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Author: Rodger Dent
Walter Dent was born 1744 at Whitehaven Plantation, Prince George’s, Maryland, British America. He was second youngest of five boys and brother to six sisters in Peter and Mary (Brooke) Dent’s household. Judge Peter Dent died in November, 1757. Leaving his estate “Whitehaven” to his wife and his first son Richard. About 1764, Walter married Elizabeth Burrell. Together, between 1765 and 1790, they had nine children. Walter C., Jr., Chloe Hanson, Jane(1), Anne, Mark Winnett, Richard, Abaslom, John, and Jane(2). In September, 1771 Walter and Thomas were granted their share of Whitehaven, lying on the Mattawoman, which had been willed to their brother Richard. In the 1776 census of St. John and Prince George’s Parishes, Walter Dent’s household comprised of his wife, age 29, children and two slaves. Walter took the Oath of Fidelity on April 10, 1778. The then joined Captain Henry Clarkston’s Company, 12thBattalion of the Maryland Militia, as a Private. In 1781, he had additional service as a Private in Hezekiah Wheeler’s Company of the 11thMilitia Battalion for Prince George’s Parish. By 1785, Walter had removed himself and his family to Franklin County, Virginia. He sold all his Maryland properties, approximately 330 acres. On August 7, 1820, Walter was living in Capt. Eli Buckner’s District, Putnam County, Georgia with his youngest son Richard. He passed away after 1820 in Oglethorpe, Georgia.
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