Davis Uriah I | Born 1707

SNAPP, John Cravens

Male 1794 - 1879  (85 years)


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  • Name SNAPP, John Cravens 
    Born 30 Jul 1794  Fauquire County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 31 Aug 1879  Salem, Hampshire County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3133  Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2018 

    Father SNAPP, Joseph,   b. 17 Jun 1771, Strausburg, Virginia. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1847, Slanesville, Hampshire County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother CRAVENS, Margaret,   b. 26 Aug 1775, Augusta, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1850, Slanesville, Hampshire County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 4 Oct 1793  Rockingham County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1089  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family MILLISON, Hannah,   b. Jul 1799,   d. 14 Mar 1876, Salem, Hampshire County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married Bef 1821  Probably Hampshire County, (Virginia) West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. SNAPP, Phebe J.,   b. Abt 1821, Hampshire County, (Virginia) West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. SNAPP, Mariah E.,   b. Abt 1824, Hampshire County, (Virginia) West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. SNAPP, Caroline E.,   b. Abt 1828, Hampshire County, (Virginia) West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. SNAPP, Margaret A.,   b. Hampshire County, (Virginia) West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. SNAPP, Robert,   b. Hampshire County, (Virginia) West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. SNAPP, Sarah Catherine,   b. 31 May 1832, Hampshire County, (Virginia) West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. SNAPP, Silas R. Rev.,   b. 7 Jan 1834, Probably Slanesville, Hampshire County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1895, Grottoes, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 
    Family ID F904  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John "known as Johnie" and his family lived on the nucleus of the old Snapp estate, about one-halh mile south of Salem church, and they are buried on the home farm. The Snapps were slaveholders, democrats and Methodists.
      (Capon Valley Pioneers and Descendants, Vol. II, Chapter XII, Page 334 )
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      John appears on the 1820 Hampshire Co., VA (now W.VA) census, with 1 male and 2 females.
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      John appears on the 1840 Hampshire Co., VA (now W.VA) census, with 2 males and 7 females.
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      The 1850 census shows John (age 56) a farmer living in Hampshire Co., W. VA with his wife Hannah (age 51) a daughter Sarah (age 18) and a son Silas (age 16). According to an 1850 slave owner's list John owned 4 slaves.
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      The 1860 Census, Hampshire Co., Virginia
      John Snapp, 66, Male, Blacksmith, $6000 R.E. / $4450 Personal, b. VA
      Hannah Snapp, 61, Female, b VA
      (They were next door to their son Silas, also a blacksmith at the time).
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      The 1870 Gore Twp., Hampshire Co., W.VA census shows;
      John, age 75, a farmer, $6,000/$450.
      Hannah, age 70, Keeping house.
      Next door is James C. Snapp, and his family.