Display Patriot - P-310546 - Jesse VAWTER

Jesse VAWTER

SAR Patriot #: P-310546

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A118384

Birth: 01 Dec 1755 / Culpeper / VA
Death: 20 Mar 1838 / Jefferson / IN

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Pvt - Capt John Camp, Col George Gibson, 1st VA Regt.
  2. DAR cites PVT. CLASS NO 92, UNDER LT MICHAEL GARR

Additional References:
  1. Bicknell, The History of the Vawter Family in America, 1905
  2. Roster & Soldiers, TN Society NSDAR, 1960-1970, Vol 2, pg 746, 747
  3. DAR cites BLANKENBAKER, LIST OF THE CLASSES IN CULPEPER CO. FOR JAN 1781, pg 29

Spouse: Elizabeth Watts
Children: William; Mary; Frances; John; Julia; Sarah; Ann; James; Arclles;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1968-02-29 TN Unassigned James S Corbitt (95939) Sarah   
1981-04-29 OH Unassigned Jasper Graham Wiley (118560) Julia   
1983-06-21 OH Unassigned Frederick Kingsley Cox (122358) Julia   
1987-09-22 OH 224690 James Graham Wiley (129962) Julia   
1988-02-04 TN 223939 Charles Corbitt Callis (130584) Sarah   
2009-01-26 AZ 33989 Brian Randall Keeling (173253) Frances   
2009-01-26 AZ 33990 Ricky Lee Keeling (173254) Frances   
2009-01-26 AZ 33991 Justin Lee Keeling (173255) Frances   
2009-01-26 AZ 33992 Matthew Ryan Keeling (173256) Frances   
2009-01-26 AZ 33993 Colton Randall Keeling (173257) Frances   
2010-09-15 KS 40357 Karl Philip Monger USA (177954) William   
2019-11-01 GA 89196 Michael Edward Hutchins (213586) John   
2019-11-01 GA 89197 Connor Michael Hutchins (213587) John   
Burial:
Wirt Baptist Cemetery (C-0075385)
Location:
Wirt / Jefferson / IN / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2131191
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
38.808262 / -85.452213
Find A Grave Memorial #:
10183509
Marker Type:
Upright, Architectural Top, dark gray stone, worn
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Photos courtesy of Allen Manning, Clifty Creek Chapter, IN SAR
  • Headstone is not at gravesite. Stones were relocated to a central area years ago


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

From Lousiville International Airport: Follow I-65 N and IN-62 E to State Hwy 7 N/Lanier Dr in Madison. Follow State Hwy 7 N to your destination. Turn left, on your right



Author: D Homer Wright

Jesse Vawter/Vauter was born 1 December 1755 at Virginia, a son of David Vawter and Mary Rucker.  He married Elizabeth Watts of Virginia, 29 March 1781.  Elizabeth was born 30 December 1762.  Jesse and Elizabeth had the following children:  John, James, William, Ann, Achilles, Sarah, Mary, Frances and Julia.

Jesse enlisted in 1777 as a private in Captain John Camp’s Company of the 1st Virginia Regiment, under Colonel George Gibson.  In 1779, he appears on the Muster Roll of Captain Ambrose Madison’s Company of Foot in the Regiment of Volunteer Guards at Albermarle County.

Jesse first attended school when he was eight years old, but according to the diary he kept, he had been interested in the spiritual doctrine from also a very young age.  He was inclined to be mechanical.   He worked with lathes and making millwright wheels.   In 1774, his father trained him to be a carpenter, and shortly thereafter, would leave his father’s employ and join his uncle Oppill.  From 1777 to 1830, he would have numerous moves back and forth from Holston, to Virginia, except in 1781, he would stop in Kentucky to sample what this new frontier had to offer his family.  During all these moves, he would be a farmer, a carpenter, make wagon wheels, and pursue his real passion: spreading the word of the Lord.  Jesse was an early settler of Jefferson County, Indiana, and became a Deacon in 1800.  He first served at the church at North Fork, about 30 miles east of Bloomington, Indiana.  He moved to Dearborn County.  He was appreciated for his theological talent and was considered to have an above average voice when applied to Sunday morning services.  Jesse traveled far to spread the word of his religion. 

Jesse Vawter died 20 March 1838, at Jefferson County, Virginia.  Elizabeth Watts Vawter died 10 September 1830 near Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana.  They are both buried at the Wirt Baptist Cemetery at Wirt, Indiana, with grave stones.

 

References:

1.  The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 1893-1894.

2.  The Vawter Family in America.  Bicknell, Grace Vawter.  Hollenbeck Press.  Indiana.  1905.  Pg. 8-22.

3.  Virginia Historical Society.  Richmond, Virginia, Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Indiana.  Pg. 367.

4.  DAR Lineage Book 85, Pg. 174.

5.  North America Family Histories, 1500-200, Pg. 110, 254.

6.  Darnell, Ermina Jett.  Forks of Elkhorn Church.  General Publishing Company.  Louisville, Kentucky.  1946.  Pg. 295.

 

 


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