West Virginia Pioneers

Adam J Flesher

Male 1764 - 1854  (90 years)


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  • Name Adam J Flesher 
    Born 29 Jul 1764  Hardy Co, WVa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 Nov 1854  Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Death Record
      Name: Adam/Flesher
      Sex: Male
      Death Date: 4 Nov 1854
      Death Place: on Westfork, Lewis Co., Virginia
      Age at Death: 90y 3m 5d
      Birth Place: Hardy County
      Marital Status:
      Spouse: Elizabeth/Flesher
      Occupation: Farmer
      Mother: Elizabeth/Flesher
      Mother's Birth Place:
      Father: Henry/Flesher
      Father's Birth Place:
      Informant: Noah Flesher, son


      Adam Flesher
      Birth: Jul. 29, 1764
      Hampshire County
      West Virginia, USA
      Death: Nov. 4, 1854
      Weston
      Lewis County
      West Virginia, USA

      Son of Henry Flesher Sr. and Elizabeth (Bush?) Flesher. Married to Elizabeth Staats.
      Parents of at least 15 children: George Adam, Henry, Mrs. Rebecca McCord, Joseph, Mrs. Mary Samantha Sayre, Elijah, John, Mrs. Margaret Goff, Mrs. Mahalah Allen, Adam J., Dempsey P., Isaac Staats, Noah, Elizabeth and Rheuhanna or Ruanna Flesher.

      From Stone:
      He was a pioneer of Western Va, and rendered efficient service as an Indian-spy was also noted as a successful and daring hunter.
      ----------------
      Death thou hast conquered me.
      I by thy dart am slain.
      But Christ has conquered thee.
      And I shall rise again.
      Family links:
      Parents:
      Henry Flesher (1734 - 1802)
      Spouse:
      Elizabeth Staats Flesher (1776 - 1869)
      Children:
      George A Flesher (____ - 1878)*
      Henry Flesher (1795 - 1881)*
      Rebecca Flesher McCord (1796 - 1862)*
      Joseph Flesher (1797 - 1861)*
      Elijah Flesher (1799 - 1862)*
      Margaret Flesher Goff (1804 - 1881)*
      Mahalah Flesher Allen (1805 - 1861)*
      Adam Flesher (1807 - 1877)*
      Dempsey P. Flesher (1809 - 1879)*
      Noah Flesher (1814 - 1893)*
      Elizabeth Flesher Snyder (1816 - 1880)*
      Rheuhanna Or Ruanna Flesher (1818 - 1871)*
      Siblings:
      Adam Flesher (1764 - 1854)
      Mary Flesher Hannaman (1767 - 1840)*
      Henry Flesher (1776 - 1840)*
      *Calculated relationship
      Burial:
      Butcher Cemetery
      Turnertown
      Lewis County
      West Virginia, USA
      Created by: Shawn
      Record added: Nov 05, 2003
      Find A Grave Memorial# 8062726
    Person ID I6625  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2015 

    Father Heinrich 'Henry' Flesher,   b. 12 Nov 1734, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1808, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Susannah Butcher,   b. 20 Feb 1740, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1807  (Age 66 years) 
    Married Abt 1759  [1
    Notes 


    • U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
      SAR Application of Howard George Weiler, 4/30/1964
      SAR Membership: 88044
      Adam Flesher
      Birth Date: 29 Jul 1764
      Birth Place: Lewis, W, Virginia
      Death Date: 4 Nov 1854
      Death Place: Harrison, West Virginia
      Father: Henry Flesher, born 1744 England, died 1832, Harrison Co, WV
      Mother: Elizabeth Butcher, born c 1744, VA, died VA, Married c 1763
      Spouse: Elizabeth Statts, born 1777 VA, died 5/22/1869 Harrison co, WV, Marrid 2/22/1792 Harrison Co, WV
      Children: Isaac Flesher, born 1810 Harrison Co, WV, died 1854 Ritchie Co, VA; Wife Debora Carpenter Peterson born 1813, died 1852 Ritchie Co, WV, marrid 1832 Ritchie co, WV

      Henry Flesher is the ancestor who assisted in establishing American Independence, while acting in the cacity of enlisted soldier in the 12th Virginia Regiment of Foot, Capt Michael Bowyer's Company Regt commanded by Col James Wood; Private, Va. Line
      Page 2
      Henry Flesher enlisted as a Private on March 6, 1777 in the 12th Va Regt, of Foot, later known as the 4th, 8th and 12th Va Regt of Foot commanded by Col James Wood. Promoted to Sergeant on Aug 21, 1777. Frontier duty until Feb 1778 when the regiment was made part of Scotts Brigade which served at Valley Forge, Pa, during the winter. Later in the Spring and summer the Brigade served in the White Plains, NY campaign. Discharged from duty Aug 19, 1778.
      Later served as ranger with Virginia militia as he had formerly served in 1776 with Capt McCoy's Company in Virginia.
      Proof:
      Genealogy of Flesher Family, WV Univ Library, Morgtn, WV
      Wither's "Chronicles of Border Warfare"
      History of Ritchie County, W.Va. MK Lowther 1911
      Porter Flesher Family Bible
      Copies of the Compiled Service Records, Revolutionary War


      From Don Norman files http://www.rootsweb.com/~hcpd/norman/FLESHER/BALTHASAR.htm
      Henry Flesher, a son of weaver Balthasar Fleisher was christened Johann Peter Fleisher in the village of Ober-Seemer, about thirty miles northwest of Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany in 1721 and died in VA in 1802. He was married in 1747. His wife was Elizabeth -----. The couple may have had a son name John in Germany.
      They arrived at Philadelphia, PA aboard the ship "Phoenix" in 1752 in company with his brother, Peter Flesher.
      Henry was naturalized in Augusta County VA court in 1770 and made a tomahawk claim at the confluence of Stone Coal Run and the West Fork River in Harrison County VA (WV) in 1776. He made the first permanent settlement in Lewis County VA in 1784. The city of Weston, VA (WV) was established on his farm in 1818.

      From Suzanne Sheppard:
      Following their cousins Balthasar and Agnes, children of their Uncle Andreas, Henry together with his older brother Peter and Anna Thiel and six of eleven children, immigrated to America arriving at the Port of Philadelphia on the ship 'Phoenix' on November 2, 1752. Henry was in the Revolutionary War. He was the first settler in Weston, VA in 1784. He was attacked by Indians in 1784, but escaped.
    Family ID F2115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth 'Betsy' Staats,   b. 22 Sep 1776,   d. 22 May 1869, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 21 Feb 1792  Harrison County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Notes 

    • 1810 Harrison, VA
      Adam Flesher
      3m 0-10
      3m 10-16
      1m 16-26 [George]
      1m 45+
      3f 0-10 [Mahala]
      4f 10-16
      1f 26-45

      1820 Lewis, VA
      Flesher, Adam
      3m 0-10 [Noah, John]
      1m 10-16
      1m 16-18
      1m 16-26
      1m 45+
      2f 0-10 [Elizabeth]
      2f 10-16 [Mahala]
      1f 16-26
      1f 26-45
      2 in agri

      1830 Lewis, VA
      Flesher, Adam
      1m 15-20
      1m 20-30 [Noah]
      1m 60-70
      2f 10-15
      1f 20-30
      1f 50-60

      1840 Lewis, VA
      Adam Flesher
      1m 0-5 [Van?]
      1m 10-15
      1m 20-30
      1m 70-80
      1f 15-20 {Rhu?]
      1f 20-30 [Elizabeth]
      1f 60-70
      The 2 lines before are Elijah (40-50) and John (20-30) Flesher

      1850 Lewis, VA #258-259
      Noah Flesher 36
      Adam 86
      Elizabeth 73
      Elizabeth 34
      Rheuhanna 32
      Van 12
      Amanda 10

      1860 Lewis, VA #1133
      Noah Flesher 43 VA
      Elizabeth 84 VA
      Ruanna 42 VA
      Amanda 18 VA
      John Carpenter 6 VA
      Christian Fauber 61 Switzerland

      1870 Willey, Lewis, WV #314
      Flesher, Noah 56 10,000 - 1500 VA
      Carpenter, John 17 VA
      Helmick, Barbary 47 VA
      Rogers, Elizabeth 23? VA
      Riffle, Rosanna 1 WV
      Rogers, Birdie 7/12 WV

      John House, Pioneers of Roane County:
      Adam Flesher lived on the river two miles below Weston. He married Betsy Staats, a sister of Abraham Staats of Mill Creek. Another sister (or cousin, some say) married a Sleethe, and after his death became the second wife of Charles Parsons, Sr.

      Adam and Betsy Staats Flesher had a large family. Their children's names were:

      Dempsey married Elizabeth Jones.

      Elijah married Nancy Lewis. He was a blacksmith and lived in Weston.

      George married Sally Connoly.

      John.

      Adam married when old, and move "away off".

      Noah lived on the old home place.

      Elizabeth never married. Went west.

      Margaret married Salathiel Goff.

      Ruanna, "kept the old folks".

      Mahala married Jesse Allen, and lived on Mill Creek. She was born in 19806 and died in 1861.

      Another record adds a son, Isaac, born in 1810. His son, Crayton, was in the Union Army.
    Children 
     1. George Adam Flesher,   b. 11 Mar 1792, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1878  (Age 86 years)
     2. John Flesher,   b. CA 1805, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1882, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years)
     3. Mahala Flesher,   b. 28 Dec 1805, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1861  (Age 55 years)
     4. Isaac P Flesher,   b. 9 Sep 1811, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1854, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     5. Elizabeth Flesher,   b. CA 1814, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Noah Flesher,   b. CA 1814, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Ruanna Flesher,   b. CA 1818, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F2237  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S89] Fran Green Daniels.

    2. [S384] Don Norman.

    3. [S70] John House.

    4. [S72] Marriage Records, Harrison Co, WV.