Display Patriot - P-117573 - Samuel BONNIFIELD/BONIFANTE

Samuel BONNIFIELD/BONIFANTE

SAR Patriot #: P-117573

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A011969

Birth: 11 Apr 1750 / Prince George's / MD
Death: 11 Feb 1846 / Randolph / VA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Pvt, enlisted Culpeper County, VA and served 1778-82 in Company of Minutemen of Gloucester, VA under Capt's Phillip, Billups, and Slaughter
  2. At the Battles of Germantown, Brandywine, and Yorktown
  3. Cpt Richard Billups

Additional References:
  1. POFFENBARGER, BATTLE OF POINT PLEASANT, pg 21
  2. Descendants of Greory Bonnifield by C.J. Maxwell (1949) pg 5, 15, 16
  3. DAR Patriot Index (1966) pg 70
  4. History of Tucker County, VA (1884) Maxwell, pg 99, pg 94-5
  5. Index to Rev War Pension Applications, pg 108
  6. Pension R1007

Spouse: Dorcas James
Children: Arnold; Samuel; Martha;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1972-06-13 IL Unassigned Stanford B Smith (101685) Arnold   
1978-09-14 MN Unassigned Michael Scott Swisher (115001) Arnold   
2015-02-06 CA 60729 Leonard Fredrick Spesert (188190) Arnold   
Burial:
Bonnifield Cemetery (C-0376992)
Location:
Saint George / Tucker / WV / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
77813
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
91360568
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Original Headstone



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
  • Morgantown Municipal Airport, 100 Hart Field Rd, Morgantown, WV 26505
  • Take Hart Field Rd to Hartman Run Rd (0.2 mi)
  • Take Kingwood Pike and WV-92 S to Kasson Rd in Moatsville (38.9 mi)
  • Take Shilo to WV-38 E (3.8 mi)
  • Follow WV-38 E to Location Rd in Tucker County (12.7 mi)
  • Take Holly Meadows Rd to Horseshoe Run Rd (4.5 mi)
  • Bonifield Cemetery, Parsons, WV 26287


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