Re: CORK, FRESHOUR, FROSCHAUER, KEYS
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CORK, FRESHOUR, FROSCHAUER, KEYS
9/26/99
Here is the first page of the Clair Cork History 1770-1974.I am looking for info on the father of this George W. and his brother John and sister (Mary?) I have the complete book in MSWord and on CD.
GEORGEW. CORK was born in Maryland in 1770, one of three children left orphans and raised by a German family.Records available at this writing, show there were two boys and one girl.The brother, John, went west and was never heard from again.The girl remained in Maryland.Her name is not mentioned in these records.The writer has done considerable research trying to find who the parents of these three children were and where they are buried, but to no avail as of this writing.
George W. Cork, when a young man, migrated to what was then Virginia and settled near what is now Berkley Springs in Morgan County West Virginia.He was married at Martinsburg in Berkley County West Virginia by the Reverend David Young on December 18, 1792, to Susannah Freshour.She was born near Berkley Springs, West Virginia on March 17, 1769, a daughter ofWendel and Mary Freshour.To them were born ten children:
John Cork, born July 31, 1794 (See Section 2 – Page 002)
George W. Cork Jr., born in 1795
Peter Cork, born in 1798
Susannah "Susan" Cork, born in 1799 or 1800
Andrew Cork, born July 8, 1802
Maria or Mary (nickname Polly) Cork, born about 1805
Jacob Cork, born April 27, 1809
Daniel Cork, born March 30, 1810
Joseph Cork, born August 8, 1811
Harrison Cork, born February 22, 1814
Mr. Cork was raised by a German family and his wife was born of German parents.Rumors have it that this first family spoke German and some of their children, in later records, list their nationality as German.
Mr. and Mrs. Cork farmed on land, she had inherited from her father, that was granted to him by the Governor ofVirginia on September 13, 1789.This land was in Berkley County, but the county was split in 1820 and is now in Morgan County West Virginia along Sleepy Creek and in mountainous area.Here, the first five of their children were born.Records show that the family moved in 1804 to Harrison County West Virginia and settled on a tract of 157 acres of land on Limestone Creek where the town of Wilsonburg was later built.Here, the other five children were born.Records show that Mr. and Mrs. Cork sold their land in Morgan County West Virginia to William O. Newton on September 3, 1805.
Mr. and Mrs. Cork remained in Harrison County West Virginia until 1822 when they and their family, except George W. Jr., Peter, and Susan, moved to Ross County Ohio and settled near Bainbridge.Mr. Cork died in 1836 at age 66 years.He is buried in Shoults Cemetery about two miles east of Storm's Station in Ross County Ohio. Mrs. Cork remained in Ross County until 1855 when she moved, with her son Andrew Cork and family, to near Marshall in Clark County Illinois.She died on September 25, 1862, at the age of 93 years 6 months and 8 days. She is buried along side of Andrew in the Livingston Cemetery, about two miles east of Marshall in Clark County Illinois.
Records of the children of George W. and Susan Cork will be found in the next generation, Section 2 of this book.
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