James Arnett, Sr.

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The first Arnett to live in the Marion County area was James Arnett, who settled at (now) Arnettsville, in 1789, and purchased land here in 1791. This James Arnett was born and reared in the old Thomas Arnett homestead, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, but lived in Virginia and Pennsylvania before making a permanent settlement at (now) Arnettsville. Mrs. James Arnett's maiden name was Mary Michael, and her brother, Daniel Michael, married Mary Arnett, her husband's sister.

http://www.chbc-lky.org/arnettforest/westvarnett.htm

Children of Thomas Arnett and unknown wife are:

i.   	James 2 Arnett, born Abt. 1748 in Dorchester Co, Maryland, died 1818 in Arnettsville, Monongalia Co, WVa.

ii. Mary Arnett, married Daniel Michael.
Generation No. 2

.........2. James 2 Arnett (Thomas 1) was born Abt. 1748 in Dorchester Co, Maryland, and died 1818 in Arnettsville, Monongalia Co, WVa. He married Mary Belle Michael Abt. 1767 in possibly Loudoun Co, VA, daughter of father Michael and wife.

Notes for James Arnett James Arnett may be the same James Arnett who served in the French and Indian War and was from Dorset, Maryland and enlisted in Pennsylvania. [See comments by Phyllis Arnett Vines in article at end of section] John N. Cunningham, who compiled an extensive WV Arnett genealogical manuscript in 1941 assumed that James was the son of the Isaac and Hannah Arnett of Elizabeth, NJ, but subsequent research indicates no connection with the NJ Arnetts but that James was likely the son of Thomas Arnett, the ship master of the Maryland Eastern Shore.

"Mr. Sylvester Arnett (1846-1927), of Rivesville, [WV], told this writer [Glenn Lough] that the...Arnetts were of English-German descent, and that his ancestor, Thomas Arnett, was a ship's-master, and sailed an English vessel, the "Seven Brothers" by name (or it may have been the "Three Brothers"; he wasn't quite certain) for many years. . . . The first Arnett to live in the Marion County area, he said was James Arnett, who settled at (now) Arnettsville, in 1789, and purchased land here in 1791. This James Arnett was born and reared in the old Thomas Arnett homestead, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, but lived in Virginia and Pennsylvania before making a permanent settlement at (now) Arnettsville. He said that Mrs. James Arnett's maiden name was Mary Michael, and that her brother, Daniel Michael, married Mary Arnett, her husband's sister." [Glenn D. Lough, Now and Long Ago, A History of the Marion County Area, Marion Co Historical Society, 1969] Sylvester was the great grandson of James.

James is said to have moved with his wife to the Monongahela Valley of now WV about 1782 [Cunningham] or 1785

He purchased 400 acres of land on Indian Creek from Frederick Gire and David Scott. John Cunningham looked for a deed but was told that county records of that period had burned in 1795. [John N. Cunningham, 273 page manuscript on the Arnett and related families of WV, 1941, copy on microfilm #0001140 in LDS library in Salt Lake City]

In 1810, James sold to his son Jonathan two tracts of land, one of 30 acres in June 11 and another of 100 acres later. Attached to the sale of these lands was a covenant whereby Jonathan was to grant to James and Mary the possession of the land until they died. On May 13, 1818, Jonathan sold the land to Andrew Arnett.

Children of James Arnett and Mary Michael are:
i. Caroline or Catherine Arnett. b.1776 She married David Musgrave.
ii. Elizabeth Arnett. b.1774 She married Daniel Michael 1842.

iii. Thomas Arnett. (not in Cunningham's mss)*

iv. William Arnett. (not in Cunningham's mss)* * Accord to notes of Wanda Arnett Coleson Hall said James who moved from MD to WVA had sons: James, Thos & William. I wonder if he was getting this confused with "Straight" genealogy. -- jwarnett

v. John Arnett, born May 08, 1770 in Loudoun Co, VA;

vi. Andrew Arnett, born Abt. 1772 in Maryland; died May 1824 in Monogalia Co, WVa.
vii. Jonathan Arnett, born 1786; died 1835. viii. Daniel Arnett, born 1788.

ix. James Arnett, Jr., born 1777; died March 1861.

x. Mary Arnett, born September 27, 1791; died April 04, 1857.

Photo added by: Gary R 12/25/2010 to Find A Grave Memorial# 50792444

Inscription on bronze marker: In Memory of JAMES ARNETT Born about 1740. Died about 1816. MARY BELLE ARNETT His Wife Died about 1815 Buried on the Hogue Farm About one-half mile North Settled near here about 1793

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He first married the widow of Shadrack Muchmore.

Secondly, married Mary Belle Michael.

Children (did he really have a son named John and another one named Jonathan?):

 Mary Elizabeth Arnett Michael (____ - 1842)

 John Arnett (1770 - 1850)

 Andrew Arnett (1772 - 1824)

 Jonathan Arnett (1774 - 1834)

 Catherine Arnett Musgrave (1776 - 1849)

 James Arnett (1777 - 1861)

 Mary Arnett Hogue (1791 - 1857)

Note: Supposedly, the bronze marker in the photo is not at the Fetty-Hogue Cemetery in Arnettsville. It is actually in the Arnettsville Cemetery.

Arnettsville was named for a pioneer merchant named Arnett.

Arnettsville is an unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. It lies south of Georgetown on U.S. Route 19. Arnettsville was originally known as Yukon. It is included in the Morgantown, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Map available: http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~230260~55...

Burial?: Fetty-Hogue Cemetery Arnettsville Monongalia County West Virginia, USA

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Children Mary Elizabeth Arnett Michael unknown–1842

John Arnett 1770–1850

Photo Andrew Arnett 1772–1824

Jonathan Arnett 1774–1834

Catherine Arnett Musgrave 1776–1849

James Arnett 1777–1861

Photo Mary Arnett Hogue 1791–1857

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James Arnett BIRTH unknown England DEATH 1815 Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Fetty-Hogue Cemetery Arnettsville, Monongalia County, West Virginia

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Children Mary Elizabeth Arnett Michael unknown–1842

John Arnett 1770–1850

Photo Andrew Arnett 1772–1824

Jonathan Arnett 1774–1834

Catherine Arnett Musgrave 1776–1849

James Arnett 1777–1861

Photo Mary Arnett Hogue 1791–1857