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Birth: 1761 / Prince Edward / VA Death: 24 Jan 1851 / Trimble / KY
Qualifying Service Description:
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Captain's Cunningham, Crouch, Watson and Mosely, General Stevens
Additional References:
Pension: *S31039
Spouse: Elizabeth Thompson Children: Hezekiah; William; Drusilla; Nancy; Sally;
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Instead the information provided is best effort, and from volunteers who have either researched grave sites, service records, or something similar. There is no documentation available at NSSAR HQ to order.
Headstone moved from Trimble County to Franklin County
Photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR
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Author: Mitchell Brandon Anderson
Author: Mitchell Brandon Anderson
Jesse Foree was born in 1761 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.1
Jesse’s father relocated to Kentucky and died, and then Indians took Jesse and his family as prisoners, where they destroyed his record of birth and everything else he owned.1 [His pension request does not state what year this happened, so it’s unknown whether it was before or after the Revolutionary War]
He entered the service as a resident of Prince Edward County, Virginia. He volunteered for his first enlistment as a private under Captain Cunningham in the Virginia Militia. After marching to North Carolina, his company attached to General Steven’s Brigade, where they marched to Guilford Courthouse, where Nathanael Greene was commander of the army. Jesse was discharged at Ramsey’s Mill four days after the Guilford Courthouse battle after serving two months.
About one month later, Jesse would enlist in the place of his brother, William, as a substitute under Captain Watson, commanded by Chief Officer Lawson, where the company would aim to prevent depredations committed by the British. He was discharged after serving two months.1
Shortly after that, Jesse acted as a substitute again by replacing a man named John Finn in the company of Captain Couch under the command of General Lawson with the mission of preventing depredations committed by the British. He served two months and was discharged.1
He entered the service for his final tour under the command of Captain Mosley, where he and the company would March to Yorktown. Days before Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, the company would receive the task of transporting prisoners to Williamsburg, Virginia. He served two months and was then discharged, serving eight months of service during the Revolutionary War.1
Jesse moved to South Carolina and lived for about eight years after the war, where he would then move to Kentucky. He applied for a pension as a resident of Oldham County, Kentucky, on 17 September 1832. His pension was executed on 12 April 1833.1
Jesse married Elizabeth XX. A search was unable to locate if he was married more than once. He had the following children:
Nancy (about 1810-?) who married Newton Carson2,5
Sally (1791-after 1820) who married John Tracy3
William4
Drusilla, who married Elijah Scott5
Hezekiah6
Jesse died on 24 January 1851 while a resident of Trimble County, Kentucky. He’s in the Foree Cemetery in Bedford, Trimble County, Kentucky.7 A cenotaph is located in the DAR plot in Frankfort Cemetery in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky.8
Sources:
Pension S31039
Trimble County, Kentucky Deed Book B, pages 52-53
NSDAR #: A133708
Trimble County, Kentucky Will Book 1, 1837-1875, page 113
Oldham County, Kentucky Index To Marriages Book 1, 1824-1965, page 204
NSSAR Patriot #: 347275
Actual burial for Jesse: memorial 22100290
Cenotaph in Frankfort Cemetery: memorial 54621044
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