Display Patriot - P-346139 - Thomas TUNSTALL Jr

Thomas TUNSTALL Jr

SAR Patriot #: P-346139

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Sergeant Major / Patriotic Service

Birth: / / VA
Death: bef 18 Jun 1810 Frankfort / Franklin / KY

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Sergeant Major - VA Continental Line - 3 years
  2. Also Sergeant
  3. Capt Thomas Thweatt, Col Charles Lewis, Lt Col Abraham Buford 14th VA Regt
  4. Drummer, Private, Artillery, Captain - 14th VA Regt
  5. Capts Samuel Jordon Cabell, John Marks, Col William Davies 10th VA Regt
  6. Prisoner of War

Additional References:
  1. Land Grant Military Warrant #1876-1, 15 Oct 1783
  2. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, State of Virginia
  3. Auditor of Public Accounts, "Receiptsand disbursement journals, 1783 Apr 25 - Oct 29", APA 45, Vol 15, Auditor Account Book XV, Reel 6254, pg 574

Spouse: Milly XX;
Children: Henry;
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Burial:
Frankfort Cemetery (C-0070424)
Location:
Frankfort / Franklin / KY / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
169757
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
38.192270 / -84.865120
Find A Grave Memorial #:
19819191
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR



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Author: Mitchell Brandon Anderson

Thomas Tunstall Jr. was born in Virginia; the date is unrecorded.

Thomas enlisted in the Revolutionary War in January 1777 as a musician in the 14th Virginia Regiment in Captain Thomas Thweatt’s Company, commanded by Colonel Charles Lewis. Thomas served various roles in the same company in 1777 as seen on muster rolls. He served as a drummer, private, artillery, and captain as soon as October of the same year. Thomas was taken prisoner of war at the Battle of Germantown in October 1777 and held captive until April 1779. The 14th Virginia Regiment in March 1778 has Thomas’ name listed on the roll under the same captain as stated before, but under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Buford. After his release from being a prisoner of war, he joined the 10th Virginia Regiment as a private under Captains Sameul Jordan Cabell and John Marks, commanded by Colonel William Davies. Thomas was promoted to Sergeant Major in August 1779 of the same regiment, and he is last found on muster rolls in November 1779.1 On 15 October 1783, Thomas was given a Virginia Land-Office Military Warrant for his services during the war that entitled him to 200 hundred acres of land.2

Thomas is found on the 1795 Franklin County, Kentucky Tax List.3 He wrote his last will in Franklin County, Kentucky, naming his wife, Milly, and son, Henry. Thomas’ will was produced in open court proving him to be deceased before 18 June 1810, in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky.4

Thomas is buried in the Frankfort Cemetery in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky.5

Sources:

  1. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, State of Virginia: Virginia. Military Records.
  2. Land-Office Military Warrant, No. 1876-1, Kentucky: Secretary of State - Land Office
  3. Franklin County, Kentucky Tax Book 1795, page 13.
  4. Franklin County, Kentucky Will Book I, 1795-1823, pages 66-67.
  5. Find-a-Grave Memorial ID: 19819191. 

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