Propst was derived from the German surname Brobst.
The Propst pioneer settled in 1753 in the South Fork bottom,
2 miles above what is now Brandywine, West Virginia. 

John (Johann)    Catherine                           Jacob  Anna
Michael          Elizabeth                           Zorn + Maria
Propst (Props) + (maiden name                             | Gotteskind
               |  unknown)                          +-----+-+--------+
+--------------+-------------+                      |b.1718 |b. about|
|b. 1712 in    |b. about 1715|                      |  in   |   1720 |
|   GERMANY    |d. 14 Dec.   |                      |GERMANY+--------+
|d. 1789       |   1804      |                      |He was the first|
|Arrived in    +-------------+                      |immigrant to die|
|Philadelphia in 1733, age 21|                      |in Pendleton Co,|
|on ship Samuel, Hugh Percy, |                      |VA/WV. d. Nov   |
|Master from Rotterdam.      |                      |1755.           |
+--------------+-------------+                      +------+---------+
               |                                           |
           +---+                                           |
           |   |                                           |
           |   |                                           |
           |   |                                           |
           |   +-----+                                     |
           |         |                                     |
           |         |                                     |
Henry      Maria    Frederick + Barbara    Christopher    Catharine
Huffman +  Eva      George    | Pence      Stophel Eye  + (Katrine)
        |  Propst   Propst    |          (Christafur Au)| Zorn
+-------+-------+  +----------+---------+ +-------------+-----------+
|Click on their |  |b. about  |         | |b. 1721 in   |b. 1751    |
|names as their |  |   1734   |         | |   GERMANY   |m. second  |
|descendants -- |  |d. 1801 at|         | |d. 21 Feb.   |husband    |
|Rexrodes and   |  |Winfield  |         | |   1797      |Henry Stone|
|Smiths would   |  |Propst's  |         | |Arrived in   |in 1764.   |
|connect with   |  +----------+---------+ |Philadelphia |Purchased  |
|Waggys. Hence, +----+        |           |aboard the   |land with  |
|descendants of Maria|        |           |Recovery,    |Jacob      |
|Eva Propst and her  |        |           |Amos Jones,  |Ruhlman    |
|brother Frederick   |        |           |Master, from |(Rollman)  |
|George Propst would |        |           |Rotterdam.   |in 1763.   |
|reunite in the      |        |           +-------------+-----------+
|marriage of Martha  |        |                         |
|Jane Waggy and David|        |                         |
|R. Smith. Click here|        |                         |
|to see that  section|        |                         |
|of the genealogy    |        |             +-----------+
+--------------------+        |             |
                              |             |
                              |             |
                              Daniel   Sophia
                              Propst + Elizabeth
                                     | Eye
                         +-----------+-----------+
                         |b.  1785 in|b. 1785 in |
                         |Brandywine,|Sugar Grove|
                         |VA/WV      |VA/WV      |
                         |d.  1850 in|d. before  |
                         |Brandywine,|   1853    |
                         |VA/WV      |           |
                         +-----------+-----------+
                                     |
                                     |
                                     |
                            John  + Alice
                            Waggy   (Allie)   
                                    Propst
                                 +-----------------------------------+
                                 |b. 15 Feb. 1807 Pendleton Co, VA/WV|
                                 |d. 3 Feb. 1887 in Sugar Grove, WV  |
                                 +-----------------------------------+