References:
(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 205.
Historical Notes:
(1) Philip Harless enlisted in the Revolutionary Army at the age of 16,
and served on the Western Front as an Indian spy until his discharge in 1781.
Philip applied for his pension at the age of 74.Philip and several of his grown children moved to what is now Boone County,
near Peytona, where Philip met with a tragic death. In 1849 he was on his way to the mill at Toney's Branch, traveling the roadway along the river, when he was struck by a log that killed him and his horse. Some men were logging the steep hillside just below Racine, sliding logs down the mountainside toward the Big Coal River. When they were ready to slide a log, the men shouted a warning and receiving no response, they would turn the log loose. On this particular day, Philip Harless, then nearly 90 years old and almost totally deaf, was on the roadway and did not hear the warning.Philip Harless is buried in the Drawdy Creek Cemetery, which is about one
fourth of a mile above the falls. In 1984 the DAR placed a new tombstone at
his grave, replacing a bronze marker that had been mutilated by vandals.
Millah Molly (or Milly) STANLEY
References:
(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 205.
References:
(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 205.
Historical Notes:
(1) Philip Harless enlisted in the Revolutionary Army at the age of 16,
and served on the Western Front as an Indian spy until his discharge in 1781.
Philip applied for his pension at the age of 74.Philip and several of his grown children moved to what is now Boone County,
near Peytona, where Philip met with a tragic death. In 1849 he was on his way to the mill at Toney's Branch, traveling the roadway along the river, when he was struck by a log that killed him and his horse. Some men were logging the steep hillside just below Racine, sliding logs down the mountainside toward the Big Coal River. When they were ready to slide a log, the men shouted a warning and receiving no response, they would turn the log loose. On this particular day, Philip Harless, then nearly 90 years old and almost totally deaf, was on the roadway and did not hear the warning.Philip Harless is buried in the Drawdy Creek Cemetery, which is about one
fourth of a mile above the falls. In 1984 the DAR placed a new tombstone at
his grave, replacing a bronze marker that had been mutilated by vandals.
References:
(1) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 93.
References:
(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 199, 279.
References:
(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 279.
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References:
(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 210, 215.
References:
(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 170.
(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 93.
(3) Information supplied by Mr. Ronnie Lester Graybeal of Salt Lake City, Utah.
References:
(1) Information supplied by Mr. Ronnie Graybeal of Riverton, Utah.
References:
(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 210.
References:
(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 214.
References:
(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 172.
(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 110.
References:
(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 172.
(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 110.