Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameColonel George Clendenin 
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945Birth1746, Augusta, Lancaster Co, VA945
FatherCharles Clendenin (1714-1790)
MotherMary Ann Patterson (1715-1788)
Misc. Notes
European Pioneers and Settlers
Simon Kenton and two companions whose names were not recorded built a cabin at the mouth of the Elk River in 1771, making them the first Englishmen to call
present day Kanawha County their home. A roving band of Indians discovered them, and considering them trespassers on their hunting grounds, attacked them. One of Kenton's companions was killed in the attack. After making their escape, Simon Kenton and his remaining companion decided to leave the county for good.
In 1773, Colonel Thomas Bullitt and several others explored the Kanawha Valley to survey the land in anticipation of being granted large tracts of the land in return
for their military service.
In 1774, Walter Kelly, of North Carolina, attempted the first, permanent settlement in the county. He built a cabin along a stream, known as Kelly's Creek, about 20 miles north of the current location of Charleston. He was killed by Indians later that year.
It is likely that Mary Ingles and Betty Draper were the first English women to pass through present-day Kanawha County. Indians captured them at Drapper Meadows, Virginia (now Blacksburg) on July 8, 1755. They were taken through the county as they made their way to Shawnee Village at Chillicothe, Ohio. Mary Ingles' escape four months later and her return through the wilderness to Virginia was an inspiration to all pioneers on the frontier.
Daniel Boone (1734-1820), the famous frontiersmen and founder of Kentucky, resided with his family in Kanawha County for seven years (1788-1795), in a two-room log cabin in the Kanawha City section of Charleston. He was appointed a Lieutenant Colonel in the Kanawha County militia and served under the command of Colonel George Clendenin. He and Colonel Clendenin represented Kanawha County in the General Assembly in 1791 (see Boone County history).
Important Events of the 1700s
In the autumn of 1788, George Clendenin traveled to Richmond and asked the Virginia General Assembly to form Kanawha County out of Greenbrier and Montgomery Counties. At that time, Virginia had lost a great deal of land, yielding its rights to the northwest territory (including the present-day states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and part of Minnesota). Concerned that it was also going to lose Kentucky County to statehood, the Virginia General Assembly approved Clendenin's request on October 14, 1788, hoping to solidify its holdings in the western part of the state. 954
Simon Kenton and two companions whose names were not recorded built a cabin at the mouth of the Elk River in 1771, making them the first Englishmen to call
present day Kanawha County their home. A roving band of Indians discovered them, and considering them trespassers on their hunting grounds, attacked them. One of Kenton's companions was killed in the attack. After making their escape, Simon Kenton and his remaining companion decided to leave the county for good.
In 1773, Colonel Thomas Bullitt and several others explored the Kanawha Valley to survey the land in anticipation of being granted large tracts of the land in return
for their military service.
In 1774, Walter Kelly, of North Carolina, attempted the first, permanent settlement in the county. He built a cabin along a stream, known as Kelly's Creek, about 20 miles north of the current location of Charleston. He was killed by Indians later that year.
It is likely that Mary Ingles and Betty Draper were the first English women to pass through present-day Kanawha County. Indians captured them at Drapper Meadows, Virginia (now Blacksburg) on July 8, 1755. They were taken through the county as they made their way to Shawnee Village at Chillicothe, Ohio. Mary Ingles' escape four months later and her return through the wilderness to Virginia was an inspiration to all pioneers on the frontier.
Daniel Boone (1734-1820), the famous frontiersmen and founder of Kentucky, resided with his family in Kanawha County for seven years (1788-1795), in a two-room log cabin in the Kanawha City section of Charleston. He was appointed a Lieutenant Colonel in the Kanawha County militia and served under the command of Colonel George Clendenin. He and Colonel Clendenin represented Kanawha County in the General Assembly in 1791 (see Boone County history).
Important Events of the 1700s
In the autumn of 1788, George Clendenin traveled to Richmond and asked the Virginia General Assembly to form Kanawha County out of Greenbrier and Montgomery Counties. At that time, Virginia had lost a great deal of land, yielding its rights to the northwest territory (including the present-day states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and part of Minnesota). Concerned that it was also going to lose Kentucky County to statehood, the Virginia General Assembly approved Clendenin's request on October 14, 1788, hoping to solidify its holdings in the western part of the state. 954