Peter Range (1740, married Elizabeth Hieroymus),
Catherine Range (1741, married Samuel P. Bogart),
Elizabeth Range (1742),
Margaret Range (1742, married Hendrick Bogart),
John Range (1744),
Mary Range (1745, married William Owings),
Lea Range (1746),
James Range (1754),
Hannah Range (1756).
Elizabeth died on December 2, 1771.
About 1765, the Range and the Bogart families moved to York County, Pennsylvania. Then both families moved to Berkeley County, West Virginia.
Noah died in Berkeley County.
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James Range was born about 1754 in Somerset County, New Jersey.
Mary Range (1788, married Thomas Buck),
John Range (1790),
Elizabeth Range (1793),
James Range (1795),
Margaret Range (1798, married Henry Mottern),
Jacob Range (1801), and
Jonathan Range (1803).
James died on July 26, 1825 in Carter County, Tennessee
18th century primer
A grist mill is a building where a miller grinds gain into flour.
Peter Range (1749) was born in Somerset County, New Jersey. He was Noah Range's son. His wife was Elizabeth Ronimus.
Peter and Elizabeth came to Washington County about 1778.
Their children included:
Catherine Louise Range Garner (1773, married Enoch Garner),
Elizabeth Range Miller (1777, married Jacob Miller),
Susannah Range Devault (1779, married Valentine Devault)
Margaret Range Devault (1785, married Frederick Devault)
Jacob Range (1790, married Susannah Hale)
Peter Range (1792, married Matilda Hale)
Isaac Range (1796, married Elizabeth Humphreys, daughter of George Humphreys).
The Peter Range, Sr. House is located at 2833 East Oakland Avenue, Johnson City (lower Knob Creek). The house is of stone exterior and interior walls with the stone chimney at either end of the house. There are four fireplaces.The full basement shows evidence of having been used as part of the original house. The frame additions, built at a much later date, hide the original character of the house. The Range Cemetery is about 150 feet from the rear of the house. Peter Range, Sr. and other members of the Range family were buried in this cemetery.
Peter Range, Sr. (1749-1817) of German descent, was born in Somerset County, New Jersey. His wife was Elizabeth Ronimus. Peter and Elizabeth came to Washington County after the birth of their first child, Elizabeth Range, born 1777, who married Jacob Miller.
Peter purchased land from Pharoah Cobb and built their first home, a two-story log structure. He later purchased land from John Engle, Solomon Hendrix, Abraham Cox, John Hammer and Samuel Denton. On the properly purchased from John Hammer in 1804, he built the present stone house and grist mill. The house is one of the few remaining three-floor homes of the early 19th Century.
(from the History of Washington County Tennessee)
In 1808 Peter sold land to the heirs of Barney Ford.
Peter died in 1817.
Washington County, Tennessee,was established in 1777 as Washington County, North Carolina. From 1784 to 1788,it was part of the State of Franklin.
Johnson City, Tennessee is in Washington, Carter and Sullivan Counties. It was known as Brush Creek for the Creek than runs through it.
Jacob Range and Sarah Mitchell
James W. Range (1852, married Sarah Margaret Humphreys, daughter of John Humphreys)
George Humphreys Range (1819) married Susannah Klepper (1826). He was the son of Isaac Range and Elizabeth Humphreys.
Elizabeth Catherine Range (1846) married E. Demin Pitts.
Isaac Range (1848),
Sarah J. Range (1850),
John Alfred Range (1851),
Julia Range (1852), and
Mary Jane Range (1853).
