Harbert Family Home Page

Welcome. This home page is to provide information on the Harbert family genealogy and to promote an exchange of information to expand the known descendants of Thomas Harbert (born 1734).

Thomas Harbert was born on July 4, 1734 in Monmouth, New Jersey. Isabelle Wright was born in 1738 in Burlington, New Jersey. Isabelle and Thomas were married on August 6, 1758 in Shrewbury, New Jersey. About 1765, Thomas Harbert and his wife, Isabelle, and two sons, Samuel and Edward, left New Jersey and moved to Winchester, Virginia. In 1771, the Harberts moved across the Alleghenies and into Monongalia County. They lived on Deckers Creek. In 1775, the Harberts left Deckers Creek and moved up the West Fork of the Monongahela to a place called Jones Run. Isabelle gave birth to three more Harbert children in western Virginia. The third son was named after his father, Thomas Jr.. William, John, and Celia made a family of six. Father Thomas served as a captain in the militia and

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served under Major Benjamin Robinson. In the winter of 1778, several families took refuge in Fort Harbert on Jones Run Creek in [West] Virginia. They were concerned about hostile Indians seeking revenge for the death of their mighty Shawnee chieftain Keigh-tugh-qua, or the Cornstalk. On March 3rd, Indians attacked the barn-like structure of Fort Harbert. Thomas was killed while grappling with an Indian warrior who had forced himself into the Fort. In addition to Thomas being killed during the attack, four other adults were wounded; and seven or eight children in the yard were killed or taken prisoners. One Indian was killed, and two badly wounded. Survivors included Samuel Harbert at about 18 years old, Edward was sixteen, Thomas Jr. was ten, John was nine, and William was about six.

Historic Marker on road near Lumberport, West Virginia

The following surnames are among Thomas and Isabelle Harbert's descendants and their spouses.

Albright, Alkire, Allen, Almond, Amos, Amsberry, Arbrogast, Armistead, Arnold, Ash, Ashbury, Atkins, Auglin, Averett, Backus, Bailey, Baker, Ballard, Barger, Barker, Barnes, Barrickman, Bates, Beaman, Beckett, Belcasto, Benson, Berkley, Bevard, Bice, Biehl, Boggess, Bolivar, Bond, Bonebright, Bonney, Bookman, Booth, Bovura, Bowers, Boyd, Bradbury, Braman, Brand, Brashears, Breedlove, Brooks, Brown, Browne, Brunton, Bunce, Burley, Burton, Butcher, Butler, Byard, Calfee, Cameron, Campbell, Carlile, Carlisle, Carlson, Carruthers, Carter, Cary, Casto, Caul, Cavalier, Christensen, Church, Clark, Cline, Coburn, Cochran, Coffey, Coffman, Cokely, Collins, Collmar, Conn, Conte, Coriell, Cornell, Coshal, Cotrill, Cox, Crel, Crim, Crofton, Croman, Crosby, Crothers, Cunningham, Custer, Dalri, Davis, Davisson, Day, Dew, Dickason, Dillon, Donnell, Downing, Dresher, Driggs, Dye, Dzulski, Echard, Edwards, Elliott, Ellison, Falconer, Fisher, Fletcher, Flogercy, Fortney, Frank, Freeman, Freezel, Frum, Gabert, Gallagher, Gallion, Gambol, Garby, Garcia, Gaston, Geigel, Gerrard, Gifford, Gilbert, Gilmore, Godfrey, Good, Goodgian, Goodnigh, Gordilla, Gossler, Goul, Graham, Green, Griffin, Grifford, Gross, Gutridge, Hackett, Hadlock, Hagen, Haggerty, Hale, Hall, Haney, Hanna, Hannah, Hanson, Harbert, Harper, Harris, Harrison, Harvey, Hawkins, Hayden, Haynes, Hays, Heater, Heaton, Hedges, Heldreth, Henry, Hill, Hinton, Hipskind, Hobbs, Hodges, Hoffman, Holden, Hoops, Horn, Hornor, Houillet, Howell, Hoyey, Hudkins, Huff, Hull, Humphrey, Hunter, Hurst, Hurtado, Hustead, Huston, Hymes, Jackson, Jacobs, Jacon, Jannsen, Jenkins, Johns, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Jordan, Kaman, Kaufman, Kearns, Keith, Kelley, Kellison, Kemp, Kiburger, Kinkle, Kishbaugh, Kjelland, Kloepfer, Knift, Knight, Koegle, Krick, Kyle, Lamar, Lambert, Lamerout, Lanham, Law, Lazar, Leroy, Lidster, Linsey, Lockhart, Lodge, Logan, Loofburrow, Louden, Lowry, Lowther, Loy, Lubee, Lucas, Lundbom, Lynch, Lyon, Mackey, Madden, Mahoney, Malone, Malovac, Mandich, Marsh, Martin, Masser, Mathlage, Maxwell, Mayfield, McCarley, McCarron, McCarty, McCaslin, McClain, McClaine, McCormick, McCoy, McHenry, McKenna, McKeown, McKinney, McMurty, Mee, Mekis, Miller, Milner, Misko, Moffett, Molyneaux, Monroe, Montague, Montevido, Montoun, Moore, Moorman, Morey, Morrison, Mother, Moulin, Munn, Murray, Musgrave, Myers, Narrvine, Naylor, Neal, Nelson, Nevin, Newell, Newton, Nicewarner, Norton, Nothsker, O'Neill, Owens, Palaniuk, Park, Parrish, Patterson, Pedersen, Peppard, Petersen, Pigott, Pless, Porter, Powell, Price, Priester, Puckett, Purtlebaugh, Pyles, Queen, Rabourn, Rambo, Randal, Randall, Rasor, Read, Reager, Reed, Reger, Reinke, Reynolds, Rhea, Ridgeway, Riffle, Riley, Rittenhouse, Ritter, Roach, Roberts, Robey, Robinson, Roby, Rogers, Root, Ross, Rossi, Rude, Saba, Sandy, Saunders, Schartiger, Schmalz, Schmidt, Schneider, Schoolcraft, Scott, Sessions, Settle, Shaffer, Shannon, Shaw, Shepherd, Shields, Shinn, Shome, Short, Shosted, Shreve, Shultz, Simmons, Sims, Singleton, Sink, Skinner, Smiley, Smith, Snowbarger, Snyder, Southern, Sprout, Stansberry, Stark, Starks, Starkweather, Staunton, Stephens, Stewart, Stockman, Stockwell, Stonestreet, Stout, Strachan, Stroud, Stuart, Suggs, Swagert, Swanson, Swiger, Talkington, Taylor, Temple, Teter, Thomas, Thompson, Thorn, Tidwell, Titchenal, Todd, Tolland, Tomlinson, Toothman, Trader, Treadwell, Tueller, Turner, Valentine, Valetski, Van Tilborg, Vaugh, Vermelle, Vernon, Vincent, Wagoner, Wallace, Ward, Warren, Watkins, Webb, Webster, Wedell, Westfall, Wettstein, White, Williams, Wilson, Windon, Wintermeir, Wolf, Woodruff, Woodyard, Wright, Wyer, Yates, Yost, Zapor, Zinn

Records of early Harberts and related families
in Harrison County, West Virginia

The purpose of this home page is to share information on the greater Harbert family that is connected to Thomas and Isabelle Harbert. You are visitor number

since August 22, 1997. If you can add to or correct the information presented here, please contact me, Dick Harbert, DHarbert@Prodigy.net

	Births (1853-1933)
	Marriages (1884-1912)
	Deaths (1853-1933)
	Cemeteries
	U.S. Census (1770-1850)

	John Harbert was an Indian fighter.
	The Harbert fort or blockhouse was the site where Thomas Harbert was killed in 1778
	Thomas Harbert Jr. was a prosperous farmer and a surveyor who met with a mysterious death.
	Thomas Harbert III moved to Missouri with his grown families after living in Ohio for forty years.
	Josiah Harbert, a gold digger, farmer, and speculator, was a prominent founder of Phoenix, Arizona.
	John Thomas Harbert married in Los Angeles in 1884 and then followed his parents to the Arizona Territory and finally settled with his ten children in Oregon.
	Richard (Dick) Ray Harbert born in California, raised in Arizona Territory, and lived in Oregon.
	William J. Harbert moved to Delaware County and became a renowned dealer in thoroughbred horses.

	Added recently born twins Zeke and Zack Petersen to the descendants of Thomas Harbert Sr. and Thomas Jr. contribution from Matt and Juliane Petersen	27 Mar 1998
	Updated cemetery records contribution from Mariana Zuelsdorf of California	27 Mar 1998
	Added Query section for Harbert and related families	27 Mar 1998
	Story about the Harbert Fort in [West] Virginia with photos	13 Mar 1998
	65 new descendants of Rosetta J. Griffin (1866- ), great granddaughter of John Harbert contribution from Mariana Zuelsdorf of California	7 Mar 1998
	Early birth, marriage, death, and cemetery records contribution from Mariana Zuelsdorf of California	5 Mar 1998
	Photographs added to stories of selected Harberts	22 Feb 1998
	134 new descendants of Issachar Harbert (1838-1900), great grandson of Thomas Harbert Jr. contribution from Wayne Harbert of New York	21 Feb 1998




Created by Dick Harbert: DHarbert@Prodigy.net				updated 19 April 1998