“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves,
and, under a just God cannot retain it."
― Abraham Lincoln
The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia borders Maryland and Virginia. The first European settlers started arriving about 1730.
Alternate spellings of Conklin:
Canklin, Conklin, Conkling, Conklyn, Cunklin
Champaign County, Ohio was created March 1, 1805 from Greene and Franklin counties. On March 1, 1817 the present boundaries were established when Logan and Clark counties were formed. An 1800 census counted 100 settlers.
In the War of 1812 (1812-1815) the United States declared war on England because of trade restrictions, impressment, and British support for Indian attacks. They signed the Treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814 after reaching a stalemate.
Henry Conklin was born on November 5, 1774 in what is now Jefferson County, West Virginia. His father was Jacob Conklin.
Henry and Mary's children were:
Margaret Conklin Croft (1795, married Joseph Croft),
Mary Conklin Shoafstall (1797),
Catherine (Kitty) Conklin McGarry (1801, married William McGarry),
Nancy Conklin Murphy (1803, married George Murphy),
Sarah Conklin (1804, married Seth Shoafstall),
William Henry Conklin (1808, married Nancy Burris Jenkins), Jacob Conklin (1810, married Emily D. Hedges),
David Conklin (1812, married Jane V. Runyon),
Silas Conklin (1814, married Mary Elizabeth Showers), and
Hannah Elizabeth Conklin (1819).
Henry Conklin appeared in the 1810 census of Jefferson County, Virginia. The household consisted of 8 members. There was a man between 26 and 44, a woman between 26 and 44, two girls between 10 and 15, a boy between 10 and 15, three girls under 10, and 2 boys under 10. They enslaved one person.
Henry died on January 10, 1825 in Jefferson County.
In 1834 the Mary and eight children moved to Champaign County, Ohio.
Mary appeared in the 1840 census in Urbana Township, Champaign County, Ohio. The household consisted of a woman between 50 and 59, two girls and a boy between 15 and 19, and a boy under 5.
Mary died January 15, 1847 in Champaign County, Ohio. Mary was buried at Buck Creek Cemetery in Champaign County, Ohio.
The New River flows through North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia .In 1755, Mary Draper Ingles (1732-1815) was captured by Shawnee warriors near Blacksburg and taken to Ohio. She escaped and made her way home by following the Ohio, Kanawha, and New Rivers.
The First Barbary War (1801–1805) was between the United States and the Barbary States of Tripoli and Algiers.
