Elizabeth Bonnett

- Yes, date unknown

• Name	Elizabeth Bonnett
  Gender	Female
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	House says she is grand daughter of Jesse Hughes
  Person ID	I9015	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	24 May 2005

  
  

  Father	Jacob Bonnett,   b. 1761, Frederick Co, VA ,   d. Abt 1847  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Martha Hughes,   b. Dec 1773,   d. Dec 1834  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Married	6 Mar 1791	Harrison County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Notes	Harrison Co Marriages 1785-1894: James Bonnet & Martha Hughes, d/o Jesse, 3/6/1791 Bob Tanner says the marriage was 21 Feb 1791 Elizabeth is linked as a daughter because of the obit of her daughter Elizabeth Wolfe L. V. McWhorter's "Border Settler's of Northwestern Virginia": MARTHA, born in December, 1773, captured by the Indians, December, 1787; returned from captivity, December, 1790; married Jacob Bonnett in 1792, a brother to John Bonnett who was killed on the Little Kanawha, and lived all her life near West's Fort, now Jane Lew, just below the main road and opposite the present Methodist Episcopal Church, where she died in December, 1834, and was buried at the old Harmony Church Cemetery on Hacker's Creek. Her grave is marked by a plain sandstone slab, on which is the following inscription: MARTHA, DAUGHTER OF JESSE HUGHES BORN DECEMBER, 1773 MADE PRISONER BY THE INDIANS DEC., 1787 RETURNED FROM CAPTIVITY, 1790 MARRIED JACOB BONNETT, 1792 DIED DEC., 1834 AGED 61 YEARS.
  Family ID	F1410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nicholas Alkire,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	20 Mar 1819	Lewis County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Alkire,   b. 30 Sep 1821, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 21 Mar 1911  (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F2983	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S72] Marriage Records, Harrison Co, WV. [S73] Marriage Records, Lewis Co, WV.