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Abiud Fairchild was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in the year 1762. He was the son of Ebenezer Fairchild and Salome Goble.
On October 10, 1778 at the age of 16 he entered the North Carolina Militia as a drafted soldier under the command of Captain John Robbins. Lieutenant William Gillery was the Company's commanding officer.
His Company spent most of the fall and winter 1778-1779 marching along the Savannah River guarding the ferries. He was discharged in April 1779 by Lieutenant Gillery.
He then served as a volunteer under Colonel Benjamin Cleveland from April 1779 to June 1780 to pursue and report activities of the Tories mostly in the counties of Wilkes, Burke and Rutherford, NC.
While assigned to Colonel Cleveland the company marched to Ramsour's Mill, NC arriving on June 20, 1780 shortly after a battle where the Mecklenburg troops defeated the Tories.
He again returned home and then volunteered to serve under Captain William Jackson. Abiud later married Rebecca Jackson (probably the daughter of William Jackson).
In September of 1780 his company joined the Virginia troops under the command of Colonel William Campbell where the mounted soldiers proceeded to Kings Mountain with the foot soldiers following. When Abiud and the other foot soldiers reached Kings Mountain on October 8, 1780, the battle had ended with the Tories were once again defeated.
Abiud was then discharged for three months.
About March 3, 1781 he reported for duty under Captain John Cleveland, (son of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland) where they marched to the Old Trading Ford on the Yadkin River in Rowan County, NC. They returned from the expedition about April 25, 1781. This was his final encounter during the Revolutionary War.
Abiud returned to Wilkes County, NC and married Rebecca Jackson . In the early 1800s he moved to Floyd County, KY where he spent the rest of his life. He an Rebecca had seven children. Sarah (1783-1865), Phoebe (1787-1865), Mary (1789-1868), Hannah, (1792-?), Susannah (1794-1834), Rebecca (1797-?), and Asa J. (1800-1855)
Abiud Fairchild died 24 January 1848 and was buried in the Patty Flat Cemetery in Johnson County, KY. There is a bronze plaque placed at the cemetery by the Paintsville, KY Chapter of the DAR. The plaque bears the names of Abiud and ten other Revolutionary War Soldiers
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