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Flats Cemetery, Hancock County, West Virginia

Taken from Microfilmed Hancock County Records (WPA)

Donated by Sara Hemp

This cemetery is still in use, so these are not complete records.

INSCRIPTION ON STONE IN FLATS CEMETERY

This memorial erected to mark the site of The Flats Presbyterian Church; Organized A.D. 1794

Rev. George Scott First regular minister 1799-1826

FIRST ELDERS: Henry Pittinger; John M. Millam; John Edie

SUCEEDING MINISTERS:

Rev. Samuel Reed 1826-1829; Rev. John Hale 1830-1837; Rev. Robert M. White 1837-1848; Rev. Joseph S. Pomeroy 1849-1871; Rev. J. H. Stevenson 1873-1875; Rev. R. B. Porter 1876-1879; Rev. Winfield Hill 1879-1889

GOD MOVES HIS WORKERS BUT HIS WORK GOES ON.

Burial Registry:

NAME   DEATH AGE COMMENTS
Elizabeth Pugh 8-18-1869 58 years of age wife of George
James R. Pugh 7-3-1869 15 years of age (?) son of G. & E.
Sarah M. Minor 1-17-1908 55 years of age  
Sarah Minor 5-21-1893 91 years of age wife of James S.
James S. Minor 1-13-1875 79 years of age  
Sarah Aten 6-14----- 24 years of age wife of Robert
Hannah Beal 3-30-1848 41 years of age wife of Benjamin
Mary Ann Beal 4-15-1854 72 years of age wife of Benjamin
Benjamin Beal 1857 59 years of age  
Benjamin Beal 1868 35 years of age  
Martha J. Beal 1921 84 years of age  
Joachim Wycoff 3-1841 90 years of age Soldier of American Revolution
Hannah Wycoff 10-21-1811 56 years of age wife of Joachim
Russell Snowden 5-21-1854 31 years of age  
Sarah Allison 12-15-1887 79 years of age wife of James
Mahlon Huff 1890 69 years of age  
Mary Allison Huff 1912 81 years of age wife of Mahlon
Margaret Gallaher Wycuff(?) 4-8-1883 58 years of age  
Nancy A. Huff   72 years of age wife of S. W.
S. W. Huff      
Peter D. Pugh 6-15-1888 68 years and 8 months of age  
Mary A. Pugh 1-2-1887 79 years and 7 months of age  
Wells Messer 4-15-1890 73 years of age  
Nancy Messer 11-1-1889 67 years of age  
Charles Allison 4-6-1893 87 years of age  
Mary Allison 4-10-1903 84 years and 6 months of age wife of Charles
David Pugh (of P.) 2-16-1894 58 years of age  
Nancy Pugh 3-27-1906   wife of David
David Wycuff(?) 1-2?-1889 65 years of age  
Jonathan Allison 1899 79 years of age  
Nancy Allison 1897    
Maggie J. Allison 12-30-1882 24 years of age parents Jonathan & Nancy
Arabella J. Allison 3-3-1883 29 years of age wife of J.H.
James B. Allison 11-28-1881 65 years of age  
Mary Allison 8-6-1873 63 years of age wife of James B.
Olive E. Allison 3-15-1896 20 years of age parents S. & E. Allison
John Pugh 3-24-1857 72 years of age  
Peter Pugh 2-6-1850 79 years of age  
Anne Pugh 10-20-1851 80 years of age wife of Peter
Susanna Pugh 5-17-1846 34 years of age wife of John
John Pugh 9-23-1865 69 years of age  
Thomas Corwin Pugh 8-12-1847 1 year of age  
Sarah Ann Pugh 3-26-1840 8 months of age parents David & Nancy
George W. Pugh 4-30-1854 3 months of age parents David & Nancy
Sarah Allison 10-13-1849 65 years of age wife of Jonathan
Jonathan Allison 6-3-1872 95 years and 11 months of age  
Sarah M. Allison 9-1-1851 41 years of age wife of Charles
Catherine Allison 4-16-1866 20 years of age parents C & S
Linna Allison 7-1-1849 41 years of age wife of Jonathan
James Allison 1841 99 years of age First Allison in county about 1796
William W. Allison 5-13----- 24 years of age parents James & Sarah
Nancy Allison 1831 87 years of age wife of James
Charles Allison 4-17-48 77 years of age  
Elizabeth Allison 12-25-1861 88 years of age wife of Charles
Mary Allison 2-25-1870 86 years of age wife of Thomas Sr.
Thomas Allison Sr. 10-17-1874 92 years of age  
A. D. Pugh 10-2-1867 66 years of age  
Sarah Pugh 10-8-1865 63 years of age wife of A. D.
Samuel Spivey 1871 53 years of age  
Anne E. Spivey 1818 90 years of age  
William Huff 7-3-1892 80 years of age  
Malinda Huff 12-23-1878 63 years of age wife of William
William Huff Jr. 9-10-1878    
Nancy Huff 4-1863 88 years and 9 months of age wife of John
John Huff 8-5-1862 96 years of age  
Margaret K. Allison 3-8-1882 22 years of age  
Jane Allison 11-2-1866 67 years of age wife of George
George Allison 11-6-1883 90 years and 9 months of age  
Sarah (Aldah?) Allison 2-21-1873 10 years of age parents J. & E.J.
James Allison 6-17-1885 16 years of age  
Elizabeth Allison 9-9-1885 52 years of age  

Early Flats Graveyard

Source: History of The Pan-Handle, West Virginia

Donated by Sara Hemp


Among myrtle, ivy, tangled stalks of dead rose bushes, depressed graves and broken tomb-stones are found the following dead persons buried underneath its sod. This being a denominational burial place, the Presbyterian elders are grouped together:

Robert Moore, born 1787, died 1847

John Allison, born 1780, died 1852

Hugh Sproule, born 1775, died 1855

Henry Silverthorn, born 1774, died 1853

Abraham Prosser, born 1793, died 1863

Thomas Cameron, born 1795, died 1865

John Scott, born 1791, died 1877

John Pittenger, born 1760, died 1870

Andrew Henderson, unknown

The next are those who sacrificed their lives that their country might be spared and the union of the states remain:

James R. Snowden

James Aten

Isaac Miller

Wm. B. Campbell

Wm. A. Murray

~~~~~All of Company I, Twelfth West Virginia Infantry~~~~~

Next are discovered the graves of:

David Pugh born 1779, died 1865

Peter Pugh born 1770, died 1850

Of the very old men, the following are seen:

James Allison born March 30, 1744, died March 27, 1844

David Miller born 1743, died 1842

Jonathan Allison born 1776, died 1872

John McMillan born 1748, died 1825

George Wilhelm born 1761, died 1849

John Miller born 1789, died 1875

Andrew McCown born 1767, died 1856

William Aten born 1779, died 1860

John Marshall born 1783, died 1860

John Gallaher born 1754, died 1839

John Edie born 1762, died 1842

John Snowden, an Indian scout, who furnished valuable information and aid to the early settlers more than one hundred years ago, rendering similar service as that of Lewis Wetzel, lies buried here, with grave unmarked only by slight indentation of ground.

Alexander Morrow, born 1851, died 1871

Mrs. Sarah Harper born 1780, died 1863

Mrs. Nancy McHenry born 1784, died 1859

Mary Allison born 1790, died 1876

These are among some of the oldest and most prominent persons interred in this grave yard. Space would not admit of mentioning all that are buried here, neither would it be expected in a history of this kind. Only some of the pioneers of what is now Hancock County, are given, with a few soldiers.


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