Charles Forinash, Sr.

Abt 1750 - 1805  (55 years)

• Name	Charles Forinash
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	Abt 1750
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1772	Monongalia Co., VA   [1]
  	Buckhannon River
  Census	1785	Harrison Co., VA   [2]
  	Heads of Families - Virginia
  	His entry lists 5 white souls, 1 dwelling, 1 other building.
  Land	8 Jan 1801	Randolph Co., VA   [3]
  	94 acres on the west side of Buckanan River and adjoining his land on Stony Run
  Death	1805	Harrison Co., VA   [4]
  Probate	17 Jun 1805	Harrison Co., VA   [5]
  Person ID	I18662	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 1	Mary ?,   b. 1763, VA d. 15 Oct 1863, Lewis Co., WV (Age 100 years)
  Children	1. John C. Forinash,   b. 1786, Harrison Co., VA d. 27 Oct 1859, Upshur Co., VA (Age 73 years)   2. Mary Forinash,   b. 1788, Harrison Co., VA d. Abt 1818 (Age 30 years)   3. William Forinash,   b. Abt 1790, Harrison Co., VA d. 1835 (Age 45 years)   4. Margaret Forinash,   b. 1793, Harrison Co., VA d. Bef 1819 (Age 25 years)   5. Jacob Forinash,   b. 1796, Harrison Co., VA d. Apr 1837, Big Skin Creek, Lewis Co., VA (Age 41 years)   6. Sarah Forinash,   b. 1798, Harrison Co., VA d. 1828 (Age 30 years)   7. Elizabeth Forinash,   b. 1800, Harrison Co., VA d. 6 Jan 1883 (Age 83 years)   8. Anna Forinash,   b. 1803, Harrison Co., VA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Unknown   d. 1781
  Children	1. Charles Forinash, Jr.   2. Mary Jane Forinash,   b. 1775   d. 1820 (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F7967	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Notes

  History of Harrison County, West Virginia, p. 36 Charles Fornash, assignee to Alexander Heath or Sleath, 400 acres on the Buckhannon River, adjoining lands of John Jackson, to include his settlement made in 1772.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1397] Henry Haymond, History of Harrison Co., WV, (Morgantown, WV: Acme Publishing Company, 1910.), 18 Jun 2010, 36. (Reliability: 3). [S1398] Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census, (S. N. D. North, Director), Heads of Families 1790, (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1908.), 18 Jun 2010, 91. (Reliability: 3). [S1399] Virginia. State Land Office., Virginia State Land Office Grants, (Library of Virginia. Library of Virginia. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : 2010), 18 Jun 2010, Charles Forinash, "Land Office Grants No. 47, 1800-1801, p. 307 (Reel 113)," Library of Virginia (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 18 Jun 2010) (Reliability: 3). [S2453] West Virginia. Harrison County., Harrison Co., WV Order Book, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/), 1805-1810: 212, order for an inventory of the Estate of Charles Forinash, decd., 16 Jun 1805; accessed 26 Sep 2025 (Reliability: 3). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVB-L99R-1. [S2453] West Virginia. Harrison County., Harrison Co., WV Order Book, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/), 1797-1805: 304, administration of the Estate of Charles Forenash, 17 Jun 1805; accessed 26 Sep 2025 (Reliability: 3). On motion of Mary Forenash widow & relict of Charles Forenash Deceased and Philip Reager they are permitted to administer on the estate of said Charles Forenash decd who gave a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars with William Fuller & John Cutright Securities & took the oath of administration accordingly ordered that Joseph Hall, Joseph Davis, David Hall and Samuel Jackson or any three of them being sworn do apprais the personal Estate of Charles Forrenash Decd. & return an Inventory thereof to Court.