Job Pugh

1737 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Job Pugh  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	4 Jul 1737	Prince George County, Virginia, United States of America   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown  [3]
  Burial	Gainesboro, Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America   [3]
  Person ID	I7012	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Jesse Pugh,   b. 16 Sep 1711, Gwynedd M.M., Richland, PA d. 26 Apr 1794, Back Creek, Frederick, VA, USA (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Alice Malin,   b. 29 Sep 1711, Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America d. 15 Feb, Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America
  Relationship	natural
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F4014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth John,   b. 24 Aug 1741, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America d. 1804, Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America (Age 62 years)
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F1113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  "By the order of Job Pugh, on January 12, 1797, 31 lots were platted and a charter was drawn up for the establishment of Pughtown, (VA). Jesse Pugh was the surveyor of record. The lots were sold at $1 each and the purchasers were requireuild a house with the dimensions of 16 x 16 and must have a brick or stone chimney. If these requirements were not met then the ownership of the lot would revert back to Job Pugh. The names of the streets going from a southeast to a northwest direction was Liberty Lane, Adams Street, and Turkey Lane. The streets that were perpendicular to these were South Street, Stephens Street, Lewis Street, Washingtons Street, Job Street and Dennys Street. Some of the original landowners of these lots were John Squib, Charles Johnston, Jacob Folk, Joseph Morgan, George Swhier, Jacob Files, Joseph McKee, William King, Joshua Pickens, Samuel Hott, William Davidson, William Adams, Lewis Mc Cool, Eli Pugh, and James Davison. The post office at was established on July 1, 1808 at Pughtown. The first postmaster was William H. Holliday, followed by William Rayon, and Frederick Nadenboach." (Lynna Search)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1769] Search, Lynna, Email dated 2001 at lynna@micron.net. [S598] Chuck Kohlbecker to Linda Coate Email letter dated Jan 25, 1999 at chuckk@micron.net (C-1853) 1999. [S170] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37818095/job-pugh