 years) |
| | 7. Lydia Dewitt, b. Abt 1804, d. 28 Dec 1884 (Age ~ 80 years) |
| | 8. Charlotte Dewitt, b. 1807, Virginia, USA , d. 28 Dec 1884 (Age 77 years) |
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West Virginia Pioneers
1770 - 1841 (71 years)