Maternal Line of Robin Pyatt Bellamy
William Henry Haynes was born on 21 Apr 1911. He died on 1 Sep 1982. He was buried in Sevier County,Tn - Cemeteries - Underwood Cemetery. He married Alberta.
John Skidmore.John married Juda Pitman.
Juda Pitman was born in 1816 in Virginia. She died after 1880 in West Virginia. She married John Skidmore.
They had the following children:
F i Rachel Skidmore
John Champ [Parents] was born in 1792 in Virginia. He died after 1860 in West Virginia. He was buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery,Franklin Co.,Hamilton Twp.,Oh. He married Mary Brentlinger.
Other marriages:Borror, Sarah Elizabeth
John and Christin a are believedto be his parents but this has not beenproven. TITL Champ Family
Mary Brentlinger.Mary married John Champ.
Other marriages:Champ, John
John Champe [Parents] was born about 1752 in Loudoun Co.,Wv. He died in 1798 in Morgantown,Wv.. He was buried in Unknown in Prickett Fort Cemetery,Wv.. He married Phoebe Barnard.
Other marriages:Barnard, Phebe
Military: The Pioneer Champe is stated to be identical with the SergeantJohn
Champe, the American sold ier who came very near kidnappingBenedictArnold and returning him to the American lines . Washingtonwasvery disirous of capturing the traitor and to this end Champe volunteeredA Loudoun County Patriot
John Champe, a resident of Loudoun County and a notable sergeant-majorofLee's celebrated pa rtisan legion, earned honorable fame as aresult ofLee's "Memoirs of the War", which told o f Champe's
patriotic and heroic adventure as a pretend "deserter" to the British
ranks in ord er to capture the notorious traitor Benedict Arnold.
In September 1780, just before the onset of winter, Major Henry Lee
(better known as "Light H orse Harry" Lee) came to General Washingtonwitha plan for infiltrating Arnold's circle usin g Lee's
Sergeant-Major, John Champe, in the guise of a "deserter", with the
express purpose o f kidnapping Arnold and return him to Washington,whosedesire was to use Arnold as an exampl e in a display of public punishmentfor the death of Andre.
Washington approved the plan, but only under the conditions that
Arnold not be killed or inju red in carrying it out. Washington
suspected a conspiracy involving other Continental officer s who mightbecollaborating with the enemy, and Champe was the task offinding out whether this was true or not. His success was hoped to
establish the innocence of General Gates , who had been chargedwithcomplicity in Arnold's nefarious intrigue.
Such a bold plan was not without it's risks. No one outside Washington,Lee or Champe could k now of the scheme, or the whole planwould bejeopardized, and Champe's life put in extreme danger.About 11 o'clock onthe night of October 20th, 1780, Champe, who Lee described to Washingto nas ..rather above the common size, full of bone and muscle, withsaturnine countenance, grave, thoughtful and taciturn-of tried courageand inflexible perseverance... "deserted"and started on horseback uponhis perilous adventure carryingdocuments from General Washington and afew guineas. Half an hour later his absence was discovered and reportedto Major Lee whodelayed the pursuit as long as he possibly could, but alittle after twelve, troops starte d after the supposed deserter. AtUnion HillChampe was only a short half mile ahead. Knowing that hisflight to Paulus Hook would be intercepted, he started for the Britishpatrol
boat s lying in Newark Bay near Brown's Ferry (near the Newark plankroad). His pursuers were with in two or three hundred yards of him,whenhe dismounted and running across the meadows plung ed into theBay andswam for the boats, calling for help. The British sent a boatfor him andfired upon his pursuers. Champe was rescued by British gunboats, andinterrogated extensive ly. It was touch and go until,with the help of thedocuments Washington had to Champe , theBritish determined that Champewas indeed sincere in his efforts todesert, and was the refore appointedSergeant-Major in Arnold's"American Legion" which was made up of deserters and Tories. Champenow had a British uniform and freedom of movement inBritish occupied New York.With the company of two patriot assistances whowere also in on thescheme, the three laid th eir plans to abduct Arnoldfrom the city andconvey him to the American camp. The execution w asalmost successful; however, on the night that the operation was to takeplace, Arnold's legions departed for Virginia to meet Cornwallis,aborting the plan. Arnold moved his quarter s to another part of thecity, and on the16th of December, left new York to descend upon thecoasts ofVirginia. While their prize slipped away to do great damage tothe Americans in the South, Champe's con tinued investigations determinedthat there was no evidence that other American officers werecollaborating with the British, thus securing the complete vindication ofGates.Unable to get Arnold once more in a position where he could beabducted and sent to the Conti nental forces, Champe continued hisclandestine investigations, drifting with the Red Coats to NorthCarolina, where the junction of Lord Cornwallis at Petersburg allowed himto desert t he British ranks and rejoined the American forces underGeneral Greene, who immediately provi ded Champe with a good horse andmoney, and sent him to General Washington. The commander-in-chief (inLee's own words) "...munificently anticipated every desire of th esergeant, and presented him with a discharge from further service, lesthe might, in the vicissitudes of war, fall into the enemy's hands; when,if recognized, he was sure to die on a gibbet."
Champe's connection with the army, thus abruptly severed - honorably andwith no little regre t we are to suppose, left him free to return to hishome in Aldie in southwestern Loudoun County. Today that site is markedby a Virginia State historical marker and also a stone monument next to astream running alongside a gravel road called Champe Ford R oad. Yearslater some interesting anecdotes concerning Champe are related in aportion of Captai n Cameron's private journal, published in the BritishUnited Service Journal. Champe was assi gned to Cameron's company, a partof Arnold's British legion, upon his arrival in New York. A s the storygoes, the British officer was traveling through Virginia after the war,and as h e came through Loudoun County his party was forced to takeshelter due to a fierce storm. A s fate would have it, the travelers werenear Champe's house where they stopped and were the y were graciouslyreceived. Cameron was impressed by the generosity and friendship extendedby this American to the unfortunate party, and while at first the two mendidn't recognize one another, both knew they had seen the other's facesomewhere. Upon discussing this coincident they discovered, to theirgreat surprise, their respective histories.
Unfortunately, the secrecy surrounding the daring venture, andthecontinued silence needed t o protect Champe from retaliation byBritishforces, prevented this brave patriot from an honestvindication. Harrassedand hounded by his own countrymen whoconsidered him a traitor, Ch ampeeventually left Loudoun County, moving further and further west until heeventually sett led in Kentucky. In after years, when General Washingtonwas called by President Adams to the command of the a rmy organized todefend the country from French hostility, he inquired for Champe, withthe a vowed purpose of placing him at the head of a company of infantry.Lieutenant-Colonel Lee, through whom the inquiry had been made,dispatched a courier to Loudoun County in search of Champe. There helearned that the intrepid soldier and daring adventurer had removed toKentucky , where he soon afterward died.*
Although the publications from which this story was takenmakes it appearthat John C hampe died in Kentucky, Sgt-Major JohnChampe's wife Pheobeand son's hand written application for Champe's pension state he diednear Morgantown along the Monongahela River in present day West Virginiain 1798 while speculating for land. He was buried in the Prickett FortCemetery. A Revolutionary marker in his honor was dedicated at thecemetery on Sunday April 22nd , 2001.
Special thanks to David Cain from the Merion County Historical Societyfor providing this inf ormation, and notification of the news article onthe dedication of the monument.
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Phoebe Barnard.Phoebe married John Champe.
They had the following children:
M i John Champ F ii Margaret E. Champe F iii Amelia Champe was born about 1783. M iv Thomas Champe
Charles Borror.Charles married Wees.
Other marriages:, Wees
Wees was born in 1783 in Pendleton Co.,Va. She married Charles Borror.
They had the following children:
F i Sarah Elizabeth Borror
Paul Alfred Erwin [Parents] was born in Feb 1898. He died in Nov 1930. He married Mytra Erwin.
The Millfield Coal Mine Disaster
in Athens County
The following are the miners who were killed in theSunday Creek Coal Company Mine #6 Explosion,
5 November 1930, in Millfield, Athens county, Ohio
at 12:30 p.m. in one of the worst coal mine disasters in
Athens County, Ohio:
"Eighty-two men lost their lives in the explosion of methane gas whichhad accumulated and the disaster was caused by a short circuit betweenthe trolley wire and rail, according to a finding by the Athens Countycoroner, L. F. Jones." (Harris History)
"Maximum death awards from Ohio's workman's compensation was $6,500 whichwas also given to injured survivors. The state of Ohio fund also paid forthe funeral costs and burials of the men." ( Athens Messenger)
Death's grim toll in the Sunday Creek Coal Company's No. 6 Mine explosionat Millfield Wednesday noon reached 79 this morning as rescue workers,after toiling incessantly 21 hours in gas filled tunnels, removed thelast body from the scene of Athens County's worse mine catastrophe.(Athens Messenger)
Paul Erwin age 32 born in Ohio
Mytra Erwin [Parents] was born about 1904. She died on 24 Apr 1949. She married Paul Alfred Erwin.
MARRIED: MYTRA WAS MARRIED TO PAUL ALFRED ERWIN ,HE WAS KILLED IN MILFORDCOAL MINING ACCIDENT IN 1930. SHE THEN MARRIED Alonzo Robinson.
MYTRA AND FANCHION WERE SISTERS.DEATH: Mytra was living with Helen's sister Mary Miller at the the time
of her death.
They had the following children:
F i Helen Louisa Nataly M ii Paul Erwin Jr. was born on 13 Jul 1912. He died in Nov 1982.
Social Security Number: 294-05-7820
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 43021
Localities: Galena, Delaware, Ohio
maybe one of theses:
PAUL ERWIN 08 Feb 1923 Aug 1987 45662 (Portsmouth, Scioto, OH)
(none specified) 289-18-2747 Ohio
PAUL ERWIN 10 Jan 1924 Jul 1980 43213 (Columbus, Franklin, OH) 43213(Columbus, Franklin, OH) 292-16-7260 OhioM iii Harry Erwin "Cotton" was born on 28 Aug 1926. He died in May 1983.
Athens, Athens, OHM iv Don Erwin was born on 19 Jun 1922. He died in Sep 1973.
The Plains, Athens, OHM v Carl Erwin was born on 18 Jul 1920. He died on 18 Jan 1998.
Social Security Number: 282-18-5813
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 44708
Localities: Canton, Stark, Ohio
County Fair, Stark, Ohio
Hills And Dales, Stark, OhioF vi Mary Erwin F vii Dorothy Erwin
Alkanah Wolf [Parents] was born in 1824 in OH. He married Anne about 1860.
Other marriages:Unknown
Anne was born in 1834 in OH. She married Alkanah Wolf about 1860.
They had the following children:
F i Elizabeth Wolf was born in 1861 in OH. F ii Angeline Wolf was born in 1863 in OH. F iii Eliza M Wolf was born in 1866.
Elisha Champ [Parents] was born in 1826 in West Virginia. He died in 1902. He married Susan Elizabeth Carrier on 3 Jan 1847 in Pendleton Co.,Va.
DEATH: Son Of John And Spouse
Susan Elizabeth Carrier was born in 1827. She died in 1907. She married Elisha Champ on 3 Jan 1847 in Pendleton Co.,Va.
Other marriages:Champ, Elijah
1850 Randolph Co VA Census shows:
Elijah Champ b 1795 VA
Elizabeth b 1783 VA (By 1860 she was living with Martin and Emerilla Boorer)
Margaret age 22 VA
Elizabeth Boorer 3 Va
Jacob Riggleman was born in 1818 in Va,,. He died in 1878 in Virginia. He married Margaret Champ.
Other marriages:Champ, Margaret
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Margaret Champ [Parents] was born in 1828 in West Virginia. She died in 1899 in Virginia. She married Jacob Riggleman.
BIRTH: Another siurce says: 25 MAY 1850 Barbour Co Wva
DEATH: PLAC Daughter Of John, Spouse And Birth Year.
Eston Cyrus Champ [Parents] was born on 17 Jul 1839 in West Virginia. He married Rachel C Rohrbough on 16 Nov 1871 in Grant Co Wv. He had other parents.
Other marriages:Rohrbaugh, Rachel C
Reared byJohn Champ(?). A History of Pendelton Co., WV by Morton.
In the 1910 Pendleton Co., WV Federal Census, Union District, Grover CHAMP, G-son age 17, single was in the household of Cyrus.
In the 1900 Pendleton Co., Census Cyrus's dob is Aug 1849.
Served in the Confederate Army Co K 25th Regiment.
Rachel C Rohrbough was born in Mar 1851 in West Virginia. She married Eston Cyrus Champ on 16 Nov 1871 in Grant Co Wv.
