| Father |
Jesse David Hughes, b. 1750, South Branch of the Potomac, Hardy Co, WV  , d. Oct 1829, Ravenswood, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age 79 years) |
| Notes |
Mason Co tax list
Jesse Hughes Sr 1805-06-07-09-10-11-12-13-14
1820 Mason, VA
Jesse Hughes
1m 0-10
1m 45+
3f 0-10
2f 10-16 Nancy
3f 16-26
1f 45+
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"Jackson County in the Wars"
Revolutionary Soldiers
Jesse Hughes, Sr. Although it is commonly believed that Hughes served in the Continental Army, no proof of such service is extant. He spent his most active years on Hacker's Creek, present Lewis County, where he was a leader in the warfare with the Indians. He is listed on the Kanawha county tax list for 1801 and on that of Mason county for 1805-1814. and the censuses of 1810 & 1820. On the Personal Property tax list for Jackson county in 1831. He died on Big Sandy Creek, Jackson County, 1829 and is buried in the Proctor Cemetery at Ravenswood.
The wife of Jesse Hughes Sr was Grace Tanner. Children: Martha (1773-1834) married Jacob Bonnett, 1792; Rachel, married William Cottrell; Sudna, married Elijah Runner, and died near Sandyville; Elizabeth married James Stanley, lived and died on Mud Run, near Sandyville; Massie (Massa) married Uriah Gandee Sr, who died in 1855, died in Roane county, May 30, 1883; Nancy Agnes, married George W Hanshaw and lived in Jackson co; Louraney, married Uriah Sayre and lived in Meigs county, OH; Thomas lived on the Ohio below Ravenswood; William, married Rebecca staats and lived near Ripley; Jesse, jr, married Susanna Mock in 1800 and lived in Jackson county - he was deceased in 1850.
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Jesse served in the Harrison County militia, was an Indian trader and became one of the most famous of the frontier scouts of his time. A payroll of Captain William Lowthers Company of VA militia credits Jesse with 132 days service in Lord Dunmore's Ohio Campaign in 1774.
In 1778, a party of Indians murdered Jesse's father, Thomas Hughes and in 1787, another party of Indians led by the white renegade, Leonard Schoolcraft, captured Jesse's daughter. Although Jesse was able to purchase his daughter's freedom the following year, the two incidents turned Jesse and his brother Elias into implacable enemies of the Indians.
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Harrison co marriages:
1794 - William Cottrall and Rachel Hughes
1795 - Benjamin Cox and Mary Hughes
1795 - William Bibby and Deborah Hughes
1800 - Jesse Huse and Susana Mock
1800 - James Stanley and Elizabeth Huse
1808 - Samuel Childers and Rebecca Hughes
1816 - William Childers and Nancy Hughes
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Pg. 25 Edward C.Smith's History of Lewis Co, WV
Jesse HUGHES chose a tract of land near mouth of Jesse's run (known as Jesse Hughes' run in early records) on his first visit to Hacker's creek in 1769, built cabin and settled there after his marriage to Miss Grace Tanner in 1770 or 1771. The records of Monongalia Co. court show that a grant was made to him in 1781 of "400 acres on Hacker's creek, to include his settlement made in 1770."
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West Virginia Pioneers
1782 - Yes, date unknown