Display Patriot - P-160377 - James FOREACRES/FOREAKERS
James FOREACRES/FOREAKERS
SAR Patriot #:
P-160377
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 / Patriotic Service
He served as a Private in the company of Captain John Lyles, Virginia Militia.
1783, he paid a supply tax as a resident of the 8th district, Berkeley County, Virginia.
Additional References:
Revolutionary War Pension file S2051 - Ephraim Bates with deposition by James Foreakers.
Hening, William Waller, The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619, Volume XI, Virginia. Richmond: George Cochran, Printers, 1823, pg 112-129
Personal Property Tax, 1783-1789 - Berkeley County, Virginia, Library of Virginia, FamilySearch Film # 007846311, image 22
Graves report submitted by Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR - Nov 2018
Spouse: (1) XX XX; (2) Rosanne Saveley Children: Sarah; Isaac; George S;
There are two "graves" in two different cemeteries in Salesville, Ohio:
Salem Baptist Church: Find-a-Grave62906164. Original gravestone, upright, contemporary with the Patriot's death. Also, a V/A flat stone.
Leatherwood Cemetery Find-a-Grave25670939. Modern cenotaph stone, plus a second V/A flat stone. 1776 stake marker. Second wife is buried in this cemetery.
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Author: Mark Andrew Davis
This biography was written by PRS staff with some information provided by Mike Gunn.
James Foreacre/Foreaker was born in 1754 in Virginia.
In 1833 in Monroe County, Ohio, James Foreaker sat for a deposition for the Pension Application of Ephriam Bates of Monroe County. It’s important to note that Monroe and Guernsey are neighboring counties in Ohio:
Also appeared before me John Linn Associate Judge as aforesaid on the day & year aforesaid, James Foreakers aged seventy-four years [Note: he would have been about 79 years old], who being duly sworn deposeth [and] saith that he was a private in Captain Liles [Captain John Lyle] company of [Virginia] Militia. That he marched from Fort MacKintosh [Fort McIntosh at present-day Beaver Pennsylvania] to Fort Lawrence as the Declarant has stated. that he personally knew the Declarant and knew that he acted as a butcher. That Deponent frequently went to the slaughter pen & saw the Declarant, who wore a straw hat, engaged in killing [beaves]; that upon hearing the declaration read, he well remembered the principal facts and circumstances mentioned therein relative to the MacKintosh campaign. That he still was able to recognize & remember the countenance of Ephraim Bates the Declarant, who was then in his presence and further this Deponent saith not. James Foreakers
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid towit 26th March 1833
In 1783, he paid a supply tax in Berkeley County, Virginia.
James was married before 1781 to an unknown woman. After her death, he married Rosanna Saveley on 16 January 1787. He was the father of the following known children:
George S. was born about 1777 and married an unknown woman.
Isaac was born on 31 March 1781 and married 1) Charity Lent and 2) Mary Ann Stigler.
Jane married [?] Crawfords [this child not proven].
Catherine married [?] Smith [this child not proven].
Mary “Polly” was born about 1798 and married Peter Smith.
James Jr was born about 1794 and married Margaret Bill.
Hannah was born about 1800 and married John Hague.
Margaret was born about 1801 and married Reuben Hague
Lydia was born about 1804 and married William LaRue
John was born in 1806 and married Ruamah Rose.
Rosanna was born on 2 April 1807 and married Jonathan Parks.
He died on 2 July 1849. There are multiple stones for him, with the only stone that is contemporary with his death is located at Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Salesville, Guernsey County, Ohio. Additionally, there is also a flat Veterans Administration stone. At Leatherwood Cemetery, there are two additional stones: a modern gravestone and a second flat Veterans Administration stone. It is most likely that he is buried at Salem Baptist. His second wife, Rosanna, is buried at Leatherwood Cemetery with an original stone contemporary, and her death was in March 1831.
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