Display Patriot - P-185027 - William HARRELL/HORRALL Jr

William HARRELL/HORRALL Jr

SAR Patriot #: P-185027

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A051175

Birth: abt 1757 / Albemarle / VA
Death: 15 Feb 1842 / Daviess / IN

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Pvt - Capt Higgenbottom, Col Mason, 1776
  2. Pvt - Capt Alexander Henderson, Col Gibson, Boyer, 1777-1778
  3. Also, Capt Richard Taliaferro, 1779
  4. Also, Capt John Morrison, Col Mage, Randall, 1780
  5. Capts. David Shelton, John Loving, Col Richardson, Randall, 1781
  6. Signed Petition from residents of Amherst Co. to the VA Legislature for protecting religious freedom, 1779
  7. Paid supply tax, 1783

Additional References:
  1. Pension Number *S17472
  2. Journal of the VA House of Delegates, 15 Dec 1778
  3. Petition to the VA House of Delegates from Amhest Freeholders on Religious Freedom
  4. Library of VA, Amherst Co. Pers. Prop. Tax, 1782-1803, Reel #18

Spouse: (1) Priscilla Calvert Houghton; (2) Eleanor Morgan Wallace
Children: Thomas; John Wesley; Sarah; Priscilla; Mary/Polly;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1973-01-18 FL Unassigned David Geeting Monroe (104379) Coleman   
1980-03-24 IN Unassigned William Goodman Jr (116813) John   
1986-05-12 DC Unassigned John Douglas Sinks Ph.D. (121743) Priscilla   
2000-02-28 VA 5957 Richard Philip Buzan (153438) John   
2007-11-01 VA 29682 Douglas Edward LeMasters (170286) Thomas   
2016-05-26 IL 69458 James Dale Whitt (198730) Prissilla   
2017-09-22 IL 77248 Jared Keagan Whitt (204644) Prissilla   
2017-09-22 IL 77249 Jordan Riley Whitt (204645) Prissilla   
Burial:
Old Bethel Cemetery (C-0130468)
Location:
Washington / Daviess / IN / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2292698
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
33593225
Marker Type:
SAR
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
29 May 2008

Comments:
  • Two stones: 1] early 20th-century V/A stone; 2] Modern granite stone.
  • Grave marked by Fairfax Resolves, Virginia, Chapter
  • Photo displayed courtesy of John D. Sinks, DCSSAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
  • The cemetery is about ¼ mile east of Route 57 on the southern edge of Washington Township


Author: John Douglas Sinks Ph.D.

The Fairfax Resolves Chapter placed bronze SAR markers at the grave of Private William Horrall, a soldier of the American Revolution, May 29, 2008.

Private Horrall is buried at Old Bethel Cemetery at Washington Township, Daviess County, Indiana.  He served six tours of duty in the Revolution as a private from Amherst County, Virginia.  He was among those who served in McIntosh’s Ohio Valley Expedition in 1777-1778. He helped build Fort Laurens at present-day Bolivar, Ohio, during that tour of duty.  He volunteered in early 1781 when Phillips and Arnold invaded Virginia, and later in 1781 for the Siege of York.  In his pension application he said he was present at the surrender of Cornwallis.  In addition to serving in the militia, he signed a petition from the residents of Amherst County calling from the protection of religious freedom.  William Horrall removed to South Carolina after the Revolution and then moved to Daviess County about 1809.  He died 15 February 1842.

 


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