General Notes

From "A History of Monroe County, West Virginia" p. 487, A PETITION OF
1852:
"The petition signed by the 413 persons whose names appear herewith was
addressed to the legislature of Virginia.  It asked that no license be
granted contrary to the will of a majority of the citizens affected; that
a vote on license be taken in any country or corporation when 25 voters
so ask; and that no sales be made to minors, negroes, or notorious
drunkards.  About this time there were other petitions of similar tenor,
but none with so many signatures."  Signature on p.489 : Dunsmore:
William H.--James A.--Andrew L.
Also from "A History of Monroe County, West Virginia: Dunsmore, William
H. (Byran's Battery, died since war) is listed as a Confederate Soldier.
From "West Virginia: The Mountain State" by Charles Henry Ambler, Ph.D.,
1940 Prentice-Hall, INC. p. 96-97:
"At the same time, a similar rapid expansion occurred in the region of
the Greenbrier Valley. (Withers, Border Warfare, pp.57-59; Callahan, West
Virginia, Vol.I,pp 66-81; West Virginia News (Roncevert), June 16,1938;
Cook, Annals of Fort Lee; Charleston Daily News (Kanawha Valley Progress
Edition), June 4,1939.)  In 1769, Colonel John Stuart and others- among
them Robert McClannahan, Thomas Renick, and William Hamilton-established
themselves there as permanent settlers."