Henry Gore was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, a hunter, and an Indian fighter. This story has its origin on page 11 of Looking Backward by Mrs. Katie Goar Maze, 1943, which says:

My great-trandfather, Henry Gore, was a soldier of the Revolution, a hunter, and an Indian fighter. Many were his hairbreadth escapes from the tom-a-hawks and scalping knives. His home was near New River, West Virginia.

As previously mentioned, Henry Gore raised his two families on his farm which was adjacent to the present town of New Market in Shenandoah County, Virginia. He never came within 150 miles of the New River in present day West Virginia. The claim that Henry Gore was a Revolutionary War soldier, hunter and Indian fighter is based on a mis-application of the information contained on pages 707 and 708 of the History of Summers County by James H. Miller, 1908. The following is hereby quoted:

"The Pioneers of Pipestem"

As noted above, Drewry Farley was the first settler in Pipestem District, and was soon followed by the following named persons consecutively, viz: Daniel Cook, James Houchins...John Neely...James Ellisin...and David Hughes.

These old pioneers were soldiers of the Revolution; the last-named was one of Washington's scouts. They were all hunters and Indian fighters, and many were the hardships and hair-breadth escapes from the tomahawk and scalping knife of the savages.

As one can see, it was the early settlers of Pipestem District who were referred to as soldiers of the Revolution, hunters, and Indian fighters. Mrs. Maze has simply taken the name of her great grandfather Henry Gore and placed it among the names of these early settlers in Pipestem District whereas the truth of the matter is that Henry Gore never came within 150 miles of this place. Further on down into the article the following statement is made concerning other early settlers:

Other early settlers of the region, now Pipestem District, consisted of the sons and daughters of these early settlers, together with the following, who also deserve especial mention, viz: Charles Clark, Joel Buttler, Jabez Anderson, Rufus Clark, Garland Austin, Wm. Crump Sr., St. Clair Abbott, Jonathan Hopkins, Jackson and William Keaton, Joseph Hannan and Lee Roy Keaton, Robert and Henry Gore, Robert Wood, Gordon L. and Thomas Jordan, Wm. and James Houchins, Joseph Diarly, Hugh Stafford, Wm. Meador, Isaiah and Tolliver Meador, David and Hudson Martin, Stephen Newkirk, Henry Wyrick, William Noble, and perhaps others.

The two Gores mentioned here were Robert (born 1783) and Henry (born 1789) who were sons of Henry Gore and Ann Catherine Keller and who were brought to this area in 1792 by their widowed mother.

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