Display Patriot - P-299764 - John Dabney STROTHER Sr
John Dabney STROTHER Sr
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P-299764
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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service / Civil Service
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Author: Mark Andrew Davis
John Dabney Strother Sr. was born in 1721 in Hanover County, Virginia, and the son of Francis and Suzanne (Dabney) Strother.
During the Revolutionary War, he served as a Private, where he guarded prisoners at Albemarle Barracks with the Culpeper County Virginia Militia. He later served as a Captain in the Virginia Continental Troops.
As well as his military career, he served the cause of Independence by being a signer of the protest against the Stamp Act. He served in civil roles as a Justice of the Peace and a member of the Committee of Safety.
John was married in 1741 to Mary Willis Wade in Culpeper County, Virginia. Together, they had the following known children:
Joseph was born in 1742.
Susanna Dabney was born about 1744 and married Solomon Strothers
Ann Nancy was born about 1749 and married her cousin John French Strother.
Mary Wade was born on 29 January 1752 and married Charles Browning.
Lucy was born in 1756 and married Francis Strother Covington.
Elizabeth was born on 18 June 1758 and married John Browning.
Sarah was born about 1760 and married William Hughes.
John was born in 1764 and married Helen Piper.
In his Last Will and Testament, dated 29 March 1795, he divided up all this land and property, including enslaved people, to his “seven children.” Those children were: Joseph, John, Mary Browning, Sarah Hughes, Lucy Covington, Elizabeth Browning, and Mildred Covington [Lucy]. Daughter Ann’s children are called out, so we can assume she died before her father.
The Patriot died on 31 March 1795 in Culpeper County, Virginia, and he is thought to be buried at Wadefield, Strother Family Estate.
Sources:
Gwathmey, John H., Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution: Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, 1775-1783, Virginia. Richmond: Dietz Press, 1938, page 747.
Eckenrode, H.J., Virginia State Library, Archives Division, List of the Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia, Special report of the Department of Archives and History for 1912, Virginia. Richmond: D. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing, 1913, page 422
Jones, Mary Stevens, An 18th Century Perspective: Culpeper County [Virginia], Virginia. Culpeper: Culpeper Historical Society, 1976 page 68
Sanchez-Saavedra, E. M., A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787, Virginia. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1978, page 119
Owen, Thomas McAdory, William Strother, of Virginia, and his descendants. Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1898, pages 148, 155, 165
Mixed Probate Records of Culpeper County, Virginia, Vol. D., pages 154-155.
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