Display Patriot - P-151687 - John DURHAM

John DURHAM

SAR Patriot #: P-151687

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A035345

Birth: 20 Oct 1742 / / VA
Death: 22 May 1817 / Mercer / KY

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Paid for gun and services
  2. Captain Thomas Hill, Colonel Alexander McClenachan, 7th Virginia Regiment

Additional References:
  1. Gwathmey, Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, pg 423
  2. Elliot, Rev War Records, Mecklenburg County, VA, DAR, pg 56
  3. DAR RC# 839256 cites:
    • NARA, M881, COMP MIL SERV RECS, ROLL #1024
    • ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 2, pg 662, 663

Spouse: Martha Bugg
Children: John; Benjamin; Jesse Bugg; Frances; Thomas; Nancy; Mary;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1974-10-28 IN Unassigned Glenn Thomas Durham (107335) Jesse   
1977-12-28 IN Unassigned John Richard Collings (113787) Benjamin   
1978-10-02 NC Unassigned Dunbar Wesley Smith (113600) John   
1982-02-25 AZ Unassigned John Milton Durham (119873) John   
1984-02-08 IL Unassigned John Smith MD (113497) John   
1989-03-15 AZ 220893 Steven Thomas Durham (132621) John   
1996-05-08 KY 203581 Howard Parks Durham (146430) Thomas   
2006-02-17 KY 24784 William Douglas Park USAF (165390) Benjamin   
2023-06-23 WA 107878 Barry A. Fraissinet (227085) Frances   
Burial:
Bellevue (aka Danville) Cemetery (C-0042555)
Location:
Danville / Boyle / KY / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
73029
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
37.652710 / -84.769360
Find A Grave Memorial #:
25295452
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR
  • Headstone - Patriot contemporary stone, damaged, partially legible, with newer bronze plaque
  • Per Find-a-Grave Memorial ID 32419104, the Patriot was buried at the farm cemetery now known as Durham Cemetery #1, the the stone was moved to Bellevue Cemetery, Memorial ID # 25295452


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Mark Andrew Davis

John Durham was born on 2 October 1742 [very old family record puts the birth on 20 October 1742] in Virginia.

He joined the Company of Captain Thomas Hill as a Private under the command of Colonel Alexander McClenachan of the 7th Regiment. His name appears in the rolls between 28 December 1776 to 5 April 1778, when he is listed as a deserter. The roll from 22 May 1777 indicated that he was sick in hospital at Williamsburg and again in July 1777. John also provided guns and services to aid the war effort.

He was married on 26 December 1765 to Martha Bugg in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

  • Frances was born on 1 November 1766 and married Jeremiah Laws.
  • Rhoda was born on 24 April 1768 and married Robert Mitchell.
  • Mary was born on 7 July 1770 and married William Farmer.
  • Jacob was born on 10 April 1772 and married Martha Brown.
  • John was born on 15 April 1774 and married Celia Bonham.
  • Thomas was born on 10 May 1776 Frances Moss.
  • Benjamin was born on 3 April 1778 and married Peggy Robinson.
  • Martha was born on 10 March 1780.
  • James was born on 26 January 1782 and married Margaret Whoberry.
  • Lucy was born on 30 March 1785 and married Mitchell Whoberry.
  • Jesse was born on 9 March 1788 and married Elizabeth Ewing.
  • Nancy was born on31 March 1790 and married Charles Lockman.
  • Samuel was born on 11 October 1793.

The family migrated about 1783 to the area of Salt River, Anderson County, Kentucky [then Virginia].

The Patriot died on 22 May 1817 in Mercer County, Kentucky. He was buried on his farm, but his gravestone was moved to Bellevue Cemetery in Danville, Kentucky. It is believed that the stone is a cenotaph, with his remains still in the original place of burial.

 

Sources:

  1. Gwathmey, John H., Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution: Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, 1775-1783, Virginia. Richmond: Dietz Press, 1938, page 243.
  2. Elliott, Katherine B., Revolutionary War records, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Virginia. South Hill: [p], page 56.
  3. Abercrombie, Janice L. and Slatten, Richard, Virginia Revolutionary Publick Claims, Vol. 2, Georgia. Athens: Iberian Publishing Company, 1992, pages 662-663.
  4. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. Micropublication M881, roll 1024. Washington: National Archives.
  5. Williams, Andrew, chairman, Bible Records from the Files of the Harrodsburg Historical Society Library, Kentucky. Harrodsburg: Britton Printing Service, 1973, page 53.

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