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Enlisted, Fauquier County, Virginia, 1777, and served as a bombardier under Captain Edmonds in the Second Regiment of Virginia Artillery, commanded by Colonel Marshall. Took part in several campaigns in Virginia and North Carolina.
Born 1757, and died February 20, 1838. Married Ann Bigbee December 29, 1785, in Fauquier County. She was born in 1765 and died July 22, 1856. The family moved from Wood County, to Jackson County, Ohio, in 1837. Their children and date of birth were: Fanny, December, 1786; Susannah, November, 1788; Willis, December, 1790; Louis, May, 1793; Thomas, February, 1797; Amelia, 1799; Mary, 1800; George, 1809.
Pension was granted the soldier in 1832. The widow also received a pension and bounty land warrant was received for 160 acres. Supporting data was filed by Bailey Rice, Thomas Leach, a brother, and James M. Quality.
Source Citation: West Virginians in the American Revolution, Compiled by Ross B. Johnson.
Excerpted from West Virginia History, Vol. 1 (October 1939) – Vol. 9 (October 1947). Page 165.
Reprinted with permission of the West Virginia Department of Archives and History.
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