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MORE: HOW ANNAMORIAH GOT ITS NAME |
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| By John H. Dye Although I have not traced Pocahontas Anna Mariah Dye yet, I can offer this much. About 1800, Reuben Dye a farmer from Prince William, VA decided to follow his two famous cousins west. They had received land grants in Washington & Monroe Counties(OH) for their deeds in the revolution. However, Reuben fell in love with the Little Kanawha Valley as he passed through and decided to settle there. He became one of the earliest to settle in Burning Springs. He built a "corn crack mill" as well as farmed. Reuben and his wife (Mary Jane Riggs) had many children. Most of them being boys. As the children matured they spread out to Roane, Ritchie, Calhoun and even to Wood, Washington County(OH) and Athens(OH). Two even set off for Texas. Most Dyes in western West Virginia and southeast Ohio can trace themselves back to one of the three cousins. I've found that one son "Dennis" married a woman listed as "Anna", but do not know if this is the same one referred to in your article (Hur Herald). There were other sons that did marry native American women, but have not found anything yet to suggest that Pocahontas Anna Mariah might be among them. See How Annamoriah Got Its Name
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