Maj. William B Zinn

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Posted by: Don porter Date: June 09, 2001 at 20:25:03 In Reply to: Picture of William Zinn by Ronnie Zinn of 1445

William B. Zinn was the grandson of George Zinn. His parents were Jacob Zinn and Sarah Byrne and the "B" probably stands for Byrne. He was a member of the Virginia legislature for the years 1823, 1826-1831, and 1852-1853. He was a member of the Wheeling Convention of 1861, giving one of the keynote speeches which set the western portion of Virginia on the course to become a separate (Union) state. He was a member of the West Virginia legislature in 1863 and 1866-1868. He owned a farm of 1100 acres and built a mill at the site of Brown's Mill in Preston County, WV (the name changed when his nephew William Byrne Brown inherited his estate.
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http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WV-FOOTSTEPS/2001-06/... Early Settlements. - About 1776, a man by the name of Ashcraft had a hunting camp on the McMillen farm. It is asserted that Ashcraft had committed some crime and fled from justice. About this year, William Meuear came from Germany, and took by settlement right 600 acres, near where Reedsville now stands. His sons were John, David, Lear and Samuel H.

George Zinn married Mary Sayler, and came to Valley District between 1780 and 1790. His children were Jacob (father of Major William B. Zinn), Michael, Samuel, John, William (father of Peter and Samuel of Reno District), Alexander and Peter.