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     She married George W. Foltz. Flora died. Flora was born.

     John died. John was born. He married Leona Rudolphi.

     She married John Frohning. Leona died. Leona was born.

     Robert died. Robert was born. He married Opal Hasler.

     She married Robert Rusk. Opal died. Opal was born.

     Lloyd died. Lloyd was born. He married Vivinan Kittle.

     She married Lloyd McQueen. Vivinan died. Vivinan was born.

     William died. William was born. He married Grace Clark.

     She married William Jester. Grace died. Grace was born.

     Henry died. Henry was born. He married Judith Hughes.

     Ruth died. Ruth was born on 20 March 1772.

     Naomi died. Naomi was born on 29 January 1775.¹ She married Samuel Roberts , Jr. on 26 August 1796.¹

     Joseph was born at Berkeley County, Virginia, on 5 December 1778. Joseph died in January 1822 at age 43.

     Josiah was born on 21 August 1781. Josiah died on 6 April 1872 at age 90.

     Abraham was born in 1783.¹ Abraham died in 1867.¹

     Ashahel was born on 26 November 1785. Ashahel died in 1870.¹

     Isaac died. Isaac was born in 1771.¹

     Elizabeth was born on 25 December 1795. Elizabeth died on 28 July 1820 at age 24.

     Samuel died. Samuel was born. He married Naomi VanMetre on 26 August 1796.¹

     John died. John was born.

     Josiah died. Josiah was born.

     Samuel was born. Samuel died in 1799.¹

     Elizabeth died. Elizabeth was born.

     Joseph died. Joseph was born.

     Eliza died. Eliza was born. She married Samuel Vancleve.

     He married Eliza Roberts. Samuel died. Samuel was born.

     Abraham Van Metre, like all of the Van Metres who were famous grazers and cattle traders, had extensive business relations with the frontier posts that were established along the borders during the advance of the settlers towards the Ohio Valley. With the pioneers who pressed farther into the wilderness and effected settlements in the most desirable localities, Abraham and his brothers were among them. Many emigrants from Virginia began to settle within the borders of southwestern Pennsylvania after the Indians had been dispersed and peace seemed to have restored confidence among the inhabitants.

Abraham acquired settlement rights to lands in Ohio County, Virginia; these were located on the waters of Short Creek, but some of it was not surveyed until 1786, long after he was deceased, but it became them the property of his heirs. A portion of this land, called Black's Cabin, and located on Short Creek, was the scene of the organization of Ohio County which was created out of the District of West Augusta, on Jan 6, 1777, and afterwards established at West Liberty.

A stockade was afterward erected on the Short Creek land a few miles above its juncture with the Ohio River, which became known as Van Metre's Fort. From 1777 to 1782 Major Samuel McCullough commanded at Fort Van Metre, styles the Court House Fort, from the circumstances of the first court of Ohio County in northwestern Virginia being held in it immediately after the organization of Ohio County from West Augusta. The Fort was one of the first erected in this part of Virginia and it stood on the north side of Short Creek, about five miles above its confluence with the Ohio. The well-known Van Metre Fort was located in Richland Township (now) Brooke County, West Virginia.

Source: A Genealogy of the Duke-Shepherd-Van Metre Family, page 101, Compiled and Edited by Samuel Gordon Smythe, 1909. He married Mrs. Martha Wheeler. Abraham was born at Somerset County, New Jersey, circa 1721. He married Ruth Hedges circa 1742. Abraham died circa 1783 at Berkeley County, Virginia.

     Ruth died. Ruth was born. She married Abraham VanMetre circa 1742.

     Joseph's occupation: Physician.. Joseph died. Joseph was born. He married Henrietta Short Tabb at Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 8 November 1947.¹

     Isaac died. Isaac was born.