Display Patriot - P-225702

David JOHNSTON

SAR Patriot #: P-225702

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 #: A063912

Birth: 1726 / Fermanagh / Ireland
Death: 1786 / Montgomery / VA

Qualifying Service Description:

Served in VA Militia under Capt Hardy Wills, Colonel George Rogers Clark

Additional References:

SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
NSSAR #148207
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK & HIS MEN BY HARDING P.64-65

Spouse: Nannie/Annie Abbott
Children: Elain; Andrew; Sallie/Sarah; David;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1997-04-18	WV	201384	Lowell Herbert Dawson (148207)	David
1997-08-14	WV	201354	Charles Wallace Dawson (148780)	David
1997-08-14	WV	201355	Ralph Leon Dawson (148781)	David
2004-03-05	FL	17024	John Lewis Little (154042)	Elain
2011-11-03	FL	44284	Peter Duke Johnston (181189)	Andrew
2015-02-26	KY	62781	Walter Richard Sheets (193852)	Ela

Burial:

Johnston Cemetery_(C-0163500)

Location:

Ripplemead / Giles / VA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2344083

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

26670670

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Photo by permission: Geoff Baggett, Col Stephen Trigg Chapter, Kentucky SAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: George Geoffrey Baggett
David Johnston was born in Ireland around 1726. He married Nancy Ann “Nannie” Abbott in Culpepper County, Virginia, in 1751. He relocated his family from the county of Culpeper, Virginia, in 1778, and settled in the New River valley on the plateau between Big Stony Creek and Little Stony Creek, about one mile from the river, at the place now known as the John Phlegar farm in the county of Montgomery (now Giles).

David Johnston served in the war for the state of Virginia. His rank was Private. He served under Capt. Hardy Hills in the command of the infamous Col. George Rogers Clark. He lived in Culpepper County and Montgomery County, Virginia, at the time of his service.

He died in 1786, his wife in 1813, and they were both buried on the Phlegar farm.

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