Display Patriot - P-333818 - Joseph WHITAKER/WHITTAKER
Joseph WHITAKER/WHITTAKER
SAR Patriot #:
P-333818
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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: 1754 Death: 14 May 1838 / Wythe / VA
Qualifying Service Description:
Captain William Russell's Company, Virginia Militia, 1776-1777
Colonel Preston's Regiment of Virginia Militia, 1781
Additional References:
Will Book 5, pg 44-45, Wythe County, Virginia. (Note: This is where the Rev War Pension deposition is recorded.)
Joseph Whitaker was born at sea, 25 August 1755, a son of James Whitaker and Ann. His parents are said to have died on the voyage to the Colonies, and sources indicate he was indentured to pay for the voyage.
Whitaker married Obedience “Biddy” Perdue. They were the parents of nine children.
Joseph Whitaker was a private in Captain William Russell’s Company of the Virginia Militia from 1776-1777. He served in Colonel Preston’s Regiment in 1781.
From the disposition of his Revolutionary War Pension application dated 13 November 1832, it is known he served as a volunteer in Captain Henry Polling’s Company of Colonel Andrew Lewis Regiment, against the Indians in 1774. He continued his service with Captain John Taylor’s Company later commanded by Captain Thomas Burk. He was stationed about the mouth of Indian and Rich Creeks, which are tributaries of New River. About 1781, he marched to North Carolina with Captain Henry Patton’s Company of Colonel William Preston’s Regiment. Whitaker was at the Battle of Whetsel’s Mill and the engagement called Reedy Fork of the New River.1
Witnesses verifying his pension application also confirmed the belief that Joseph Whitaker was born at sea, and that his parents died on the voyage.
He died 22 May 1838, at Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia, aged 82 years.2
References:
1 Will Book 5, Wythe County, Virginia, Pg. 44-45.
2 Findagrave.com memorial# 97796276.
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