Wilson William Hoge + Barbara Hume
| | |
Thomas Wilson + Mary Robert Wilson + Garrata Hoge
| | | | |
James Wilson Robert Wilson Jr. John Wilson Elizabeth Wilson Barbara Wilson
+ + + + +
Margery Denny Mary unk. Joseph Glass Peter Stephens
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Robert Margaret Sarah Mary Robert 2(?) others Georita John Robert Georita Georita Robert Wilson
| |
NOTES ON THE ABOVE CHART
Garrata was the third daughter and youngest child of William Hoge and Barbara Hume. In her father's will, she was called Joreter Hoge.
The above listed grandchildren of Robert Wilson and Garrata Hoge represent only those mentioned in Robert's will, which was written November 1777, but with the addition of Mary, the daughter of James Wilson and Margaret Denny. Mary died between 5 January 1777 and 6 July 1777. Hence she was already deceased when Robert wrote his will.
Of the children of Robert Jr., the will mentioned only Robert by name. Of his siblings, the will stated only that if Robert should "die before he attains the age of Twenty one years and without lawful issue of his Body", then his inheritance was to be "divided equally among the Surviving Children of my said son Robert (i.e. Robert Jr.) or their Representatives in each of the death of either of them." The use of the term either might seem to suggest that Robert had two siblings who might survive him. However, as shown below in a transaction date 3 August 1779, Robert Jr. and Mary had a total of nine children.
Joseph Glass's 1792 will mentioned a daughter named Georgetta Wilson, whose name corresponds to the Georita Glass mentioned in Robert Wilson's 1777 will. In the his 1909 book Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants, Thomas Cartmell identified the 4th child of Joseph Glass as "Georgetta".
Elizabeth Wilson Stephens also had daughter a named Georita.
In the 1936 book Peter Stephens and Some of His Descendents, 1690-1935 by Dan Vorhees Stephens, this daughter was called Jeanetta Stephens:
(37) JEANETTA STEPHENS
Daughter of Peter Stephens (8) and Barbara Wilson (11).
Born in Frederick County, Virginia. Married _____ Ewin
on ________. (No further record except that she is men-
tioned in the will of Mary, the wife of Lewis Stephens, Jr.)
[see http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89080572209;view=1up;seq=115 ]
And in the marriage records of Frederick County, Virginia we find that Thomas Ewen married Goreta Stephens on 22 March 1791.
James Wilson, son of Robert Wilson and Garrata Hoge, died between 5 January 1777 and 1 April 1777.
John Wilson, son of Robert Wilson and Garrata Hoge, appears to be the Lt. John Wilson who was killed at the Battle of Eutaw Springs, 8 September 1781.
His orphaned children were John Wilson and Frances Jeretta/Garetta Wilson. Their names correspond to the John and "Georita" mentioned as the children of John Wilson in the November 1777 will of Robert Wilson.
From the above discussion, it would seem clear that "Georita" and "Georgetta" and "Jeanetta" were variations of "Garrata".
In his November 1777 will, Robert Wilson mentioned a brother named Thomas. There appears to have been only one Thomas Wilson in the early years of Frederick County. So, presumably, he was the Thomas mentioned in Robert's will.
FURTHER DETAILS
Thomas Wilson, presumed brother of Robert Wilson
On 19 December 1734, Thomas Wilson was listed as a witness to the marriage between George Hollingsworth and Hannah McKay at the house of Isaac Parkins in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
[See, for example, https://books.google.com/books?id=LR1WAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA151&dq="Thomas+Wilson"
Historical, Genealogical, and Biographical Account of the Jolliffe Family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893 (1893), footnote on p.150 and continued on p.151.]
Thomas Wilson was an early purchaser of land from Jost Hite:
http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Jost_Hite_(1)
Land Records in Orange County, VA
[Orange County Deed Book 1]
Pages 442-48. 14-15 Feb. 1736/7. Jost Hite of Orange County, Gent., and Mary his wife, to Thomas Wilson of same. Lease and release; for £10 current money. 167 acres on the west side of Sherrendo River and Opeckon Runn part of 5,018 acres granted Jost Hite 3 Oct. 1734... the eastermost corner of Stephen Hutsonbella's land... corner of David and James Vaunce's land... (signed) Jost Hite, Mary (M) Hite. Wit: John Smith, John Hite. 24 March 1736 [1737]. Acknowledged by Jost Hite. On motion of Wm. Waller admitted to record.
On 26 and 27 June 1744, Thomas sold these 167 (and a half) acres to Robert Wilson.
On 4 November 1754, Thomas Wilson received a grant for 223 acres adjoining Colvert's and William Dobbin's lines near Opeckon.
By deed of lease and release dated 5 and 6 April 1762, Thomas and Mary (his wife) sold these 223 acres to Robert Glass for 120 pounds. (Frederick Co. Deed Book 7, p.25)
In his will dated November 1777, Robert Wilson bequeathed "my great Coat ... to my Brother Thomas Wilson if he survives me ..."
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Robert Wilson and Garrata Hoge
William Hoge wrote his will in 1729 while still living in (East) Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. However, it was not probated until 1749 in Frederick County, Virginia. (Frederick County Will Book 1, pages 338-339)
In it he listed his wife Barbara; son John; son William; son-in-law Neal Thomson; son-in-law Robert White; sons Alexander, James, and George; and daughter Joreter Hoge.
Records in Frederick County identify the wife of Neal Thomson as Barbara. The wife of Robert White was named Margaret. As presented below, the name of the third daughter, "Joreter", has to be a mangled version of the name "Garrata". Garrata was the wife of Robert Wilson.
Although not a Quaker himself, William Hoge was the neighbor of many Quakers in both Chester County and Frederick County. On 19 December 1734 in Frederick County, for example, William and George Hoge were witnesses to the Quaker marriage between George Hollingsworth and Hannah McKay.
While still living in Chester County in 1731, three witnesses to the marriage between Joshua Job and Margaret McKay were James, George, and Garata "Hogg". Below is the complete reference:
Nottingham Quakers 1680-1889 , Births, Deaths, and Marriages by Alice L. Beard
11th Day First Month (March)
"Joshua Job, son of Andrew of Nottingham Twp., Chester Co., Province of Pennsylvania,and Margaret MacKay , daughter of Robert of Milford Hundred, Cecil Co., Province of Pennsylvania, were married on the 11th day 1st month 1731 at Public meeting of Friends at Nottingham. Witnesses were: Joseph Elgar, Thomas Jacob, Jacob Job, Messer Brown, Jno Littler, Caleb Job, Elizabeth Gatchell, Simeon Taylor, Joseph Haines, William Kirk, John Gartrill, John Churchman, Jacob Beales, James Hogg, Jno Beals, George Hogg, Dinah Brown, Katherine Ross, Elizabeth Ross, Hannah Churchman, Elizabeth Hughes, Patience Job, Rachel Job, Abigail Gatchell, Esther Gatchell, Hannah McKay, Anne Brown, Garata Hogg, Mary Oldham, Robert McKay, Elizabeth Job, Margaret McKay, Elizabeth Hollingsworth, Thomas Job, Elizabeth Job, Abraham Job, Sarah Job, Jno White, Mary White, Elizabeth McKay and Mary White, Jr."
Bordering Chester County, Pennsylvania on the south is Cecil County, Maryland. William Hoge owned land which was situated either partly or wholly in East Nottingham Township, Chester County or partly or wholly in Cecil County, Maryland. (The exact border between Pennsylvania and Maryland was disputed at this time.) On 23 June 1733, Robert Wilson purchased 122 acres in Cecil County from Samuel Robinett. The northeast corner of the tract was described as "Standing in William Hogge his line". Then on 3 August 1741, Robert Wilson of Orange (later Frederick) County, Virginia and his wife Garrata sold this land to William Irwin (Cecil County Land Libre 6, p.115-8). The same northeast corner was described as "standing near William Hog his line".
Cecil Co., MD Deed Book, vol. 4, p.309-312
Samuel Robinett of Chester County in the Province of Pennsylvania farmer and
Mary his wife to Robert Wilson of Cecil County in the Province of Maryland farmer
23 June 1733 - for 52 pounds, 122 acres from Robinett's tract of 350 acres
acknowledged by Robinett 22[sic?-23?] Jun 1733; recorded 14 Aug 1733
p.310
... Samuel Robinett doth ... give
grant bargain Sell enfeoffe release and confirm to the said Robert
Wilson a Tract or parcel of Land Situate and being in Cecil Coty and
Province of Maryland aforesaid and at present in the Possession and
Occupation of him the said Robert Willson and also being part of a tract
of land called Providence herein above Mentioned Beginning for the same
at a corner Marked White Oak Saplin Standing in William Hogge his line
thence South One hundred and fifty eight Perches to a corner black Oak
thence West One hundred and three perches to a Corner Stone thence
North thirty two Degrees East eighteen Perches then North thirty Degrees
East thirty nine Perches then North forty degrees West One hundred and
Seven perches then North thirty two perches then East to the first Begin-
ning marked White Oak Containing and Resurveyed for One hundred and
twenty two acres of land be the same more or less it being part of a Tract of
Land Surveyed and laid out as aforesaid for and in the name of him
the said Samuel Robinett as by the Pattent of Confirmation thereof had
and Obtained bearing date the Eighth day of June in the year of our
Lord God Seven hundred and thirty two Relation being thereunto had
the same doth more fully and at large appear ...
Cecil Co., MD Deed Book, vol. 6, p.115-118
Wilson Robert & wife to William Irwin
3 August 1741
Robert Wilson and Garrate his Wife of Orange County in Virginia to William
Irwin of Nottingham in Chester County & Province of Pennsylvania ...
p.116
... and also being a part of a tract of Land called Providence herein above mentioned
begining for the same at a corner marked White oak sapling standing near William Hog his line thence
South 158 perches
to a corner black oak thence
West 103 perches
to a corner Stone thence
North 32 W 18 perches
thence ...
p.118
... In Witness whereof the said
Robert Wilson & Garrata his Wife hath hereunto set their hands & seals the
day & year above written
his
Robert R Wilson
mark
Garrata Wilson
In the mean time, on 5 May 1740 in Orange (later Frederick) County, Virginia, Robert Willson had purchased 205 acres from William Hoge.
Robert was also mentioned in the road orders of Orange (later Frederick) County:
http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/85-r2.pdf
ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749
p.60
25 September 1741, O.S. p. 8
Ordered that a Road be viewed marked laid of and cleared from Alexr Ross's to Just Hites Mill
& its ordered that all the tithables under Isaac Perkins & Robert Wilson who hereby are
appointed Overseers of ye Same, clear ye sd Road and cause bridges to be made where they Shall
be wanting & after cleared keep the same in repair according to Law.
...
p.74
26 August 1742, O.S. p. 198
George Hollingsworth is hereby appointed Overseer of ye road from Littlers to Hollingsworths
Mill and Robert Wilson is hereby appointed Overseer from the said Mill to Just Hites Mill & its
further orderd that all the tithables between Opecken & the North Mountain clear ye said Road
under their Said Overseers & keep the same in repair according to Law.
...
By deed of lease and release dated 26 and 27 June 1744, Thomas Willson of the parish and county of Frederick sold to Robert Willson of the same parish and county, for 56 pounds and 5 shillings, 167 1/2 acres "being part of a greater Tract of five Thousand & Eighteen Acres Granted to Jost Hite by Patent bearing date 3rd day of October 1734 . . . Corner of David & James Vance's Land ..." (Frederick Co. Deed Book 1, p.106 and 107, as cited on pages 10-11 of Gilreath, Amelia C., Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book Series, Volume 1 (2001)]
On 4 June 1755, Robert Willson and his wife Garrata sold 200 acres in Frederick County to James Willson (Frederick County Deed Book 4, p.20-1). Although not identified as such in the deed, James was their son. Assuming that James was 21 years old in 1755, his estimated year of birth would be 1734.
Robert Wilson Jr. patented 400 acres of land on 14 November 1754. Assuming Robert Jr. was then age 21, his estimated year of birth would be 1733. Garrata was still unmarried as of 11 March 1731. Hence Garrata probably married Robert Wilson between mid 1731 and mid 1732. She must have died before 4 March 1767. On that date Robert Wilson gave 254 acres to his daughter and son-in-law Barbara and Peter Stephens. Garrata's name did not appear in that transaction (Frederick County Deed Book 11, p.331).
There is a tradition presented by William Henry Foote (1794-1869), the noted American Presbyterian minister and author, that Robert Wilson often entertained George Washington. This would have been around the time of the French and Indian War.
https://books.google.com/books?id=buTZ20spRdEC&pg=PA161
Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical: Illustrative
of the Principles of a Portion of Her Early Settlers
William Henry Foote
Robert Carter, 1846 - North Carolina - 557 pages
p.161
[Journal of Hugh M'Aden]
...
"Monday, June the 16th [1755], set out from Connegocheg, upon my
journey for Carolina, crossed the Potomac, and lodged at Mr.
Caten's, where I was very kindly entertained, and civilly used.
Next day (Tuesday) set off about 12 o'clock, and came to Win-
chester, forty miles, and tarried all night. In the morning rode
out to Robert Wilson's, where I was kindly entertained. Spent
the day with Mr. Hogg" (or Hoge) This Mr. Wilson lived a
p.162
short distance from the present Opecquon meeting-house, and
was proverbial for his hospitality. His house, which is still stand-
ing, on the east side of the great turnpike, part of stone and part
of wood, was the resort of preachers in his day; and during the
time that Washington was encamped in Winchester, the resort of
his Excellency. The Mr. Hogg, or Hogge, or Hoge**, for the name
has been spelled all these ways, had been ordained by New Castle
Presbytery about the time that Mr. McAden was licensed. He
was graduated at Nassau Hall, in 1748; how long he had been at
Opecquon is not known. He was the first settled minister in that
congregation, the oldest in the valley.
...
**Rev. John Hoge was the grandson of William Hoge. Hence he
was the nephew of Robert Wilson's wife Garrata.
https://books.google.com/books?id=r3kFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA20&dq="Robert+Wilson"+"Washington"+"entertained"
Sketches of Virginia, Historical and Biographical: 2nd ser
William Henry Foote
J.B. Lippincott, 1855 - Virginia - 596 pages
p.20
... A little beyond the village, on
the other side of the paved road, lived Robert Wilson; his residence,
part stone, and part wood, remains to this day. There M'Aden,
on his mission to North Carolina, met with the preacher of Opec-
quon; and there Washington, while stationed at Winchester, was
often entertained. ...
On 28 November 1774, Robert Wilson conveyed to William Chipley of Queen Anne County, Maryland, for 400 Virginia currency, a tract of 390 acres, on both sides of Opequon Creek ... joining the lands which the Said Robert Wilson lately conveyed to James Wilson, his son and to Peter & Barbara (his wife) Stephens and by them conveyed to Lewis Wolfe, Thomas Bryan Martin Esq., Thomas Walker, James Vance deceased and the plantation purchased by John Gilkison of the said James Wilson ... crossing Hoge Run. The deed was signed by Robert Wilson, in the presence of James Wilson, Adam Orn, Henry Hewer, and Alexander White. (Frederick County Deed Book 16, p.594)
Robert Wilson wrote his will in November 1777. The specific day of the month was left blank. The will was proved in court on 5 May 1779.
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Barbara Wilson Stephens, daughter of Robert Wilson and Garrata Hoge
Barbara Wilson married Peter Stephens. Two of their children were mentioned in Robert Wilson's will, "Georita" Stephens and Robert Wilson Stephens. According to Peter Stephens and some of his descendents, 1690-1935, they had a total of five children, Lewis, Robert, Mary, Elizabeth, and Jeanetta (i.e., Georita).
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001597771
Peter Stephens and some of his descendents, 1690-1935 / edited by Dan V. Stephens, cover design and pen drawings by Clarence Ellsworth.
Main Author: Stephens, Dan V. 1868-1939.
Language(s): English
Published: Fremont, Nebr. : Hammond & Stephens Co., 1936.
[p.21]
DEEDS
...
32. DB. 11—p 182. Lewis Stephens and Mary his wife to Peter Stephens
"his Eldest Lawful Son" 439 a. on the drains of Cedar Creek. Sep-
tember 2, 1766.
33. DB. 11—p 331. March 4, 1767. To Peter Stephens and Barbara, his
wife—Witnesseth, that the said Robert Wilson in consideration of
the marriage heretofore had and celebrated between the said Peter
Stephens and Barbara, his wife, and for the natural love and affec-
[p.22]
tion which the said Robert Wilson hath and beareth to the said
Peter Stephens and Barbara, his wife, , a tract of
land containing 254 a. on Opequon, . (The name of Robt.
Wilson's wife is not given.)
34. DB. 14—p 188. Peter Stephens and Barbara, his wife, to Lewis
Wolf for L225, same being a deed of gift 254 a. to said Peter and
Barbara by Robert Wilson, Father of said Barbara, dated March
4, 1767.
35. DB. 16—p 32. Peter Stephens and Barbara, his wife, to Isaac Zane
for L750 current money, 439 a. being part of a tract of land of
3395 a. granted to Jost Hite by patent from William Gooch, Esq.
then Governor of Virginia, to said Hite bearing date of October
3rd, 1734. Date of this deed, February 5, 1773.
Items 32, 33, 34 and 35 refer to the Peter and Barbara Wilson Ste-
phens, parents of the Lewis Stephens who settled in Indiana in
1818. No. 443.
...
[p.75]
GENEALOGICAL
INDEX
[p.79]
...
(8) PETER STEPHENS
Son of Lewis Stephens, Sr. (2) and Mary _________. Born
about 1744, in Frederick County, Virginia. About the latter
part of 1765, or the early part of 1766, he married Barbara
Wilson (11). He died in Frederick County, Virginia, about
1782, at about 38 years of age.
CHILDREN
Lewis (443), Robert (34), Mary (35), Elizabeth (36), Jeanetta (37).
...
[p.80]
...
(11) BARBARA WILSON
Daughter of Thomas[sic-Robert] Wilson and ______ _______ Born
in Frederick County, Virginia, about 1748. Married, about
1765, Peter Stephens (8) and died in __________.
CHILDREN (see 8.)
...
[p.84]
...
(34) ROBERT STEPHENS
Son of Peter Stephens (8) and Barbara Wilson (11). Born in
Frederick County, Virginia. Died, probably, in Kentucky.
(No further record except that he is mentioned in the will
of Mary, the wife of Lewis Stephens, Jr.)
(35) MARY STEPHENS
Daughter of Peter Stephens (8) and Barbara Wilson (11).
Born in Frederick County, Virginia. Married _______ Jack-
son on _______ and died, probably in Kentucky. (No fur-
ther record except that she is mentioned in the will of Mary,
the wife of Lewis Stephens, Jr.)
[p.85]
(36) ELIZABETH STEPHENS
Daughter of Peter Stephens (8) and Barbara Wilson (11).
Born in Frederick County, Virginia. Married October 31,
1793, Jacob Inslow, and died ________. (No further rec-
ord except that she is mentioned in the will of Mary, the
wife of Lewis Stephens, Jr.)
(37) JEANETTA STEPHENS
Daughter of Peter Stephens (8) and Barbara Wilson (11).
Born in Frederick County, Virginia. Married ________ Ewin
on ________ (No further record except that she is men-
tioned in the will of Mary, the wife of Lewis Stephens, Jr.)
...
[p.205]
(443) LEWIS STEPHENS
Son of Peter Stephens (8) and Barbara Wilson (11). Born in
Stephensburg, Virginia about 1766. Died on Brummett's
Creek, east of Bloomington, Ind., "A. 25, 1835." Indiana was a
primeval wildnerness in 1818 and Monroe County was organ-
ized that year partly out of Indian territory. He died on the
farm in 1835 on which he settled in 1818 and is buried across
the creek from where his house stood. The sandstone marker
bears the simple inscription, "L. S. - A. 1835." It is not
known whether he died in April or in August. ...
[note: This biography of Lewis Stephens runs for several pages.]
...
---------------
Unfortunately, Barbara and Peter's marriage ended in a separation, as is touched on in these two references:
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=%22Peter+Stephens%2C+Robert+Wilson%2C+Sr.%22
Ulster Folklife, Volume 35
Ulster Folk and Transport Museum., 1989 - Folklore
p.48
...
Just as fathers sought to prolong their authority over children, so they felt called upon
to extend parental responsibility for their welfare. In cases of a daughter's unsuccessful
marriage, fathers made provisions for their security. Anticipating the dissolution of his
daughter's marriage with Peter Stephens, Robert Wilson, Sr., dictated in his will that "her
necessities be supplied out of the . . . overplus' of the estate after other legacies were paid.
...
---------------
https://books.google.com/books?id=pxrANQtD3RkC&pg=PA76&dq="Robert+Wilson,+married+Peter+Stephens"
Hofstra, Warren R., "Ethnicity and Community Formation on the Shenandoah Valley Frontier, 1730-1800", in Puglisi, Michael J., Diversity and Accommodation: Essays on the Cultural Composition of the Virginia Frontier; Univ. of Tennessee Press, 1997 - 310 pages
p.67
...
In their selection of marriage partners, the children of German
immigrants demonstrated not only the same primacy of family displayed
in inheritance patterns but also the close connection between family and
ethnicity. Only one marriage occurred between German and Scotch-Irish
families at Opequon, ...43
...
p.76 [notes]
43. In the only case of matrimony between German and Scotch-Irish settlers at
Opequeon, Barbara Wilson, daughter of first-generation settler Robert Wilson,
married Peter Stephens, grandson of Peter Stephens, but the marriage ended in
separation. See Robert Wilson's will, FWB 4 [Fredierick Co. Will Book vol. 4] ...
...
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Elizabeth Wilson Glass, daughter of Robert Wilson and Garrata Hoge
Ultimately, Joseph and Elizabeth Wilson Glass had twelve children who were named in Joseph's will:
https://books.google.com/books?id=-wNf6WjNbScC&pg=PA1&dq="Glass,+Joseph"+"Georgetta+Wilson"
Frederick County, Virginia, Wills & Administrations, 1795-1816
M. N. Kangas, D. E. Payne
Genealogical Publishing Com, 1983 - Reference - 144 pages
p.1
WILL BOOK NO. 6, 1795-1802
GLASS, JOSEPH
Will. 23 Jan 1792/ 6 Jan 1795
Wife: Elizabeth Glass
Children: Samuel, Robert, Joseph, David, Sarah, Elizabeth,
Martha, Ruth, Nancy, Sophia, Mary Hoge, Georgetta Wilson.
Land and negroes benefit of wife and eight youngest children,
Joseph, Sarah, Elizabeth, Martha, Ruth, David, Nancy, Sophia.
Movable estate to be sold and divided among four sons, except
wearing apparel. To each child, varying amounts of money.
Exrs: Samuel and Robert Glass, William Vance
Sec: James David Vance, Solomon Hoge, L 1,000
Samuel Glass permitted to decline. (p. 2
...
One of their sons was Rev. Joseph Glass, who married Ann McAllister on 13 March 1799. Joseph and Ann's daughter Eliza Wilson Glass, married Rev. William Henry Foote on 21 February 1822. Eliza died 23 Apr 1835 at age 35. The Footes had two daughters, Ann Waterman (b. 23 Jun 1823) and Eliza Wilson (b. 17 Jun 1825). Eliza died young. Ann married Judge James D. Armstrong.
[See https://books.google.com/books?id=f1dMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA205&dq="William+Henry+Foote"+"Eliza+Wilson"
Foote, Abram William, Foote family: (1907), p.205 ]
Georgetta/Georita Glass had married her second cousin Robert Wilson III before the date of her father Joseph's will, 23 Jan 1792.
Mary Glass married Solomon Hoge on 15 Feb 1787.
Sarah Glass married John Lyles on 20 Mar 1793.
Ruth Glass married James Vance on 1 Oct 1798.
---------------
James Wilson, son of Robert Wilson and Garrata Hoge
James' wife Margaret/Margery Denny was the daughter of David Denny and Margaret Denny, who was the daughter of Walter Denny. The relationship between David Denny and Walter Denny has not been positively established. Margery--James' wife--had six brothers: Walter, David, William, John, Robert, and Samuel.
James Wilson first appears in a 316-acre tract which Robert Wilson had surveyed on 15 December of 1754[sic?]:
4 Nov. 1752 - 15 Dec. 1754[sic?] (warrant and survey dates). Robert Wilson had 316 acres surveyed on Opeckon and Wilsons Run adjoining his own land, Colo. Thomas, Bryant Martin, Thos. Mechan, James Vance, Lewis Reno. Pilots were Danl. Southerland and James Wilson. The surveyor was William Baylis.493
[source: Peggy Joyner, Abstracts of Virginia’s Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys: Frederick County, 1740-1780, Vol. II, Portsmouth, VA, 1985, p. 167.]
[Note: I have a typo in a date. Robert Wilson received his grant for these 316 acres on the tenth day of October in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of George II, which is 1754. Thus the year of the survey had to be 1752 or 1753.
See http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=463&last=&g_p=GH&collection=NN
Grant
Wilson, Robert. grantee.
Land grant 10 October 1754.
Location: Frederick County.
Description: 316 acres adjoining the lines of a late survey made by Mr. Byrne and James Vance on or near Opeckon Creek.
Source: Northern Neck Grants H, p. 463 ]
On 3 & 4 June 1755, Robert Wilson and his wife Garrata sold 200 acres for 100 pounds to James Wilson. This 200-acres tract was composed of 167 1/2 acres which Robert had purchased from Thomas Wilson (presumably his brother) on 26 & 27 June 1744 (Fred. Co. DB 1, p.103) and 32 1/2 acres "being part of the tract whereon the said Robert now liveth" (Frederick County Deed Book 4, p.20). Assuming that James was age 21 when he purchased this land, then he would have been born in the latter half of 1733 or the first part of 1734.
James was not mentioned in his father's will because he had died some nine or so months before Robert wrote his will.
James Wilson wrote his will on 5 January 1777, at which time he was "in perfect health and of sound mind". But his will was proved less than three months later on 1 April 1777. So what happened? We have two accounts given by later, distant cousins. First, according to William Henry Foote in his Genealogy of the Glass family in Virginia, also of the families of Vance, Hoge, White, which was written between 1858 and 1869, "[Robert's] son James at the time of his death was on his way to join the Army of the Revolution." Second, in The Genealogy of the Denny Family, published in 1886, there is included a short genealogy of David Denny and his children which had been provided by Robert Denny (b. 1828) of Indianapolis, Indiana. Robert's grandfather Robert was a brother of Margery. Here is what he had to say about his grandfather's sister: "Margery; married James Wilson, who died while a soldier in the Revolutionary war..." (see http://books.google.com/books?id=DPocAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA233&dq=%22James+Wilson%22 ).
In the records of the Continental Army in the National Archives, there is one James Wilson listed who was a soldier in a Virginia regiment and who was deceased by March 1st 1777. This James Wilson was a private in the company of Capt. John Chilton of the 3rd Virginia Regiment. There are only two records for him. He appeared first on Chilton's company pay roll for the two-month period from October 7th to December 7th 1776. He last appeared on the next company pay roll, which was for the period from December 7th 1776 to March 1st 1777, a period of two months and twenty-five days. Apparently many of Chilton's men became sick during the early part of 1777. A number of soldiers were listed as dead on this pay roll ending on March 1st, including James. He was paid for only one month and twenty-five days, suggesting that he was paid up to February 1st (twenty-five days in December and the full month of January). Six other deceased soldiers were also paid this same amount.
Although the timing of his death fits fairly well, it is my opinion that this was a different James Wilson. First, James (the son of Robert Wilson) was in Frederick County on January 5th, whereas private James Wilson was presumably with his regiment in New Jersey. Second, I find it doubtful that James (the son of Robert Wilson) would have enlisted as a private. He had a brother John (see below) who had enlisted as an ensign in the 4th Virginia Regiment.
The two pay rolls showing private James Wilson in Capt. Chilton's company of the 3rd Virginia Regiment can be viewed online:
United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 97-Virginia (jacket 62-73)
Image 435 of 690
A payroll for Capt. John Chiltons Compy. in the 3th Virga. Regiment From 7th October to 7th December 1776 Inclusive.
[left column]
...
John Chilton Capt. ...
John Blackwell Lieut. ...
Joseph Blackwell do ...
William Robison Ensign ...
...
[right column]
Mens Names | No Months | No Dollars |
...
[10th name]
James Willson | 2 | 13 1/3 |
...
United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 97-Virginia (jacket 62-73)
Image 437 of 690
A payroll for Capt. John Chiltons Compy. in the 3rd Virga. Regt. Commanded by Colon.
Thomas Marshall from the 7th Dec 1776 to the 1st of March 1777.
[note: officers and men were paid for 2 months and 25 days (Dec 7 to March 1st).]
[left column]
...
John Chilton Capt. ...
John Blackwell Lieut. ...
Joseph Blackwell do ...
William Robinson Ensign ...
...
[right column]
Mens names | months & days | No Dollars | [remarks] |
...
[25th name]
James Wilson | 1 - 25 | 12 1/6 | (dead) |
...
The writing of one's will before going off to war was a typical precautionary measure, but what is surprising is that he died so soon after writing his.
Starting with the meager information supplied by Robert Denny and William Henry Foote, we might speculate further on the circumstances of his death. James was probably en route to New Jersey, where Washington's army was then located, when he would seem to have suffered a fatal accident. Perhaps he was thrown from his horse. Had he set off for New Jersey alone, or had he proceeded in a military unit with other men? That latter is the more likely case. The Virginia Gazette for 24 January 1777 contained this short account:
Extract of a letter from Winchester, Jan. 8. [Wednesday]
"The company of Frederick Volunteers
commanded by the rev. Charles Mynn
Thruston, consisting of about 100 men,
marched from this town on Sunday last [Jan 5],
in order to join the army under the com-
mand of his excellency general Washing-
ton, in consequence of orders from the
Hon. Continental Congress. The greatest
part of the company consists of gentlemen
of the first rank in the county, and the sons
of the principal inhabitants of it. They
were all extremely well armed, and cloth-
ed in an exact uniform. From my know-
ledge of both officers and men, and from
the great cheerfulness and alacrity with
which they engaged in the common cause,
I have the most sanguine expectation they
will do honour to themselves, and render
service to their country."
Virginia Gazette, Purdie, Friday, January 24, 1777, page 2, column 3]
James certainly could have qualified as a "gentleman of the first rank in the county". According to this letter, Thruston's volunteers left Winchester the same day that James wrote his will, the 5th of January. This could have afforded James an opportunity to leave with the company. However, one of those volunteers, John Kercheval, stated in his 1834 pension application that the company left about the 21st of December (which would have been a Saturday) and that "he definitely recollects they arrived at Frederick Town [Maryland] on Christmas day about 12 Oclock 1776", finally arriving at Washington's headquarters at Morristown, New Jersey about the 15th[or 10th?] of January. If Kercheval's memory is accurate, then Thruston's company had, at least, a fifteen day head start over James. By 1777 James was likely in his early forties, which would be fairly old for a private, especially if he had to travel on foot. So perhaps he had a horse to ride.
There were a couple of other military units which marched from Winchester a month or so after, but their later departure would allow less time to explain the events which led to his death and the proving of his will on April 1st. One of these units was Peter Bryan Bruin's company of the 11th Virginia Regiment. The exact date of Bruin's departure is unknown, but in a letter from Philadelphia dated 6 March 1777, Lt. Col. Febiger of the 11th Virginia Regiment informed General Washington that "Captn Bruin of Frederick and Gallihue of Prince William are hourly expected with full Companies, having been some Time on their March." So Bruin's company probably had left Frederick County in the latter part of February.
The other military unit James might have joined was Captain Peter Babb's company of Frederick County militia. But instead of going to New Jersey, Babb's company set off for Fort Pitt on or after the 6th of March in order to relieve the 12th Virginia Regiment, which had been garrisoned there. According to the pension application of Samuel Denny, a soldier in Babb's company, during this tour they were "mostly occupied between Pittsburgh (then Fort Pitt) and Wheeling for the protection of the frontiers, having frequent skirmishes with the Indians". Babb's company was paid by the Continental Congress for period from 3 April to 3 June. The relieved 12th Virginia regiment marched back to Winchester. In April 1777, these troops were marched to Morristown, New Jersey.
The question arises as to how far James could have traveled before he died so that the news of his death could have been reported back to his family and the appraisement and settling of his estate could begin. Is there anything in his accounts which might provide insight? There are some intriguing entries. A list dated 27 March 1777, five days before his will was proved, showed several farm animals sold to various individuals.
In a numbered list dated 1 April 1777, the first three items were:
[1] By Cash paid Wm Denny funeral charges proved
9. 16. 10
2 by expenses too & from jersey do 2. 19. 6
3 By Cash paid Joseph McMullen do 6. 4. -
In the above entries "do" is short for "ditto". The "dittos" would appear to refer to additional funeral charges. Then one interpretation is that William Denny (James' brother-in-law) incurred funeral-related expenses going to and from New Jersey. Perhaps he went to New Jersey to retrieve James' personal effects and, if necessary, pay for his burial there. (Of course, if the handwritten word in item 2 which I have interpreted as "jersey"--and which I infer to mean "New Jersey"--is actually some other word, then the above interpretation in invalid!)
Lastly, there are three related expenses which may allow us to narrow further the time interval in which James might have died. These are:
By boarding 3 of his Children 5 mos viz 8th [or 7th or 9th?]
Feby to the 6th July 1777 @ 20[?] per year 22. 5. -
By funeral charges for buriing one 6. - -
By boarding two for 15 months viz from the 6th
july 1777 to Oct 1778 @ 75. - -
The 6th of July is probably the day that daughter Mary died since that is when the boarding charges went from being for three children to just two, with the mention of the burying of one at this transition. (Presumably this boarding referred only to the three daughters.)
More interesting is the date of the 8th of February [or perhaps it was the 7th or 9th. The handwritten number is small and difficult to read.] Why did the boarding of three of his children begin on this date? Was that a common practice for an absentee father gone off to war? Or could February 8th indicate that by then James' estate had already begun to be settled? In the latter case, we have an interval of just over 30 days--from 5 Jan to 8 Feb--in which James set out from Frederick County, getting perhaps as far as New Jersey before he suddenly died, and the news of his death reached his home in time to make arrangements for the boarding of his children.
Because James' children--Robert, Margaret, and Sarah--were underage at the time of his death in 1777, Alexander White was appointed administrator for them. Alexander's mother was Margaret Hoge, an older sister of Garrata. (Margaret had married Robert White.) Hence Alexander White was a first cousin of James Wilson.
By June 1778, James Wilson's widow Margery Denny had married Robert Lockhart and went on to have several more children.
children of James Wilson and Margaret Denny
Margaret Wilson married Thomas Babb on 27 November 1788.
Sarah Wilson married John Wilson (relationship unknown) on 2 December 1790.
Robert Wilson--the son of James--was killed by Indians on 4 November 1791 in Ohio at the battle sometimes called St. Clair's defeat. He was a junior officer in a military expedition under Gen. Arthur St. Clair to subdue the Indians in that region. However, they were surprised by the Indians and suffered heavy losses. A month earlier, on 3 October 1791 while still encamped on the Big Miami River in southern Ohio, Robert had written a "memorandum" in which he had willed his personal property to family and friends "should I loos my life in this present expedition". He willed his watch to his brother-in-law John Wilson, and his largest sword and his "coatt" to his brother-in-law Tho. Bab [Thomas Babb].
Robert was an ensign in the company of Capt. Van Swearingen, in the (Virginia) battalion of Maj. George M. Bedinger, in Lt. Col. William Darke's 1st Regiment of (six-month) Levies.
Below is a fanciful account of Robert's demise at St. Clair's Defeat. It was first published 48 years after the battle, and any original source of the details given is unknown:
https://books.google.com/books?id=t7VOUgh3e_kC&pg=PA263&dq="Ensign+Wilson"
Sketches of western adventure: containing an account of the most interesting incidents
connected with the settlement of the West, from 1755 to 1794: with an appendix. Revised
and corrected, with engravings
John Alexander McClung
U. P. James, 1839 - Indian captivities - 307 pages
p.263
...
Lieutenant Colonel Darke's escape was almost miracu-
lous. Possessed of a tall, striking figure, in full uniform,
and superbly mounted, he headed three desperate charges
against the enemy, in each of which he was a conspicuous
mark. His clothes were cut in many places, but he es-
caped with only a slight flesh wound. In the last charge,
Ensign Wilson, a youth of seventeen, was shot through
the heart, and fell a few paces in the rear of the regiment,
which was then rather rapidly returning to its original
position. An Indian, attracted by his rich uniform, sprung
up from the grass, and rushed forward to scalp him. Darke,
who was at that time in the rear of his regiment, suddenly
faced about, dashed at the Indian on horseback, and cleft
his skull with his broad-sword, drawing upon himself by the
act a rapid discharge of more than a dozen rifles. He re-
joined his regiment, however, in safety, being compelled
to leave the body of young Wilson to the enemy. On the
evening of the eighth of November, the broken remains of
the army arrived at Fort Washington, and were placed in
winter quarters.
[For more on St. Clair's defeat, see, for example:
https://armyhistory.org/the-battle-of-the-wabash-the-forgotten-disaster-of-the-indian-wars/
The Battle of the Wabash: The Forgotten Disaster of the Indian Wars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Clair%27s_defeat
St. Clair's defeat
http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-09-02-0094
To George Washington from William Darke, 9–10 November 1791 ]
Robert had inherited from his father James a "plantation containing about 513 acres". In his in his Genealogy of the Glass family, William Henry Foote recorded the harsh remark that "The property of the family fell to the sisters of Robert whose husbands [namely Thomas Babb and John Wilson] soon squandered it all."
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/355707?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Genealogy of the Glass family in Virginia, also of the families of Vance, Hoge, White
a manuscript by William Henry Foote ; compiled by Mrs. Royal E. Burnham, presented through Victory Chapter
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKW-G7Z2-D?i=672&cat=355707
p.52 [Image 673 of 881]
[children of William Hoge]
...
4th. Margaret - The eldest daughter was married to Dr.
Robert White, previous to the emigration
to Virginia.
From these spring the White family
in Virginia.
5th. Eliza[sic] - A daughter married Robert Wilson & lived
[Garrata] in the wood & stone house near Kerntown.
He was a man of wealth & standing; used
to entertain Washington at his house dur-
ing the encampment at Winchester. His
house was the home of preachers that
visited the county. Mr. Aden in his jour-
nal says he lodged there.
His son James at the time of his
p.53 [Image 674 of 881]
death was on his way to join the Army
of the Revolution.
Robert the son of James, was Major[sic-Ensign]
in the army at the defeat St. Clair &
was there killed.
The property of the family fell to
the sisters of Robert whose husbands soon
squandered it all.
A daughter Eliza, a grandchild of
William Hoge was married to Joseph Glass,
the 6th child of Samuel Glass the Emigrant,
& was the mother of the Rev. Joseph Glass.
The subsequent history Margaret Wilson and her husband Thomas Babb has been fairly well documented and can be found elsewhere online and in Babb Families of America by Jean A. Sargent.
The subsequent history of Sarah Wilson and her husband John Wilson has not been documented as far as this writer knows. Below are a few abstracts of records have been found in Frederick County which might refer to them. But more research is needed.
Fred. Co. Will Book 11, p.228
15 January 1822 - payment out of estate of John Wilson: to ... Sarah Wilson (widow), James Wilson, Robert Wilson...
Fred. Co. Deed Book 45, p.405
25 March 1822 - Sarah, Robert, James and Ann Eliser Wilson to John Hotzipiller, 8 acres in Kernstown.
Fred. Co. Deed Book 47, p.283
4 August 1823 - James and Ann Eliza (his wife) Wilson to Joseph Single for one dollar, 135 acres adjoining David McCauley, Stephen Pritchard, John Hamilton, Joseph Baker, & Charles Magill.
Fred. Co. Will Book 14, p.418
3 March 1828 - settlement of the estate of Robert Wilson. Names: David Benton, John Beemers, James Castleman, William S. Clark, Philip Hoover, Adam Kerns, William McCauley, Benjamin Reckley, Isaac Russell, Elisha Smallwood, James Wilson.
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Robert Wilson Jr., son of Robert Wilson and Garrata Hoge
On 14 November 1754, a Robert Wilson Junior patented 400 acres of land in Frederick County:
http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=574&last=&g_p=GH&collection=NN
Grant
Wilson, Robert, Jr. grantee.
Land grant 14 November 1754.
Location: Frederick County.
Description: 400 acres adjoining land of Glover.
Source: Northern Neck Grants H, p. 574
Original survey exists.
Assuming he was age 21 at the time, then he would have been born near the end of 1732 or in 1733. In January 1762, he sold this land to "James Willson Jr." for 140 pounds. That this particular James was not Robert Jr.'s brother James is indicated in a transaction dated 6 April 1773 in which James Jr. & Esther (his wife) [not Margery!] Willson sold 200 of these 400 acres to William Cochran (Fred. Co. DB 16, p.113). This James died intestate, and on 2 October 1792, his eldest son and heir sold 10 1/2 acres to Benedict Leady (Fred. Co. DB 23, p.413).
The name of Robert Jr.'s wife was Mary. But their marriage does not appear to have been a successful one:
3 August 1779 - Robert and Mary (his wife) Wilson agree to live apart and sign a release on chattel goods with John Gilkeson and Robert Allen. Signed Robert Wilson, Mary Wilson, John Gilkeson, and Robert Allen, in the presence of John Magill, Samuel Vance, and William Vance. "... the said Mary Wilson may occupy possess & enjoy all & singular the rest residue & remainder of the said estate both real & personal during her natural life for her maintenance & support & for the maintenance support education & bring up of the children of the said Robert & Mary to wit: James, Robert, Samuel, Elizabeth, John, Vance, Joseph, William & Isaac, ..." (Frederick County Deed Book 18, p.224).
Most genealogies state that Robert Jr. married Mary Vance, and the fact that he had a son named Vance would seem to support this. It is believed that Mary was the daughter of James Vance and Elizabeth Glass. See, for example,
Appalachian Frontiers: Settlement, Society & Development in the Preindustrial Era
Robert D. Mitchell
University Press of Kentucky, 1991 - History - 350 pages
p.114
...
... Elizabeth Glass and James Vance, a daughter and son of
Samuel Glass and Andrew Vance, had been married before their families left
Ireland. Their son, James David Vance, kept the alliance of the Glass and Vance
families alive by marrying a grandchild of Samuel Glass. Their daughter, Mary,
married a son of Robert Wilson [namely Robert Jr.]. Robert Wilson's daughter strengthened the
network when she married yet another of Samuel Glass's children [i.e., Elizabeth Wilson married Joseph Glass]. ...
In his will dated 6 February 1751, James Vance mentioned his "oldest daughter Mary Vance", indicating that Mary was not yet married. James' widow Elizabeth lived some thirty-four years longer. In her will dated 12 November 1781, Elizabeth mentioned a daughter Mary Wilson (who by this time would have been separated or divorced from Robert Wilson Jr. for almost a year and a half). Also, Elizabeth left a part of her personal estate "to be divided between my grand children. Viz James Willson and Elizabeth Willson. James's part of which to be paid him at my decease if at age and Elizabeth part to be kept in the Executors hands for the use of said Elizabeth Willson and to be paid to her when they think proper". As shown above in the 3 August 1779 transaction Robert and Mary Wilson did have a son named James and a daughter named Elizabeth--although one might wonder why Elizabeth Vance did not mention any of Robert and Mary's other children.
But just to make matters confusing, there is a Frederick County deed transaction dated 16 June 1780 in which a tract of land which was sold by a "Robert Wilson and Mary his wife late Mary Calvert Relict of Robert Calvert dec'd., Isaiah Calvert Eldest son and heir at Law of said Robert [Calvert], and Margaret his wife of County of Frederick" (Fred. Co. DB 19, p.3).
According to some online genealogies, Robert Calvert died on 13 June 1756, and his wife Mary was born Mary Neaville on 26 April 1718. Thus if Robert Wilson Jr. married Mary Neaville Calvert not too long after Robert Calvert's death, then there would have been sufficient time to have produced their nine above-named children by August 1779. On the other hand, if Mary were indeed born in 1718, then she would have been age 61 in 1779, and it is doubtful she could have borne any children for the last 11 years prior to 1779. Moreover, she would have been 15 to 20 years older than Robert Wilson Jr.
Could there have been another Robert Wilson living in such close proximity to the other Wilsons at this time? Or perhaps Mary Calvert was his second wife. If so, then Robert Jr. and his first wife Mary Vance had not merely separated, they must have divorced. More research is needed.
On 11 December 1783 Robert Jr. and his wife Mary sold 353 acres to Samuel May (Fred. Co. DB 20, p.215). This was land which Robert Wilson Sr. had sold to Robert Jr. on 3 March 1761 (Fred. Co. DB 6, p.147).
So then. Was this Mary a Vance or a Calvert? If Robert and Mary Vance had reconciled, then there had to have been another Robert Wilson who married Mary Calvert. Otherwise this Mary must have been Mary Calvert, his second wife.
Sometime in the 1790's Robert Wilson Jr., his children, and his current wife Mary (whoever she was) migrated to Nelson County, Kentucky.
In the "Nelson County Genealogist", Volume 7, March 1991, Number 3, there is an article called "Baptist Pioneers in Bloomfield, Nelson County, Kentucky." The article talks about some of the early families in Nelson County buried in the churchyard at the Bloomfield Baptist Church. One of the families buried there is the McKay family. Briefly mentioned is a daughter, Matilda, buried "with her husband William Wilson." William was probably a grandson of Robert Wilson Jr. No headstone for William has been found, but there is one for Matilda:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35684467
Matilda Wilson
Birth: Oct. 31, 1797
Death: Nov. 30, 1839
...
There is a paragraph about a prominent family, the Gores. One of the family members married a Wilson. The article states that the Wilsons came to Nelson County from Frederick County, Virginia. "Isaac Wilson, son of Robert Wilson and Mary Vance, married Jannet Sutherland, and both are buried here."
They also were buried in Bloomfield Baptist Church cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35684267
Isaac Wilson
Birth: Oct. 17, 1778
Death: Jul. 3, 1844
...
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35684389
Jannet Sutherland Wilson
Birth: Nov. 2, 1781
Death: Mar. 14, 1858
...
Note that Isaac was born Oct 17, 1778. This was less than a year before his parents agreed to live apart (on 3 Aug 1779). Thus Isaac was their youngest child.
Conclusion
All of Robert Wilson Jr.'s children were by Mary Vance. But whether his wife Mary of 1783 and thereafter was Mary Vance or Mary Calvert is still uncertain (at least to me).
------------------------------------------------
Robert Wilson III, grandson of Robert Wilson Sr. and son of Robert Wilson Jr., was recorded as being age 21 on 29 September 1789, on which date he sold 341 acres in Shenandoah County to Jacob Roth. This land had been sold by James and Margery Wilson to Robert Wilson Sr. on 7 May 1771, and Robert Sr. had willed these 341 acres to his grandson Robert III.
Cartmell wrote that "Georgetta, 4th child of Joseph Glass, mar. Robert Wilson". That is, Robert Wilson III married his cousin Georgetta Glass.
Georgetta Wilson (née Glass) was mentioned in the 1792 will of her father Joseph Glass:
Frederick County, Virginia: Wills & Administrations, 1795-1816
M. N. Kangas, D. E. Payne
Genealogical Publishing Com, 1983 - Reference - 144 pages
page 1
WILL BOOK NO. 6, 1795-1802
...
GLASS, JOSEPH
Will. 23 Jan 1792/ 6 Jan 1795
Wife: Elizabeth Glass
Children: Samuel, Robert, Joseph, David, Sarah, Elizabeth,
Martha, Ruth, Nancy, Sophia, Mary Hoge, Georgetta Wilson.
Land and negroes benefit of wife and and eight youngest children,
Joseph, Sarah, Elizabeth, Martha, Ruth, David, Nancy, Sophia.
Movable estate to be sold and divided among four sons, except
wearing apparel. To each child, varying amounts of money.
Exrs: Samuel and Robert Glass, William Vance
Sec: James Davis Vance, Solomon Hoge, £ 1,000
Samuel Glass permitted to decline. (p. 2
...
Robert III and his family moved to Kentucky and later to Missouri.
---------------
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/355707?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Genealogy of the Glass family in Virginia, also of the families of Vance, Hoge, White
a manuscript by William Henry Foote ; compiled by Mrs. Royal E. Burnham, presented through Victory Chapter
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKW-G7Z5-6?i=646&cat=355707
p.26 [Image 647 of 881]
…
Georgetta – daughter of Joseph Glass [and Eliza Wilson, dau of Robert Wilson Sr.] was married to Robert
Wilson, grandson of Robert Wilson [Sr.] on Opequon, removed to Nelson County, Kentucky & had a large
family of children. … One daughter by the name of Sabina was married to a Mr. Gwinn who in about
a week after the marriage was killed in the battle at the river Raisin. …
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John Wilson, son of Robert Wilson and Garrata Hoge
Note: The connection between John and Robert is inferred from the names of John's two children, especially the daughter Frances Garetta.
Although transactions in the Frederick County, Virginia Deed Books indicate that Robert gave or sold land to his sons James and Robert Jr., there is no similar indication that Robert gave or sold any land to a John Wilson. Presumably, this was because John moved to Culpeper County, Virginia.
West Virginia History
State Department of Archives and History., 1946 - West Virginia
WEST VIRGINIANS IN THE REVOLUTION
p.346
WILSON, JOHN (Lieutenant) Ensign in the Fourth Virginia, December 28, 1776;
second lieutenant, March 12, 1777;
first lieutenant, April 1, 1778.
Killed at Eutaw Springs, September 8, 1781.
(Heitman) Letter from Adjutant General's Office, August 29, 1935, says:
"John Wilson, ensign in Captain Isaac Beall's
company, also designated Captain John Stith's company, Fourth Vir-
ginia Regiment, also designated Third and Fourth Virginia Regiment,
commanded by Colonel Thomas Elliott, Colonel Robert Lawson, Major
Isaac Beall, and Colonel John Neville. Commissioned ensign, September
28, 1776; second lieutenant, July 17 or August 12, 1777; transferred to
Captain George Wall's company, same regiment. Commissioned lieuten-
ant, April 1, 1778; transferred May, 1779, to Captain John Steed's com-
pany, same regiment. Name last appears on muster roll, November,
1779, dated at camp near Morristown, December 9, 1779."
Note: This is a subsequent reference not mentioned in the above 1935 letter:
http://revwarapps.org/b160.pdf
Arrangement of Commissioned Officers of the Virginia Continental Line, Chesterfield Court House VA, 10 Feb 1781.
4th Virginia Regiment date of commission
Lieut Colo Richard Campbell Feb’y 20 78
...
Cap Lieuts [1] Reuben Fields Jan’y 10th 78
2 John Willson April 1 [78] [same date as given at Middlebrook in Mar 79]
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The information given above in West Virginians in the Revolution can be extracted from muster and pay rolls for the 4th Virginia Regiment found in
National Archives Microfilm publication M246
99-Virginia (jacket 97-111)
100-Virginia (jacket 112-131)
SUMMARY
On 28 Sept. 1776, John Wilson was commissioned Ensign in Capt. Isaac Beall's Co. of the 4th Va Regt.
Ensign John Wilson appeared on the muster roll of Isaac Beall's Co. for June 1777.
Beall was promoted to major, and John Stith became captain of this company.
Ensign John Wilson appeared in a muster roll of John Stith's Co. for July and a pay roll for August 1777. However, his name on the August pay roll appears to have been crossed out.
On a muster roll and a pay roll of August 1777, John Wilson appeared as 2nd Lieut. in Capt. George Walls' Co.
John Wilson was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 12 August 1777. (Note: Some records give the commission date as 12 March 1777 or 7 July 1777 or 2 Aug. 1777, but the date of 12 August 1777 is the most consistent date.)
2nd Lieut. John Wilson appeared on the muster rolls of George Walls' Company from August 1777 to May 1778.
On 1 April 1778, John Wilson was commissioned 1st Lieutenant.
John Wilson's name did not appear on the muster and pay rolls of Capt. George Walls Co. for September 1778.
1st Lieut. John Wilson appeared on the muster and pay rolls of Capt. George Walls Co. for Oct. & Nov.1778 (combined), Dec 1778, Jan 1779, Feb 1779, March 1779, and April 1779. On the combined pay roll for Oct & Nov 1778, it was stated that his pay commenced in July; thus he received pay for five months: July, Aug, Sept, Oct., and Nov. 1778.
Lieut. John Wilson appeared on the muster rolls of Capt. John Steed's Co. from May 1779 to Nov 1779.
The above records do not supply direct information about his movements and activities. Fortunately, Henry Aldred was a private in the 4th Virginia Regiment and at times served in the same company as Wilson. According to his pension application, Aldred "enlisted in the latter part of the summer or beginning of the fall of the year 1776 in Winchester in the state of Virginia, for one year in the Company commanded by Capt Isaac Bell of the 4th Regiment." Aldred "continued in said Reg’t. under the Respective Command of Captains [John] Stith [John] Steed [Abraham] Kirkpatrick and [James] Curry then by arrangements of the armey in the year 1779 the Regts was Reduced and the Reg’t. to which I belonged was placed under the Command of Colo. [John] Nevill and Marched to Charlestown [Charleston] South Carolina where we were all taken prisoners on the 12th day of May 1780 There I Continued a prisoner untill the 21 st day of June ensuing when I made my escape at night from the enemy & Returned home."
Aldred also stated that "he was in the Battles of Trenton [26 Dec 1776], Princeton [3 Jan 1777], Brandiwine [sic: Brandywine PA, 11 Sep 1777], Germantown [4 Oct 1777] Monmouth [28 Jun 1778], the siege of Charlestown [1 Apr - 12 May 1780], at the taking of Stoney Point [Stony Point NY, 16 Jul 1779] and several other small Battles."
[source: http://revwarapps.org/s44291.pdf - Pension Application of Henry Aldred S44291 VA]
We can reasonably infer that John Wilson might also have participated in these same battles. Perhaps, however, John was not at the siege of Charleston, which ended on 12 May 1780 with the British taking prisoner all of the Virginia regiments (except the 9th which was stationed at Fort Pitt). He might have escaped as had Aldred, or he simply may have been away on other business, recruiting, sick, furlough, etc. In any case, he was free to fight another day.
In the "Arrangement of the Virginia Line Feby 10th. 1781", the name of John Willson is listed as a Capt. Lieut. in the 4th Virginia Regiment. The Lieut. Col. of the 4th was listed as Richard Campbell. He would also be killed at the Battle of Eutaw Springs on 8 September 1781.
The Virginia Line was reconstituted at Chesterfield Court House in Virginia in the fall of 1780. The new Virginia Brigade was composed of the 1st Virginia Regiment (sometimes called Battalion) and the 2nd Virginia Regiment (Battalion), the soldiers of which were eighteen-month levies. The regiments marched south to join General Nathanael Green's army in the Carolinas and were present at the Battle of Guilford Court House [NC, 15 Mar 1781], the siege of Ninety-Six [SC, 22 May - 19 Jun 1781], Battle of Hobkirk's Hill [SC, 25 April 1781], and Battle of Eutaw Springs [SC, 8 Sept 1781].
Lieutenant John Wilson was part of the Virginia Brigade, but we do not know for sure in which regiment (i.e., 1st or 2nd) and in whose company he served. All that is positively known is that he was killed at the Battle of Eutaw Springs.
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https://books.google.com/books?id=_fkcAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA383&dq="Garetta+Hickman"
...
Joel Hickman, son of James and Hannah (Lewis), born in Culpepper county, Virginia, August 10, 1761; married,
1786, Frances Garetta Wilson, daughter of Lieut. John Wilson, who was killed at the battle of Eutaw Springs, South
Carolina, 1781. He (Joel Hickman) was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and died in Clark county, Kentucky, July
16, 1852.
...
Interesting Trivia
Joel's sister Susannah Hickman (ca. 1745-1815) was the 7th great grandmother of President Barack Obama.
(See http://www.kentuckyhistoricalsociety.org/barackobamaancestry.html )
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http://books.google.com/books?id=fu4wAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA176#v=onepage&q&f=false
Genealogy of the Lewis family in America: from the middle of the seventeenth century down to the present time, Volume 1 (by William Terrell Lewis)
Pub. by the Courier-journal job printing co., 1893 - Reference - 454 pages
p.176
...
The following inscriptions of Joel Hickman and his wife, Frances
Garetta, may be found in the Hickman graveyard in Clark county,
Kentucky:
IN MEMORY OF
FRANCES GARETTA,
Wife of Joel Hickman,
Born March 3, 1768,
Died May 22, 1847
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http://books.google.com/books?id=kO658wcPYygC&pg=PA520
Calendar of Virginia State papers and other manuscripts: ... preserved in
the Capitol at Richmond Virginia, William Pitt Palmer, Sherwin McRae,
Raleigh Edward Colston, Henry W. Flournoy
R.F. Walker, 1885 - Virginia
p.520
April 30th JOHN WILSON'S ORPHANS.
Culpeper County, to-wit:
April Court, 1792.
It appearing to the Court that a warrant issued the 18th day of October,
1787, allowing John Willson and Frances J. Willson, (orphans of John
Willson, who was a Lieutanant in the 4th Virginia Regiment, & who was killed
in the service of the United States), Twenty pounds p'r ann. Jointly to
Commence from the first day of January, 1787, and it also appearing by the
testimony of George Eastham, Guardian to the said orphans, that they nor no
person for them have ever made application to this court for their
allowance, or received any part thereof; altho' they were residents of this
county, because he the said Eastham was an inhabitant of Fauquier county,
and did not know what were the necessary proceedings. It also appeared from
the same testimony that the said orphans are now of age, and able to procure
their own living, but that they heretofore have been in very indigent
circumstances.
Which is ordered to be certified.
Copy-Teste:
JOHN JAMESON, Cl'k C. Court.
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http://revwarapps.org/VAS1719.pdf
Pension application of John Wilson VAS1719
...
[Note: Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck, Revolutionary War Pensions Awarded by State Governments
1775-1874, the General and Federal Governments Prior to 1814, and by Private Acts of
Congress to 1905, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2011, 881 contains the
following:
"Wilson, John. Va. Lt. His orphans were in Culpeper County owned 19th of June 1786. He was
in the 4th Virginia Regiment and was killed in battle at Eutaw [Eutaw Springs, September 8,
1781] as certified by Captain James Curry. His orphans were John Wilson and Francis Jeritta
Wilson. Their Guardian was George Eastham. They were put on the pension list 18 October
1787 at the rate of $18 [sic] per annum. They were in Frederick County in 1788. They removed
to Kentucky and never received any part of the pension. His 7 years half pay plus interest was
paid to his heirs 23 February 1833."]
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Rev. Bounty Warrants
http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetRev.pl?dir=0807/W0131&card=12
Document Images [just the one page signed by S. Morgan]
Wilson, John.
Rank: Lieutenant.
Service: Army.
Date: 1786
This is to Certify that Lieutenant John Wilson of the Virginia Line
was killed at the Battle of the Yewtaws of the Eighth Sep
=tember 1781. Given under my hand this 26 June 1786.
S. Morgan [Simon Morgan]
Lt. Capt. Virga. Line
Copy Teste W[?] Dawson
[Note: Capt. Simon Morgan was wounded at the Battle of Eutaw Springs.]
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http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/culpeper/military/revwar/pensions/wilson-jo.txt
Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection
Wilson, John Pen. 457 1786-1792
Lieutenant-4th Virginia Regiment
Culpeper County--Frederick County
Son: John
Daughter: Frances Jerittee
I do with the advice of the Council hereby certify that Frances I. Wilson,
daughter of John Wilson,who was a lieutenant in the 4th Virginia Regiment and
died in the service of the United States is entitled to the sum of twenty pounds
yearly to commence from the first day of January 1787. Given under my hand as
Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, at Richmond, 1786 this 5th day of
October 1787.
T. Meriwether Signed: Edm: Randolph
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Revolutionary Service Records > Virginia > Third and Fourth Regiment > Individual > W > Wilson, John > Page 75
John Wilson
Lieut
Appears in a
Book*
under the following heading:
"A List of Officers of the Virginia Line on Con-
tinental Establishment who have received Cer-
tificates for the balance of their full pay agree-
able to an Act of Assembly passed November
Session 1781."
(Revolutionary War.)
By whom Received: James Hickman
Day when: Oct 18, 1787.
Sum: £ 46 - 2 - 8 .
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Calendar of Virginia state papers and other manuscripts ...
Virginia, William Pitt Palmer, Sherwin McRae, Henry W. Flournoy, Raleigh
Edward Colston
1886 - Virginia
OR
Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts, from August 11, 1792 to December 31, 1793, preserved in the Capitol at Richmond, Volume 6
Virginia
R.F. Walker, 1886 - Virginia
p.283
...
Depositions Of John And Francis W.[sic] Wilson, Orphans. Feb. 4th
We, John Wilson & Francis W.[sic] Wilson, of the county of Fayette & state of
Kentucky, orphans of John Wilson, deceased, do hereby constitute and appoint
______, of the state of ______and county of ______, my lawfull attorney to
receive in our behalf from John Hopkins, commissioner of Loans for the State
of Virginia, our pension for three years to commence the first day of
January, One thousand Seven hundred & ninety, and ending the last day of
December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two.
As witness our hand this 4th day February, 1793.
JNO. WILSON. [Seal.]
FRANCES J. WILSON. [Seal.]
Acknowledged before me, a Justice of the peace for the county of
Fayette, this 4th day of February, 1793.
WM. CAMPBELL.
John Wilson & Frances J. Wilson, orphans of John Wilson, deceased, came
before me, a Justice of the Peace for the county of Fayette and state of
Kentucky, & made oath that the}7 are the same John Wilson & Frances J.
Wilson to whom the original certificate in their possession was given, to
which the following is a copy.
WM. CAMPBELL.
I do with the advice of the Council, hereby certify that John Wilson &
Frances J. Wilson, orphans of John Wilson, deceased, who was a Lieutenant in
the 4th Virginia Regiment and killed in the service of the United States,
are allowed a pension of Twenty pounds p. annum, Jointly, to commence from
the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred & Eighty-seven.
Given under my hand as Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, at
Richmond, this 10th day of October, 1787.
EDMOND RANDOLPH.
J. MERIWEATIIER.
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Burns, Annie Walker,. Revolutionary War pensions of soldiers who settled in Fayette County, Kentucky. Washington, D.C.: unknown, 1936.
[Note: Evidently Hickman's letter was included in the Pension Application of Thomas Clarke W2920]
p.34
...
In a letter from James L Hickman of Lexington, Kentucky
9-12-1840, concerning Thomas Clark, he wrote a post as follows:
page 35
To the Pension Department: My grand father Lieutenant John Wilson of the
Revolutionary Army was killed in the Battle at the Eutaw Springs,
leaving two orphaned children. My mother is the only now living.
Her brother having died in 1815. They were placed upon the pension list in
the state of Virginia at the rate of 20 L. per annum to commence on the 1st
January 1788 about which time my mother moved to Kentucky bringing with her
the certificate of the government of the pension. She has never received
one dollar of the pension, the object of this note is to inquire whether the
government of the U.S. has ever allowed pension to persons entitled to
pensions from Virginia. Application was made to Virginia some ten years
since for the pension, which was refused. Respectfully. James L. Hickman.
...
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Series: M805 Roll: 878 Image: 385 File: BLWT1626-200
John Wilson
p.2 of 6
State of Kentucky
At a Court held for Clarke County, Apl 26th 1820
Satisfactory evidence was adduced in Court, to prove that Frances J.
Hickman is the eldest child and only Surviving heir at law in
fee to John Willson late a Lieutenant in the fourth Virginia
Regiment on Continental Establishment who was slain in
battle at the Eutaw Springs in 1781 and during the American
Revolution.
...
...
p.5 of 6
State of Kentucky
County of Clarke ...
Frances Jeretta Hickman ...
April 24th 1830
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See also https://www.fold3.com/image/28422292 : John Wilson, page 3:
STATE of Kentucky
At a Court held for Clarke County, Apl. 26th 1830
Satisfactory evidence was adduced in Court, to prove that Frances J.
Hickman is the eldest child and only Surviving heir at law in
fee to John Willson late a Lieutenant in the fourth Virginia
Regiment on Continental Establishment who was slain in
battle at the Eutaw Springs in 1781 and during the American
Revolution.
I, James p Bullock Clerk of the County Court
do certify, that the above evidence is taken from the Records in my
Office. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my official
Seal, this 26th day of April 1830
JamespBullock
...
...
page 6
State of Kentucky }
County of Clarke } April 24th 1830.
I, Frances Jeretta Hickman heir at law of Lieutenant John Wilson
...
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https://books.google.com/books?id=j8A_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq="John+Wilson"
Virginia Bounty Lands: Mr. Hall from the Select Committee to which the
Subject was Referred Made the Following Report
United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Virginia Bounty Lands
U.S. Congress, 1842 - Bounties, Military - 69 pages
p.36
Lieutenant John Wilson.---He was commissioned second lieutenant of
the 4th regiment, March 12, 1777, and was killed at the battle of Eutaw
Springs, September 8,1781. His heirs were entitled to the original bounty
of 2,666 2/3 acres, which they received September 22, 1787. There was no
other John Wilson whose name appears, at any time, on any of the rolls
or records now remaining, and of course no other John Wilson who could
be entitled to the bounty. On the 15th of January, 1836, the heirs of John
Wilson were allowed a bounty of 3,164 acres, for a service of 7 years and
1 1/2 month, to no part of which were they entitled.
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Notes of the Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina, 8 September 1781
Greene's report to Congress on the Battle of Eutaw Springs
All Titles > Continental Congress - Papers > Ltrs from Nathaniel Green > Vol 1: 1780-2 (Vol 1) > Page 287
https://www.fold3.com/image/219033
https://www.fold3.com/image/219024
Item Number: 172
Publication Number: M247
Item Description:
Transcripts of Letters from Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Greene, 1780-84
Item Title: Ltrs from Nathaniel Green
Volume Number: 1
handwritten letter:
https://www.fold3.com/image/219018
(288.)
Head Quarters, Martins Tavern
near Fergusons Swamp So: Carolinas
Sir
...
We crossed the River at Howells ferry and
took Post at Mottes plantation. Here I got intelligence
that the Enemy had halted at the Eutaw Springs about
forty miles below us; ...
...
https://www.fold3.com/image/219024
(289.)
...
We made the following disposition , and marched
at 4 O Clock the next morning to attack the Enemy. Our
front line was composed of four small Battalions of Mili=
tia two of North and two of South Carolinians; one of
the South Carolinians was under the immediate Command
of General Marion, and was posted on the right, who also
commanded the front line; the two North Carolina Bat=
talions under the Command of Colonel Malmandy was posted
in the Center, and the other South Carolina Battalion
under the command of General Pickens was posted on the
left. Our second line consisted of three small Brigades
of Continental Troops, one from North Carolina, one from
Virginia , and one from Maryland. The North Caroli=
nians were formed into three Battalions under the com=
mand of Lieut Colonel Ash, Majors Armstrong & Blount,
the whole commanded by General Sumner, and posted upon
the right. The Virginians consisted of two Battalions com-
manded by Major Snead and Captain Edmonds, and the
whole by Lieut Colonel Campbell and posted in the Center.
The Marylanders also consisted of two Battalions, commanded
by Lieut Colonel Howard , and Major Hardman, and the
Brigade by Colonel Williams Deputy Adjut General to the
Army, and were posted upon the left. Lieut Colonel Lee
https://www.fold3.com/image/219028
(290.)
with his Legion covered our right flank, and Lieut Colol
Henderson with the State Troops commanded by Lieutent
Colonels Hampton, Middleton and Polk, our left. Lieutet
Colonel Washington with his Horse and the Delaware
Troops under Capt. Kirkwood formed a Corps de reserve.
...
https://www.fold3.com/image/219033
(291.)
...
great exertion was done on both sides. In this Stage of
the Action the Virginians under Lieut Coll. Campbell and
the Maryland Troops under Coll. Williams were led on
to a brisk charge with trailed Arms, through a heavy
Cannonade and a Shower of Musquet Balls. Nothing
could exceed the gallentry and firmness of both Officers
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(292.)
and Soldiers upon this occasion. They preserved their
order, and pressed on with such unshaken resolution
that they bore down all before them. The Enemy were
routed in all quarters. Lieut Coll Lee had with great
address, gallantry and good conduct, turned the Enemy's
left flank, and was charging them in rear at the same
time the Virginia and Maryland Troops were
charging them in front. ...
...
https://www.fold3.com/image/219045
(293.)
...
...
https://www.fold3.com/image/219060
(296.)
...
were particularly conspicious. Lieut Colonel Campbell
fell as he was leading his Troops to the charge, and tho'
he fell with distinguished marks of honor, yet his
loss is much to be regretted. He was the great Soldier
and the firm Patriot _________________
Our loss in Officers is considerable more
from their value than their number, for never did ei=
ther men or Officers offer their blood more willingly in
the Service of their Country. ...
...
I have the honor to be &c.
Natl. Greene
His Excellency
The President of Congress
https://www.fold3.com/image/219066
[297.]
Return of Kill'd Wounded and Missing of the Southern Army Commanded by the Honourable
Major General Greene in the Action of Eutaw the 8th day of September 1781 _____________
[table]
South Carolina
Camp at Eutaw Springs
10th Day of September 1781
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...
Virginia Brigade
Killed: Lieut Colonels 1, Captains 1, Lieutenants 1, Serjeants 1, Rank & File 13
Wounded: Lieut Colonels - , Captains 2, Lieutenants 2, Serjeants 4, Rank & File 24
Missing: Serjeants - , Rank & File 4
...
[Pension Application of Charles Clements S8214 - severely wounded at Eutaw Springs]
[Pension Application of Mathew Cummins S35870 - taken prisoner at Eutaw Springs]
https://www.fold3.com/image/219071
(298.)
Names of Continental Commissioned Officers Kill'd & Wound
=ed in the Action of Eutaw 8th September 1781
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...
Virginia Brigade
Lieut Col Campbell }
Capt. Oldham } Killed
Lieut Willson }
Capt Edmonds }
" Morgan } Wounded
Lieut Miller }
Lieut Jouitt }
...
[note: Robert Jouett replaced Conway Oldham]
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A Note on William Hoge
For a genealogy of the William Hoge family see, for example:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015031482048&view=1up&seq=30
Tyler, J. Hoge., Hoge, J. Fulton. (1927). The family of Hoge: A genealogy. [Greensboro, N.C.: J. J. Stone & co., printers].
Note, however, on page 20, that the author incorrectly identified the daughter of William Hoge and Barbara Hume who married Robert Wilson as Nancy instead of Garrata/Garetta/Joreter/etc.
Garrata Hoge (wife of Robert Wilson) was the daughter of William Hoge, who lived in New Jersey before moving to an area in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania which later became part of Cecil County, Maryland.
(From there, William Hoge moved to Frederick County, Virginia).
Here is reference to William Hoge selling his land in New Jersey:
Deed, William Hoge to Peter Watson, 14 Aug 1710 (rec. 1715), Monmouth Co., NJ., Deed Bk E, p. 168 (FHL-SLC mflm 592,648).
Here is reference to William Hoge purchasing land in Chester County, Pennsylvania, later part of Cecil County, Maryland:
Chester County grantee index
Grantee index F, G, H, I, J, K 1688-1922
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFB-BNMC?i=325&cat=246232
Film # 008067027
Grantee H
p.311 [Image 326 of 480]
date of date of
instrument record
Lease Hoge William from John Budd al 1710 1725 Book D, p.312
Release Hoge William from John Budd al 1710 1725 Book D, p.314
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF1-MQC4-S?i=398&cat=246232
Chester County Book D
p.312-313 [Images 399-400 of 480]
Lease
John Budd et al:
To
William Hoge of the County of Monmouth in the Eastern Division of New Jersey, Taylor
13 Aug 1725 (date of record)
4 Nov 1810 (date of Indenture)
1000 acres
…
p.314-318 [Images 401-402 of 480]
Release
John Budd et al:
To
William Hoge
13 Aug 1725 (date of record)
11 Nov 1710 (date of Indenture)
“neere to the Township of Nottingham”
for 120 pounds and 10 shillings
“Two Tracts of Land Laid Together in one Tract Containing and
Laid out for one Thousand Acres of Land …”
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A sketch outline of these 1000 acres is given in Allen Robinett and his descendants in America; v. 03:
ALLEN ROBINETT AND HIS DESCENDANTS, PART III, SECOND GENERATION: ALLEN, SUSANNAH, SAMUEL, SARAH
Prepared and Annotated by: Allin P. Robinett
Reproduced by: James M. Robinett 1968
page 112 and continued on page 115 [Images 126/182 and 129/182]:
[Note that William Hoge's name is given as Hogg.]
... Preserved among the Taylor Papers is a draft
(undated) of a tract of 1000 acres surveyed to "Wm Hogg Purchased
of J: Budd," which gives the names of some of the then adjoining
and adjacent landholders, namely: "Ja Jonson" [James Johnson],
"J(ohn) Budd," "Andrew Job."
The actual sketch of William Hogg’s 1000 acres and adjoining landowners J: Budd, J: Jonson, and Andrew Job]
appears on page 113 [Image 127/182]:
Draft No. 2176
Taylor Papers, Vol. II
description of Hogg's survey boundaries as shown in the sketch:
[beginning at a] Post East 360 [perches]
[then] South 709 [to a] hick. [hickory]
[then] 122 [west to a] b.o. [black oak]
North 669 [to a] b.o.
[then 158 [west] [to a] b.o.
[then north to the beginning Post] [note: no distance given, but a calculated distance is 709 - 669 = 40]
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Notes on some of the military units commanded by Arthur St. Clair in 1791 in the
disasterous military expedition against the hostile Indian nations of the Northwest
Major General Arthur St. Clair (commanding general)
Major General Richard Butler (second in command)
Lieut. Col. William Darke’s First Regiment of U. S. Levies.
Adjutant -----son Burgis [perhaps Grayson Burgis/Burgess]
Adjutant John Whistler (promoted July 9 from Sgt. Major, Capt. Benj. Price's Co.)
Quarter Master James Raynolds
Surgeon's Mate John Hamill
Major George Michael Bedinger’s Battalion
Capt. Joseph Brock’s Co.
Lieut. James Stephenson
Ens. Harry B. Towles
Capt. Joseph Darke’s Co.
Lieut. William McRea
Ens. Aaron Gregg
Capt. Nicholas Hannah’s Co.
Lieut. James McMath
Ens. Peter Grayson
Ens. James Glenn (entered service Sept 29, 1791)
Capt. Van Swearingen’s Co.
Lieut. Rawleigh Morgan
Ensign Robert Wilson
Major Henry Gaither’s Battalion
Surg. Mate Victor Grison [presumably Victor Grasson of Philadelphia, Penn.]
Capt. William Buchanan’s Co.
Lieut. Henry Debutts
Ens. George B. R. Chase
Capt. Henry Carbery’s Co.
Lieut. William Davidson
Capt. William Lewis’ Co.
Lieut. William Boyd
Ens. James Brooks
Capt Benjamin Price’s Co.
Lieut. Benjamin Price
Ensign Samuel B. Turner
Major Matthew Rhea’s Battalion (from the Territory of the United States Southeast of the Ohio River)
Adjutant James Rhea (replaced Adj. John Stone who resigned 1 Sept 1791)
Qr Master John Lile (resigned August 1, 1791)
Surg's Mate Robert Johnson (Deranged 1 Nov. 91)
Capt. George Conway’s Co.
Lieut. John Stone
Ens. John Reaves
Capt. William McCormick’s Co.
Lieut. William Conway
Capt. Jacob Tipton’s Co.
Lieut. John Lyle
Ens. Charles Robison/Robinson (resigned 7 Aug 1791)
Capt. James Cooper’s Co., 1 Reg’t U. S. Levies. (Lieut. Col. Darke.)
Lieut. Jesse Craft
Ens. John McClellan
Lieut. Col. George Gibson’s Second Regiment of U. S. Levies.
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http://universityarchives.com/mobile/ItemDetail.aspx?inventoryid=31293
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A Return of the Killed and Wounded and arms lost in Majr. G M Bedingerd Battalion 1st. Reg’t. U. S. L. Viz. --
________________________________________________________________________________________
Killed Wounded Arms lost Total [illeg.]nt. [sum of killed + arms lost]
Captn. Van Swearingens Compy. 17 9 27 44
Capt. Joseph Darkes Compy. 33 10 17 50
Capt. Joseph Brocks Compy 25 10 28 53
Capt. Nicholas Hannahs Compy. 10 5 8 18
Capt. M.Cormick Compy. 29 16 33 62
114 50 113 227
Officers Killed. Wounded
Capt. Swearengen Capt. Darke & Colr. Darke
Capt. Tipton Lt. Morgan
Leut. McMath Lt Lyle
Ensign Wilson Lt MacRea
do. Reeves
Adjt. Burgess
Fort Washington 13th. Novr. 1791
Signd
G M B.
Comments:
Lieut. McMath: Lieut. James McMath, Nicholas Hannah's Company
Ensign Wilson: Ensign Robert Wilson, Van Swearengen's Company
Ens. Reeves: Ens. John Reeves [or Reaves], George Conway’s Company
Adj. Burgess: Adjutant (Darke's 1st Regt. Levies) Grayson[?] Burgess
Lt. Morgan: Lieut. Rawleigh Morgan, Van Swearengen's Company
Lt Lyle: Lieut. John Lyle, Jacob Tipton's Company
Lt. MacRea: Lieut. William McRea, Joseph Darke’s Company
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https://books.google.com/books?id=kUhHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA361
Military Journal of Ebenezer Denny:
[Oct] 20th. [1791]—The time for which the levies were enlisted be-
gins to expire. Ten were discharged this morning; sev-
eral a few days ago. The levies from Virginia claim
their discharge. All of Captain Hanah's company from
Alexandria, discharged. ...
Note: Denny's remark that all of Hannah's company was discharged is puzzling.
Hannah himself was present at the battle; and as indicated above, Hannah's company had 10 killed and 5 wounded.
Moreover, National Archives (NARA) records show that several more men in his company did not leave service until Nov. 11, 1791.
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Military Journal of Ebenezer Denny:
[Oct] 29th. [1791]—... The battalion of levies from the
territory south-east of the Ohio [viz, Matthew Rhea's Battalion] being so small, it was
blended with the one from Virginia [viz., Bedinger's Battalion]. Supernumerary
officers went home. ...
Rhea's battalion came from "the territory southeast of the Ohio River", which later became the state of Tennessee.
Originally Rhea's battlion had been composed of four companies, William McCormick's from Sullivan Co., Jacob Tipton's from Washington Co., George Conway's from Green Co., and James Cooper's from Hawkins Co. (Statement of George Christian in the pension application of Nancy McCormack, widow of William McCormack (McCormick) R6648. See http://revwarapps.org/r6648.pdf .) However, Cooper's company had been discharged on 18 Aug 1791.
The term "deranged" means rendered supernumerary. The officers in Rhea's battalion who were "deranged" were Maj. Matthew Rhea, Adjutant James Rhea, Capt. George Conway, Lieut. John Stone of Conway's Co., and Lieut. William Conway of McCormick's company.
This left McCormick's company with no lieutenant (and possibly no ensign), Tipton's company apparently with no ensign (Charles Robison/Robinson having resigned on August 7th), and Conway's company with no officers except its ensign—all to be "blended" with Bedinger's Battalion.
Note that, of the three companies formerly belonging to Rhea's battalion, the above return includes only McCormick's.
The casualties for Tipton's company are not provided, although Capt.Tipton and Lieut. Lyle are listed as killed and wounded, respectively.
Likewise there are no casualties shown for George Conway's former company, except for Ens. Reeves being listed as killed.
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Capt. William McCormick was not present at the battle. According to George Christian, who served as a private in his company, McCormick had been previously ordered by Lt. Col. Darke to take a detachment of soldiers to pursue a number of deserters who had left the night before. (Statement of George Christian in the pension application of Nancy McCormack, widow of William McCormack (McCormick) R6648. See http://revwarapps.org/r6648.pdf .)
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Biographies of Lieut. Rawleigh Morgan and Capt. Van Swearengen
Rawleigh Morgan and Van Swearengen were double first cousins. That is, their parents were siblings and so they had the same two sets of grandparents: 1) Thomas Swearengen and Sarah Dorsett, and 2) Richard Morgan and June Taylor.
In addition, Rawleigh Morgan married his double first cousin Lydia Swearengen, sister of Van Swearengen. Thus Rawleigh Morgan and Van Swearengen were also brothers-in-law.
Thomas Swearingen + Sarah Dorsett
| |
William Morgan + Drusilla Swearengen Thomas Swearingen IV + Mary Morgan
| | |
Rawleigh Morgan + Lydia Swearengen Van Swearengen
Richard Morgan + June Taylor
| |
Drusilla Swearengen + William Morgan Mary Morgan + Thomas Swearingen IV
| | |
Rawleigh Morgan + Lydia Swearengen Van Swearengen
(Sources: Descendants of Richard Morgan: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~chafinmarsh/genealogy/michener/descmorgan.pdf
Descendants of David Janse Swierngh: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~chafinmarsh/genealogy/michener/descswearingen.pdf )
Rawleigh Morgan and Liddy Swangen/Swangin [i.e., Lydia Swearengen] were married on 18 September 1790 in Berkeley Co., Virginia by Rev. Moses Hoge.
A deed shows that Lydia was still living on 28 May 1802.
Rawleigh Morgan next married Elizabeth Richards 20 Feb 1807 in Culpeper Co., Va.
According to his widow Elizabeth, “My late husband was but eighteen years of age when he received his wounds.” Her statement indicates that Rawleigh Morgan was born about 1773.
At the battle on 4 Nov 1791, Lt. Rawleigh Morgan was wounded in the breast and in the knee. He was rescued from the battlefield by Ens. James Glenn of Hannah's company,
who "lifted him from the ground where he lay wounded, & as he was unable to sit up, threw him across his horse & thus brought him off & saved his life."
He was taken to Kentucky where he lay for several months before he had recovered enough to return home to Virginia.
Although he lived another 32 years, Rawleigh Morgan never fully recovered. He died 28 June 1824 at Bedford Springs, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania "from the unfavorable influence said wounds had upon his constitution".
(Source: NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Roll:1766. Pension application of Elizabeth Morgan, widow of Raleigh Morgan)
Van Swearengen had written his will on 4 August 1791. It was proved in Berkeley Co., Virginia court on 17 July 1792. His estate settlement was dated 16 October 1792.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-H59Z-S8?i=83&cc=1909099
West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971 > Berkeley Co. > Will book, v. 002 1788-1796
Images 84-85 of 230
p.140-142
will of Van Swearengen [written 4 Aug 1791, proved 17 July 1792]
Evidently Van Swearengen was unmarried and had no children. The devisees named in his will were his brother Thomas Swearengen; his brother Andrew Swearengen;
his nephews William Morgan and Raleigh O. Morgan, sons of George Morgan; his brother-in-law Raleigh Morgan and Lydia, his wife; and Nancy Strode, daughter of John Strode.
He nominated his brothers Andrew and Thomas to be his executors.
The witnesses to the will were Eleanor Swearengen, Drusilla Brady, and Van Swearengen.
Total killed 18* Total wounded 9
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Casualty lists as enumerated from National Archives Compiled Service Records
Van Swearengen's Company
Killed Wounded
Capt. Van Swearengen Lieut. Rawleigh Morgan
Ens. Robert Wilson
Pvt. Alexander Anderson Pvt. Willis Copeland
Pvt. Henry Bradford Pvt. William Finley
Sgt./Sgt. Maj. John Brown Pvt. Thomas Hollis
Pvt. Isaac Buckley Pvt. John Kanada
Corp. John Connor Pvt. James McElhany
Sergt. John Duke Corp. David Long
Pvt. James Dunn Pvt. Dennis Murphy
Pvt. Michael Dunn Pvt. John Wise
Pvt. Moses Farthing
Sergt. Hugh Lemon
Pvt. Charles Mansell
Sergt. Abraham McShane
Pvt. Jacob Melchiah
[Pvt.] Stephen Pittcock
Pvt. Michael Reese
Pvt. William Welch
Pvt. James Williams
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Total killed 19* Total wounded 9
*Note that this count is two
more killed than is given in
the above return of 13 Nov
1791.
Records suggest that when
Sergt. John Brown was
promoted to Sergt. Major,
he was transferred to Darke's
Field and Staff.
REFERENCE:
NARA Series M905
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served From 1784 to 1811
U.S. Levies
First Regiment (Darke)
Roll 3 (A-L)
Roll 4 (M-Y)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/95536?availability=Family%20History%20Library
...
U.S. levies, First regiment (Drake) (NARA Series M905, Rolls 2-3) Film 1205386 DGS 7499016
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Document: Notification of Power of Attorney to Settle Accounts
In image: YWB10a (5 pages)
In source: Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Location in source: Bedinger, George
Page number: 1
Page count: [unknown]
Document page 5
Major Geo. M. Bedinger
To the United States Dr.
1791 November 12.
To cash received of Samuel Hodgson – for one months
pay of himself, Capt. Hannah, Capt. Brock, Capt. Darke
Lt. Stephenson, Lieut McRea, Lieut. Morgan, Ens. Grayson
Ensign Gregg, Ensign Towles, and Qmr. Reynolds, all
of the levies for which he is accountable . . . . 282.__
...
1792 April 5.
To cash received of Joseph Howell acct. for
the pay of Capt. Van Swearengins copy of Levies
for their service in 1791.—for which he is account
:Able 1594.42
Do. . . Do. . . Do. for Capt. Van Swearengen on
settlement of his account . . . . Do. . . . . 175.77
Do. . . Do. . . Do. for Lieut. Rawleigh Morgan
on settlement of his account . . . . Do. . . . . 181.79
Do. . . Do. . . Do. for Ensign Robert Willson
deceased on settlement of his account . . . . Do. . . . . 94. 2
Do. . . Do. . . Do. for James Glenholm Qmr. Segt.
on settlement of his account . . . . Do. . . . . 37. 8
...
Extracted from the Book of charges for advances
Made by the Accountant of the department of war
this 20th May 1794. Caleb Swan Paymaster of the
Troops of the United States.
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Contemporary Accounts Mentioning the Names of Officers in Bedinger'd Battalion (the Virginia Battalion) the 1st Regiment of Levies
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-09-02-0094
To George Washington from William Darke, 9–10 November 1791
From William Darke
fort Washington [Northwest Territory]
Nineth [–10] Novr 1791
Sir
I Take the liberty of Communicating to your Excelency The disagreable News of our defeat.
...
... I think the Slaughter far Grater then Bradocks there being 33 brave
officers Killd Dead on the Ground 27 wounded that we know of, and Some Mising exclusive of the Militia
and I know their Colo and two Captains were Killed. …
...
... Lieutenent James Stephenson from Berkaley [presumably Berkekey Co, VA], of the Levies
is aded to one of the most un Spoted and Respectable Carectors in the world in private Life as
good an officer as ever drew breth, his Gallent behavior in Action drew the attention of every
officer that was Near him more then any other, …
... Though I have Spoke
of all the officers with that Respect they Richly deserve I Cannot in Justice to Capt. Hannah help
mentioning him as when all his men were killd wounded and Scatered except four he Got a Sailor
that belonged to Capt. Darke Company when the Cannon was Retaken the artilery Men being all
Killd and Lying in heaps about the peases who he Draged a way and Stood to the Cannon him Self
til the Retreat and then within a few yards of the enemy Spiked the Gun with his Baonet Capt.
Brock4 and all the Captains of the Maryland Line I cannot Say too much in their praise. …
...
4. Joseph Brock was captain of a company of Virginia levies.
...
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ALS, NNGL: Henry Knox Papers; copy, DLC:GW. The copyist made extensive improvements to William Darke’s spelling, punctuation, and grammar.**
(ALS – Autographed Letter Signed: a letter in the handwriting of, and signed by, the author)
(LC:GW - U.S. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers)
...
**copy of the letter (DLC:GW) with the above mentioned spelling, punctuation, and grammatical corrections:
https://www.loc.gov/resource/mgw4.101_0221_0226/?q=1791+November&sp=5
Image 5 of George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: William Darke to George Washington, November 9, 1791
Image 3 of 6
... I think
the Slaughter much Greater than at Braddocks Defeat there being
Thirty Three Officers Killed dead on the Ground & Twenty Seven wounded
that I know of and some Missing exclusive of the Militia the Col
& two Captains of whom were killed to my Knowledge ---
...
Image 4 of 6
...
… Lieut James Stephenson added to an unspotted and Amiable
Character in private life is a Most Excellent and brave Officer, his
Gallant behavior drew the attention of every Officer near him more than
any other--...
...
Image 5 of 6
...
Tho I have before Mentioned the Officers good Conduct & Said
no more than they Deserve to be Said of their bravery. Yet I cannot in Justice to
Capt. Hannah Omit Mentioning his conduct, when all his men
were Killed wounded and Scatered from him, Except four, he got an Old
Sailor who belonged to Capt. Darke Company and when the Artillery were
Retaken, the Artillery men having been all Killed and Lying in Heaps about
the peeces, he stood by them himself, and fired until the retreat & then within
a few yards of the enemy, Spiked the Gun with his Bayonet; Capt Brock together
with all the Captains of the Maryland Battalion cannot be too much praised
...
Obedient and Most Humble Servant
A Copy
William Darke
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Note below that Winthrop Sargent expressed a low opinion of Lt. Col. William Darke:
"Winthrop Sargent's Diary While with General Arthur St. Clair's Expedition Against the Indians," Ohio History Journal,
p.237-273, Volume 33/April 1924/Number 2
p.256 [page 20]
A NARRATIVE OF THE UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR OF FRIDAY, WITH THE
DISPOSITION OF THE ARMY, ETC.
...
p.256 [page 20]
...
[p.259 Page 23]
...
The Second United States Regiment, Butler's and Bed-
dinger's battalions, the artillery and the cavalry were the prin-
cipal sufferers; and Gaither's battalion also experienced great
loss. Clarke's battalion, being advantageously posted and ac-
quainted with this kind of fighting, lost but few men, and a com-
pany of riflemen posted on the right flank scarcely any.
...
p.266 [page 30]
...
Lieutenant-Colonels G----[Gibson] and D----[Darke] were both wounded,
the former dangerously; Colonel G---- had not, that I know of,
an opportunity given him to display much military ability. Colonel
D----[Darke] was more fortunate. The General ordered him to charge
the enemy with the Second United States Regiment; some con-
sequent and simple movements were obvious--field enough, per-
haps, for very subaltern genius, but beyond his capacity. The
true character of this gentleman is brave, without the most dis-
tant semblance of a general. In action, he is most passionately
intent upon Indian-killing himself, but inadequate to performing
it by battalion, or even by platoons. And in the execution of the
command to the Second Regiment, which was performed with
great ardor and spirit, the whole merit is due to [Maj.] Heart and his
own officers, for the Colonel [Darke] only went along with them, after
the exertion for their formation under a heavy and galling fire
from the enemy was over, and in which arduous service I ob-
served the adjutant, Mr. Warren, to be particularly active. The
Major's [Heart’s] conduct through the day was soldierly beyond my ex-
pectations.
Major Butler, of the levies [2nd Reg’t], received a wound in the leg
early in the action that might have excused a modest soldier from
duty; but after retiring from the field to dress his wounds, he
returned to the charge with spirit, and fought on horseback dur-
ing the residue of service.
Almost all the officers of Beddinger's battalion were cut up
at an early period of the action, without rendering those im-
portant services which a judicious and enterprising field-officer
might have made them competent to. They were conspicuously
brave in some instances, and the lives of Captain Vanswearingen
and Lieutenant McMath seemed to have been thrown away by
themselves with a degree of hardy temerity. Adjutant Burges
fell, exerting himself to rally broken troops and reduce them to
order, and a Lieutenant Stevenson [of Brock’s Co.] was remarkably conspicuous
from his tact and activity in forming detachments from the scat-
tered soldiers of the battalion and leading them to duty with
great animation. It appeared to me very unfortunate that the
major [Bedinger] was absent upon this occasion.† The situation of his corps
in the line early exposed them to a galling fire, and demanded the
abilities and command of a field-officer. His indisposition had
compelled him to quit the army immediately after its advance
from Fort Jefferson.
...
† Note:
https://books.google.com/books?id=ik0mAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA151&lpg=PA151
George Michael Bedinger: a Kentucky Pioneer
Danske Dandridge
Michie Company, printers, 1909 - Frontier and pioneer life - 232 pages
p.151
...
Major Bedinger himself, with the sick persons un-
der his care, whom St. Clair had sent back to Fort
Jefferson to be out of the way of danger, left the
army on the 1st of November, and proceeded slowly,
for the invalids were unable to make great exertions.
...
--------
" ... Commissary receipts
received by Captain Joseph Montfort dated November 1 at Fort
Hamilton bear his [Bedinger's] signature and indicate he was traveling to Fort
Washington accompanied by one lieutenant or ensign, two women,
ten men from Captain Brock’s company, eleven men from Captain
Swearengen's company, two men from Captain Darke's company,
and three men from Captain Hannah's company."
(Richard M. Lytle, The Soldiers of America's First Army, 1791 (2004), p. 252.)
p.267 [page 31]
...
Amongst the captains and subalterns who fell in this action
and those who survived, it would be difficult even from collective
observations of the most judicious officer to make a just dis-
crimination and render a proper tribute to their memories. They
appeared, almost all of them, to put the best possible complexion
upon the business to the very latest moment.
...
p.268 [p.33]
...
Captain Price, of Gaither's battalion, a soldier of the last
war, fell very gallantly in attempting to lead his own company to
charge. He was advanced some paces of his men when he was
shot down.
...
Winthrop Sargent's casualty list:
p.264 [page 28]
LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED OFFICERS
Artillery
Major Ferguson, Captain Bradford and Lieutenant Spear,
killed. Captain Ford, wounded.
Cavalry
Captain Truman, Lieutenant Debutts and Cornet Bhines,
wounded.
First United States Regiment
Captain Doyle, wounded. Only a baggage-guard of this
corps was with the army.
Second United States Regiment
Major Heart, Captains Phelon, Newman and Kirkwood,
Lieutenant Warren, Ensigns Balch and Cobb, killed. Lieutenant
Greaton, wounded.
First Regiment of Levies
Captains Vanswearingen, Tipton and Price, Lieutenants Mc-
Math [of Hannah’s Co.] and Boyde, Ensigns Wilson, Reaves, Brooks, Chase and
Turner, Adjutant Burges and Doctor Grasson, killed. Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Darke, Captains Darke and Buchannon, Lieu-
tenants Morgan, Lyle, McRhae, Price and Davidson, and Ad-
jutant Whistler, wounded.
Second Regiment of Levies
Captains Cribbs, Platt, Smith and Purdy, Lieutenants Kelso
and Lukins, Ensigns McMichael, Beatty and Purdy, and Adjutant
Anderson, killed. Lieutenant-Colonel Gibson, Major Butler, Cap-
tain Slough, Lieutenants Thomson, Cummins and Reed, Ensign
Morehead and Adjutant Crawford, wounded.
Kentucky Militia
Lieutenant-Colonel Oldham, Captain Lemon, Lieutenants
Briggs and Montgomery, killed. Captains Thomas and Madison,
p.265
Lieutenants Owens and Stagher, Ensign Walters and Doctor
Ganoe, wounded.
Major-General Butler, killed.
Colonel Sargent, Adjutant General, and the Viscount Ma-
lartie acting as aide-de-camp to the General, wounded.
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Ebenezer Denny's causualty list:
https://books.google.com/books?id=kUhHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA205
Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
M'Carty and Davis, 1860 - Bibliography
p.205
[biography of Ebenezer Denny]
p.237
Military Journal of Ebenezer Denny [start of]
p.375
... The whole loss, as now ascertained by the different
returns, is thirty-seven officers and five hundred and
ninety-three privates killed and missing; thirty-one offi-
cers and two hundred and fifty-two privates wounded.
p.376
LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED
Officers in the army of the United States, commanded by
General Arthur St. Clair, November 4th, 1791.
ARTILLERY.
KILLED. WOUNDED.
Major Ferguson, Capt. Ford.
Capt. Bradford,
Lieut. Spear.
CAVALRY.
Capt. Trueman,
Lieut. Debutts, [perhaps is Lieut. Henry Debutts, Wm Buchanan’s Co., Maj. Henry Gaither’s Bttn, 1 Reg’t U. S. Levies]
Cornet Bhines. [perhaps is Ensign Maxwell Bines, Jacob Slough’s Co., Maj. Thomas Butler’s Bttn, 2 Reg’t U. S. Levies]
FIRST REGIMENT.
Capt. Doyle.1
SECOND REGIMENT
Major Heart, Lieut. Graton.
Capt. Phelon, Capt. Newman,
Capt. Kirkwood
Lieut. Warren,
Ensign Balsh,
Ensign Cobb.
FIRST REGIMENT OF LEVIES.
Capt. Vanswearingen,† Lieut.-Col. Dark,
Capt. Tibton, Capt. Dark,*
Capt. Price,** Capt. Buchanan,
Lieut. M’Math, Lieut. Morgan,***
____________________________________________________________
1 Captain Doyle was on guard when the first regiment was ordered back,
he had been relieved, but was without any command. Attached himself
to the artillery.
† first name: Van , surname: Swearingen
* Capt. Joseph Darke later died of his wounds.
** Capt. Benjamin Price (1732-1791) of Gaither’s Battn. See https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0222
*** Lieut. Rawleigh Morgan of Van Swearengen's Company
p.377
KILLED. WOUNDED.
Lieut. Boyd, Lieut. Lyle,
Ensign Wilson,* Lieut. Rhea,[McRea]
Ensign Reaves, Lieut. Davidson,
Ensign Brooks Lieut. Price,
Ensign Chase, Adjt. Whistler.
Ensign Turner,1 [Lieut. DeButts]†
Adjt. Burges,
Dr. Grayson.‡
SECOND REGIMENT OF LEVIES.
Capt. Cribbs, Lieut.-Col. Gibson,2
Capt. Piatt, Major Butler,
Capt. Smith, Capt. Slough,
Capt. Purdy, Lieut. Thompson,
Lieut. Kelso, Lieut. Cummins,
Lieut. Lukins, Lieut. Read,
Ensign M'Michle, Ensign Moorhead,
Ensign Beatty, Adjt. Crawford.
Ensign Purdy,
Adjt. Anderson,
KENTUCKY MILITIA.
Lieut.-Col. Oldham, Capt. Thomas,
Capt. Lemmon, Capt. Maddison,
Lieut. Briggs, Lieut. Owens,
Ensign Montgomery. Lieut. Stagner
Ensign Walter,
Dr. Gano.
___________________________________________________________
* Ensign Robert Wilson of Van Swearengen's Company
1 Ensign Turner commanded one of the guards. He was taken and
carried to Detroit — returned by Montreal — saw him in Philadelphia the
next April. He either was or affected to be deranged.
Additional info:
U.S. levies, First regiment (Drake) (NARA Series M905, Rolls 2-3) Film 1205386 DGS 7499016
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9ZY-YKVV?mode=g&cat=95536
Image 3423 of 3693
Samuel B. Turner, Ensign, Capt. Benjamin Price’s Company, Maj. Henry Gaither’s Battalion [1 Reg’t U. S. Levies]
Remarks: Prisoner 4 Nov. 91 returned fr captivity Jne 92
† Lieut. Henry Debutts, William Buchanan’s Co., Gaither’s Battalion, 1 Reg’t U. S. Levies
‡ https://books.google.com/books?id=8SlCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA292&lpg=PA292&dq="Grasson
Michigan Historical Collections, Volume 24
The Commission, 1895 – Michigan
p.292
J. KNOX, SEC’Y OF WAR, TO MAJ. GEN. A. ST. CLAIR.
WAR DEPARTMENT July 21st 1791.
Sir,
The bearer Doctor Gresson is one of the Emigrants from France,
who has decided to incorporate himself among our citizens.
He is recommended as a gentleman of Science, and professional
knowledge as a Surgeon.
I have recommended to Major General Butler to have him exam-
ined by professional characters, and if the result should be favour-
able, to appoint him to one of the vacant battalions of Levies. In
case the said vacancies should be filled up, I recommend him to you
for such temporary employment in the medical line, as you may
with propriety employ him in.
I am Sir
with great respect
your most obedient
humble servant
(Signed) J. KNOX
Secy of War.
Major General St Clair
[ Q. 58-1, p 130 ]
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Records indicate that Surgeon's Mate Victor Grison of Gaither's battalion, 1 Reg’t U. S. Levies, was killed on Nov 4, 1791. On 20 March 1792, Hippolite Malartic
"of Philadelphia (late of Paris in France)" (see below on p.378 Viscount Malartie) was appointed administrator of the goods, chattels, and credits of Victor Grasson
(Philadelphia, Administration Files, No 11-265, 1763-1792; case number 64B).
2 Colonel Gibson died of his wounds at Fort Jefferson.
p.378
Major General Butler, killed; Colonel Sargent, adju-
tant general, and Viscount Malartie [also Malartic], acting as aid-
decamp, wounded.
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https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/001284/html/m1284-1036.html
The Maryland Gazette
Annapolis, Maryland
Thursday, January 19, 1792 - page 2 col 3 to page 3 col 1
W I N C H E S T E R, December 24.
Tuesday afternoon arrived here, from Fort Washing-
ton, Lieut. Stevenson of the Virginia battalion of
levies.—Lieut. Stevenson left the Crab Orchards
in company with Ensign Towles, Adjutant Devin, and
85** other persons, on the first instant. He was in the
unfortunate action with the Indians on the 4th ult.
and has favoured us with the following particulars, viz.
That the number killed on our side, amounts to 637,
including officers—that Majors Brown, Clark and
Gaither, Lieutenant Hopper, quarter-masters Ward,
Reynolds and Semple, are not among the slain as
formerly stated ; but that Ensigns Wilson and Reeves,
not mentioned before, lost their lives in the unhappy
conflict—That colonel Gibson’s wounds it is thought
will prove mortal—that Colonel Darke is but slightly
wounded—that Captain Darke, a most promising youth,
received a musket-shot in his face, which fractured a
jaw, and rendered him speechless, but that he is still
alive—...
Since the arrival of Lieutenant Stevenson, three of-
ficers, and a few private soldiers, have passed through
this town, on their way to their resrective homes, from
the scene of action.
...
**The same account, published 18 Jan 1792 by The Freeman's Journal or The North-American Intelligencer of Philidelphia, printed the number 35 rather than 85.
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Fates of some of the officers
Lieut. Col. William Darke’s First Regiment of U. S. Levies.
Lieut. Col. William Darke - wounded
Adjutant -----son Burgis [perhaps Grayson Burgis] - killed
Adjutant John Whistler - wounded
Major George Michael Bedinger’s Battalion
Major George Michael Bedinger - not present at battle - left service: Nov. 11, 1791
Capt. Joseph Brock - left service: Nov. 11, 1791
Lieut. James Stephenson - present at battle but not harmed - left service: Nov. 11, 1791
Ens.Harry B. Towles - left service: Nov. 11, 1791
Capt. Joseph Darke - wounded, later died
Lieut. William McRea - killed
Ens. Aaron Gregg - left service Nov. 11, 1791
Capt. Nicholas Hannah - left service: Nov. 11, 1791
Lieut. James McMath - killed
Ens. Peter Grayson - left service Nov 11, 1791
Ens. James Glenn (entered service Sept 29, 1791) - left service: Nov. 11, 1791
Capt. Van Swearingen - killed
Lieut. Rawleigh Morgan - wounded 2 places
Ensign Robert Wilson - killed
Major Henry Gaither’s Battalion
Surg. Mate Victor Grison [aka Grasson] - killed
Capt. William Buchanan - wounded
Lieut. Henry Debutts - wounded
Ens. George B. R. Chase - killed
Capt. Henry Carbery [aka Carberry] - left service Nov. 24, 1791
Lieut. William Davidson - wounded
Capt. William Lewis - left service: Nov. 24, 1791
Lieut. William Boyd - killed
Ens. James Brooks - killed
Capt Benjamin Price - killed.
Lieut. Benjamin Price - wounded
Ensign Samuel B. Turner - captured, later released
29 Oct 1791 - "... The battalion of levies from the territory south-east of the Ohio [viz, Matthew Rhea's Battalion] being so small,
it was blended with the one from Virginia [viz., Bedinger's Battalion]. Supernumerary officers went home. ..." (Military Journal of Ebenezer Denny)
(Note: The term "deranged" means rendered supernumerary.)
Maj. Matthew Rhea - deranged 8 Oct. 1791
Adjutant James Rhea - deranged 1 Nov. 1791
Capt. George Conway - deranged 29 Oct 1791
Lieut. John Stone - deranged 29 Oct 1791
Ens. John Reaves [aka Reeves] - killed
Capt. William McCormick - left service: Nov. 15, 1791
Lieut. William Conway - deranged Nov 1, 1791
Capt. Jacob Tipton - killed
Lieut. John Lyle - wounded
It appears James Cooper's Co. was disbanded in August 1791:
Capt. James Cooper - Time of discharge: Aug. 18, 1791
Lieut. Jesse Craft - Time of discharge: Aug. 18, 1791
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West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971 > Berkeley Co. > Will book, v. 002 1788-1796
Images 84-85 of 230
p.140-142
will of Van Swearengen [written 4 Aug 1791, proved 17 July 1792]
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-CM9X-XD?i=7&cc=1909099
West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971 > Jefferson Co. > Will book, v. 001 1801-1813
Images 8-10 of 371
p.1-4
will of William Darke [written 12 Oct 1801 , proved 8 Dec 1801
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https://books.google.com/books?id=77BcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA212&lpg=PA212&dq="Nicholas+Hannah
A Dictionary of all Officers, who have been commissioned, or have been appointed and served, in the
Army of the United States since the inauguration of their first President, in 1789, to the first January, 1853, etc
Charles Kitchell GARDNER
G. P. Putnam & Company, 1853 - 587 pages
p.62
George M Bedinger (Vir) Major in Darke's reg. "levies of 1791 :" comd. Bn
fm Winchester Vir in the left wing under M. Gen. St. Clair, in battle with
Indns. on the Miami, 4 Nov. 91.—Major 3. sub-legion 11 Apr. 92: resigned
28 Feb. 93. [Died at the Lower Blue Licks Ken 183-.]
p.84
Joseph Brock (Vir) Capt in Bedinger's Bn 'levies of 1791 ;' under M. Gen.
St Clair in campaign agst. Indns. on the Maumee O. Capt Infy 16 Mar.
92 :—in 4. sub-legion Dec. 92 : disting. under M. Gen. Wayne in his victory
20 Aug. 94:—in 4. infy Nov. 96: resigned 1 July 1800.
p.95
Grayson Burgess (Vir) Lieut. and Adjutant of Bedinger's Bn Darke's reg.
levies of 1791 :' killed 4 Nov. 91 in battle under M. Gen. St Clair agst.
Miami Indns. O.
p.125
George Conway (N. C.) Capt in Rhea's Bn of Darke's reg. 'leyies of 1791'
under M. Gen. St Clair agst. Indns. of the Miami, Nov. 91.
p.139
Wiilliam Darke (bn Pen. 1736—Vir) Lt Colonel comdg reg. 'levies 1791' of
Gaither's, Bedinger's and Rhea's Bns in defence of frontier: disting. and
wound. in battle under M. Gen. St. Clair, agst. Miami Indns. 4 Nov. 91.
[Died in Jefferson cy. Vir 26 Nov. '01.
Joseph Darke (Vir—son of Lt colo Wm. D.) Capt in Maj. Bedinger's Bn
'levies of 1791 :' mort. wound, under M. Gen. St Clair, in battle with Miami
Indns. 4 Nov. 91.
p.146
Ebenezer Denny (Pen) Lieut Infv reg. 29 Sept 1789 : Adjutant to B. Gen.
Harmar Oct. 90, and in his battle with Miami Indns. : Aid de C. to Major
Gen. St Clair in his battle 4 Nov. 91 : Capt Dec. 91 : resigned 15 May 92.
p.193
James Glen (Vir) Ens in Bedinger's Bn of 'levies of 1791 :' appd. in orders
of M. Gen. St Clair Lieut Infy 7 Mar. 92:—in 4. sub-legion Dec 92: re-
signed 8 Mar. 94.
p.200
Peter Grayson (Vir) Ens in Bedinger’s Bn ' levies of 1791,’ under M. Gen.
St. Clair agst. Indns. on the Miami: Ens 4. infy 16 Mar. 92 : Lieut 4 sub-
legion Dec. 92 : Adjutant 96 :—in 4. infy Not. 96 : Capt July 98 : disband.
1 June '02.— Adjutant gen. of Carroll's div. Ten mila. Volrs. 13 Nov. ‘14 to
13 May '15, in defence of N. Orleans.
p.202
Aaron Gregg (Vir) Ens in Bedinger’s Bn 'levies of 1791' under M. Gen St.
Clair agst. Miami Indns. : Ens 3. infy 16 Mar. 92: Lieut 3. sub-legion, rk
fm June 92 :—in 3. infy Not. 96 : Capt Mar. 99 : retained, Apr. '02, in 2.
infy: died 12 Oct '04 at Camp Claiborne Lou.
p.212
Nicholas Hannah (Vir) Capt in Bedinger's Bn Darke's reg. 'levies of 1791'
under M. Gen. St Clair, agst. Indns. on the Miami : Capt Infy 10 Mar. 92 :
—in 3. sub-legion Dec. 92 : died 1 1 Oct 94 at Alexandria Vir.
p.287
John Lyle (N. C.) Lt and Qrmr of Rhea's Bn Darke's reg. 'levies of 1791 :'
wound. in battle under M. Gen. St. Clair with Miami Indns. 4 Nov. 91.
p.292
William McCormick (N. C.) Capt in Rhea's Bn Darke's reg. 'levies of 1791 '
under M. Gen. St. Clair, Nov. 91.
p.301
James McMath: Lieut. In Bedinger’s Bn Darke’s reg. ‘levies of 1791:’ killed
4 Nov. 91 in battle under M. Gen. St. Clair, with Indns of the Miami.
p.305
William MacRea (Vir) Lieut. in Bedinger's Bn Darke's reg. 'leyies of
1791 :' wound. in battle under M. Gen. St Clair, with Miami Indns. 4 Nov.
91: Lieut. Infy 16 Mar. 92:—in 3. Sub-legion Dec. 92: Bn adjutant and
qrmr 93 : Capt Dec. 94 : disband. Nov. 96.—Capt Arts and engrs 1 June
98: Major 2. Arts and engrs 31 July 1800: retained, Apr. '02, in Arty:
bvt Lt colonel 10 July '12: Lt colonel Arty 19 Apr. '14: disting. in battle
of N. Orleans 23 Dec '14 : retained, May '15, in Arty :—in 4. arty May
'21 : bvt Colonel ' ten yrs. fa. serv.' 19 Apr. '24 : died 3 Nov. 32 near Shaw-
neetown Ils.
p.307
Hippolite (Viscount) de Malartie : Volr. Aid de C. to M. Gen. St Clair, and
wound. in battle with Indns. on the Miami 4 Nov. 1791.
p.327
Raleigh Morgan (Vir) Lieut. in Bedinger's Bn Darke's reg. ‘levies of 1791 :'
Aid de C. to M. Gen. Butler, and twice wound. in battle under M. Gen. St.
Clair agst. Indns. on the Miami 4 Nov. 91.
p.375
John Reeves (N. C.) Ens in Rhea's Bn Darke's reg. 'levies of 1791 :' killed 4
Nov. 91 in battle under M. Gen. St Clair with Indns. on the Miami.
p.376
James Reynolds (Vir) Qrmr of Bedinger's Bn Darke's reg. 'levies of 1791:'
killed 4 Nov. 91 under M. Gen. St Clair in battle ags.t Miami Indns.
p.377
Matthew Rhea (N. C) Major comdg Bn (fm Jonesboro Ten) in Darke's reg.
' levies of 1791' under M. Gen. St Clair agst. Indns. on the Miami Nov. 91.
James Rhea (N. J.) Lt and Adjutant of Rhea's Bn ' levies of 1791 :' Ens and
Sec It 11. infy 8 Jan. 99: Fst It June 1800: retained, Dec 1800, in 1. infy:
Capt July '07 : resigned 81 Dec '12 at Ft Wayne.
p.394
Winthrop Sargent (Nor. West ter.) [Secretary of Western Ter. 20 Aug. 89:]
Lt colonel and Adjutant gen. of the army, under M. Gen. St. Clair Sept. 1791 :
wound. in battle with Miami Indns. 4 Nov. 91 : [Adjutant and inspector of the
Army Apr. 92—declined.]
p.426
James Stephenson (Vir) Lieut. in Bedinger's Bn Darke's reg. 'levies of 1791,'
under M. Gen. St Clair agst. Miami Indns. : Capt Infy 7 Mar. 92 :—in 4.
sub-legion, Dec 92, Capt Rifles : resigned 28 Dec 92.
p.435
Van Swearingen (Vir) Capt in Bedinger's Bn Darke's reg. 'levies of 1791:*
killed 4 Nov! 91 in battle under M. Gen. St Clair agst. Indns on the
Miami.
p.449
Jacob Tipton (N. C.) Capt in Rhea's Bn Darke's reg. 'levies of 1791,' killed 4
Nov. 91 in battle under M. Gen. St Clair agst Miami Indns.
p.451
Henry B. Towles (Vir) Lieut in Bedinger's Bn Darke's reg. 'levies of 1791,'
under M. Gen. St Clair agst. Miami Indns. : Lieut Infy 16 Mar. 92 :—in 4.
sub-legion Dec. 92: killed 20 Aug. 94 in battle under M Gen. Wayne with
Indns. on the Miami.
p.490
Robert Wilson (Vir) Ens in Bedinger's Bn, Darke's reg. ‘levies of 1791:'
killed 4 Nov. 91, in battle, under M. Gen. St Clair, against Indns. on the
Miami.