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From: c r honaker <>
Subject: Price surname
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 20:12:20 -0500


Hi Emma, Eliza Price married to Thomas Snodgrass is my line. Like you I
have been stumped on Benjamin born 1795 SC. However, some believe his
father to be Edmund Price married to Elizabeth Morris. There were Prices
that lived in the Len's Creek (named after Leonard Morris) area of Kanawha
County at that time. I do not have any documentation for this. I have
Thomas Snodgrass' father as Henry Snodgrass. There follows a quote from
"History of Charleston and Kanawha County- - - - - -", by Laidley,
"Leonard Morris whose settlement in the valley is elsewhere noticed in this
work, built the first cabin in the district. Other settlers, nearly all of
whom came before the beginning century, were ----- - - - - -Evan Price,
Henry Snodgrass, Benjamin Price - - - - - - - - - ". There were many
Prices living in that community (now known as Marmet). Leonard Morris was
married first to Margaret Price. I cannot locate my references or notes
now (but, there was NO firm documentation) which state that Joshua Morris
(brother to Leonard) had a daughter Elizabeth Morris who married Edmund
Price (I do have this reference from Morris genealogies). Supposedly
Benjamin was their son---? I know what the 1850 census says about SC. So,
thats a big question. I also have from the History of Greenbriar County
that the Price family from that area of WV and Virginia descended from one
Samuel Price who emmigrated from Wales about 1735 and settled in South
Carolina. Over the years I have communicated with many who are struggling
with this line. You so have a very interesting theory with the similarity
of names! Good luck! Ray Honaker, Colorado

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