Display Patriot - P-238046

John LONG

SAR Patriot #: P-238046

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: Captain

DAR #: A071291

Birth: 1755 Port Royal / Caroline / VA
Death: 15 Mar 1826 Gravois / St. Louis / MO

Qualifying Service Description:

Caroline County, VA Militia under Colonel Taliafero

Additional References:

Gwathmey, Hist Reg of VA in the Revolution, pg 482
Colonial Caroline, Campbell, pg 370-371

Spouse: Elizabeth Bennett
Children: William Lindsay; Isabella;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1976-03-18	TX	Unassigned	Marcellus Loraine Liles (109940)	Isabella
2003-11-14	GA	17677	Matthew Winston Williams (161475)	Isabella
2023-12-01	MO	109976	John C. Haines (228542)	Isabella
2023-12-01	MO	109977	Nicholas E. Haines (228543)	Isabella

Burial:

Sappington Cemetery (aka Sappington Burial Ground, Sappington Grave Yard)_(C-0373491)

Location:

Crestwood / St. Louis City / MO / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1617045

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

7560261

Marker Type:

DAR / SAR

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

13 Jul 2019

Comments:

Photos displayed courtesy of Donald A. Withrow, MO SAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Donald Alan Withrow

John Long was born in Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia in 1755. During the American Revolution he served as a militia Captain for Caroline County, Virginia. Following the American Revolution he served as a ship captain between Philadelphia and Liverpool. In 1782 while in England he met and married Elizabeth Bennett a daughter of a Member of Parliament for Wales. Around 1794 he moved to Kentucky and then in 1796 to St Louis County, Missouri upon receiving a Spanish Land Grant in the Bellefontaine area. Around 1807 he acquired land in the Gravois Settlement area which now consists of Grant’s Farm. His son William Lindsey Long married Elizabeth Sappington in 1808 and they have credited with building White Haven later owned by the Dent family and President Grant. He died March 15, 1826 in St Louis County and was buried in the Sappington Cemetery.

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