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Author: Reber Porter Kennedy Jr.
Joseph P. Ligon Jr., (Ancestor # A070338) (December 11, 1755 - September 21, 1842), my GGGG Grandfather, fought in the Revolutionary War coming to Montgomery County before 1800 and settling in the Rossview Road area.
He was a private in Virginia under Captain John Thompson, Colonel Nathaniel Cooke, He was born in Halifax County, Va. in 1755 and was fifty nine years of age when he moved to Montgomery County Tennessee in 1814. He was a member of the Virginia troops in the Revolutionary War, who was wounded at Guilford Courthouse March 15, 1781. His right arm was lame from the effects of a wound that destroyed the joint in his arm. He chose not to have his arm removed and it hung limp for the rest of his life. He was in General Steven's brigade. (Source - Obit Writings of Joseph Buckner Killebrew-Montgomery County Tennessee Family Histories) He drew a pension for many years before his death.
When he was about eighty years of age, he became totally blind, and died in 1842 at the age of 87 on what is now Rossview Road on the Hallums farm. According to "Recollections of My Life" by Killebrew, his great grandson, he was a was a man of great dignity of manner and severity of morals. His snow white hair and benignant face reminded one of the portraits of Washington, whom he greatly admired. He was very gentle when I knew him, fond of company and of the companionship of children especially. All the school children who passed his house every morning were sure to greet him and he responded with so much kindness and cheerfulness to their salutations that it was a real pleasure to speak to him.
He is buried in the Ligon Cemetery on Rossview Road in Clarksville, Montomery County Tennessee with my GGG, GG and G grandparents.
Author: Reber Porter Kennedy Jr.
Joseph P. Ligon Jr., (Ancestor # A070338) (December 11, 1755 - September 21, 1842), my GGGG Grandfather, fought in the Revolutionary War coming to Montgomery County before 1800 and settling in the Rossview Road area.
He was a private in Virginia under Captain John Thompson, Colonel Nathaniel Cooke, He was born in Halifax County, Va. in 1755 and was fifty nine years of age when he moved to Montgomery County Tennessee in 1814. He was a member of the Virginia troops in the Revolutionary War, who was wounded at Guilford Courthouse March 15, 1781. His right arm was lame from the effects of a wound that destroyed the joint in his arm. He chose not to have his arm removed and it hung limp for the rest of his life. He was in General Steven's brigade. (Source - Obit Writings of Joseph Buckner Killebrew-Montgomery County Tennessee Family Histories) He drew a pension for many years before his death.
When he was about eighty years of age, he became totally blind, and died in 1842 at the age of 87 on what is now Rossview Road on the Hallums farm. According to "Recollections of My Life" by Killebrew, his great grandson, he was a was a man of great dignity of manner and severity of morals. His snow white hair and benignant face reminded one of the portraits of Washington, whom he greatly admired. He was very gentle when I knew him, fond of company and of the companionship of children especially. All the school children who passed his house every morning were sure to greet him and he responded with so much kindness and cheerfulness to their salutations that it was a real pleasure to speak to him.
He is buried in the Ligon Cemetery on Rossview Road in Clarksville, Montomery County Tennessee with my GGG, GG and G grandparents.
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