Daniel David Schoonover
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1780 - , Hardy, VA
Christening:
Death: 19 Jul 1872 - Cheat River, Randolph, WV
Burial: in Elkins, Randolph, WV
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Schoonover (1745-1838) 5
Mother: Mary Hand (1755-1841) 5
Spouses and Children
1. *Susanna Wilmoth ( - ) 5
Marriage: 20 Aug 1801 - , Randolph, VA
Children:
1. Phoebe Schoonover (1798-1887) 5
2. Abner Schoonover (Abt 1802-Abt 1862) 5,549
3. Benjamin W. Schoonover ( - ) 5
4. Job Schoonover ( - ) 5
5. Thomas Arnold Schoonover (Abt 1809-1871) 5
6. Jackson Schoonover ( - ) 5
7. Edith Schoonover ( - ) 5
8. Nancy Schoonover ( - ) 5
Notes
General:
BIRTH-DEATH: Randolph Co. WV Deaths;1853-1939;Randolph Co.WV records;;FHL Microfilm #808241;NOTE:age 91,farmer.
CEMETERY: Isner-Wilmoth Cemetery, on Lower Cheat River; information from Charles H. Chapman, Elkins WV.
MILITARY: War of 1812. Pvt., VA Militia (Gov't marker, Joshua Jones Chapter, Daughters of 1812). Information verified by Charles H. Chapman, Past President, Elkins, WV. Randolph Co. VA Pension #17705.
COMMENTS: From THE HISTORY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY WV by Hu Maxwell p.473, Daniel was born at "the Horse Shoe." This might refer to Horse Shoe Run in Tucker Co. WV. Daniel made the first improvement, in 1804, in Cherry Tree Fork, Randolph Co, now WV.
LAND: The Sims Index to Land Grants in WV, by Edgar B. Sims, RR333.16 S614, WV State Archives, Charleston WV, lists the following land grants to Daniel Schoonover in Randolph county VA: 30(34) acres on Cherry Tree Fork, 1828, book 3, p. 123; 50 acres on Leading Creek, 1849, book 1, p. 558; and 50 acres on Pleasant Run, 1835, book 3, p. 179.