West Virginia is located in the Appalachians and was originally part of Virginia. The capital and largest city is Charleston. It became a state during the Civil War and was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863.
William Stevens was born in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia (was Virginia) on June 27, 1754.
He married Polly Morgan in 1785 in Pennsylvania.
Nancy Stevens (1786, married David Bryan),
Rebecca Stevens (1787, died in infancy),
Elizabeth Stevens (1789, married John S. Ramsby),
John Stevens (1791),
Isaac Stevens (1793, married & divorced Polly Serls),
Ruthy Steven (1795),
Elias Robert Steven (1797, married Mitilda Brown Rose ),
Polly Mary Stevens (1799, married Wilkinson Clark),
Katy Stevens (1801 died in infancy),
William W. Stevens (1803, married Mariah Catherine Hamilton),
Eliza Stevens (1806, married Cornelius Clark, Sr.)
In 1793 the Stevens returned to Wheeling
By 1806 the family was in Amanda Township, Fairfield County, Ohio.
Fairfield County is in central Ohio. The county seat is Lancaster.
