Henry Gore lived on Island Creek in what is now Summers County. This has already been touched on in stories #5, #6 and #8. However, in the source cited below I wish to show how someone can change the location of a place to fit their own particular fancy. The following is quoted from pages 26 and 27 of The Genealogy of the Gore Family by George T. Swain:

A few years after landing in New York, Henry Gore married Ann Catherine Keller of that city. They later moved to Island Creek in Montgomery County, Virginia, which is now Logan County, West Virginia. The information given Mrs. Kleyla states that they moved to Island Creek, a branch of New River, and that the old homestead was now in Summers County, West Virginia. We are inclined to believe this was a mistake for we find Island Creek is a prominent tributary of the Guyandotte River in Logan County and the latter is a tributary of the Ohio River.

When Ann Catherine (Keller) Gore brought her five children to what is now Summers County, West Virginia, all of what was known as Montgomery County lay on the Virginia side of the Blue Ridge Mountains and therefore played no part with respect to a place called Island Creek. Ann Catherine and her children did in fact settle on Island Creek which in 1792 was located in Greenbrier County. In 1799 part of Greenbrier was used to form Monroe County and Island Creek now found itself in Monroe. In 1806 parts of four counties including Monroe were used to form Giles County and Island Creek was now located there. In 1837 parts of Giles and Tazewell were used to form Mercer County and Island Creek was now there. Finally in 1871 parts of Greenbrier, Monroe and Mercer were used to form Summers County and that is the present location of Island Creek. It flows into the New River which flows into the Kanawha River which flows into the Ohio River. There is also an Island Creek in Logan County from which the Island Creek Coal Company gets its name.

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