History of the Early Settlers
Of Dry Fork, Rich Mountain and Shavers Mountain By E.C. Wyatt, Randolph Enterprise, Elkins, WV, 1922-1923
19 Oct 1922 – Randolph Enterprise [Roy, Snyder, Smith]
I do not know the exact location of Joseph Roy’s home but some where along the Dry Fork or Red Creek. I never learned the exact date of his death either. McCallisters history gives his age as 89 years if I mistake not at the time of his death.
I wonder if any of the Roys of today know where this Revolutionary soldier is buried. Could they find it and decorate it with some nice flowers next Memorial Day.
As I was never acquainted with many of the elder Roy family I never learned much about them and I do not know if Joseph ever had more than one son or not. Washington Roy was his son and we imagine he was glad to have a son and call his name Washington to honor the General he had often met with and fought under. Of Washington’s sons we have Joseph, Felix, Isaac and
Washington Jr. Washington Jr. was called “Little Wash”. Joseph is dead,
Felix lives in Idaho and I think “Ike” and “Little Wash” live in Tucker County.
Of the younger Roy family we have Earle, Yager, Star, Fred, Enos, Mack, and Oliver. They are all lumbermen.
Enos, Mack and Oliver grew to manhood on Middle Mountain but Oliver lives near Kerens and Mack at Grafton, and Enos lives along Red Creek, and he and Dr. Wyatt own a flour mill.
The other Roys all live along Red Creek.
We next come to the Snyder family of which there are two groups. We have the history of John Snyder in the two histories of Randolph County, and all that I can add to that is I have been informed that the first corn that ripened on Dry Fork was in John Snyders field where the Job school house now stands, and this was in the year of 1846. Previous to this time all the farmers had to go over on the South Fork or elsewhere, for their seed corn.
The other Snyders were Jacob and William, commonly known as Jake and Bill.
It seems that they and Samuel Wyatt settled on Red Creek about the same time as Wyatt and they were chums.
They settled there about 1833 but I never learned much about them. We have Benjamin Snyder and his son Henry of their descendants. They were brothers.
We now come to the Smith family. Andrew Smith came up from near Parsons in
1846 and married Thomas Allegheny Whites daughter and settled on the east side of the Alleghenies but later moved a short distance below Job and lived there the rest of his life. He was a soldier in the Confederate army during the Civil War. He joined the Mennonite Church several years before he died.
He was slightly wounded during the war.
His sons are George, John, Job, Gabriel and Aaron.
George died several years ago. His sons are Minor, Scott and Floyd.
George lived near Job, the widow and children moved to the Buffalo Hills where Minor died and Scott and Floyd live near Onego.
(To be continued) [End of article]
Transcribed by Cathy Thompson
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