In 1765, John (w. Carenhapech) of Hampshire Co to Dennis Pursley of Frederick Co, 194 A on Potomac River rec. 10/8/1765, Witnesses: John Johnson, Isaac Cox and Daniel Pursley. From ‘Early Records’, Hampshire Co VA, genealogy.com.

John Friend of Hampshire County, Virginia was granted 194 acres on the Potomack River in said county. Surveyed by Mr. Thomas Rutherford. Adjoins land of Neil (Nicholas) Friend. 2 Apr. 1763. (pg. 150). Source - Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, Vol. II, 1742-1775. Compiled by Gertrude E. Gray.

Between 1749 - 1753 John Friend worked as a chain-carrier with George Washington on his survey team.

White men first came to Garrett County in 1750, searching for a passage to the west. They built a road in 1752. They fought a war from 1753 to 1763. After the war the Indians left the mountain country forever.

In 1764, a year after peace was formally established, following Pontiac's uprising, a white man named John Friend walked up the mountains from the Potomac River on the trail of a fur trader which followed a buffalo trace. He crossed the crest of the Alleghenies, then descended to the sole Indian village of the area on the Youghiogheny. Here he bought land. He traded an iron pot for several cornfields and a few rough dwellings. Then he returned to the Potomac. A year later he came back. He settled on the land. (now Friendsville). Source - Garrett County, a History of Maryland's Tableland by Stephen Schlosnagle. (see page 3)

John Friend's tract (in 1774) was "Friend's Fortune". Source - "Indian Blood", Evelyn Guard Olsen, pg. 50.

July 15, 1776, John Friend and his neighbors enrolled in the Washington County Militia, Skipton Company, at Cumberland MD. Source - "Indian Blood", Evelyn Guard Olsen, pg. 60.

John Friend was allotted two military lots of 50 acres each as a settler. Source - "Indian Blood", Evelyn Guard Olsen, pg. 75.

Land Deed of Sale; 1793; John and wife Keronhappuch to Luke Huff, dated 09 Sept. 1793; Hampshire County, WV Deed Book 9, page 323; LDS Film 0588704; NOTE: Sale price was for forty pounds for 75 acres.

John Friend was residing with his son Gabriel in Friendsville, Maryland in 1800.

On June 1, 1808, Old John transferred the deed for "Friend's Delight" to John Friend, Jr. This was Old John's last signature of record. Source - "Indian Blood", Evelyn Guard Olsen, pg. 87.

Friend, John, Sr, 1808, Pvt Wash Co Md Mil Rev War (Gov. marker). Source - Maryland's Garrett County Graves, pg. 80. 434

i.   NICHOLAS (III)5 FRIEND, b. Abt. 1760, Virginia; d. 1776.
ii.   GABRIEL FRIEND, b. June 17, 1761, Maryland; d. January 08, 1854, Friendsville, Garrett Co., Maryland.
iii.   CHARLES FRIEND, SR., b. 1766, Hampshire Co., Virginia; d. 1828, Missouri.iv.   JOSEPH FRIEND, b. 1768, Virginia; d. Abt. 1860.
v.   JOHN LEWIS FRIEND, JR., b. 1763, Allegany County, Maryland; d. May 23, 1849, Sang Run, Garrett Co., Maryland.
vi.   AUGUSTINE FRIEND, b. Abt. 1778, Friendsville, Garrett Co., Maryland; d. Missouri.
vii.   SUSANNA FRIEND, b. Bef. 1767, Friendsville, Garrett Co., Maryland; m. ANDREW HOUSE, JR.; b. March 06, 1758; d. January 1835.
viii.   SARAH FRIEND, b. 1774, Friendsville, Garrett Co., Maryland.
ix.   REBECCA FRIEND, b. 1770, Friendsville, Garrett Co., Maryland; m. (1) JOSEPH BUTLER; b. 1772; m. (2) ANDREW HOUSE; b. Abt. 1766.434