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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
Birth: abt 1743 / Stafford / VA Death: 1797 / Stafford / VA
Additional References:
Military Service records: NARA, List of military soldiers of Virginia:155
Author: Frank Horton
William Horton of Russell/Washington Counties, VA where he died served in the Revolutionary War when he lived in Stafford County, VA.
He was a private in the 2nd Virginia Regiment. He apparently was in service at the time of Valley Forge.
He and his younger brother, John, Jr., married sisters, daughters of Patrick Kendrick, known as the Scotsman who also served in the VA militia during the war.
William was born in 1747 but died early at age 54.
The family moved to the Russell/Washington county area about 1800 and setteled in a area called Horton's ridge. That area is still known by that name in VA today.
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