Display Patriot - P-310683 - Francis Burch VERMILLION
Francis Burch VERMILLION
SAR Patriot #:
P-310683
The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
State of Service: MD
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: abt 1758 / Prince George's / MD Death: 01 Mar 1842 / Pike / MO
Qualifying Service Description:
Signed Oath of Fidelity in Prince Georges Co, Maryland
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus, Maryland Records, Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church: From Original Sources, Volume II, Pennsylvania. Lancaster: Lancaster Press, 1915, pg 251, 267
Spouse: Ann Wood Children: Cornelius; Robert; Reason; William; Isaiah;
The Find-a-Grave memorial has no photograph or evidence to support his burial at this location
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
The cemetery is just west of the town of Frankfort and is sandwiched between State Highway C on the north and County Road 56 on the south side
Author: Timothy Edward Peterman
Francis Burch Vermillion was born about 1757 in Prince Georges Co., Maryland, the son of Robert Vermillion and Elizabeth (Burch) Vermillion, and grandson of Giles and Jane (& Hutcheson) Vermillion and Francis and Allie (Owin) Burch.
He patriotically supported the Revolutionary War by signing the Oath of Fidelity in Prince Georges Co., Maryland on March 2, 1778.
After the Revolutionary War, he lived in Amherst and Pittsylvania Counties in Virginia. He moved to Mercer Co., Kentucky before 1820, and then to Pike Co., Missouri. He died in 1842 in Pike Co., Missouri, and his estate went into probate on March 1, 1842.
On Oct. 30, 1780, Francis married Ann Wood in Prince Georges Co., Maryland. After her death, he married on Aug. 11, 1784, to Ann Williams in Norfolk Co., Virginia. Tradition has it that Francis was married to Nancy Griffith and some have suggested that she was actually Nancy Lambert.
The petition of Reason Vermillion identifies the following ten sons of the Patriot:
Cornelius (born about 1780/84-1845).
Josiah (born about 1780/90 and died before 1842).
Robert (1785-1846).
Henderson (1789-1870).
Mason (born about 1790-1828).
Isaiah (1792-1871).
Nicodemus (born about 1794 and died after 1842).
William (1799-1884).
Joel (1802-1871).
Reason (born about 1803 and died before 1883).
Chances are, Ann Wood was the mother of all of the children. If she married first to a Wood, her maiden name could have been Griffith or Lambert.
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