JOHN PERMAR MOVEMENTS

JOHN MOVED FROM MARYLAND TO WASHIGTON CO, PA, TO JEFFERSON CO, OHIO IN 1806 OR MARCH , 1805. HE PURCHASED LAND IN SCTION 5 OF CROSS CREEK TWP FROM A MAN NAMED KING, WHO HAD A SMALL CLEARING AND A CABIN BUILT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO KEEP UP THE PAYMENTS

MOST OF THE EARLY CROSS CREEK PIONEERS WERE IRISH PROTESTANTS-METHODISTS, SECEDERS, EPISCOPALIAN.

JOHN WAS A CARPETER BY TRADE, WAS A FARMER FOR A MAJOR PARTOF HIS LIFE, AND OPENED THE FIRST COAL BANK IN THE COUNTY