Display Patriot - P-245342 - Robert MCAFEE

Robert MCAFEE

SAR Patriot #: P-245342

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: Soldier / Civil Service / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A074354

Birth: 10 Jul 1745 / Lancaster / PA
Death: 10 May 1795 New Orleans / / LA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. He was a defender of McAfee's Station
  2. He served as a Private in the Company of Captain Samuel McAfee of the Lincoln County Militia
  3. He served as a Juror in Kentucky County in 1780

Additional References:
  1. Simpson-Poffenbarger, Livia Nye, Battle of Point Pleasant, A Battle of the Revolution, October 10th. 1774, Biographical Sketches of the Men Who Participated, West Virginia. Point Pleasant: The State Gazette, 1909, pg 26
  2. Collins, Lewis & Richard H. Collins, Historical Sketches of Kentucky – History of Kentucky, Kentucky. Covington: Collins & Co, 1874. 2 v, pg 183, 618-619
  3. Kleber, John E, The Kentucky Encyclopedia, Kentucky. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1992, pg 589
  4. Harding, Margery Heberling, George Rogers Clark and his Men, Military Records, 1778-1784, Kentucky, Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society, 1981, pg 178-179

Spouse: Ann McCoun
Children: Robert; Samuel; Jane; Anne; Margaret; Mary;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1960-03-17 OK Unassigned Walter Ralph Turner (84682) Margaret   
1973-02-23 OH Unassigned Hunter Earick Hooe (103898) Robert   
1980-01-10 KY Unassigned Charles Edward Overstreet (116457) Mary   
1982-01-13 AZ Unassigned William Thomas Smithey (119644) Jane   
1987-09-30 GA 225044 James McAfee Davenport (129466) Samuel   
1998-02-18 FL 200355 William Mcafee Sharp (149798) Samuel   
2004-12-13 MI 21351 Peter Jay Kuhn (163881) Robert   
Burial:
James McAfee Cemetery (C-0216089)
Location:
McAfee / Mercer / KY / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2424839
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
79775465
Marker Type:
Military
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • This marker is a cenotaph, his actual burial location is unknown
  • James McAfee and his wife Agnes "Nancy" Clark McAfee are buried here. There are Revolutionary War plaques and SAR Markers for James and his brother Robert McAfee. Robert died in New Orleans after being shot by Bandits
  • Photos used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

West .8 mile on Kentucky Highway 1160 off U.S. 127 then right .65 miles on Man O'War Drive at Rainey Estates. The Cemetery is in the small group of woods at the end of Road



Author: Robert Lee Knott Jr
Robert McAfee, Sr., born 10 July 1745, Octoraro Creek, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. He died 10 May 1795 in New Orleans, Jefferson Co., Louisiana. Robert was severely injured during an argument and attempted robbery.
Robert married Anne McCoun, 10 Dec 1766 in Virginia. Anne was born 1 August 1745 in Ireland. Sh d1e died in 1794 in Mercer Co., Kentucky.
Robert was the son of James McAfee who was born 17 October 1707 in Belfast, County Armaugh, Ireland and died in 1785 at Catawba Creek, Augusta Co., Virginia. His mother was Jane McMichael, born in 1710, Belfast, County Armaugh, Ireland and died in 1783 at Salt River, Mercer Co., Kentucky.
Robert along with his brothers were with George Rogers Clark in 1780 at the Battle of Pique.

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