Display Patriot - P-162673

Joshua FRY

SAR Patriot #: P-162673

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A043075

Birth: abt 1760 / Albemarle / VA
Death: 1839 / Garrard / KY

Qualifying Service Description:

Served in VA militia while student at William and Mary - 1779
Joined a company of volunteer horse from Louisa, Hanover Co, VA - 1781
Joined Albemarle Co, VA militia - 1781
CAPTS WILLIAM NELSON, WILLIAM O. CALLIS, BENJAMIN HARRIS; COLs THOMAS MARSHALL, HOLT RICHARDSON

Additional References:

SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004 28th-35th Annual Reports, NSDAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC
Pension S37947

Spouse: Peachy Walker
Children: John;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
1963-02-08	MD	Unassigned	Rogers Clark Ballard Morton (89063)	Lucy
1994-02-25	KY	209529	John Hardin Ward III (141972)	Lucy

Burial:

Bellevue (aka Danville) Cemetery_(C-0042555)

Location:

Danville / Boyle / KY / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

73029

Grave Plot #:

1-2A-03

Grave GPS Coordinates:

37.651980 / -84.769700

Find A Grave Memorial #:

195779978

Marker Type:

SAR/DAR

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

17 Aug 2014

Comments:

Danville National Cemetery is located within Bellevue Cemetery

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Stephanie Griffin

In 1779 Fry served under Capt. William Nelson. Joshua Fry volunteered when the British attacked at Hampton Roads. Joshua is the grandson of Joshua Fry, who commanded the Virginia troops in the French and Indian War. Young Fry volunteered as a common soldier at the age of 14. Fry was present when Cornwallis surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown. Discharged in 1781, he re-enlisted later as a private.

Fry married the daughter of Dr. Thomas Walker. Walker was the first white man to venture
into the interior of Kentucky. Fry is remembered as a man of great charity and benevolence. Finding the education on the frontier limited, he opened a school in his home. Those who could pay were charged a reasonable fee; those who could not pay were cheerfully educated as well. Among his distinguished students; Judge John Green, Lewis Green, Gen Cassius Clay, Hon. John Marshall, Col. John Speed, and Chief Justice
Thomas Marshall.

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