William Haymond (January 4, 1740 – November 12, 1821) was a military officer and surveyor. Haymond served in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War . Prior to the Revolution, he served in George Washington 's Virginia Regiment . In 1781, during the Revolution, Haymond was commissioned to major by Benjamin Harrison V . After the Revolution, he served as an official surveyor in what is now West Virginia.
22-526: William Haymond may refer to: Major William Haymond (1740–1821), US soldier and civil servant who served in the American Revolutionary War William S. Haymond (1823–1885), US representative from Indiana [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
44-680: A 400-seat outdoor amphitheater, picnic areas, nature trails, and a boat launch. The outdoor amphitheater is used by the Fairmont State University theater department each summer for musicals and dramatic productions. Prickett's Fort State Park provides access to both the MCPARC trail to Fairmont and the Mon River Trail to Morgantown. An accessibility study by West Virginia University determined that most park features were accessible to persons with disabilities. Prickett's Fort State Park,
66-540: A captain of Militia, frequently being in active service against the hostile Indians. His commission to Major on November 12, 1781 reads as follows: To William Haymond, Gent., Greeting: Know you that from special trust and confidence, which is reposed in your fidelity, courage, activity and good conduct, our Governor, with the advice of the Council of State, and on the recommendation of the Worshipful County Court of
88-512: A reconstructed refuge fort and commemorates life on the Virginia frontier during the late 18th century. Historic Prickett's Fort was built to defend early European settlers of what today is West Virginia from raids by hostile Native Americans , a portion of whose territory the settlers appropriated after the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768). After a band of settlers led by Daniel Greathouse perpetrated
110-630: The Yellow Creek massacre in 1774, initiating Lord Dunmore's War , all settlers in the Ohio River Valley were in peril from Native American attack. Because there was safety in numbers, the settlers built a number of refuge forts, including one on the homestead of Jacob Prickett. Fairly simple in design, Prickett's Fort was little more than a hundred-foot-square log palisade built around Prickett's house. Native Americans tended to avoid such strong points, preferring to ambush small work parties. When
132-456: The 1974 reconstruction as "much more elaborate" than the original but claims that every feature in the reconstruction might have been found at some refuge fort in the region. In the reconstructed fort, the Foundation presents third-person interpretation of such 18th-century crafts as carpentry, blacksmithing, and spinning. A visitor center—managed by the Foundation under long-term contract with
154-576: The Cherokee Indians. When the Cherokees were quieted the regiment returned to the valley and was discharged. Haymond's discharge is dated February 24, 1762, at Fort Lewis, near Staunton, Virginia . It states that Haymond "duly served three years and behaved as a good soldier and faithful subject." At the commencement of the Revolution he immediately advocated the call of the colonies and was appointed
176-635: The County of Monongalia, doth appoint you, the said William Haymond, Major of the Militia, of the said County of Monongalia. In testimony whereof, these our letters are made patent. Witness, Benjamin Harrison, Esquire, Governor, at Richmond, this 12th day of November, 1781. Registered in the War Office. BENJAMIN HARRISON In 1777 Haymond commanded Prickett's Fort [1] with a detachment at Scott's Mills. He performed
198-506: The Prickett's Fort Memorial Foundation and announced plans to reconstruct the historic structure. Discovering that the original fort site had probably been destroyed by the building of a railroad bridge in 1905, the Foundation decided to put the reconstruction on a small hill overlooking the river. Many old buildings donated to the project were torn down to provide timbers for the reconstruction. A Reconstruction Details Committee decided to design
220-770: The Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col. George Washington , which had been detailed to garrison the country captured from the French. He served along the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers and as far north as "Presque Isle Fort Presque Isle ," now Erie, Pennsylvania , on the Lake Erie . When the regiment was withdrawn from the west, it was marched up the Shenandoah Valley and on to the Holstein River to suppress an outbreak among
242-616: The army of General Edward Braddock on its march to capture Fort Duquesne from the French, which met with a disastrous defeat on the Monongahela River on 9 July 1755. He was a soldier in General Forbes' expedition in 1758 against the same position. The expedition was successful, and Fort Duquesne was renamed Fort Pitt after William Pitt the Elder , which later became Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . In February 1759, Haymond enlisted in
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#1732883800133264-465: The duties of an officer of Militia during the whole of the Revolutionary War. The pay-roll of Major Haymond's Company (then Captain) of Monongahela County Militia in active service during the war of the Revolution in 1777 is as follows: Haymond was making preparations to go east of the mountains and join the regular army at the request of General Washington was when he received news of peace. Upon
286-559: The formation of Monongalia County in 1776, he served in various important positions, such as Justice of the Peace, Deputy Surveyor, Coroner, and Sheriff. After the Revolutionary War, he was one of the officials selected to administer the oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia to all male inhabitants over the age of sixteen years. This oath required them to renounce and refuse all allegiance to George III , King of Great Britain. He
308-477: The fort reconstruction on the basis of a description by Stephen Morgan, the son of an early settler. The current reconstruction is 110 feet square with two-story blockhouses at each corner, fourteen small cabins lining internal walls, and a meeting house and store house in the common area. Unfortunately, the Morgan account was an inaccurate, perhaps even fraudulent, guide. The Prickett's Fort Memorial Foundation describes
330-541: The frontiersmen believed they were in danger of Native American attack, families gathered at such a fortified area, a procedure called "forting up". In 1774, there were at least a hundred such palisades, blockhouses, and "stations" in the Monongahela Valley, many within a thirty-mile radius of Prickett's Fort. Perhaps as many as eighty families—several hundred people—gathered at Prickett's Fort during crisis periods, where they stayed for days or even weeks. Prickett's Fort
352-405: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Haymond&oldid=1093295409 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Major William Haymond William Haymond
374-842: The position. He passed a successful examination and was a duly commissioned surveyor by the Governor of Virginia. Haymond was a member of the commission to build two courthouses in Harrison County in 1787 and 1812, and as a surveyor assisted in marking out a state road from the Valley River to the Ohio, near Marietta and was always prominent in public affairs. Major Haymond held the position of principal surveyor for thirty-seven years. His wife, Cassandra, died in Harrison County on December 23, 1788. William Haymond died at his home on November 12, 1821 and
396-537: The state—includes a research library, a gift shop, and a gallery with an orientation exhibit and video. Immediately south of the fort reconstruction, the Job Prickett House, built in 1859 by a great-grandson of Jacob Prickett, displays original furnishings and tools. This typical 19th-century farmhouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Recreational facilities at Prickett's Fort include
418-810: Was born in the colony of Maryland , January 4, 1740, to John Haymond and Margaret Calder. John and Margaret were married August 22, 1723, at Queen Anne's Parish in Maryland . They had at least two other children, Calder and Nicholas. William married Cassandra Clelland on April 19, 1763. Cassandra was born in Prince George's County on October 25, 1741, to Thomas and Jane Cleland. She and William had 5 children (John, Margaret, William, Thomas, and Daniel) prior to her death. Cassandra died on December 23, 1788. The following year, William went on to marry Mary "Polly" Pettyjohn Powers on December 29, 1789. They had 3 children together: Cyrus, Ruth, and Maxa. William Haymond accompanied
440-461: Was buried in the Haymond graveyard, in sight of his former residence at Quiet Dell, WV. His second wife, Mary, died in 1830. Prickett's Fort State Park Virginia Regiment Prickett%27s Fort State Park Prickett's Fort State Park is a 188-acre (76.1 ha) West Virginia state park north of Fairmont , near the confluence of Prickett's Creek and the Monongahela River . The park features
462-624: Was never attacked, although militiamen from the confluence area were killed by Native Americans elsewhere. The last written mention of Prickett's Fort occurred in 1780. In 1916, the Sons of the American Revolution dedicated a monument in honor of settlers who built the fort. When, in 1973, the traditional site of the fort was threatened by a Department of Natural Resources parking lot, the Marion County Historical Society created
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#1732883800133484-404: Was one of the commissioners appointed for adjusting the claims to unpatented lands in the counties of Monongalia, Yohogania, and Ohio. Upon the creation of Harrison County in 1784, Major Haymond was appointed the principal surveyor of the new county. He traveled on horseback across the mountains to Williamsburg, where professors of William and Mary's college examined him as to his qualification for
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