Military Legacy Of Virginia And Beyond

MILITARY LEGACY OF VIRGINIA AND BEYOND

GENEALOGY ~ PHOTOGRAPHS ~ LETTERS ~ HISTORY

Written And Compiled By Waukesha Lowe Sammons

Daughter of Daskum Combs (1917 - 2005) and Technical Sergeant, Albert Roy "Jake" Lowe (1917 - 1944),

who was awarded a Silver Star Medal for Action Taken on The Fourth of July 1944 in France,

and who was Killed In Action on September 16, 1944 in World War II.

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VIRGINIA SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES

REMEMBER AND NAME

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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775 - 1783), R - Z

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RUTHERFORD

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SON OF ELIZABETH ELLIOTT AND JOSEPH RUTHERFORD (1700-1788):
ELLIOTT RUTHERFORD (1753-1826), AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

SONS OF URSULA PARRISH AND WILLIAM O. RUTHERFORD:
ARCHIBALD RUTHERFORD, SR. (1739-1838), VIRGINIA CONTINENTAL LINE, REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
JULIUS RUTHERFORD (1743-1831), VALLEY FORGE, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

SON OF ELIZABETH AND ARCHIBALD RUTHERFORD, SR. (1739-1838):
ARCHIBALD RUTHERFORD, JR. (1793-1883), KENTUCKY MILITIA, WAR OF 1812.

SON OF RHODA RUTHERFORD AND JULIUS RUTHERFORD (1743-1831):
JOSEPH RUTHERFORD (1798-1836), DIED AT THE SIEGE OF THE ALAMO, TEXAS REVOLUTION.

GRANDSON OF ELIZABETH WHITE AND JOSEPH RUTHERFORD (1798-1836):
JOSEPH D. BEAN (1844-1864), TEXAS LANCERS (CAVALRY), CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, KILLED IN ACTION IN THE BATTLE OF MANSFIELD, LOUISIANA, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.

SON OF MARGARET MORRISON AND JOSEPH RUTHERFORD:
ELLIOTT RUTHERFORD (1821-before 1900 census), MILITARY SURGEON, CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.

THIRD-GREAT-GRANDSON OF RHODA RUTHERFORD AND JULIUS RUTHERFORD (1743-1831):
ROBERT CLEO RUTHERFORD (1921-1945), KILLED IN ACTION, WORLD WAR II.

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RUTHERFORD, ELLIOTT (ca 1753 – 1826), ENSIGN, VIRGINIA MILITIA, CAPTAIN RAGAN’S COMPANY, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
HOMETOWN: Rockingham County, Virginia.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Green County, Tennessee.
DATE OF BIRTH: circa 1753.
PARENTS: Elizabeth Elliott and Joseph Rutherford.
GRANDPARENTS: Margaret Vawter and Robert Rutherford.
SPOUSE: Ruth.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Rockingham County, Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 23 November 1779; Took the oath on 27 March 1780.
DISCHARGE DATE:
RANK: Ensign.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Militia.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Ensign, Virginia Militia, Captain Richard Ragan’s Company, Number 13.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: American Revolutionary War.
DATE OF DEATH: 9 April 1826 in Green County, Tennessee.
CEMETERY:
SOURCES: Historical Register Of Virginians In The Revolution, Soldiers – Sailors – Marines, 1775-1783, By John H. Gwathmey, c. 1979. History Of West Virginia Old And New, Volume I, II, III By James Morton Callahan, c. 1923. Rutherfords Of Arkansas In The 19th Century Compiled By Marian Ledgerwood. Southern Campaign American Revolutionary Pension Statements & Rosters. Virginia Valley Records: Genealogical And Historical Materials Of Rockingham County, Virginia And Related Regions by John W. Wayland, c. 1930. Virginia Marriages, 1660 – 1800. Virginia Militia In The Revolutionary War. Virginia, Rockingham County Records.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s fifth-great-granduncle, Elliott Rutherford on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

RUTHERFORD, ARCHIBALD, SR. (1739 – 1838), SEVENTH REGIMENT, VIRGINIA CONTINENTAL LINE, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
HOMETOWN: Washington County, Virginia.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Rockingham County, Virginia. Jessamine County and Logan County in Kentucky.
DATE OF BIRTH: 1739 in Virginia.
PARENTS: Ursula Parrish and William O. Rutherford.
GRANDPARENTS: Violetta Reynolds and John Rutherford.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Margaret Vawter and Robert Rutherford.
SPOUSE: Elizabeth, married 29 June 1782 in Washington County, Virginia.
SON: Archibald Rutherford, Jr. (1793-1883), Kentucky Militia, War of 1812.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 1776 for two years of service.
DISCHARGE DATE:
PENSION APPLICATION NUMBER: W8571.
RANK: Private. Waggoner.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Waggoner. Foot Soldier.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Seventh Regiment, Virginia State Line, served under Captain Joseph Crockett, Colonel McClanachan and Colonel Field.
~ Muster Roll, December 28, 1776 to May 21, 1777, Private Archd (Archibald) Rutherford of Captain Joseph Crockett’s Company, 7th Virginia Regiment of Foot, commanded by Colonel Alexander McClenachan.
~ Muster Roll, November 1777 – December 22, 1777, Waggoner.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION, CIRCUIT COURT, LOGAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY, 24 MAY 1821: W8571, Archibald Rutherford and Elizabeth.
~ “Archibald Rutherford aged about 66 years, … on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War ... enlisted ... under Captain Joseph Crockett of the 7th Virginia Regiment on Continental establishment by Colonel Fields ... the year 1776 for two years …”
PLACED ON MILITARY PENSION ROLL ON 3 JULY 1821.
DATE OF DEATH: 31 July 1838 in Logan County, Kentucky.
CEMETERY:
SOURCES: Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters; revwarpps.org. U. S. Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783. U. S. Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. III, Kentucky, Logan County. U. S. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s second-cousin-six-times-removed, Archibald Rutherford on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

RUTHERFORD, JULIUS (1743 – 1831), BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE, VALLEY FORGE, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
HOMETOWN: Montgomery County, Virginia.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Wythe County, Virginia. Wayne County, Kentucky. Knox County, Tennessee. Anderson County, Tennessee.
DATE OF BIRTH: 1743.
PARENTS: Ursula Parrish and William O. Rutherford.
GRANDPARENTS: Violetta Reynolds and John Rutherford.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Margaret Vawter and Robert Rutherford.
SPOUSE: Rhoda Rutherford, who was the daughter of Elizabeth Adkins and Joseph W. Rutherford and the great-granddaughter of Margaret Vawter and Robert Rutherford.
SON: Joseph Rutherford (1798-1836), Died at The Siege of the Alamo in the Texas War For Independence against Santa Anna’s Troops. Joseph married Elizabeth White; their daughter was Carmeleta Rutherford.
GRANDDAUGHTER: Carmeleta Rutherford married Samuel M. Bean. Their son was Joseph D. Bean (1844-1864).
GREAT-GRANDSON: Joseph D. Bean (1844-1864), served in the Twenty-First Regiment, Texas Lancers (Cavalry), under Colonel Horace Randall, Confederate States Army, American Civil War. Joseph D. Bean was Killed In Action in the Battle of Mansfield in Louisiana in the American Civil War.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE: Summer of 1776, Wythe County, Virginia, enlisted for 3 years in the regular Army of the United States. 8 January 1777 in Fincastle County, now Wythe County, Virginia for 3 years. Enlisted for 1 year.
DISCHARGE DATE:
PENSION APPLICATION NUMBER: SR 9113.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Waggoner.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: In 1776, Twelfth Virginia Regiment in the Continental Army of Captain Rowland Madison’s / Matteson’s Company, commanded by Colonel James Wood, American Revolutionary War. Part of Scott’s Brigade. Eighth Virginia Regiment of Foot, Continental Line. In 1781, Second Battalion, Montgomery County Militia, served under Captain Morgan and Captain James Montgomery..
~ September 1777, Sick in Trenton. ~ September 11, 1777, Battle of Brandywine.
~ General George Washington’s Winter Encampment at Valley Forge, December 19, 1777 – June 19, 1778. ~ April 1778, Valley Forge. ~ August 3, 1778, Waggoner. Camp White Plains. ~ September 1778 – October 5, 1778, Camp Robinson’s Plains, Private Julius Rutherford, 8th Regiment, Joined from Captain Croghan’s Company. December 19, 1778, Camp Middle Brook. ~ September 6, 1779, Smith’s Cove. ~ October 1, 1779, Camp Ramapough/ Ramapo. ~ December 9, 1779, Camp near Monmouth?
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR INJURY: “He was cripple in the right hip, while in the Army by a horse falling through a bridge with him.”
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: New York and New Jersey Campaign, 1776-1777. Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778. Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777. Batttle of Germantown, October 4, 1777. Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778. The Siege of Charleston, March 29, 1780 – May 12, 1780.
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA LAND BOUNTY WARRANTS, REVOLUTIONARY WAR: Warrant 3667, Julius Rutherford, 100 acres, 3 January 1784, Private, Virginia Continental Line.
MILITARY PENSION APPLICATION, SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT, TENNESSEE ANDERSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, 4 JULY 1818: “Julius Rutherford. R9113, age 62 or 63, a resident of Anderson County, Tennessee, 12th Virginia Regiment, in the Battle of Brandywine.”
PLACED ON MILITARY PENSION ROLL: January 15, 1819.
DATE OF DEATH: 3 August 1831.
CEMETERY:
SOURCES: American Revolutionary War Continental Regiments; revolutionarywar.us. Catalogue of Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors of the Commonwealth of Virginia Land Bounty Warrants, Compiled by Samuel M. Wilson From Official Records in the Kentucky Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky. Kentucky Society, Sons of the American Revolution; kyssar.org. Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants, Awarded by State Governments by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, c. 1996. Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters; revwarapps.org. U. S. Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783. U. S. Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. III, 13 Tennessee, Anderson County.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s second-cousin-six-times-removed, Julius Rutherford on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry

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SALMONS

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JOHN SALMONS, THE FIFTH AND SON, JOHN SALMONS, JR.

SALMONS, JOHN, THE FIFTH (ca 1736-1823), CAPTAIN OF VIRGINIA MILITARY DEFENSE, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
HOMETOWN: Henry County, Virginia.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
PARENTS: Eleanor McCarty and John Salmon IV.
GRANDFATHER: William Salmons.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Jane and John Salmons.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Elizabeth and John “The Elder” Salmons, immigrant.
SPOUSE: Elizabeth.
SON: John Salmons, Jr., Virginia Militia, Post-War.
1777, FIRST SHERIFF OF HENRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
1777, PATRICK HENRY AND JOHN SALMONS SERVED ON THE MILITARY COMMISSION OF THE PEACE OF THE COUNTRY.
RANK: Captain of Virginia Military Defense.
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR: Served on a Military Committee with Virginia Governor Patrick Henry. John Salmons was appointed Captain of Virginia Military Defense.
DEATH: 1823.
CEMETERY:
SOURCE: A History of Henry County, Virginia with Biographical Sketches of its Most Prominent Citizens and Genealogical Histories of Half a hundred of its Oldest Families by Judith Parks America Hill, Martinsville, Virginia, copyright 1925. Findagrave. My Begetters, The Salmons by Ruth Sammons Nasser, ca 1986. Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War. NOTE: I placed my husband’s fourth-great-granduncle, John Salmons on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

SALMONS, JOHN JR., (1772 – 1842), CAPTAIN, VIRGINIA MILITIA, POST-WAR.
HOMETOWN: Henry County, Virginia, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 25 September 1772, Henry County, Virginia.
PARENTS: Elizabeth and John Salmons, The Fifth.
GRANDPARENTS: Eleanore McCarty and John Salmons.
GREAT-GRANDFATHER: William Salmons.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER: Jane and John Salmon.
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Elizabeth and John “The Elder” Salmon, immigrant.
SPOUSE: Mary “Polly” Davis.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Virginia.
RANK: Captain.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Virginia Militia.
DATE OF DEATH: 1842.
CEMETERY:
SOURCES: A History of Henry County, Virginia with Biographical Sketches of its Most Prominent Citizens and Genealogical Histories of Half a hundred of its Oldest Families by Judith Parks America Hill, Martinsville, Virginia, copyright 1925. Findagrave. My Begetters, The Salmons by Ruth Sammons Nasser, ca 1986.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s first-cousin-four-times-removed, John Salmons, Jr. on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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SPENCER

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SPENCER, JAMES (1743-1783), VIRGINIA MILITIA, BATTLE AT GUILFORD COURT HOUSE, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
HOMETOWN: Henry County, Virginia, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 1743 in Loudoun County, Virginia.
PARENTS:
SPOUSE: Margaret Armstrong.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Virginia.
RANK: Ensign.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Captain John Dillard’s Company, Virginia Militia, American Revolutionary War.
BATTLE AT GUILFORD COURT HOUSE, 15 MARCH 1781: Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, American Revolutionary War.
DATE OF DEATH: 1783 in Henry County, Virginia.
CEMETERY:
SOURCES: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Lineage Book, Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume CX, 1914 and 1929. Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War, Part III.
NOTE: I placed James Spencer on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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SPENCER, JOHN (ca 1763 – ca 1842), NORTH CAROLINA MILITIA AND VIRGINIA MILITIA, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
HOMETOWN: Henry County, Virginia.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Surry County, North Carolina.
DATE OF BIRTH: circa 1765.
PARENTS: William Spencer.
SPOUSE: Sarah “Sally” Lynch (1767 – December 1855). Married 4 June 1783 in Henry County, Virginia.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Surry County, North Carolina, first enlistment. Henry County, Virginia, second enlistment.
ENLISTED:
~ “1780, First Tour of Duty: served as a substitute for William Clark, a three month tour of duty in Surry County, North Carolina, where he was living at the time. Served under the command of Major McRoberts, and was employed in guarding the prisoners and Tories. After three months, the prisoners were moved to Henry County, Virginia, where he was discharged.”
~ “1781, Second Tour of Duty, served as a substitute for Bartlett Reynolds, and entered the army in Henry County, Virginia. He served under Captain Hamon Critz. Major McRoberts was again in his company, taking care of the military stores. They marched to Pamunkey River, North of Richmond, and marched along that river, [because] the army was still recruiting. He was discharged a short time before the surrender of Cornwallis. He returned to Patrick County from the Pamunkey River.
~ Note: 19 October 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered in Yorktown, Virginia.
~ Note: Hamon / Harmon Critz (1760 – 1828), Captain of Virginia Militia, commanded a company of Henry County Militia.
~ Note: Bartlett Reynolds (1752, Henry County, Virginia – 1791, Patrick County, Virginia).
DISCHARGED: First, mustered out in Henry County, Virginia. Second mustered out in Virginia.
RANK: Private.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: 1780, Private, Surry County Regiment, North Carolina Militia, and 1781, Henry County Regiment, Virginia Militia, American Revolutionary War.
U. S. REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION AND BOUNTY-LAND:
~ 15 March 1833, Patrick County, Virginia, Justice of the County Court. “John Spencer of Patrick County, Virginia, aged 70 years, ... sworn ... oath ... to following disclosures ... first and second enlistment and discharge.
DATE OF DEATH: Varied on pension documents, 30th of November or December, 1841 or 1842.
CEMETERY:
U. S. PENSIONERS 1818-1872, VIRGINIA: Sally Spencer, widow of Private John Spencer, pension commenced 4 March 1845.
19 January 1847, Patrick, County, Virginia, Widow Pension File: Widow, Sally Spencer, age 82, widow of John Spencer, who was a private in the militia in the Revolutionary War ... and was a recipient of a pension, when he died.
30 March 1855, Patrick County, Virginia, Widow Pension File: Widow, Sarah Spencer, age 90, declared that her deceased husband had died at home ...
SOURCES: Census. Death Records. The American Revolution in North Carolina by J. D. Lewis; carolana.com. U. S. Pensioner 1818-1872, Virginia. U. S. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900. Virginia Deaths and Burials Index. Virginia Select Marriage.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s fourth-great-grandfather, John Spencer on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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WASHINGTON

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WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1730-1799), COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
ELECTED THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
HOMETOWN: Popes Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Little Hunting Creek Plantation, renamed Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia. Ferry Farm Plantation, near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 February 1732 in Popes Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia.
PARENTS: Mary Ball and Augustine Washington.
KINSHIP: Mary was the daughter of Mary Bennett and Joseph Ball, who was the son of Hannah Atherhold and Colonel William Ball IV, who was the son of Dorothy Tuttle and William Ball III.
KINSHIP: Moses Ball I was the son of Winifred Williams and John Ball IV, who was the son of Elizabeth Linton and Richard Ball II, who was the son of Hannah Atherhold and Colonel William Ball IV.
KINSHIP: Moses Ball I was the first cousin once-removed to Mary Ball, who was the mother of President George Washington. Therefore, Moses was the Second Cousin of President George Washington. Moses Ball I married Ann Nancy Brashear.
KINSHIP: Ann Nancy Brashear was the daughter of Robert Brashear, who was the son of Samuel Brashear, Sr., who was the son of Robert Brashear, who was the son of Benjamin Brashear, a French Huguenot Protestant immigrant. Therefore, Ann Nancy Brashear was my sixth-great-aunt.
SPOUSE: Martha Dandridge (widow of Daniel Parke Custis).
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Virginia.
RANK: Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, American Revolutionary War.
1754 – 1763: Surveyor and Soldier in the French and Indian War.
1759 – 1775: Gentleman Planter / Farmer.
1775 – 1783: Commander-In-Chief of the Continental Army, American Revolutionary War.
1787: President of the Constitutional Convention.
1789 – 1797: First President of the United States of America.
VALLEY FORGE WINTER HEADQUARTERS, 19 December 1777 – March 1778: Washington and his Continental Army fought being hungry, cold and near total collapse at Valley Forge.
WASHINGTON WAS PRESENT AT THE FOLLOWING BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS: Siege of Boston. Battle of Long Island. Battle of Kips Bay. Battle of Harlem Heights. Battle of White Plains. Battle of Fort Washington. Evacuation of Fort Lee. Battle of Trenton. Battle of Second Trenton. Battle of Princeton. The Forage War. Battle of Brandywine. Battle of the Clouds. Battle of Germantown. Battle of White Marsh. Battle of Monmouth. Siege of Yorktown.
PROPERTY LINE NEIGHBORS, MOSES BALL AND GEORGE WASHINGTON: Source, The Brashear Story A Family History by Troy L. Back and Leon Brashear, copyright 1963.
~ “Moses and Washington were neighbors and had a land-boundary line in common.
~ “Also, according to existing records, they did surveying together and had business dealings. ... Washington relates in his diary of April 22, 1785, “ .. having sent for Mr. Moses Ball, who attended, I went to a corner of the above land .. After having run one course and part of another, my servant William (one of the chain carriers) fell and broke the pan of his knee, which put a stop to my surveying ...”                 ~ “ .. May 16, 1786, Washington [wrote], “.. When I returned home found Moses Ball and his son, John, and William Carlin here; the first having his effects under execution wanted to borrow money to redeem them; I lent him Ten Pounds for this purpose.”
~ “When making his will, on December 15, 1786, Moses did not forget his loan from Washington. In the will he states, “Thirdly, I desire that my Executors as soon as possible pay to his Excellency, General Washington, the sum of ten pounds with interest, a sum I borrowed from him ...” Almost six year later, September 17, 1792, the will was proved. Whether or not Moses repaid the loan before he died is not known.”
DATE OF DEATH: 14 December 1799.
PLACE OF DEATH: Mount Vernon, Virginia.
BURIAL: Entombed, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia.
SOURCE: mountvernon.org/george-washington/biography/. The Brashear Story A Family History by Troy L. Back and Leon Brashear, copyright 1963. Washington’s Revolutionary War Battles; mountvernon.org.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s second-cousin-eight-times-removed, President George Washington on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
NOTE: I placed my sixth-great-aunt, Ann Nancy Brashear on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
NOTE: I placed President George Washington on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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WHITT

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RICHARD WHITT AND SON, HEZEKIAH WHITT

WHITT, HEZEKIAH, (1760 – 1849), AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND INDIAN WARS.
HOMETOWN: Tazewell County, Virginia.
OTHER RESIDENCE: South Carolina. Stewards Creek, North Carolina. Montgomery County, Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: 1760 in South Carolina, per Hezekiah Whitt’s American Revolutionary War Military Pension Application Court Declaration.
PARENTS: Susannah Skaggs and Richard Whitt.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Richard Oney Whitt, who married thrice: Elizabeth Liptrot, Regina Witt and Mary Kimbro / Kimbrough. Which wife was Hezekiah’s mother?
PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Anne Daux and John Whitt, who immigrated from England to Charles City, Colony of Virginia.
MATERNAL UNCLES, WHO WERE LONG HUNTERS: Henry Skaggs. Richard Skaggs. Charles Skaggs. James Skaggs, Jr. John Skaggs. Moses Skaggs.
SPOUSE: Rachel Cornstalk, daughter of Shawnee Chief Hololeskwa Peter Cornstalk (1720 – 1777), who was at the Battle of Point Pleasant and was viciously murdered in 1777.
DAUGHTER: Rebecca Whitt married John Lowe, and they were my third-great-grandparents.
OCCUPATION: Farmer. Hunter. Indian Fighter. Soldier in the American Revolutionary War and Indian Wars. Gentlemen Justice. Sheriff of Tazewell County.
FEBRUARY 1826 and MARCH 1827: Gentlemen Justice. Sheriff of Tazewell County (appointed by Governor Patrick Henry).
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE: June 1776 or 1777, Montgomery County, Virginia. 9 September 1777.
DISCHARGE DATE: 1781 or until the close of the War, “under Shelby, which was signed by Captain Aaron Lewis.” New Dublin, Montgomery County, Virginia.
JUNE OF 1776 or 1776: “drafted to go to the relief of Island Creek Fort, on New River, against the Indians.”
1777 ROSTER: 9 September 1777: Hezekiah Whitt of Captain Daniel Trigg's Company.
13 SEPTEMBER 1977, SIGNED THE PATRIOT’S OATH OF OFFICE.
MARCH 1779, CHICKEMAUGA EXPEDITION.
SUMMER OF 1790: “ ... drafted by order of Colonel William Preston, to go into Carolina, ...” Colonel [Joseph] Cloyd ...“ .. marched with the main body of the men into Carolina. ... [left] a strong guard at the lead mines ... Colonel Saunders ... and declarant, [Hezekiah Whitt] [and others] ... remained [guarding the lead mines for] one month.”
OCTOBER 1780: “... served as guard in a fort on Back Creek in Montgomery County, in which service he continued until the next March under the command of Captain James Thompson, an officer serving in the militia of Virginia. Colonel William Thompson held the chief command of this fort.”
ISLE OF HOLSTON, ATTACHED TO THE REGIMENT OF GENERAL EVAN SHELBY.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Militia. Continental Line.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Soldier, Indian Spy, of Captain Daniel Trigg's Company, Virginia Militia, Continental Line, American Revolutionary War.
SERVED UNDER MILITARY OFFICERS:
~ General Evan Shelby. Big Island on the Holston River.
~ Major Thomas Quirk.
~ Lieutenant Israel Lorton. New River Island Creek Fort.
~ Captain Daniel Trigg.
~ Captain Henry Patton, commander of the Regiment, Virginia Militia.
~ Captain Thomas Mastin. Chickamauga Expedition in Tennessee, against the Cherokee Nation.
~ Captain James Thorufsaw.
~ Captain Aaron Lewis.
~ Colonel William Campbell and / or Colonel Arthur Campbell.
~ Colonel William Preston, commander, Virginia Militia.
~ Colonel John Montgomery.
~ Colonel and Major Joseph Cloyd. “ .. marched with the main body of the men into Carolina. ... [left] a strong guard at the lead mines ... Colonel Saunders ... and declarant [Hezekiah Whitt] [and others] ... remained [guarding the lead mines for] one month.”
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: Chickamauga Expedition. Assisted in the Military Protection of the Montgomery County, Virginia Lead Mines. Indian Wars.
27 MAY 1844, TAZEWELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA, PENSION APPLICATION COURT DECLARATION BY HEZEKIAH WHITT OF HIS MILITARY SERVICE IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR TO OBTAIN BENEFITS:
~ “aged 84 years ... born in the state of South Carolina in the year 1760.
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION:
~ Pension Year 1845. Pension Number: S. 7. 885. Service, Virginia. Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of May 1845.
DATE OF DEATH: 1849, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia.
CEMETERY: Whitt – Lowe Cemetery, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia.
SOURCES: ~ Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia from 1800 to 1922 in Two Volumes by John Newton Harman, Sr., c 1922.
~ Findagrave.
~ Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty – Land Warrant Application Files, 1800 – 1900.
~ Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters, Pension Application of Hezekiah Whitt, S7885, County of Tazewell, Virginia.
~ Virginia Military Records From The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, The William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler’s Quarterly With an Index by Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc, 1983; Montgomery County’s Revolutionary Heritage by Ruby Altizer Roberts.
NOTE: I placed my fourth-great-grandfather, Hezekiah Whitt on my ~ Lowe Stephenson Rose Burchfield Murphy Whitt; Littleton Caudill Salisbury Crace Adams Wiley Webb Boone ~ Paternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
NOTE: I placed my fourth-great-grandfather, Hezekiah Whitt on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

WHITT, RICHARD, REVEREND (ca 1735 – 1812), AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
HOMETOWN: Tazewell County, Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: 1735.
PARENTS: Richard Oney Whitt.
GRANDPARENTS: Anne Daux and John Whitt, who immigrated from England to Charles City, Colony of Virginia.
SPOUSE: Susannah Skaggs.
BROTHER-IN-LAWS, WHO WERE LONG HUNTERS: Henry Skaggs. Richard Skaggs. Charles Skaggs. James Skaggs, Jr. John Skaggs. Moses Skaggs.
OCCUPATION: Minister. Soldier.
ANNALS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA: “Richard Whitt, a Minister of the Baptist Church ... and having taken the Oath of Allegiance to this State and entered into bond according to Law is permitted to marry.” (Perform marriages).
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 9 September 1777, Montgomery County, Virginia.
DISCHARGE DATE:
RANK:
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Militia. Continental Line.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Captain Daniel Triggs Company, American Revolutionary War.
ROSTER: 9 September 1777, Richard Whitt of Captain Daniel Triggs Company.
13 SEPTEMBER 1977, SIGNED THE PATRIOT’S OATH OF OFFICE.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES:
DATE OF DEATH: 1812, Virginia.
CEMETERY: Whitt – Lowe Cemetery, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia.
SOURCES: Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia from 1800 to 1922 in Two Volumes by John Newton Harman, Sr., c 1922. Findagrave. Virginia Military Records From The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, The William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler’s Quarterly With an Index by Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc, 1983; Montgomery County’s Revolutionary Heritage by Ruby Altizer Roberts.
NOTE: I placed my fifth-great-grandfather, Richard Whitt on my ~ Lowe Stephenson Rose Burchfield Murphy Whitt; Littleton Caudill Salisbury Crace Adams Wiley Webb Boone ~ Paternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.
NOTE: I placed my fifth-great-grandfather, Richard Whitt on my ~ Combs Collins Sumner Adams Holbrook Caudill Kelley Mullins; Brashear Young Campbell Cornett Woods Dorton Asher Bowling Sizemore ~ Maternal Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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WAR OF 1812 (1812 - 1815)

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RUTHERFORD

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RUTHERFORD, ARCHIBALD, JR. (1793 – 1883), KENTUCKY MILITIA, WAR OF 1812.
HOMETOWN: Kentucky.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Salt Springs and Prairie in Randolph County, Missouri.
DATE OF BIRTH: October 1793, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
PARENTS: Elizabeth and Archibald Rutherford (1739-1838), a Soldier in the Virginia Continental Line, American Revolutionary War.
SPOUSES: Rachel Empson, married 4 September 1814 in Jessamine County, Kentucky. Ann C. Briggs, married 2 July 1849 in Howard County, Missouri. Elizabeth Bentley, married 24 September 1865 in Randolph County, Missouri.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Kentucky.
MUSTER DATE: 29 March 1813.
ENLISTMENT OR ENGAGED DATE: 28 September 1813.
DISCHARGE DATE:
PENSION APPLICATION NUMBER: Sur. Orig. 38164.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Militia.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Archibald Rutherford of Captain Thomas Lewis’ Company, Kentucky Militia and Captain McCampbell’s Company, Kentucky Militia.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: War of 1812.
COURT TESTIMONY AFFIDAVIT OF ARCHIBALD RUTHERFORD, JR, 12 APRIL 1845, RANDOLPH COUNTY, MISSOURI: “He swore that he is the son of Elizabeth and Archibald Rutherford; that his parents moved from Jessamine County to Logan County, Kentucky … the death of his father in 1839 [1838]. .. that he [Archibald, Jr.] was born October 1793.”
DATE OF DEATH: 7 June 1883, Randolph County, Missouri.
CEMETERY: Archibald Rutherford Cemetery, Randolph County, Missouri.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. Kentucky Compiled Marriages. Kentucky Soldiers Of The War Of 1812. Missouri Marriage Records. U. S. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s third-cousin-five-times-removed, Archibald Rutherford, Jr. on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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THE FRONTIER INDIAN WARS (1784 - 1811) AND (1815 - 1858)

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DANIEL

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DANIEL, BAILEY (1804-circa 1881-1889), THE FRONTIER INDIAN WARS, UNITED STATES ARMY.
HOMETOWN: Horse Pasture, Henry County, Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENT: Patrick County, Virginia. Post Office, Carter’s Store, Henry County, Virginia.
BORN: Middlesex County, Virginia.
SPOUSE: Phereby / Fereby Trent. Married 19 October 1826 in Patrick County, Virginia.
SON: James Daniel, who married Elizabeth Jane Spencer.
GRANDDAUGHTER: Elizabeth Margaret Daniel, who married James Austin Hopkins.
GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER: Bessie Hopkins, who married Ezekiel Sammons.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDSON: Rufus Burgess “Bear” Sammons, who married Mary Magdalene “Maggie” McCoy.
THIRD-GREAT-GRANDSON: Calvin Ray Sammons, who married Waukesha Lowe.
TRADE: Painter.
MILITARY SERVICE:
~ Enlisted by Major Lomax at the U. S. Army Post, Bellona Arsenal, at age 22 on June 22, 1826 for 5 years, and served as a Public Guard in the 3rd Artillery, Company G.
~ 1 July 1826, Bailey Daniel, 3rd Artillery, Company G, Delivered to Richmond Publick Guards by General Orders.
SECOND ENLISTMENT:
~ Enlisted by Lieutenant Burke at Boston at age 27 on October 7, 1831 for 5 years, in the 3rd Artillery, Company H.
~ May have enlisted for a third time.
SOURCES: Census. U. S. Army Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914. Virginia Marriages, Patrick County.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s third-great-grandfather, Bailey Daniel on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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FARLEY

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LADY JANE MOLYNEUX OF SEFTON AND THOMAS FARLEY (1590 England – after 1634 Virginia),
ARRIVED IN JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA IN 1623 ON THE SHIP, ANN. THOMAS FARLEY WAS TWICE ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES.

GREAT-GRANDSON OF LADY JANE AND THOMAS FARLEY: ~ FRANCIS FARLEY, SR. (1703-1791).

SONS OF NANCY ANNA WHITLOW (1st WIFE) & FRANCIS FARLEY, SR. (1703-1791):
~ FRANCIS FARLEY, JR. (1726-1829), FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (1754-1763),                                                     BATTLE OF POINT PLEASANT (1774), REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1783).
~ JOHN FARLEY (1728-    ), BATTLE OF POINT PLEASANT (1774), REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1783).
~ THOMAS FARLEY (1730-1796), FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (1754-1763), BATTLE OF POINT PLEASANT (1774), ERECTED FARLEY’S FORT (1775), REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1783).

SON OF ELIZABETH CROSTIC (2nd WIFE) AND FRANCIS FARLEY, SR. (1703-1791):
~ MATTHEW FARLEY (1759-1837), AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND THE FRONTIER INDIAN WARS (1784-1811).

SONS OF JUDITH CLAY AND THOMAS FARLEY (1730-1796):
~ FORREST FARLEY (    -     ), AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1783), THE FRONTIER INDIAN WARS.
~ HENRY FARLEY (1757-1832), REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1783), THE FRONTIER INDIAN WARS (1784-1811).
~THOMAS FARLEY (1762-1839), AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1783).

SONS OF NANCY BLANKENSHIP AND FRANCES FARLEY, JR. (1726-1829):
~ DREWRY FARLEY (1760-1851), THE FRONTIER INDIAN WARS (1784-1811).
~ EDWARD FARLEY (1770-1832), THE FRONTIER INDIAN WARS (1784-1811). ~ FRANCIS FARLEY III (1765-1802), THE FRONTIER INDIAN WARS (1784-1811).

FARLEY, DREWRY, SR. (1760-1851), VIRGINIA RANGERS, THE FRONTIER INDIAN WARS (1784-1811).
HOMETOWN: Pipestem, Summers County, Virginia – now West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RSIDENCE: Bedford County and Mercer County, Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: 1760, Bedford County, Virginia.
PARENTS: Nancy Ann Blankenship and Frances Farley, Jr. (1726-1829).
SPOUSE: Mary Adkins.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Virginia.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Militia Rangers.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Captain Hugh Caperton’s Company of Rangers on the Frontiers from Greenbrier County, New River, Virginia.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: The Frontier Indian Wars (1784-1811).
1850 CENSUS: Virginia, Mercer County, Virginia, Drewry Farley, Sr., age about 80 years old, born in Virginia.
DATE OF DEATH: 11 March 1851. Age about 91.
CEMETERY: Nelson Farley Cemetery, Pipestem, Summer County, West Virginia.
SOURCES: Calendar of Virginia State Papers, Vol. VI, pp. 382, 383, 384. Census. Findagrave. The Soldiery of West Virginia, West Virginians in the Indian Wars After the Revolution [etc] by Virgil A. Lewis, 1911.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s first-cousin-seven-times-removed, Drewry Farley on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

FARLEY, EDWARD (1770-1832), VIRGINIA RANGERS, THE FRONTIER INDIAN WARS (1784-1811).
HOMETOWN: Greenbrier County, Virginia.
OTHER RESIDENCE: White County, Illinois.
DATE OF BIRTH: 27 October 1770, Bedford County, Virginia.
PARENTS: Nancy Ann Blankenship and Francis Farley, Jr. (1726-1829).
SPOUSE: Lettice McMullen, first wife. Mary “Polly” Hachell, second wife.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Virginia.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Militia Rangers.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Private Edward Farley, Captain Hugh Caperton's Company of Rangers, Virginia Militia. ~ “Private Edward Farley, Captain Hugh Caperton’s Company of Rangers on the Frontiers from Greenbrier County, New River [fought] against the Indians in 1793 with his brother, Francis and his uncle, Matthew Farley.”
~ “ROSTER OF CAPTAIN HUGH CAPERTON”S COMPANY OF RANGERS FROM GREENBRIER, 27 MAY 1793, AT FORT LEE AT THE MOUTH OF ELK ON THE GREAT KANAWHA RIVER – NOW CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA: PRIVATE EDWARD FARLEY OF GREENBRIER COUNTY, LARKEN STONE AT SUBSTITUE, AT A. W. CLENDENIN’S [FARM].”
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: The Frontier Indian Wars (1784-1811).
DATE OF DEATH: 1832, White County, Illinois
CEMETERY: Enfield Cemetery, Enfield, White County, Illinois
SOURCES: Calendar of Virginia State Papers, Vol. VI, pp. 382, 383, 384. Findagrave. The Soldiery of West Virginia, West Virginians in the Indian Wars After the Revolution [etc] by Virgil A. Lewis, 1911.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s first-cousin-seven-times-removed, Edward Farley on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

FARLEY, FRANCIS III (1765-1802), VIRGINIA RANGERS, THE FRONTIER INDIAN WARS (1784-1811).
HOMETOWN: Greenbrier County, Virginia, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 1765.
PARENTS: Nancy Ann Blankenship and Francis Farley, Jr. (1726-1829).
SPOUSE: Rachel McMullen, who married second, Henry Ballengee.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Virginia.
RANK: Private.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Militia Rangers.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Captain Hugh Caperton’s Company of Rangers on the Frontiers of Greenbrier, Virginia, The Frontier Indian Wars.
~ 6 May 1792, Muster Roll, “Captain Hugh Caperton’s Company of Rangers on the Frontiers of Greenbrier on 6 May 1792.” Page 130, Privates, Frances Farley, Edward Farley, and continued on page 131, another Frances Farley. Could this be Frances Farley, Jr. and his son, Frances Farley III?
~ 27 May 1793, Roster, “Captain Hugh Caperton’s Company of Rangers from Greenbrier County on 27 May 1793 at Fort Lee at the Mouth of Elk on the Great Kanawha River – Now Charles, West Virginia.”
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: The Frontier Indian Wars (1784-1811).
DATE OF DEATH: 1802.
CEMETERY: Indian Mills Cemetery, Indian Mills, Summer County, West Virginia.
SOURCES: Calendar of Virginia State Papers, Vol. VI, pp. 382, 383, 384. The Soldiery of West Virginia, West Virginians in the Indian Wars After the Revolution [etc] by Virgil A. Lewis, 1911.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s first-cousin-seven-times-removed, Francis Farley on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

FARLEY, MATTHEW (1759-1837). SCOUT, VIRGINIA RANGERS, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, THE FRONTIER INDIAN WARS (1784-1811).
HOMETOWN: Virginia, USA.
DATE OF BIRTH: 29 October 1759, Virginia.
PARENTS: Elizabeth Crostic (second wife) and Francis Farley, Sr. (1703-1791).
SPOUSE: Esther McMullen, married 1785, Virginia.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Virginia.
ENLISTMENT DATE: DISCHARGE DATE:
RANK: Private. Captain.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Rangers.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Captain Hugh Caperton’s Company of Rangers, Virginia Militia.
~ “Private Mathew Farley of Greenbrier County, in Captain Hugh Caperton’s Company of Rangers, appointed by Colonel John Steele.”
~ 1788, Matthew Farley received his commission and promoted to Captain.
~ Roster of Captain Hugh Caperton’s Company of Rangers ... May 27, 1793 at Fort Lee at the Mouth of Elk on the Great Kanawha River – now Charleston, West Virginia.”
Source: The Soldiery of West Virginia, West Virginians in the Indian Wars After The Revolution.
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES:
DATE OF DEATH: 27 February 1837, Henry County, Indiana.
CEMETERY: Lewisville Cemetery, Lewisville, Henry County, Indiana.
SOURCES: Findagrave. International Marriage Records. The Soldiers of West Virginia, West Virginians in the Indian Wars After The Revolution by Virgil A. Lewis, 1911. Twelve Generations of Farleys by Jesse Kelso Farley, Junior, 1943.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s seventh-great-granduncle, Matthew Farley on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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