Display Patriot - P-172469 - William A HALBERT

William A HALBERT

SAR Patriot #: P-172469

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: 2nd Lieutenant

DAR #: A049188

Birth: 14 Oct 1744 / Essex / VA
Death: 28 Dec 1808 / Pendleton Dist / SC

Qualifying Service Description:

Captain Henry Lee, Colonel Theodore Bland, 1st Continental Dragoons, 2nd Partisan Corps, Henry County, VA Militia

Additional References:

Gwathmey, Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, pg 338
Roster of Texas Daughters Revolutionary Ancestors, pg 906
Louise Ayer Vandiver, Traditions and History of Anderson County, pg 138

Spouse: Elizabeth Hill;
Children: Joel; Martha; John; Enos; Arthur; James; Susannah; Frances; William Anson Jr; Joshua; Elizabeth; Mary; Lucinda;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1941-11-05	FL	Unassigned	Burdette Garrison (60200)	Frances
1943-02-08	CO	Unassigned	Newton Claiborne Gunter (60589)	John
1958-10-15	LA	Unassigned	James Arthur Sproles Jr (83838)
1960-02-29	VA	Unassigned	Martin Boyd Marx (85564)
1962-12-13	KY	Unassigned	Henry M Reed (89165)	Joel
1969-01-14	TN	Unassigned	Eugene Sumter Towles III (97764)	John
1969-04-22	TX	Unassigned	Howard P Hackney (98393)	Joel
1971-10-05	FL	Unassigned	Frank Dean Boggs (102066)	Joel
1973-02-06	MA	Unassigned	Paul Howard Walker (103608)	Frances
1975-05-05	NM	Unassigned	Peter McDavid Weh (107222)	Susannah
1987-05-06	MS	Unassigned	Thomas Lee Wallis (122647)	Frances
1998-08-20	NM	1879	Allen Edward Weh USMC (150702)	Susanna
1998-08-20	NM	1880	Brian Roberton Weh (150703)	Susanna
2000-01-19	FL	5526	Kirby Smith Halbert (153128)	John
2000-02-02	IN	5719	Robert Ervin Miller Jr (153277)	William
2006-06-15	TX	25747	Thomas Boyce Lynch Jr. (167240)	Suzannah
2011-03-03	MS	41103	Charles Franklin Garrison (156851)	Frances/Frankah
2015-02-26	MO	62249	Dale Edward Crandell (175822)	James
2015-05-08	TX	63815	Asa Gaylon Patterson (194634)	Joel
2017-03-31	MO	73752	Steven E. Biggs (201928)	William
2017-08-11	NY	76503	Alexandre Barrett Dembo (203983)	Joshua
2018-08-24	TX	81937	Ronald Joe Turner (198382)	Enos
2024-11-15	MO	114149	Samuel Stephen Smith (231795)	James

Burial:

Halbert Family Cemetery_(C-0171216)

Location:

/ Anderson / SC / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2355518

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

52866676

Marker Type:

Headstone

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Headstone, Damaged-On Ground, Legible
Stone appears to have been refurbished

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Ronald Joe Turner

William Anson HALBERT, Sr.

SAR Patriot #: P-172469

William Anson Halbert, Sr., was born at Caroline County, Virginia, 14 October 1744. He married Elizabeth Hill 17 June 1765 at Caroline County, Virginia. She was born 18 September 1747 at Carolina County.

William enlisted, November 1775, in the Partisan Legion Cavalry and served as a Second Lieutenant in the Henry County, Virginia, Militia in 1779 and 1780. He served with Captain Henry Lee’s Troop, 1st Regiment, Light Dragoons. For his service, Thomas Jefferson gave him 486 acres at Russell Creek in South Carolina.

He was a member of the Provincial Congress from Surry County, North Carolina, in 1775.

In 1786, he moved his family to Pendleton County, South Carolina, settling on the Saluda River. William built a sawmill on the Big Creek, which he operated until his death in 1808. Once established on their new land, lumber from the mill was used to build a substantial plantation home. He acquired large land holdings in Anderson County along the Big Creek and along the Saluda River. In South Carolina, he became a man of prominence in his community. He served as Justice of the Peace for many years. He was stocky, about five feet nine inches in height, with a red beard and blue eyes.

His children were Joel (born 1769), Martha (born 1772), John (born 1773), Enos (born 1775), Arthur (born 1777), James (born 1778), Susannah (born 1780), Frances (born 1782), William Anson Jr. (born 1784), Joshua (born 1785), Elizabeth (born 1788), Mary (born 1791) and Lucinda (born 1793).

William died 28 December 1808 at Anderson County, South Carolina. Elizabeth died 6 November 1836 at Anderson County, South Carolina. Both are buried at the Halbert Family Cemetery at Anderson County, South Carolina.

Author: Louise Ayer Vandiver

"Traditions and History of Anderson County," by Louise Ayer Vandiver, Pg. 138.

William Halbert's father, Joel Halbert, came from Wales and settled in Virginia. Whom he married is unknown, a Virginia girl certainly, as tradition makes this William Halbert eigth in descent from the well known Indian maiden "Pocahontas" and also related to the Randolphs of Virginia.

William was born in Virginia. In 1768 he married Elizabeth Hill and in 1786 they moved to Pendleton, settling on the Saluda River. William Halbert died in 1808, leaving to his wife and to each of his children 200 acres of land and several negros. He was a staunch Whig, and served in the army of Virginia.

After coming to South Carolina he became a man of prominence in his community; served as justice of the peace for many years. He was about five feet nine inches in height, of stout build, and had a red beard.

His children were Joel, Martha, John, Enos, Arthur, James, Susannah, Frances, William Joshua, Elizabeth, Mary and Lucinda. Most of these moved west, and today there are thousands of Halberts in Mississippi, Indiana, and other western states, but in South Carolina there is not one of the name. Joel married Mary Lindsey and went to Indiana in 1819. His daughter Sarah, married Moses Welborn of Anderson County, SC. Another, Ruth, married Amos Acker, youngest son of Peter Acker, Sr. and Jane Southerland.

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