Display Patriot - P-314937 - Thomas WEAKLEY

Thomas WEAKLEY

SAR Patriot #: P-314937

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A123046

Birth: abt 1750 / / VA
Death: Oct 1818 / Shelby / KY

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Private, Continental Line Virginia
  2. Captain JOSEPH CROCKETT, Colonel ALEXANDER MCCLENACHAN, 7TH REGT, CONT LINE

Additional References:
  1. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004 
  2. "Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution" pg 812 
  3. NARA, M881, COMP MIL SERV RECS, ROLL #1037

Spouse: Elizabeth Redding
Children: Thomas; Letitia; Stephen Samuel; Jane Jinsey; Mary; Lydia;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1999-10-28 CA 4613 Jerry Ray Sayre PP (141394) Lydia   
2000-03-16 NC 6162 Albert Shuler Lineberry II (153553) Stephen   
2008-04-18 KS 31479 Terrence Lee Weakley (171548) Thomas   
2020-07-03 TN 92590 Camden Ballard Scearce (215994) Stephen   
Burial:
Weakley Cemetery (C-0251048)
Location:
Shelbyville / Shelby / KY / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2477737
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
102477567
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Photo by permission: Jerry Sayre, California Society SAR



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Author: Jerry Ray Sayre // Jesse McIntyre III
Thomas Weakley was born about 1750 in Virginia. He was the son of John and Hannah (Robinson) Weakley. While in Virginia, he met and married Elizabeth Redding, daughter of Timothy and Mary (Spilman) Redding. Elizabeth was a descendent of the family of Welsh and German origins.

Thomas Weakley, Sr., was a private in the Rifle Battalion of Captain Joseph Crockett, Company C, 7th Virginia Regiment of Foot. Commanded by Colonel Alexander McClenahan.

Thomas first enlisted December 28, 1776. According to National Archives records, Thomas was transferred to Captain Thomas Posey’s Rifle Regiment under the command of Colonel Daniel Morgan. This Regiment was formed about June 1777 and was composed of men well known for their marksmanship. They dressed in their backwoods attire and apparently sniped the British lines.

The last mention of Thomas in the muster rolls was February 3, 1778. Since his pay was not on that record he may have served longer.

After the Revolution, Thomas took his family to Woodford County, KY in 1786. About 1800 he removed to Shelby County, KY. Thomas Weakley died on his farm near Shelbyville, KY, in October 1818. He rests beneath a new headstone provided by the local D.A.R. Isaac Shelby Chapter in what is now a cow pasture on Benson Pike, Shelbyville, KY.


Additional Biography Submitted by Jesse McIntyre III 192311 KS Henry Leavenworth

Thomas Weakley was born circa 1750 in Farquier County, Virginia.

He married Elizabeth Redding in Farquier County, Virginia. They moved to Woodford County, Kentucky in 1786. Their marriage was blessed with the following children: Stephen, Mary, Letita, Rebecca, Jinsey, Sarah, another daughter unnamed, and Thomas Jr.

Thomas Senior served as a Private in the 7th Virginia Regiment, Continental Army. Thomas and Elizabeth moved from Woodford County to Shelby County, Kentucky. His home is listed as a Kentucky Historical Landmark. It is located in Clay Village, Kentucky.

He passed in October 1818 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky.

Sources: Family History page on Weakley:

Daughters of the American Revolution
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=weakley&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=19&GScnty=1094&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=41&GRid=102477567&df=all&
http://landmarkhunter.com/163359-thomas-weakley-house/
https://books.google.com/books?id=43jEKg6VTLYC&pg=PA216&lpg=PA216&dq=thomas+weakley+of+shelby+county,+kentucky&source=bl&ots=bmxVQz2eu5&sig=Ps18a--K9eB13YMLRJaApvE-_dw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2i_CIjffQAhUBdyYKHRkBAQk4ChDoAQg4MAk#v=onepage&q=thomas%20weakley%20of%20shelby%20county%2C%20kentucky&f=false
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His surname may have also been spelled WEEKLEY



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