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Robert DUNLAP

SAR Patriot #: P-151356

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Ensign
DAR #: A034806

Birth: 1740-1741 Aspen Grove / Augusta / VA
Death: 15 Mar 1781 Guilford / Guilford / NC

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Served as an Ensign in the company of Captain Bratton
  2. Participated in the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774 and died in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina

Additional References:
  1. Morton, Oren F, A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia, Virginia. Staunton: The McClure Co, Inc, 1920, pg 250
  2. Simpson-Poffenbarger, Livia Nye, The Battle of Point Pleasant, A Battle of the Revolution, October 10th 1774: Biographical Sketches of the Men who Participated, West Virginia. Point Pleasant: The State Gazette, 1909, pg 23
  3. DAR cites: West Virginia Historical Magazine, Volume 3, #3, pg 255

Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Gay
Children: Ann; Alexander; William; Margaret; Robert; Mary; Nancy ;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1964-12-09 CO Unassigned Scott J/Jacks Werner (90782) William   
1973-07-27 LA Unassigned Robert McKee Thomas (105254) Ann   
2019-09-13 KS 87492 James Stewart Cooper (Ret.) (212966) Ann   
2025-01-31 IN 115040 Matthew Alexander Cotner (232492) Margaret   
Location:
Greensboro / Guilford / NC / USA
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  • Actual grave site unknown, 24 May 2021
  • Memorial statue for the battle at the Park
  • Memorial only in Find-a-Grave


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Author: SN Bennett Lee Setser

Robert Dunlap was born about 1740 by the Calfpasture River near the town of Goshen, Augusta County, Virginia, the son of Captain Alexander and Anne (MacFarlane) Dunlap.

He married Mary Elizabeth Gay in 1763, and they had the following known children:

  • Ann was born on 5 December 1765 and married David McKee.
  • John
  • William was born in 1767 and married Elizabeth Coursey.
  • Alexander was born on 14 March 1768 and married Jane Alexander.
  • Margaret was born on 20 May 1770 and married William Denison.
  • Robert was born on 26 April 1772 and married Martha Graham.
  • Mary
  • Nancy

At the beginning of the war, Robert owned Aspen Grove Plantation in Augusta County and a second plantation in Rockbridge County, Virginia.

What little is known about Robert is he was an Ensign with the Augusta Virginia Militia under the command of Captain James Bratton. The company left Lexington, Virginia, on 26 January 1781 and joined Greene's army on 10 March 1781, five days before the battle of Guilford Courthouse.

General Green prepared his defense for The Battle of Guilford Courthouse in three lines. North Carolina militia formed the first line, with backwoods riflemen on both flanks. In the second line, he placed units of the Virginia Militia, including those from Augusta County. Many of the Virginia militiamen stood their ground even after being ordered to withdraw by General Edward Stevens. As one of those who stood their ground, Ensign Robert Dunlap was killed in action at Guilford Courthouse on 15 March 1781 and was buried where he fell in an unmarked grave.


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