Display Patriot - P-180057 - John HEREFORD Sr

John HEREFORD Sr

SAR Patriot #: P-180057

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
DAR #: A054066

Birth: 1725 / Stafford / VA
Death: 08 Apr 1793 Leesburg / Loudoun / VA

Qualifying Service Description:

Furnished supplies, Loudoun Co, for VA Line


Additional References:
  1. ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, Volume 2, pg 603, 616
  2. VA Publick Claims, Loudon Co, pg 15

Spouse: (1) Elizabeth Barry; (2) Margaret Ammon
Children: William; Robert; Thomas Ammon; Catherine; John Jr; Nancy; Francis; Margaret;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1989-03-29 KY 221011 George Richard Burks II (132726) Thomas   
1989-10-23 TN 219749 James Strong Hereford Jr (133735) Thomas   
1992-05-22 CA 213249 John Hereford Howard (138931) Thomas   
1992-08-26 AL 212434 Elijah Davis Howard III (139443) Thomas   
1994-07-27 GA 208264 Edward Lee Hereford (142935) Thomas   
1995-10-13 VA 205103 Jon Eric Rice (145313) William   
1996-08-12 CA 203185 Danny Joe Hereford USN (Ret.) (146890) Thomas   
1996-12-04 CA 202831 Daniel John Hereford (147375) Thomas   
1997-12-19 LA 200454 Louis Stirling Doherty III (149496) Robert   
1999-03-31 MA 3031 Fernand William Sanchez Jr (151870) Robert   
2000-05-23 TX 6738 Charles Ray Hereford CPA (154004) William   
2000-12-18 TX 8189 William Russell Surles (154954) Robert   
2002-04-29 TX 12959 Charles Lee Hereford (157999) William   
2002-05-17 TX 13103 Gerrie Lyn Hereford (158220) William   
2004-11-03 IL 20838 Ray Panchot Hereford (163496) Robert   
2009-05-21 CA 35269 Jerry Lawrence Hereford (166722) Robert   
2019-08-02 AL 87669 Robert Wiggins Johnson Jr. (212409) Thomas   
2021-06-11 AL 97461 Robert Leslie Burr Jr. (219406) Thomas   
2021-12-31 AL 100136 Laurence Hereford Johnson (221195) Thomas   
2025-01-17 TX 110231 Richard Eugene Payne (224957)   
Burial:
Old Stone Church Cemetery (C-0175305)
Location:
Leesburg / Loudoun / VA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2361660
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
39.117706 / -77.565802
Find A Grave Memorial #:
23618217
Marker Type:
Headstone / DAR Plaque
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Grave Photo and GPS provided by Craig Batten, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR
  • Photo by permission: Danny Joe Hereford, California Society SAR
  • Cemetery is on the site of the former Old Stone Methodist Church, Leesburg, VA


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Danny Joe Hereford
JOHN HEREFORD, II

John Hereford, II and Margaret Ammon Hereford continued to live on the property in Fairfax County, Virginia that John had inherited from his father in 1744, until they moved to Leesburg, Loudoun County, VA in 1759. The first two of their nine children were born in Fairfax County and the remaining seven in Loudoun County. The plantation and old home place was sold and later became the property of George Washington and a part of Mount Vernon. Loudoun County was established in 1757 so John and Peggy must have been pioneer citizens of Leesburg.

John was an AInnholder@ in Leesburg and an elder of the town and he and Margaret lived there many years.[1]The old two story brick home that John built for his family is still standing. It is located on the west side of King Street, midway between Cornwall and Market and was, in 1960, owned and occupied by Mrs. Eugene O'Connor, III and her family. In 1784, John and Margaret sold their home and 1/2 acre lot in Leesburg and moved back to Fairfax County, Virginia.[2]John Hereford, II died 8 Apr 1793 probably in Fairfax County. His Will was probated in Loudoun County, VA[3]and he was buried in the church yard of the first house of Worship in Leesburg. This church was built in 1766 and was probably the church that John and Margaret attended. His gravestone is extant. The inscription reads as follows:

In Memory of
JOHN HEREFORD
Many years an Inhabitant of
this town. Who departed this
life the 8th of April
1793. Aged 64 years.

The church itself deteriorated many years ago and the cemetery that was originally located directly behind the church is now in the garden of the home owned by Rev. and Mrs J. Armistead Welbourn and we should thank them for its restoration in 1933. The Welbourn home is located at the corner of Cornwall and Wirt Streets.

[1] Best Contemporary Account of Leesburg, Nicholas Creswell.

Loudoun County, Virginia Deed Book M, p. 142; I, pp306 and 435; Book N. pp. 159 and 389.
[2] Loudoun County, Virginia, Deed Book O, p. 194.

Family listed as being taxable in Fairfax County, Virginia. Virginia Heads of Families, 1785, p. 86.

[3] Loudoun County, Virginia Will Book T, pp. 128 and 129.
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