General Notes

REFN: 7925
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Nickname "Doll"  LDS Ancestral File # 1hp6-6BFG~Microfilm AF95112176
I'm unsure of the Germany referance. The name is German definetel
y, so th ey came from Germany some time or another.
Earl L. Core "Chronicles of Core" 3rd ed. p. 16
On another occasion, a 9-year old boy, son of Rudolph Snider, was car
ri ed away by the Indians, who were followied by the settleers down Dent
's R un and along the Monongahela River as far as the mouth of Robinsons
's Ru n, where they lost the trail. Nine years later the boy returned, b
ut his m other who had long since given him up as dean, refused to recogni
ze him un til she had identified him by a scar on his foot sustain
ed as a lad befo re his capture by the Indians."
Doll's Run named from his nickname "Doll" Snider ---- Originally call
ed Hu sk's Run the Snider's Run and now Doll's Run. At one time also call
ed Rudo lph's Run
From Certificate granted by commisioners for adjusting claims on unpate
nt ed lands in Monongalia County.
Rudolph Snider, assignee of Anthony Hornback, 400 acres on Dunkar Cre
ek in cluding his settlement made in 1773.
p. 20
More settlers came crowding in as soon as conditions became safer a
nd so on the land was all occupied. An interesting heading in an old surve
yor 's book dated 1784-5 reads: "Surveyed for Rudolph Snither (Snider) 3
69 acr es of land on both sides of Husk run a Drean of Dunkers Creek" Th
is Husk r un; so named from Frederick Husk who had patented 200 acres ne
ar its mou th soon came to be called Snither's (Snider's) Run, or from h
is nicknam e, Doll Snider's Run and finally Dolls Run. Hannah, a daught
er of Rudol ph born March 5, 1780 was married to Christopher Core in 179
7, uniting t wo of the oldest pioneer families. The Rev. John Willey perfo
rmed the cere mony
Other Children of Rudolph Snider, (who is said to have married a Morg
an ), include: Moses, born June 25, 1775; Elizabeth, born June 20, 1777; m
arr ied Levi Morris; Mary born December f25, 1782, married Joseph Sutto
n; Rebe cca, born July 19, 1797, married Samuel Lemley; Asa, born Dec. 2
6, 1789; J ohn, born July 3, 1791; Margaret, born Aug. 13, 1792, married I
saac Lemle y; Jeremiah; and others. Jeremiah was twice married, once to An
na Rich, a nd reared a family of 13 children, one of whom, A. Snider, bo
rn Oct. 8, 18 13, was an early Blacksmith.
(Trans Alleg. Hist. Mag. 1:289)
Samuel Lemley and Joseph Sutton inheriting through Marriage a porti
on of t he Rudolph Snider estate, transferred their shares ammounti
ng to 40 acre s, to Christopher Core, on September 12, 1808.
George Lemley settled north of the Mason & Dixon Line along Dunkard C
re ek in 1797. Born in 1742, he died June 11, 1813. His wire Catherine Y
oh o, survived until Nov. 5, 1825. They had a large family of children inc
lud es: Mary, John, Jacob, Samuel, Susanna, Rachel, Peter, David and Isaa
c. Sa muel married Rebecca (born July 19, 1787) a daughter of Rudolph Snid
er.
WVU Library Monongalia County Court Records Env 144-C
County Court Monongalia County December 1806
Moses Snider vs Other heirs of Rudolph Snider
To the worshipful the County Court of Monongalia in Chancery setting t
he P rayer & Petition of your Orator, Moses Snider humbly complaining here
wi th unto your worships that on the third day of January in the ye
ar of 17 87 a Patent was granted by teh Commonwealth of Virginia to Rudol
ph Snid er for three hundred and sixty nine acres of land laying in the Mo
nongal ia County on both sides of Hurst's Run, a branch of Dunkard Cre
ek as by t he patent filed as part of this Bill may more fully affirm -
-- That the sa id Rudolph Snider so having title and having seized and pos
sessed of the s ame departed this life on the __________day of ________
in the year _______ ___ intestate leaving your orator Moses Snider, Elizab
eth Snider, Hannah S nider, Mary Snider, Rebekah Snider, Margaret Snide
r, Asa B. Snider, his ch ildren he