Peter Zickafoose

Family name spelling variations: Zicafoose, Zickafoose, Zigafoose

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If Peter Zickafoose is the son of Johan Jacob Ziegenfus he could well have been born in Germany if his birth date is as early as 1750 or if this birth date is after 1751 he was probably born in the Philadelphia, PA area. Most accounts mark Peter as being born circa 1754-1755.

His last land purchase, found to this date, is 1805 in Pendleton Co., VA and his estate is being probated in Nov. 1814. This would place his death circa 1808-1812 allowing at least two years for the estate to settle. He is noted as dying intestate showing his death in Pendleton Co.

Peter married Catherine (Catharine) Margaret Hull (born: circa 1780, probably Lancaster Co., PA - died: after 1814, probably Pendleton Co., VA), the daughter of Peter Thomas Hull (born: c. 1706, Pfalz, Germany - died: Feb 1776, Crab Bottom, Pendleton Co., VA) and Susannah Margaritha Dieffenbaugh (born: 31 Oct 1725, Pfalz, Germany - died: 31 Jan 1790, probably Pendleton Co., VA, married: 25 Nov 1750, Lancaster Co., PA).

The children of Peter Zickafoose and Catherine Hull are:

Susanna (Susan) Zickafoose, born 1775, Pendleton Co., VA - died: 1835, Pendleton Co., VA - married: Reuben Rudulph Buzzard in 1797, Pendleton Co.,

Mary Susannah Zickafoose, born; 1786, Pendleton Co., VA - died: 1850, Highland Co., VA - married; Henry Jones Fleisher on 1803, Highland Co., VA

Their children: John, born 1805 Warren Co., OH; Joseph, born 1811 Pendleton Co., VA; Peter born, 18 Mar 1808 Gilmer Co., WV;

Family Gedcom and notes show the oldest yet found child as being born in 1805 in Warren Co., Ohio but the later children as being born in WV. Most likely John Fleisher was born in WV then removed either with family or as an adult to Ohio.

Henry Jones Fleisher was born 1777, Pendleton Co., VA and died 1852. Records only show his death as in Virginia.

George Zickafoose, born: 1780, Pendleton Co., VA - died: 1872 - married: Catherine Lance.

George Zickafoose is noted as being an elder son who owned land in the Augusta County Court Record of 1814, concerning Peter Zickafoose's estate.

George Zickafoose appears as both George and as George Sr. in the records. By 1833 George and his family are in Greenbrier County, VA (WV.)

George Zickefuse, 13 August 1810, Giles County, VA, 259 acres on the west side of New River on the Pipe Stem, Office Grants No. 61, 1810-1811, p. 156 (Reel 127)

Their children: Benjamin, born: 1800 and George, born: 1810

George Zickafoose, 25 Dec 1799, 13 acres at Straight Creek, South Branch of Potomack. Grants 44, page 65

George Zickafoose, 25 Dec 1799, 130 acres at Straight Creek, Grants 44, page 61.

Elias Zickafoose, born: circa 1782-1790, Pendleton Co., VA - died: before Nov. 1814 - married: Sarah Elizabeth Armentrout.

Elias is noted as being an elder son to Peter Zickafoose and as owning land in the Pendleton County, WV area at the time of his father's estate. See notes with Peter Zickafoose and the Augusta County Court Records. Elias is also noted as having died soon after Peter Zickafoose. With Peter's death circa 1808 and 1810 and the estate being finalized in the 1814 Augusta County Records, this would place Elias' death after 1810 but before Nov. 1814. Elias was still living during the Pendleton Census 0f 1810.

Their children: Susannah, born: before 1814, Pendleton Co., VA - married George Wimer, Jr.: Elias Zickafoose, born c. 1804, Pendleton Co., VA -married Sarah (?): Elizabeth Zickafoose, married Henry Wimer on 6 Mar 1827, Pendleton Co., Va.: Henry Zickafoose: Mary Zickafoose

Elias appears on the 1810 Census for Pendleton Co., VA as Elias Secafuse, 2 adults and 4 children.

Sarah Elizabeth Armentrout Zickafoose married (2nd) Moses Arbogast on 21 Oct 1819 in Pendleton Co., VA.

Their Children: Hannah V., Allen, Pricilla, and Alicey (Elsey)

Moses Arbogast, born: 30 Nov 1799, Pendleton Co., VA - died: 26 Mar 1869, Randolph Co, WV, son of John C. Arbogast and Hannah Davis.

Sampson (Samson) Zickafoose, born: 5 Aug 1792, Pendleton Co., VA - died: 20 Mar 1885, Pendleton Co., VA - married: Sarah Wade on 19 Jun 1817, Pendleton Co., VA

Sampson Sycafooze, 16 Oct 1837, Pendleton County, VA With George Mullinax, 1900 acres on top and east side of Allegheny Mountain, Grants 87, page 356

Samson Sycafuse, 1 Nov 1817, Pendleton County, VA, 107 acres adjoining John Hyde, Philip Wimer, Mullonax, and Gums lands in Crab Bottom, Grants 67, page 65

Sampson Zycafoose, 28 Nov 1839, Pendleton County, VA, 2 acres on the south point of Snowy Mountain, Grants 90, page 711

Sampson Zycafoose, 31 July 1840, Pendleton County, VA, 120 acres on east side of Allegheny Mountain, Grants 90, page 8

Sampson Zycafoose, 31 July 1840, Pendleton County, VA, with George Mullinix, 251 acres on west side of Middle Mountain, Grants 90, Approx. page 7

Sampson Zickafoose appears in "Ritchie County, West Virginia, Chapter XXI, Indian Creek Settled". He arrived in the county during the mid-forties (1840's), married Miss (Sarah) Wade and they were the parents of the following named children: Otho who married Katharine Drake; Peter who married Mary Hammer and went to Kansas; and Asbury Zickafoose (this may be A. W. Zickafoose that married Mary Simmons); Mrs. (Katherine) Nimrod Kuydendall, who went West; Mrs. (Matilda) William T. Mitchell; Mrs. (Martha J.) James Westfall; and Mrs. Phebe White.

Sarah Zickafoose, born: noted as infant in 1814 estate settlement for father

Francis (Fannie) Zickafoose, born: Pendleton Co., VA - died: - married: Western Mills on 11 June 1811, Pendleton Co., VA

Isaac Zickafoose, born: - died: 1803, Pendleton

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The Zickafoose family probably came from the Palatine region of Germany to Philadelphia, PA in 1735.

1781 records show Peter was living in Nockaminon Township, Bucks Co., PA with 33 acers of land, two hruses and one cattle.

The settlement of the three valleys of the South Branch waters (now West Virginia) brought the Germans from PA thru Augusta and Highland Co., VA into eventually Pendleton Co., WV. They settled on the protruding section on Straight Fork, Frank's Run, and Weimer's Run.

Peter Zickafoose (Zwickenfuss), along with Peter Hull, Bernard Lance (Lantz), Michael Argogast, and Balzer Nagley pioneered the Crabbottom, Pendleton Co., WV.

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•Name: Peter Zickafoose •Sex: M •Birth: Abt 1756 in Bautzen, Sochen, Germany •Death: Nov 1814 in Augusta County, Virginia •Note: Known as Peter The Pioneer The following information comes from the History Center at http://www.crosswinds.net/~mapletree/History_Center.htm "Many of the Zickafoose family came from the Palatinate Kingdom of Germany due to religious persecution. The name Palatinate was originally given to the Imperial castles of the German Empire. They were strategically located to maintain order and to administer justice. Later, the title was retained by only two of the territorial magnates of the Empire, whose states were distinguished as the Upper and Lower Palatinate. As a result of the suffering of the people through several wars, many came to the American colonies. They were encouraged to settle in the western part of the colony of Virginia (now West Virginia ). West Virginia became a state on June 20, 1863, and some county lines changed over a period of several years, thus the reason many were born in Virginia and died in West Virginia. "Ziegenfuss, Johann Jacob (1729-1780) Born January 9, 1729 in Germany, the son of Wilhelm and Anna Ziegenfuss He arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 16, 1751 on the ship Brothers. He first settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and later moved to Augusta County, Virginia. Some sources feel he was the father of Jacob Ziegenfuss who served with the Northampton County Militia in the Revolutionary War and Peter Ziegenfuss who settled in Pendleton County, Virginia. Records of Augusta County, Virginia reports in Vol. 1 Pg. 217, September 19, 1780 that the administration of the estate of Jacob Sigerfoos granted to William Rusk, Christiana, the widow, having refused to administer. "Ziegenfuss, Peter Early records indicate that Peter Zigenfuss, settled in Pennsylvania and later moved into Virginia. According to Highland County, Virginia history he owned over 800 acres of land. He married Catherine Hull, the daughter of Peter Thomas Hohl. They were the parents of seven children: Susanna (m. Ruben Buzzard), George (m. Catherine Lance), Fanny (m. Western Mills), Sampson (m. Sara Wade), Sally (m. John Samples), Elias (m. Sara Armentrout), Nancy (m. Henry Fleisher). From History of Highland County Virginia by Oren F. Morton: p.387 - Peter died 1814, married Catharine, and seems to have had a younger brother, Elias, who died in 1814 and was married to Sarah Elkins. p. 87 - Peter lived in Crabbottom, in the same area as Peter Hull and Michael Arbogast, and was there by 1772. p. 111 - By 1800, Peter had 570 acres in what was then Pendelton County and is now Highland, and was one of the major landholders. According to the Highland Co. Virginia VaGen Web Page at rootsweb.com, Peter is classified as one of the pioneer settlers of the county, but the family name is now extinct in that county, according to Morton's History of Highland County. According the same web site, the information below comes from the Surveyor's Office of Augusta Co. and the Land Office of Va.: In 1772, 250 acres in Crabbottom, from the corner to Arbogast's, were surveyed for Peter Zickafoose, and then he received a patent in 1789. (Patent means he was the first owner of the property, and received it from the government. When the term patent is used, it usually means he received it from the Crown. Other governments usually use the term "grant." So this shows he was the original settler.) In 1781, 218 acres were surveyed on the Bullpasture (a river), adjacent to Robert Carlisle. In 1782, 106 acres were surveyed adjacent to himself. In 1785, 112 acres were surveyed in Crabbottom and he received a patent in 1789. In 1786, 40 more acres surveyed adjacent to himself. In 1786, 78 acres near Doe Hill and 82 acres on Crab Run near Beathe were surveyed. In 1789, 250 acres on Crabbottom were surveyed and patent was received.

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GEDCOM Note

Peter Birth Conjecture http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=03e7936a-f058-43f7-a98...

GEDCOM Source

Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=52811299&pid...