Display Patriot - P-311260 - Alexander WADDELL

Alexander WADDELL

SAR Patriot #: P-311260

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: VA      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
DAR #: A119619

Birth: 01 Feb 1732 Glasgow / / Scotland
Death: 08 Sep 1834 / Gallia / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Paid the Supply Tax in Greenbrier County, VA, 1783


Additional References:

DAR cites LIB OF VA, GREENBRIER CO PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX, 1782-1816, REEL #141


Spouse: Eleanor Roush
Children: William; John W; James; Miriam; Ann; Elizabeth;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1957-06-27 OH Unassigned James H Moore (82437) William   
1959-01-23 OH Unassigned James Herbert Moore Jr (84241) William   
1976-10-13 CA Unassigned Frederick Pierce Van Duzee (110519) John   
1983-06-01 LA Unassigned James Andrew Morock Sr MD (122280) William   
2008-08-01 LA 29850 Brent Hanson Morock (172160) William   
2008-08-01 LA 29851 James Andrew Morock Jr. (172159) William   
2009-11-05 LA 36421 Donald Douglas Depp III (175530) William   
2024-02-09 MI 110708 Shane Michael Drury (229148) John   
2024-10-11 LA 109216 Cole Andrew Depp (180570)   
Burial:
Hulbert Cemetery (C-0373372)
Location:
Green Township / Gallia / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
41523
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
8449076
Marker Type:
DAR
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Upright, rectangular, slate gravestone, contemporary to burial. Bronze DAR stake marker
  • photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
  • MI: "Alexander Waddell, a native of Scotland, died Sept 6, 1834, aged 102. A member of the church 72 years. A man that fought for liberty but now his soul doth rest in Paradise."
  • His name is also on a Bronze Plaque that contains the names of 32 Revolutionary War Soldiers at Mound Hill Cemetery, Gallipolis, Gallia County, OH


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Brent Hanson Morock
The following are sources for proof that Alexander Waddell is a patriot of the American Revolution.
The Battle of Point Pleasant was fought on 10 Oct 1774. 
The Centennial of the Battle of Point Pleasant - John Waddell, the grandson of Alexander Waddell, was in attendance with Alexander Waddell's powder horn that was used in the battle (The Gallipolis Journal (Gallipolis, OH), 15 Oct 1874, p 2, 1st column, 4th paragraph, Newspapers.com).
 
Botetourt County, VA List of Tithables 1775 (FamilySearch.org link in blue)
p 1, no 6 in the Little Levels - Alexander Waddel
 
Greenbrier County, VA was created on 20 Oct 1778 from parts of Botetourt & Montgomery Counties.
 
24 Oct 1780 - "Survey'd for Alexander Wadle 300 Acres of land in Greenbrier County in the Little Levels between the end of the Buckeye Mountain & Greenbrier River which is due to him by settlement before the first day of January 1778"
10 Jun 1783 - "Know ye, That by virtue of a Certificate in right of Settlement...granted by the said Commonwealth unto the said Alexander Waddle a certain tract of land or parcel of land containing 300 Acres by survey bearing date the 24th day of October 1780..." (attachment in PDF)
 
Greenbrier County, VA Personal Property Tax 1782 (FamilySearch.org link in blue)
p 2, William Poage's List, 1st column, 3rd from the top after the page split - Alexander Waddle (attachment in PDF)
 
Greenbrier County, VA Personal Property Tax 1783 - multiple lists (FamilySearch.org links in blue)
A & B, p 3, William Poage's List, 2nd column, 9th from the bottom - Alexander Waddel
C & D, p 1, Capt Clendinen's Company, 2nd column, 2nd from end of Clendinen's list - Alexander Waddle (D attachment in PDF)
E, p 4, Clendinen's Company, 1st column, 3rd from the bottom - Alexander Waddle
F, p 6, Clendinen's Company, 1st column, 15th from the top - Alexander Waddle
 
Greenbrier County, VA Land Tax 1782 (FamilySearch.org link in blue)
p 4 - Commissioner's Return, 1st column, 4th from the top - Alexander Waddle
 
Greenbrier County, VA Land Tax 1783 (FamilySearch.org links in blue)
No 476 - 1st column at the bottom - Alexander Waddel
1st Aug 1784 - Alexander Waddell - Commissioner's Return, 6th from bottom on the same page as the quote below "In Pursuance of an Act of Assembly passed in the October Session of 1782 for Equalizing the Land Tax I herewith Transmit you an Account of such Grants as have been Issued from the Land Office of this Commonwealth (for Land lying in your County) since the first day of January 1782" (attachment in PDF



Author: Michael B. Gunn
Born on February 1, 1732 in Glasgow, Scotland, Alexander Waddell served in the Revolutionary War from Virginia. He married Eleanor Roush (1751-1827); children: William b. 1773, James b. 1774, John b. 1776, Jane b. 1777, Elizabeth b. 1779, Mary b. 1784, Alexander b. 1788, Martha b. 1790, Miriam b. 1791, and Joseph.
 
He died on September 8, 1834 and is buried at Hulbert Cemetery, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. His wife's headstone reads, "In memory of Elenor, wife of Alexander Waddell, died Oct 9, 1827, in 75th yr of her age." D Sept 6, 1834. Alexander's headstone reads, "Alexander Waddell, a native of Scotland, died Sept 6, 1834, aged 102. A member of the church 72 years. A man that fought for liberty but now his soul doth rest in Paradise." There is a bronze plaque erected in his honor by the DAR. His name is also on a broze plaque that contains the names of 32 Revolutionary War soldiers at Mound Hill Cemetery, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio.
 
References:
 
Further information: French Colony Chapter of the DAR.
 
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004
 
Frank D. Henderson, "Official Roster -- Soldiers of American Revolution buried in Ohio" Hardesty's "History of Gallia County, Ohio"
 



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Additional Information:
  • NOTE FROM DAR - Bevin Creel, DAR Staff Genealogist, Corrections - 1 Jul 2023:
    • The line of Alexander Waddell was “closed” to applicants in 1994, because the military service previously attributed to him in Virginia was not proved. Early applicants had relied largely on Hardesty, History of Gallia County, Ohio (1882), p 22, in which the author stated only that Alexander “fought under George Washington, in the war of the revolution.”
    • In 1996, the line was “re-opened” using a 25 May 1779 Virginia legislative petition signed by inhabitants of Greenbrier County. However, this was a staff error, since the petition requested only the division of the county, which did not meet our criteria for acceptable service. We were also unable to determine at that time that this Alexander Waddell was living in Greenbrier County during the Revolution. Therefore, the line was “closed” to applicants again in 2003
    • It remained closed until March of 2023, when a new member application resolved the question of residence, and also located acceptable service in the 1783 Virginia personal property tax. This is a newer service source for DAR purposes


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