Many Greathouse descendants have completed their lines back to the original Greathouse 
settler in Philadelphia PA - Herman Groethausen - while others are still seeking their 
roots.

Most West Virginia Greathouses can trace their ancestry to the Greathouses of the 
northern Panhandle Counties - or - to the Greathouses of Monongalia and Preston 
County - or - to the Greathouses of Harrison County WV - or - to John Greathouse who 
was born about 1778 in VA and who married Sarah McDade in 1806 in Mason County VA.  

John and Sarah McDade Greathouse and their children lived in the part of (W)VA that 
was part of different counties at different times -  Mason, Kanawha, Jackson, Wirt and 
finally Roane County, WV where John died in 1866. He is buried in Spencer, Roane 
County, WV.

My direct ancestor, John Greathouse, was born about 1778 in Virginia and married Sarah 
McDade in 1806.  In searching for the parents of my ancestor, I gathered information 
about many other Greathouse lines. There are many different lines of Greathouses on 
this site along with allied family listings, totalling nearly 4000 people.  

This is an on-going search.  I have recorded information from documents, descendants 
and many other sources, some more accurate than others.  If you are researching this 
line and have questions or more accurate data, please contact me at 
betty.renick@gmail.com

The site is searchable by surname by clicking on a letter of the alphabet below - or - 
by entering last name followed by a comma and first name in the search box above. If 
you are interested in a particular person, and desire more details, please Email me.

As you scroll through listings you will find some are marked with a RED square. This 
square indicates that the person is a direct descendant of the John and Sarah McDade 
Greathouse line, which is my direct line.