Elijah Arnold6 was born in 1771 Fauquier County, VA (d. 8 Dec 1849 Lewis Co., WVA) and on March 31, 1814 married Prudence Jackson6 (b. 25 Jan 1789 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WVA, d. 21 Jun 1855 Weston, Lewis Co., WVA). "Elijah Arnold and Prudence Jackson became the ancestors of most of the Arnolds in Lewis County, West Virginia."[24]
" ... Mary Elizabeth Arnold (Mrs. Joseph Hall) daughter of Elijah and Prudence Jackson Arnold." [25]
"Prudence, the sixth child of George and Elizabeth Brake Jackson, was born in Clarksburg, [WVA] Jan. 25, 1789. She moved to Zanesville, Ohio, with her father, in 1807. The following is from an old record found in the Clerk's office at Zanesville, Ohio:
"It is hereby certified that on Thursday, the 31st of March, 1814, I joined in marriage relation Elijah Arnold of the County of Fauquier of Virginia, and Prudence Jackson, of the County of Muskingum, Zanesville, Ohio."
Culbertson, V. D. M.
"Just one year before their marriage, on March 31, 1813, Elijah Arnold made his deed of gift. It begins:
"Know all men by these presents that I, Elijah Arnold, of Forquor (Fauquier) County, and State of Virginia. For and in consideration of the mutual love and affection which I bear to Miss Prudence Jackson, a daughter of Col. George Jackson, of the State of Ohio. Have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said Prudence Jackson, her heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, the following property: To-wit:
One half interest in merchant mill and land adjacent on the Fiery Run, the dwelling house and four acres, the Mill seat on the main branch of the Rappahannock River and adjoining land. A Mulatto woman named Judah, and her infant twins and her boy Washington."
"This marriage took place in 1814. Elijah Arnold was prepared to escort his bride, a tall stately brunette, to her new home in grand style. His handsome carriage, with its silver trappings and many outriders, had four magnificent blooded horses to draw it. On their way to Virginia they made a stop in Clarksburg and visited at the stately home of the bride's brother, John G. Jackson. This visit was long remembered by the people of Clarksburg on account of the magnificent appearance of the groom and the splendor of his equipage. The like of which had never been seen in Clarksburg before.
"Elijah Arnold was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, in 1772. He was a planter and merchant. Having inherited a great fortune from both his father, Isaac Arnold, and his mother, who was Mary Porter, the eldest child of Samuel Porter.
"In ____ Col. George Jackson gave his daughter Prudence one mile square, or 640 acres, of his wild land in Collins Settlement. A certain portion of which was "to be laid off in town lots and sold for the benefit of my daughter Prudence." The town was to be called Jacksonville. December ___, 1825, she sold ___ acres of this land to Henry Camden. Soon after this Elijah Arnold lost his large estate. He had been going security for relatives and friends, and was obliged to pay their debts. Everything was lost. Even the property of the deed of gift and although many years were lost in trying to regain her dower, Prudence Jackson was never able to recover anything.
"In 1827 they moved to Clarksburg. About 1830 they moved to "Collins settlement" where they built a two-story log house. A village soon sprung up and in 18__ the name was changed to Jacksonville. This log house, which is still standing, was white washed and called by the settlers for miles around the "Big White House."
"Elijah Arnold was tall, of fine carriage, was considered by many as one of the handsomest men of that day. He was very literary and spent the remaining years of his life among his books and papers.
"Prudence Jackson seemed to have possessed a strong character, evidently she inherited much from her grandmother, Elizabeth Cummins. The following item is taken from her obituary, "She was a woman of strong intellect and possessed much useful and practical information." At the time of their moving to Collins Settlement the county was but sparsely settled, and very little of the county had been clearly of woods. The Arnold boys were young and to encourage them their mother would take her knitting to the clearing and sit there, while they worked. She held high ambitions for her children, and did much towards helping them in their several achievements.
"In the fall of each year it was customary for Elijah Arnold to make an annual visit to Virginia, so that he might attend mass of the Roman Catholic Church at Winchester, of which he was a member. On his return from one of these visits he stopped in Weston to visit his son, William Edward Arnold, was taken ill and died [of "Gravel" states Lewis Co., WVA Mortality Schedule, 1850] on December 8, 1849, and is buried in the old Arnold cemetery [Near end of Arnold Street, Weston, WVA].
"Some time after his death Prudence Jackson Arnold moved to Weston and made her home with her unmarried son, George Jackson [Arnold]. Although at the time he invited her to come and live with him, she remarked that "yes" she would come to his house to live, but that hereafter it was to be her home and that he could live with her. There she died June 21, 1855, and was laid to rest at the side of her husband. The Collins Settlement land which she inherited from her father she gave to her sons."[75]
The children of Elijah and Prudence Arnold are the following:[62]
2. William Edward Arnold7 (b. 10 Apr 1817 Culpepper Co., VA; d. 30 Apr 1890) m. 10 May 1848, Susan Martin Wilson (b. 13 Apr 1827,;d. 22 Jul 1899) eldest dau. of Col. Josiah D. Wilson of "Wilsonburg" near Clarksburg, WVA.
*3. Mary Elizabeth Arnold7 (b. 6 Dec. 1819 in VA; d. 1 Oct 1907 Weston, Lewis Co., WVA) m. 9 Dec 1844, Joseph Hall7 (b. 18 Jan 1820 VA; d. 2 Feb 1885).
4. Porter Maudeville Arnold7 (b. 1822 in Fauquier Co., VA; d. 22 Nov 1861 Jacksonville, Lewis Co., WVA from shot gun wounds from being a Southern Sympathizer[63] ) m. (1) Susan Asbury (d. 1858); m. (2) 30 Jan 1859 Julia Stephenson (b. 1833) of Pendleton Co., VA.
5. Sarah Catherine Arnold7 (b. 1 May 1824 in Fauquier Co., VA; d. 30 Jun 1911 Weston, Lewis Co., WVA) m. May 24, 1849 Charles Swearinger Hall (b. 30 May 1822 Fairmont, VA; d. 7 Jun 1857, Philippi, VA).
6. John George Arnold7 (b. 1 Feb 1826 in Fauquier Co., VA; d. 30 Oct 1907) m. (1) 22 May 1855 Lucy Ann Bailey (b. 1837) of Weston; m. (2) on 16 Apr 1879 Artemissia Butcher (b. 1839; d. 24 Oct 1914).
7. Harriet Ann Arnold7 (b. 23 Oct 1831 Jacksonville, Lewis Co., WVA; d. 2 Nov 1911) m. at Weston 12 Dec 1860 John Strother Fisher (b. 1 Oct 1821; d. 9 Sep 1893 Buckhannon, WVA) of Rockbridge Co., VA.
8. Hetta Jane Arnold7 (b. 1832 Collins Settlement, Lewis Co., WVA; d. 21 Mar 1912 Weston, Lewis Co., WVA) m. at Weston 22 Dec 1858 Judge Henry Weston Brannon (b. 26 Nov 1837; d. 24 Nov 1914) of near Winchester, VA.
Elijah and Prudence Jackson are buried in Old Arnold Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co., WVA.
Isaac Arnold5 (b. c1750; d. 1812) married Mary "Molly" Porter5 (b. about 1753; d. Aug 1815) on 23 Oct 1771 in Fauquier Co., VA. They lived in Hamilton Parish, Fauquier Co., VA.
As proof of Isaac's father, the Fauquier Co. Deed Book 10, page 176, 4 Jul 1789 states that Humphrey Arnold, Fauquier County, VA grants, "for love and affection for son Isaac two Negros, Sampson and Lettice together with all their profits and future increase."[78]
The evidence for Isaac and Mary's children was found in the Fauquier Co., VA Deed Abstracts (1758-1820). In Deed Book 9, p. 372, 5 Jan 1787, "For lives of Isaac Arnold, Samuel and Lewis Arnold his sons."[79] In Deed Book 14, page 568, Oct. 19, 1799, Isaac Arnold, Fauquier County grants land near Elijah Arnold "for love of my son Humphrey Arnold".[83] In Deed Book 17, page 147, Aug. 25, 1807, for Isaac Arnold's "love towards his 5 daughters ... to Catherine one negro girl - Pender; to Frances one negro girl - Moriah; to Nancy one negro boy - Peter; to Elizabeth one negro girl - Doley; to Sally one negro girl - Sidda."[84] In Deed Book 23, page 188, Mar. 10, 1819, the executors of Samuel Porter, dec. estate, Jesse Withers and Samuel Porter, grant for $1800 payment 352 acres of a tract of land lying in Culpeper County on Rappahannock River. Beginning on south bank of said River --- Joseph Lewis line. Granted unto Isaac Arnold during his natural life remainder to said Elijah Arnold, Humphrey Arnold, Samuel Arnold, Katherine Arnold, Charlotte Hilliary, Frances Waters, Enoch Arnold, Elizabeth Corder, Ann Arnold, Sally A. Arnold."[85]
The children of Isaac and Mary (Porter) Arnold were the following:
2. Lewis Arnold6 (d. Oct 1816)
3. Humphrey Arnold6
4. Elijah Arnold6 (b. 1772 Fauquier Co., VA; d. 8 Dec 1849 Lewis Co., WVA) m. 31 Mar 1814 Prudence Jackson6 (b. 25 Jan 1789 Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WVA, d. 21 Jun 1855 Weston, Lewis Co., WVA)
5. Catherine Arnold6 m. John Healey.
6. Frances Arnold6 m. 13 Dec 1810, John Waters.
7. Nancy Arnold6 m. 1821 Gustavis Nolen.
8. Elizabeth Arnold6 m. Alexander Carder.
9. Sarah "Sally" Arnold6 m. Washington Odem.
10. Charlotte Arnold6m. 19 Dec 1803 Francis Hillary.
10. Enoch Arnold6
11. Ann Arnold6 - possible child??
The parents of Isaac Arnold5 were Humphrey Arnold4 (b. c1720; d. aft 4 Jul 1789 and bef Dec 1790) and Harriet Ann Smith (d. aft 1792).4 "Humphrey Arnold and Anne his wife of Fauquier County" were living in Hamilton Parish, Fauquier County, VA by April 9, 1764 as they paid five pounds yearly rent to farm 100 acres of land belonging to Colonel Richard Henry Lee of Westmoreland County, VA. "Arnolds not to make waste of timber, pay taxes, plant and keep under sufficient fence 100 good apple trees, build a dwelling house 16 feet square, build a tobacco house 24 feet long and 20 feet wide, work no more than 3 tithables and an overseer."(Deed Book 2, page 128).[81]
In Deed Book 13, page 338, 10 Jul 1792, grantors "Isaac Arnold and Mary his wife, Benjamin Arnold and Sarah his wife, George Arnold and Anna his wife, John West and Bathsheba his wife of Fauquier County and Seymour Arnold and Mary his wife, Culpeper County" sell "land in Fauquier County formerly land of Humphrey Arnold, deceased."[80]
Humphrey's daughter Jemima Arnold5 is referred to in Deed Book 9, page 426, Sept. 3, 1787. "Whereas some disputes have arisen over negro girl named Sarah which I gave to John Knowling at his intermarriage with my daughter [Jemima and John were married Oct. 20, 1785] and whereas John Knowling has sold said slave to Charles Martin --- to settle dispute I convey said slave to Charles Martin. Signed Humphrey Arnold."[82]
The children of Humphrey and Harriet Ann (Smith) Arnold were the following:[73]
2. Samuel Arnold5 (b. c 1750; d. 1831) m. 5 Sep 1771, Elizabeth Wright, dau. of John Wright, Jr.
3. Benjamin Arnold5 m. Sarah "Sally" ______.
4. George Arnold5 m. Anna _______.
5. Bathsheba Arnold5 m. John West.
6. Jemima Arnold5 m. 20 Oct 1785, John Knowling.
7. Seymour Arnold5 m. 20 Oct 1785, Mary "Molly" Knowling of Culpeper Co., VA.
8. Simon Arnold5 - probably a child but no positive evidence..
9. Daughter m, Charles Martin.
The parents of Humphrey Arnold4 were Thomas Arnold3 (d. about 1743) and Mary _______.
The children of Thomas and Mary Arnold3 were the following:[86]
2. John Arnold4
3. James Arnold4
The parents of Thomas Arnold3 were Isaac Arnold, Sr.2 (b. c1685; d. about 1758 in King George Co., VA) and Margaret Goff2, dau. of Thomas and Margaret Goff. Isaac and Margaret married in 1707.
"Isaac Arnold, [first] child of Thomas and Grace Arnold, was born in Old Rappahannock County circa 1685 and married in Richmond County to Margaret Goffe in 1707. He died in 1758 in King George County, Virginia. Apparently he led a very active life; was prominent in many County Councils and was Vestryman of the Hanover Parish Church for many years. He was appointed Church Warden in 1743. .... His wife, Margaret Goffe, presumably died about 1719, as he is recorded selling land about that date which deed his wife did not sign. This couple had nine children. In his will he mentions his second wife, Mary. This later marriage produced four more children."[87]
Note that since Richmond County, VA was formed in 1692 from Old Rappahannock County, Isaac did not necessarily move before getting married in 1707. Likewise in 1729, part of Richmond County became King George County, thirty-eight years before Isaac died.
The children of Isaac Arnold2 and Margaret Goff2, were the following:[77]
*2. Thomas Arnold3 (d. bet 6 May 1743 and 7 Feb 1754) m. Mary ______.
3. James Arnold3 m. Sarah ________. [May be son of Isaac Arnold, Jr.3][76]
4. William Arnold3 (b. c1721 King George Co., VA; d. 1775 (Will) Spotsylvania Co., VA) m. Lydia Bell, dau. of William Bell of Spotsylvania Co., VA.
5. Benjamin Arnold3 m. Bathsheba Bell.
6. Mark Arnold3 (b. 26 Jul 1739) Youngest son. Moved to Kentucky in 1780.
7. Isabel Arnold3 m. William Rogers.
8. Sarah Arnold3 m. Mr. Moran.
10. Elizabeth Arnold3 m. William Boon.
11. Mary Arnold3
12. Jemima (Jeminah) Arnold3 m. (1) 26 Dec 1777 John Clift; m. (2) William Arnold.
13. Susanna Arnold3 m. Thomas Goode.
The parents of Isaac Arnold,Sr.2 were Thomas Arnold1 (b. 1649; d. aft 27 Dec 1725/6 (Will) King George Co., VA) and Grace _____1 (d. bef 2 Mar 1732/3 (Estate)). "The first tangible evidence we have found on our Thomas Arnold bears the date 13 Jan. 1679 (at which time he would have been about 30 years old.) In a deed of that date, he was listed as being a resident of Sittingbourn Parish in Rappahannock County. .... This land was on the south side of Gingoteak Creek." (flows into the Rappahannock on the north side about 2.5 miles below Port Conway at the narrows just above Port Tobago Bay.)[84] Richmond County, VA was formed in 1692 from Old Rappahannock County and the land on which Thomas and Grace were living was then in Richmond County. Later in 1720 their plantation was in that part of Richmond County that became King George County. Therefore, Thomas' will of Dec. 27th, 1725/6 can be found in King George County, VA, Will Book A-1, page 39. [85]
The children of Thomas Arnold1 and Grace _____1 were the following:[72]
2. Thomas Arnold2
3. James Arnold2 (d. bef 1 Mar 1727) m. Sarah _______.
4. John Arnold2 (d. bef 1 Sep 1732) youngest son. M. Margaret _______
Mary Porter5's parents were Samuel Porter4 (b. 1731 Fauquier Co., VA; d. Oct 1807 in Fauquier Co., VA) and Eve Weaver4 (b. 1731 Germantown, Fauquier Co., VA), dau. of Tillman Weaver3 (b. about 1703) and Anna Elizabeth Coons3 (or Annalis Kuntze before the German was anglicized) (b. 1708 Oberfischbach Parish, Niederndorf, Germany). Samuel Porter was in the American Revolution as a private and was one of a number of prisoners sent from Quebec in exchange, 1782 [26].
The parents of Eve Weaver4 (b. 1731 Germantown, Fauquier Co., VA) were Tillman Weaver3 (b. about 1703), son of John Henry Weaver2 (b. 1667) and Anna Margaret Huttman,2 and Anna Elizabeth Coons3 (or Annalis Kuntze before the German was anglicized) (b. 1708 Oberfischbach Parish, Niederndorf, Germany).
The parents of Anna Elizabeth Coons3 (or Annalis Kuntze) were Joseph Coons (Kuntze)2 (b. 1674 Niederndorf, Germany), son of Johannes Kuntze,1 and Anna Gertrud Reinschmidt,2 dau. of Martin Reinschmidt.1 Joseph and Anna Gertrud were married 7 Feb 1704.
Compiled by Dan Hyde
24. The Genealogies of the Jackson, Junkin & Morrison Families complied by Michael I. Shoop, 1981, published by the Garland Gray Memorial Research Center, Stonewall Jackson House, Historic Lexington Foundation, Lexington, VA., page 155.
25. History of Roanoke Community, Lewis County, West Virginia, prepared by Roy Bird Cook, 1924, published by the Agricultural Extension Division, Morgantown, W. VA., page 14.
26. Daughters of the American Revolution (D. A. R.) Lineage Book Vol. 67, 66501, page 187.
62. Document about John Jackson and descendants originally written by Col. Jackson Arnold and added to by Mary Prudence (McClellan) O'Hara and possibly others, page 32. Found in HCPD Library. Good source on children and grandchildren of Elijah and Prudence (Jackson) Arnold.
63. Document about John Jackson and descendants originally written by Col. Jackson Arnold and added to by Mary Prudence (McClellan) O'Hara and possibly others, page 38. Found in HCPD Library.
72. "The Arnold Family Association of the South" newsletter, Vol. IV, No. 1, Fall 1973, pages 105 and 107.
73. "The Arnold Family Association of the South" newsletter, Vol. IV, No. 1, Fall 1973, page 107.
75. Document about John Jackson and descendants originally written by Col. Jackson Arnold and added to by Mary Prudence (McClellan) O'Hara and possibly others, pages 32-34. Found in HCPD Library.
76. "The Arnold Family Association of the South" newsletter, Vol. IV, No. 1, Fall 1973, page 107.
77. "The Arnold Family Association of the South" newsletter, Vol. IV, No. 1, Fall 1973, pages 107 and 108.
78. Fauquier Co., VA Deed Abstracts (1758-1820), abstracted by Darlene Hunter, May 1980. In "The Arnold Family Association of the South" newsletter, Vol. 13, 1983, page 117. Found in West Virginia State Archives and History Library, Charleston.
79. Fauquier Co., VA Deed Abstracts (1758-1820), page 116.
80. Fauquier Co., VA Deed Abstracts (1758-1820), page 119.
81. Fauquier Co., VA Deed Abstracts (1758-1820), page 114.
82. Fauquier Co., VA Deed Abstracts (1758-1820), page 117.
83. Fauquier Co., VA Deed Abstracts (1758-1820), page 119.
84. "The Arnold Family Association of the South" newsletter, Vol. 11, 1981, pages 56-57. Found in West Virginia State Archives and History Library, Charleston.
85. King George County, VA Will Book A-1, page 39. In "The Arnold Family Association of the South" newsletter, Vol. 11, 1981, page 59. Found in West Virginia State Archives and History Library, Charleston.
86. "The Arnold Family Association of the South" newsletter, Vol. IV, No. 1, Fall 1973, page 101. Found in West Virginia State Archives and History Library, Charleston.
87. "The Arnold Family Association of the South" newsletter, Vol. IV, No. 1, Fall 1973, page 102. Found in West Virginia State Archives and History Library, Charleston.