Claiborne Parrish/Parish
Various spellings of first name: Claiborne, Claibourne (DAR), Claborn, Clayborn, and Claburn
Claiborne Parrish, the son of David and Juda born about 1760 in Goochland County, Virginia and died before May 1836 (Estate Probate) in Granville County, North Carolina.
Claibourne Parish DAR Ancestor #: A086959
Service: North Carolina Rank: Private
Service Source: Pension Number: *S7297
Service Description: 1) Capt. Lipham, Capt. McFarland, Col. Mebane, Gen. Butler
Residence: Orange County, North Carolina
Family:
Children of Claiborne Parrish and his wife Polly:
Daughter, Christiana married William Roberts
Daughter, Eady married Alfred Jones
Daughter, Mary Polly married Jesse Mangum
Son, Sihon married 2nd Sarah Adams
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Gallery: Pension S7297 of 23 pgs. (document images), 1835 NC Pension Roll, and NC Pensioner List
Stories:
(1) Claiborne Parrish Pension Application S7297 Transcribed by Will Graves
(2) Claborn Parrish (1760 - 1836) Last Will and Testament
(3) Claborn Parrish (1760 - 1836) of Granville County, North Carolina
(4) Claiborne Parrish, DAR Ancestor A086959 and SAR P-266043
Excerpts from Pension Statement:
State North Carolina Granville County: Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions August Term A.D. 1832
On this 4th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before Lewis Taylor, Richard Bullock and Thomas H.Willie members of the said court now in Session Claiborne Parrish a citizen & resident of the County & State aforesaid, who was born in the County of Goochland and State of Virginia and removed to Granville County & State of North Carolina with his parents when he was about 7 years old, but his age he cannot distinctly state……
That he entered into the Service of the United States by draft on a tour of 3 months duty under the command of Captain Lipham from the County of Orange and State aforesaid where he then lived….
...I was again drafted from the same County, where I continued to reside, on a Tour of duty of 3 months Service, and entered upon duty under the command of Captain John McFarland but I am unable to recollect the names of the other company officers, but when [we] arrived at Hillsboro the Place of Rendezvous the whole detachment was placed under the Command of General Butler Colonel Mebane was also in command...
...when we learned that a party of Tories had passed into Hillsboro and had taken a number of Prisoners that were confined there; we turned our course so as to intercept their retreat and fell in with them at Lindley's Mill -- where we had an engagement. [Note: Historical Records states engagement occurred on September 13, 1781.]