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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: 1750 Sinepuxon / Worchester / MD Death: bef 08 Aug 1795 / Greene / GA
Qualifying Service Description:
Private in 5th, 9th 11th, 15th VA Regiments Commanded by Colonels Buford, Wallace, Cropper, and Morgan
Additional References:
SAR RC # 145981, Will of William Whaley
Rev War Rolls, 1775-1783, pg 13, 165
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Complied Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Rev War, (p 695; Vol 176, pg 368; 838; 1277; 548; 2147; 751)
Burial location not identified in Find-A-Grave - Jun 2021
SAR Application provides a general idea of death date, but no other specific information. No information on spouse death and burial
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Author: Fredrick Murray Carrington, Ph. D.
The progenitor of this family, Edward Wale (1640-1719), immigrated (date unknown) to the Colonies from England. Settling in Somerset, Maryland, "Edward Wale and Elizabeth Ratcliff were married at Pocomoke by Mr. Wm. Stevens, one of his Lordship's Justices of the Peace, for ye county 29th of January, 1669." They had several children, one of which was a son, Nathaniel (1686-1728), who in turn had Elias (1723-1774).
Elias Whaley married Martha Dale and they had Patriot William Whaley (1750-1795). William married Hannah Round and they proceeded to have a large family: Esther (1770-1867); Rachel (1772-?); Mary (1772-1847); Eli (1774-1855); Rhoda (1776-?); Martha (1778-?); Hannah (1783-1860); William (1783-1844); Issac (1787-1870); Daniel (1789-1870); and, Elizabeth (1791-1853).
Patriot whaley served as a Private in the 5th, 9th, 11th, and 15th Virginia Regiments, commanded by Colonels Buford, Wallace, Cropper, and Morgan.
Reportedly, Patriot Whaley served in The Battle of Waxhaws, also known as Buford's Massacre, May 29, 1780 at Waxhaws, near Lancaster, South Carolina. Colonel Abraham Budord led the Continental Army while Colonel Banastre Tarleton led the British forces. Of the original 350 Colonists, 113 were killed, 150 were wounded, and 53 were reported as missing or captured.
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