Display Patriot - P-298042 - David STILES

David STILES

SAR Patriot #: P-298042

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: NJ      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A109913

Birth: abt 1760 Morristown / Morris / NJ
Death: Dec 1839 Stiles / Nelson / KY

Qualifying Service Description:

Pvt, Morris Co, NJ militia


Additional References:
  1. NJ, REV WAR SLIPS: SINGLE CITATIONS OF THE NJ DOD MATERIALS, FHL ROLL #573042
  2. "Men from Morris Co, NJ who served in the American Revolution" by B Hoskins, pg 167
  3. Official Register, NJ, pg 768

Spouse: Elizabeth Kitchell
Children: Charles; Eunice; Rhoda; John; Lewis; Demas; Chillion; Densy; David Jr;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1958-02-28 OH Unassigned William Lockwood Palmer (82898) Lewis   
1994-07-27 KY 208269 Robert Matthew Shipley (142940) David   
2004-12-08 NC 21267 Andrew Wesley Foster (163827) Lewis   
2005-06-21 FL 22959 Phillip Herbert Tarpley (165167) Lewis   
2005-09-07 TN 23609 Brian Alan Tarpley (165615) Lewis   
2008-04-04 TN 31763 John Phillip Tarpley (171427) Lewis   
Burial:
Union Band Baptist Cemetery (C-0371247)
Location:
/ Nelson / KY / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
1962648
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
37.540428 / -85.578197
Find A Grave Memorial #:
8822394
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Photos displayed courtesy of Scott and Andrew Giltner, Ky SAR



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Phillip Herbert Tarpley
Patriot David Stiles was born in 1760 Morristown, Morris County, NJ to Thomas Stiles & Abigail Ogden. He spent his childhood in an area where much Rev War activity took place. Morristown, NJ was strategically located and David had personal contact with Washington's army when it wintered there. He enlisted in the Continental Army at the age of 15 or16 and this information is recorded in the War Records of New Jersey. As a result of his long service to the new nation, he received a land grant of over five thousand acres on the Rolling Fork River in Nelson County, KY, near Bardstown.

In 1784, David married Elizabeth Kitchell. The father and grandfather of his wife Elizabeth also served the patriot cause. Abraham Kitchell, her father, was an enlisted soldier in NJ Militia but served only on the Committee of Safety. Her grandfather, Judge Joseph Kitchell, was elected Judge of the County and served the new state government during the war. He was too advanced in age to fight in battle.

After the war, David Stiles took his family to their new land in Kentucky. Embracing a pioneer spirit, he built a home and cleared the land for a farm. The family would grow to include children Lewis ,Charles, Eunice Kitchell, Densy, John, Rhoda, Abraham, Demas, and David. When David Stiles passed on to his reward in 1839 he was buried in Union Band Cemetery in Nelson County, KY. The marker was a simple hand hewn stone with the initials “D.S. 1760-1839”. In 1941 the DAR erected a memorial on his grave site. There is no known SAR marker there as yet.

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