Little Seven Mile Community

        EARLY HISTORY OF LITTLE SEVEN MILE COMMUNITY

                        Prepared by Mrs. John Kyle

The history of this community dates back to the land grant given by and 

surveyed by George Washington in 1770. Said lands being given to soldiers 

who fought in the French and Indian War, and the lands were purchased and 

acquired in various ways from their descendants by the parties mentioned 

in this history. 

Situated as we are between two of the oldest towns in West Virginia, 

Guyandotte founded in 1810, and Barboursville in 1813, our community is 

full of interesting historical incidents. I called upon one of the oldest 

surviving inhabitants who at the age of eighty-five has a remarkably clear 

memory of old settlers, beginning with himself Mr. Lewis Wintz showed me 

an old deed dated 1833 conveying to one Alexander Roberts seventy-five 

acres of land now known as the Wintz Hollow. It was conveyed to Robert by 

Lett W. Tazewell then Governor of Virginia. Mr. Wintz purchased the land 

in 1860 making him one of the oldest land owners in this community having 

been owner of the land for sixty-three years with no change of ownership. 

Probably the oldest settlers in this part of Cabell County were the Cox 

Family. William T. Cox who was born in Buckingham County, Virginia, in 

1790 moved to Mason County, West Virginia, in 1811, married Sarah White, 

and moved to the Baker Farm where he lived until 1855. He then bought the 

Cox Landing Farm from Adam Woodyard. Mr. Cox was the father of eleven sons 

and one daughter, and was evidently not a believer in race suicide. The 

present site of Cox Landing at the time of purchase was covered with very 

valuable timber which was used as fuel to make steam to run boats on the 

Ohio River. The land is still in possession of the Cox family. The 

children of John Cox, son of William T. Cox, make the fifth generation of 

Cox's to own this land. William T. Cox was one of our first citizens to 

come out for prohibition. He signed the pledge reproduced here, in 1876. 

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