John Dewitt

1792 - 1840  (48 years)

• Name	John Dewitt
  Born	25 Nov 1792	Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Dec 1840	Grant Dist, Jackson Co, WV   [1, 2]
  Buried	Dewitt Cemetery, Jackson co, WV   [1]
  Person ID	I1767	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	24 May 2005

  
  

  Father	John DEWITT,   b. 23 Apr 1758,   d. 14 Jan 1820, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Nancy CULBERTSON,   b. 1770,   d. 15 Aug 1841  (Age 71 years)
  Married	Abt 1789	Probably in Westmoreland Co, PA
  Notes	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 ~~~ "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. ~~~ 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. [1]
  Family ID	F215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Dernberger,   b. 1791, Wood County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 1864  (Age 73 years)
  Married	13 Aug 1818	Wood County, West Virginia, USA   [3]
  Notes	Mason Co tax list John Dewitt Jr 1814 Wife's name and Marriage info from Cathy L Green Said to have no children. 1820 Mason CO John Duett 2m 16-26 2f 16-26 ~~~ 1830 Mason Co John Duett 1m 5-10, 1m 10-15 2m 20-30 1m 30-40 1f 10-15 1f 30-40 1840 Jackson pg 9 Digewt, John 1m 0-5 1m 40-50 1f 5-10 1f 20-30 1f 40-50
  Family ID	F951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] Cheryl Gallagher. [S7] Gravestone. [S87] Marriage Records, Wood Co, WV.