Info from Amazon.com--sent by Cindy Rinehart:
"Our ancestor Abraham Rinehart (1796-1881), and his wife Margaret (1799-1877) and their four children, Stephen C. Rinehart, Margaret Johnson Hanks (1823-1884), Elijah (1830-1900) and Enoch (1838-1888) lived in Hampshire county until 1854, when Abraham and his wife moved to Knox County, Missouri. Enoch remained in Hampshire county until he graduated from Romney Classical Institute, afterwhich he joined his parents in Missouri. Stephen and his family also moved to Misouri in 1868, when Abraham Rinehart and his wife deeded to Stephen several hundred acres in Knox County. Elijah Rinehart and his wife had a son John and John Rinehart and his wife had a daughter, Mary who married John D. Blue one of the most famous frontier families of Western Virginia.
Abraham Rinehart preceded his family to Missouri, where in 1854 he purchased from John J. Tayler and wife the future family home for five thousand dollars cash, a small fortune at the time. When he had a home ready, a three story red brick house with connecting slave quarters and a large barn, he returned to Virginia for his wife Continuously since 1854 to the present time, the Abraham Rinehart family and its direct descendents have occupied this house. On January 12,1869 Abraham and his wife , Margaret conveyed the home site to thier son, Stephen C., who left it to his son Frank Rinehart, who inturn left it to his daughter, Ellis Rinehart Aucutt. The latter's son Billy Aucutt and his family now occupuy the place. The same pine tree that Margaret brought with her from Virginia still guards the front of the house. A fire destroyed the upper half of the third story and the connection to the slave quarters, so te house is now two and a half stories high. Each of the rooms in the house originally had a fireplace. Abraham and his wife in the 1870's also deeded several tracts of land to each of his other three children, Margaret, Elijah and Enoch. Enoch later became an elected official of Knox County, and also had a place in the county seat. Abraham. Stephen, Enoch, Frank and many of their wives and family members are buried in the family cemetery behind the family church, The Eucebia Cumberland Presbrytarian, now used as a non-sectarian place of worship. The family sldo provides at the church site the facilities for and has a boys and girls camp annually. The site of the church was deeded in 1875 by Stephen and his wife to the church, and the area between the church and the road to the east was many years later deeded to the church by Frank Rinehart and his wife. The church is said to have been copied from the Presbrytarian church the family belonged to on Pattersoncreek Virginia which was active in 1768."
Abraham relocated from Romney, Hamshire County, Virginia in 1854 to Knox County, Missouri and purchased 920 acres of land. Abraham Rinehart donated the land for Eucebia Church and Cemetery. He wanted the church named after Eusebia Church in Virginia, which he attended and loved.
"Our ancestor Abraham Rinehart (1796-1881), and his wife Margaret (1799-1877) and their four children, Stephen C. Rinehart, Margaret Johnson Hanks (1823-1884), Elijah (1830-1900) and Enoch (1838-1888) lived in Hampshire county until 1854, when Abraham and his wife moved to Knox County, Missouri. Enoch remained in Hampshire county until he graduated from Romney Classical Institute, afterwhich he joined his parents in Missouri. Stephen and his family also moved to Misouri in 1868, when Abraham Rinehart and his wife deeded to Stephen several hundred acres in Knox County. Elijah Rinehart and his wife had a son John and John Rinehart and his wife had a daughter, Mary who married John D. Blue one of the most famous frontier families of Western Virginia.
Abraham Rinehart preceded his family to Missouri, where in 1854 he purchased from John J. Tayler and wife the future family home for five thousand dollars cash, a small fortune at the time. When he had a home ready, a three story red brick house with connecting slave quarters and a large barn, he returned to Virginia for his wife Continuously since 1854 to the present time, the Abraham Rinehart family and its direct descendents have occupied this house. On January 12,1869 Abraham and his wife , Margaret conveyed the home site to thier son, Stephen C., who left it to his son Frank Rinehart, who inturn left it to his daughter, Ellis Rinehart Aucutt. The latter's son Billy Aucutt and his family now occupuy the place. The same pine tree that Margaret brought with her from Virginia still guards the front of the house. A fire destroyed the upper half of the third story and the connection to the slave quarters, so te house is now two and a half stories high. Each of the rooms in the house originally had a fireplace. Abraham and his wife in the 1870's also deeded several tracts of land to each of his other three children, Margaret, Elijah and Enoch. Enoch later became an elected official of Knox County, and also had a place in the county seat. Abraham. Stephen, Enoch, Frank and many of their wives and family members are buried in the family cemetery behind the family church, The Eucebia Cumberland Presbrytarian, now used as a non-sectarian place of worship. The family sldo provides at the church site the facilities for and has a boys and girls camp annually. The site of the church was deeded in 1875 by Stephen and his wife to the church, and the area between the church and the road to the east was many years later deeded to the church by Frank Rinehart and his wife. The church is said to have been copied from the Presbrytarian church the family belonged to on Pattersoncreek Virginia which was active in 1768."
Abraham relocated from Romney, Hamshire County, Virginia in 1854 to Knox County, Missouri and purchased 920 acres of land. Abraham Rinehart donated the land for Eucebia Church and Cemetery. He wanted the church named after Eusebia Church in Virginia, which he attended and loved.
Info from Amazon.com--sent by Cindy Rinehart:
"Our ancestor Abraham Rinehart (1796-1881), and his wife Margaret (1799-1877) and their four children, Stephen C. Rinehart, Margaret Johnson Hanks (1823-1884), Elijah (1830-1900) and Enoch (1838-1888) lived in Hampshire county until 1854, when Abraham and his wife moved to Knox County, Missouri. Enoch remained in Hampshire county until he graduated from Romney Classical Institute, afterwhich he joined his parents in Missouri. Stephen and his family also moved to Misouri in 1868, when Abraham Rinehart and his wife deeded to Stephen several hundred acres in Knox County. Elijah Rinehart and his wife had a son John and John Rinehart and his wife had a daughter, Mary who married John D. Blue one of the most famous frontier families of Western Virginia.
Abraham Rinehart preceded his family to Missouri, where in 1854 he purchased from John J. Tayler and wife the future family home for five thousand dollars cash, a small fortune at the time. When he had a home ready, a three story red brick house with connecting slave quarters and a large barn, he returned to Virginia for his wife Continuously since 1854 to the present time, the Abraham Rinehart family and its direct descendents have occupied this house. On January 12,1869 Abraham and his wife , Margaret conveyed the home site to thier son, Stephen C., who left it to his son Frank Rinehart, who inturn left it to his daughter, Ellis Rinehart Aucutt. The latter's son Billy Aucutt and his family now occupuy the place. The same pine tree that Margaret brought with her from Virginia still guards the front of the house. A fire destroyed the upper half of the third story and the connection to the slave quarters, so te house is now two and a half stories high. Each of the rooms in the house originally had a fireplace. Abraham and his wife in the 1870's also deeded several tracts of land to each of his other three children, Margaret, Elijah and Enoch. Enoch later became an elected official of Knox County, and also had a place in the county seat. Abraham. Stephen, Enoch, Frank and many of their wives and family members are buried in the family cemetery behind the family church, The Eucebia Cumberland Presbrytarian, now used as a non-sectarian place of worship. The family sldo provides at the church site the facilities for and has a boys and girls camp annually. The site of the church was deeded in 1875 by Stephen and his wife to the church, and the area between the church and the road to the east was many years later deeded to the church by Frank Rinehart and his wife. The church is said to have been copied from the Presbrytarian church the family belonged to on Pattersoncreek Virginia which was active in 1768."
Abraham relocated from Romney, Hamshire County, Virginia in 1854 to Knox County, Missouri and purchased 920 acres of land. Abraham Rinehart donated the land for Eucebia Church and Cemetery. He wanted the church named after Eusebia Church in Virginia, which he attended and loved.
"Our ancestor Abraham Rinehart (1796-1881), and his wife Margaret (1799-1877) and their four children, Stephen C. Rinehart, Margaret Johnson Hanks (1823-1884), Elijah (1830-1900) and Enoch (1838-1888) lived in Hampshire county until 1854, when Abraham and his wife moved to Knox County, Missouri. Enoch remained in Hampshire county until he graduated from Romney Classical Institute, afterwhich he joined his parents in Missouri. Stephen and his family also moved to Misouri in 1868, when Abraham Rinehart and his wife deeded to Stephen several hundred acres in Knox County. Elijah Rinehart and his wife had a son John and John Rinehart and his wife had a daughter, Mary who married John D. Blue one of the most famous frontier families of Western Virginia.
Abraham Rinehart preceded his family to Missouri, where in 1854 he purchased from John J. Tayler and wife the future family home for five thousand dollars cash, a small fortune at the time. When he had a home ready, a three story red brick house with connecting slave quarters and a large barn, he returned to Virginia for his wife Continuously since 1854 to the present time, the Abraham Rinehart family and its direct descendents have occupied this house. On January 12,1869 Abraham and his wife , Margaret conveyed the home site to thier son, Stephen C., who left it to his son Frank Rinehart, who inturn left it to his daughter, Ellis Rinehart Aucutt. The latter's son Billy Aucutt and his family now occupuy the place. The same pine tree that Margaret brought with her from Virginia still guards the front of the house. A fire destroyed the upper half of the third story and the connection to the slave quarters, so te house is now two and a half stories high. Each of the rooms in the house originally had a fireplace. Abraham and his wife in the 1870's also deeded several tracts of land to each of his other three children, Margaret, Elijah and Enoch. Enoch later became an elected official of Knox County, and also had a place in the county seat. Abraham. Stephen, Enoch, Frank and many of their wives and family members are buried in the family cemetery behind the family church, The Eucebia Cumberland Presbrytarian, now used as a non-sectarian place of worship. The family sldo provides at the church site the facilities for and has a boys and girls camp annually. The site of the church was deeded in 1875 by Stephen and his wife to the church, and the area between the church and the road to the east was many years later deeded to the church by Frank Rinehart and his wife. The church is said to have been copied from the Presbrytarian church the family belonged to on Pattersoncreek Virginia which was active in 1768."
Abraham relocated from Romney, Hamshire County, Virginia in 1854 to Knox County, Missouri and purchased 920 acres of land. Abraham Rinehart donated the land for Eucebia Church and Cemetery. He wanted the church named after Eusebia Church in Virginia, which he attended and loved.
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