1. BECK, John W 'CAPT'. - b. 1746, probably Queen
Anne Co., Maryland, (or Virginia) d. August 29, 1816, Ohio Co., West
Virginia, bur. Stanley Sonde Farm, Ohio Co., near West
Liberty, West Virginia, son of John Beck, a Quaker and
Sophia (King) Beck of Beck's Addition, Queen Anne Co.,
Maryland, m. June 13, 1784, Kent Co., Maryland, Rebecca
Ann Miller, b. April 1, 1763, St. Paul's Parish, Kent Co.,
Maryland, d. August 22, 1853, Ohio Co., West Virginia,
bur. Stanley Sonde Farm, Ohio Co., near West Liberty, West
Virginia, the daughter of Nathaniel Miller and Elizabeth
Beck Miller. (The Stanley Sonde Farm, Potomac Road, was formerly owned by the
Becks.)
John and Rebecca moved to Ohio County Va. in 1775. He was
an officer in the Virginia Continental Line. John Beck
served as a volunteer in Lord Dunmore's War and was
subsequently with McDonald. He then joined the regular
Army with Colonel John Gibson's Virginia Regiment serving
from January 1, 1780, to December 6, 1781. He also
served for some time at Fort Pitt and was with General
McIntosh when the fort was built. Captain Beck commanded
the Fort at Wheeling for nine months and the Fort at
Holliday's cove during a summer. On December 31, 1782 when
John left the Army he took five years full pay from the
Government rather than half-pay for life. In 1785 he filed
for 890 acres on Buffalo Creek (In actuality he filed
warrants that totaled over 3110 acres). See Source
Image and actual Land Bounty Certificate Here.
Notes:
A search of our DAR Patriot Index provided the
information found below.
BECK, John
Birth: VA 1746
Service: VA
Rank: LT
Death: VA 29 Aug 1816
Patriot Pensioned: No
Widow Pensioned: Yes
Children Pensioned: No
Heirs Pensioned: Yes
Spouse: (1) Rebecca Miller
* I received the above lookup request from the DAR
February 5, 2003. It does appear that there is
conflicting information where 'CAPT' John Beck was born.
It makes sense that he would have been born in Maryland
to me, but many sources indicate Virginia. The old
census images only show the head of the household and
the number of and ages of females and males in the home.
I expect to hear more on this in the near future and
will update this page when I hear something definate.
Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution:
Beck, John (Va). Sergeant 13th Virginia, 8th February, 1777; Regiment designated 9th Virginia, 14th September, 1778; Ensign, 31st October, 1778; 1st Lieutenant, 15th December, 1779;
commissioned Captain Lieutenant, 7th Virginia Regiment,
February 10, 1981. This is recorded in the Hall of
Congress in Washington, D. C. (War Dept. Records); transferred to 7th Virginia,
February, 1781; retired 1st January, 1783.
Land Bounty Warrants:
Warrant No. 852, Name of Officer: John Beck, No. of
Acres: 2666 2/3 acres, Character of Service: Lieutenant,
Dept. of Service: Virginia Continental Line, No. of
Years: 3 yrs, Date of Warrant: June 17, 1783.
Name of Officer: John Beck, Rank: Lieutenant, Line:
Continental, No. of Acres: 444 2/3, When Warrant
Obtained: June 7, 1807, Time of Service: 7 yrs.
Abstract of Rev. War Pension Files:
W 3755, BLW #275-200-3 Jun, 1791 served as Lt. in VA
line.
March 18, 1840, Ohio Co., VA. Rebecca Beck, aged 76,
declares she is the Widow of John Beck who was a
lieutenant in the Virginia Continental Line. Rebecca was
placed on the Wheeling pension roll at $320 per annum.
Certificate 5915 under the Act of 1838 was issued.
Note:
1850 CENSUS, Ohio Co., Virginia (now
WV), District 44, August 8, 1850, Page 26:
BECK, Rebecca, 87/F/$6,500/Maryland
BECK, William F., 54/M/Farmer/Virginia
BECK, Francis A., 52/M/Farmer/Virginia
BECK, Susan M., 46/F/Virginia
Children of John W. Beck and Rebecca Ann Miller:
2. BECK, Elizabeth - b. March
9, 1785, Ohio Co., West Virginia, d. September 15,
1796.
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2. BECK, Mary - b. October 8,
1786, Ohio Co., West Virginia, d. September 23,
1843,
bur. Stanley Sonde Farm, Ohio Co., near West Liberty, West
Virginia, m. January 24, 1811, Ohio Co., West
Virginia, REV Simon Lauck, b. 1783, d.
December 5, 1849.
Children of Mary Beck and Rev. Simon Lauck:
3. LAUCK, Rebecca
Catherine - b. December 5, 1818, d. April
2, 1896, bur. Short Creek Cemetery, Ohio
Co., Wheeling, West Virginia, m. January
27, 1842, Brooke Co., West Virginia,
Samuel McColloch, b. September 15, 1802 d.
July 28, 1879, Short Creek, Ohio Co., West
Virginia, bur. Short Creek Cemetery, Ohio
Co., Wheeling, West Virginia.
Note: For descendants, See
Samuel McColloch
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3. LAUCK, Emaline
Beck - b. Abt. 1821, d. _____ , m. Abt.
1841, John Frederick Counselman.
1850 CENSUS, Virginia, Brooke Co.
District 4, August 17, 1850:
COUNCILMAN, John F.,
31/M/Farmer/$4,058/VA
COUNCILMAN, Emeline, 27/F/VA
COUNCILMAN, William F., 8/M/VA
COUNCILMAN, Clarinda, 3/F/VA
1860 CENSUS, Virginia, Brooke Co.,
District No 1, Wellsburg P. O., June 11,
1860 Page No. 31:
COUNCILMAN, Frederick, 41/M/ -, Farmer,
-, $385/VA
COUNCILMAN, Emeline, 38/F, -,-,-,-, VA
COUNCILMAN, Wm. F., 17/M, -, Farmer,
-,-, VA
COUNCILMAN, Clarinda, 12/F, -,-,-,-, VA,
-, X
COUNCILMAN, Mary, 8/F -,-,-,-, VA, -, X
1870 CENSUS, West Virginia, Brooke Co.,
Buffalo TWP, Wellsburg P.O., June 17,
1870, Page No. 37:
COUNCILMAN, Fred,
51/M/W/Farmer/$16,000/$3,000/VA,
-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-, X
COUNCILMAN, Emeline, 46/F/W/Keeping
House, -,-, VA
COUNCILMAN, Wm. F., 26/M/W, -,-,-,-, VA,
-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-, X
COUNCILMAN, Clarinda, 20/F/W, -,-,-,-,
VA
COUNCILMAN, Mary, 17/F/W, -,-,-,-, VA,
-,-,-,-, X
COUNCILMAN, J. E., 7/M/W, -,-,-,-, WV,
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2. BECK,
Rebecca - b. December 14, 1788, Ohio Co., West
Virginia, d. November 23, 1821, after giving birth
to Susanna, m. Garrett Burns.
Children of Rebecca Beck and Garrett Burns:
3. BURNS, George - b.
1812, d. 1880, m. 1838, Margaret Ann Luke.
Note: George Burns settled in the
Cameron, WV (Marshall Co.) area where he
operated a farm and taught school for 26
years. He was an invalid for the last 7
years of his life.
Children of George Burns and
Margaret Ann Luke:
4. BURNS,
Robert Luke - b. 1840
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4. BURNS,
William F. - b. 1844, d. _____ ,
by occupation was a fireman and
served in the Civil War.
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4. BURNS,
Joanna - b. 1849, d. _____ , by
occupation was a music teacher.
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4. BURNS,
James A. - b. 1850, d. _____ , by
occupation was a laborer.
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4. BURNS,
George - b. 1854, d. _____ , m.
July 4, 1882, Margaret Hall.
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3. BURNS, Alexander -
b. May 16, 1814, d. January 24, 1874, bur.
Grove United Presbyterian Cemetery,
Washington Co., West Middleton,
Pennsylvania, m. November 8, 1836, Elizabeth
Cotton, b. 1820, d. 1891, bur. Grove
United Presbyterian Cemetery, Washington
Co., West Middleton, Pennsylvania,
daughter of Dr. Henry Cotton of West
Middleton, Pennsylvania.
Children of Alexander Burns and
Elizabeth Cotton:
4. BURNS,
Henry Cotton - b. July 27, 1837,
d. June 14, 1915, m. Eliza Jane
Wilson.
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4. BURNS,
William Fletcher - b. November 24,
1838, d. October 31, 1902, m. Lora
A. Ross.
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4. BURNS,
Rebecca Margaret - b. August 1,
1841, d. February 26, 1926, m.
William T. Ackison.
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4. BURNS,
Sarah Louisa - b. December 4,
1843, d. February 1919. Never
Married.
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4. BURNS,
Virginia Ellen - b. April 28,
1845, d. February 18, 1941, m.
John Smith.
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4. BURNS,
Laura Corene - b. January 5, 1847,
d. July 21, 1922. Never Married.
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4. BURNS, Dr.
Alexander Clarkson, Jr. - b.
November 28, 1848, Washington Co.,
Pennsylvania, d. February 2, 1907,
bur. Spring Hill Cemetery, Cabell
Co., Huntington, West Virginia, m.
December 24, 1878, Lawrence Co.,
Ohio, Diana Templeton, daughter of
Creed and Rebecca Templeton,
October 20, 1849, Lawrence Co.,
Union TWP, Getaway, Ohio.
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4. BURNS,
Horace Roscoe - b. November 28,
1850, d. August 23, 1912, m. Anna
M. Wells.
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4. BURNS,
Orson Camaro (twin) - b. January
31, 1853, d. July 29, 1946, m.
Laura B. Lynch.
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4. BURNS,
Orin Ebert (twin) - b. January 31,
1853, d. April 30, 1940, bur.
Huntington, West Virginia.
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4. BURNS,
Decima Camilla, b. September 4,
1856, d. December 12, 1942, m.
James Templeton.
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4. BURNS,
Frank Clarence - b. May 6, 1861,
d. December 24, 1925, Bellingham,
Washington. Never Married.
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3. BURNS, Elizabeth
b. _____ , d. _____ , m. Joseph Boyd. It
is said that they lived in Haynesville,
Ohio, but this needs more confirmation.
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3,  BURNS, Susan - b.
November 23, 1823, d. April 3, 1862, bur.
Short Creek Cemetery, Ohio Co., Wheeling,
West Virginia, m. April 1, 1847, Abraham
McColloch, b. November 19, 1797, Short
Creek, Ohio Co., West Virginia, d.
February 25, 1882, bur. Short Creek
Cemetery, Ohio Co., Wheeling, West
Virginia. They had six children: Susan
Virginia, William Emery, Abram I., John
Waterman, James McHenry, and Sarah
Rebecca.
Note: For descendants, See
Abraham McColloch
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2. BECK, John Wesley - b.
July 4, 1791, Ohio Co., West Virginia, d. March
10, 1872, Ohio Co., West Virginia,
bur. Stanley Sonde Farm, Ohio Co., near West Liberty, West
Virginia, m. December 15, 1818, Elizabeth Cox, b.
December 25, 1797, d.
September 10, 1884, Ohio Co., West Virginia,
bur. Stanley Sonde Farm, Ohio Co., near West Liberty, West
Virginia.
Notes:
1850 CENSUS, Virginia
(now WV), Ohio Co., District 44, August 8, 1850, Page 26:
BECK, John W., 59/M/Farmer/$3,000/VA
BECK, Elizabeth, 56/F/PA
BECK, William F., 25/Farmer/VA
1860 CENSUS, Virginia, Ohio Co., West Liberty
P.O., June 27, 1860, Page No. 76:
BECK, John W., 68/M, -, Farmer/$4350/$400, -, VA
BECK, Elizabeth, 65/F, -,-,-,-,-, PA
1870 CENSUS, West Virginia, Ohio Co., Liberty
TWP, Wheeling P.O., August ?, 1870, Page No. 8:
BECK, Wesley, 79/M/W, -,-,-,-, VA,
-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-, X
BECK, Elizabeth, 77/F/W/Keeps House, -,-,-, VA
(should be PA)
Children of John Wesley Beck and Elizabeth
Cox:
3. BECK, John - b.
May 18, 1818, Ohio Co., West Liberty, West Virginia, d.
September 15, 1885, m. Rachel Humphrey, b.
July 16, 1825, d. February 28, 1913.
*See
John and Rachel Beck and family here!
Please look and maybe you can help with
identities!
Notes:
1850 CENSUS, Ohio Co.,
Virginia (now WV), District 44, August
8, 1850, Page 26:
BECK, John, 31/M/Carpenter/Virginia
BECK, Rachel, 25/F/Virginia
BECK, Charity, 2/F/Virginia
BECK, John H., 4 mos./Virginia
1860 CENSUS, Brooke Co., West
Liberty, West Virginia, June 8, 1860,
Page 26:
BECK, John,
43/M/Farmer/$5,035/$1282/Virginia
BECK, Rachel, 33/F/Virginia
BECK, Charity A., 11/F/Virginia
BECK, John H., 9/M/Virginia
BECK, Susan, 6/F/Virginia
BECK, Mary, 5/F/Virginia
BECK, Homer, 3/M/Virginia
BECK, Calvin, 1/M/Virginia
ROGERS, David, 37/M/Pennsylvania
1870 CENSUS, Brooke Co., Buffalo
TWP, West Virginia,
July 1, 1870, Page 492:
BECK, John,
52/M/W/Farmer/$8,000/$1,100/Virginia
BECK, Rachel, 42/F/W/Housewife/Virginia
BECK, Susan, 18/F/W/Virginia
BECK, Mary, 16/F/W/Virginia
BECK, Homer, 15/M/W/Virginia
BECK, Calvin, 12/M/W/Virginia
BECK, Bettie, 9/F/W/Virginia
BECK, Wesley, 6/M/W/West Virginia
BECK, Birdie, 3Mos./M (Should Be F)
/W/West Virginia
Children of John Beck and Rachel
Humphrey:
4. BECK,
Charity - b. June 22, 1848, d.
July 22, 1919, Ohio Co., West
Virginia, m. 1867, George W. Zink.
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4. BECK, John
H. - b. Abt. April, 1850
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4. BECK,
Susan "Susie" - b. Abt.
1852
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4. BECK, Mary
- b. Abt. 1854
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4. BECK,
Homer - b. Abt. 1855
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4. BECK,
Calvin - b. September, 1858.
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4. BECK,
Bettie - b. Abt. 1861
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4. BECK,
Wesley - b. Abt. 1864
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4.
BECK, Birdie Mae- b. March
19, 1870, Brooke Co., West
Virginia, d. November 29, 1956,
Ohio Co., Wheeling, West Virginia,
m. _____ Delaplaine: m. Joseph
Pyle.
Note: The 1900 census record
below was a little difficult to
read but it is Birdie Beck
Delaplaine and her children
along with her mother Rachel
Beck and sister Mary Beck.
1900 CENSUS, West Virginia,
Brook Co., Buffalo District,
June 1, 1900, Sheet No. 1a:
DELAPLAINE, B__,
Head/W/F/Mar/1870/30/M/8/2/2,
WV/WV/WV, -,-,-, Farmer, -,-,
Y/Y/Y/R, -, F/1
DELAPLAINE, Josephine,
Daughter/W/F/May 1893/7/S,
-,-,-,
WV/WV/WV
DELAPLAINE, John,
Son/W/M/Feb/1895/5/S, -,-,-,
WV/WV/WV
BECK, Rachel,
Mother/W/F/Jul/1825/74/W, -,
9/8/WV/WV/WV,
-,-,-,-,-,-, Y/Y/Y
BECK, Westley,
Brother/W/M/Aug/1864/35/S,
-,-,-, WV/WV/WV, -,-,-, Stock ?,
-,-, Y/Y/Y/O/F/F/39
BECK, Mary,
Sister/W/F/Jun/1824/46/S, -,-,-,
WV/WV/WV, -,-,-,-,-,-, Y/Y/Y
The Census below has several
errors in it with information
reversed, but this is Birdie and
her second husband Joseph Pyle,
with Birdie's mother Rachel Beck
and sister Mary Beck.
1910 CENSUS, West Virginia,
Brooke Co., Buffalo District,
May 11, 1910, Sheet 10a:
PYLE, Joseph, Head/M/W/45/M2/3,
-,-, PA/PA/PA, -,-, English,
Farmer/Stock, -,-,-, Y/Y, R, -,
?, 1/0/0
PYLE, Birdie, Wife, F/W/40/M2/3,
-,-, WV/VA/VA, -,-, English,
None, -,-,-,-, Y/Y
BECK, Rachel, Sister/F/W/84/W,
-, 9/8/VA,
VA/OH, -,-, English, None,
-,-,-,-, Y/Y
BECK, Mary,
Mother-In-Law/F/W/54/S, -,-,-,
VA/VA/OH, -,-, English/None
DELAPLANE, ___ ,
Step-Daughter/F/W/17/S, -,-,-,
WV/WV,
WV, -,-, English/None, Y/Y/Y
DELAPLANE, Jay,
Step-Son/M/W/15/S, -,-,-,
WV/WV/WV,
-,-, English/None, Y/Y/Y
4.
DELAPLAINE, Josephine
(Blossom) - b. May, 1893.
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4.
DELAPLAINE, John (Jay) H. -
b. February 10, 1895, d.
February 9, 1976, Los
Angeles, California.
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3. BECK, William
Fletcher -
b. Abt. 1825, d. _____ , m. Sallie A. ____
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1860 CENSUS, Virginia, Ohio Co., West
Liberty P.O., June 27, 1860, Page No.
76:
BECK, Wm. F., 36/M, -, Farmer/$500/$700,
-, VA
BECK, Sallie A., 33/F, -,-,-,-,-, VA
BECK, Elizabeth A., 5/F, -,-,-,-,-, VA
BECK, Emma, 1/F, -,-,-,-,-, VA
1870 CENSUS, West Virginia, Ohio Co.,
Liberty TWP, Wheeling P.O., August ?,
1870, Page No. 8:
BECK, Fletcher, 45/M/W/Farmer, -,-, VA
BECK, Sallie, 43/F/W/Keeps House, -,-,VA
BECK, Elizabeth, 16/F/W/at home, -,- VA
BECK, Emma, 11/V/W, at home, -,-, VA
BECK, Mary, 9/F/W, -,-,-, VA
BECK, Susan, 6/F/W, -,-,-, WV
BECK, George, 5/M/W, -,-,-, WV
BECK, William, 1/M/W, -,-,-, WV
4. BECK,
Elizabeth - b. Abt. 1854
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4. BECK, Emma
- b. Abt. 1859
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4. BECK, Mary
- b. Abt. 1861
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4. BECK,
Susan - b. Abt. 1864
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4. BECK,
George - b. Abt. 1865
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4. BECK,
William - b. Abt. 1869
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2. BECK, Alexander Miller -
b. March 16, 1793, Ohio Co., West Virginia, d.
April 8, 1798.
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2. BECK, William Fletcher -
b. October 20, 1795, Ohio Co., West Virginia, d.
June 1, 1868,
bur. Stanley Sonde Farm, Ohio Co., near West Liberty, West
Virginia, m. Elizabeth McFadden; m. Sarah Ann
Councilman.
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2. BECK, Francis Asbury - b.
September 3, 1797, Ohio Co., West Virginia, d.
August 9, 1853,
bur. Stanley Sonde Farm, Ohio Co., near West Liberty, West
Virginia. Never married, inherited 150 acres in
Adams Co. Ohio.
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2. BECK, George Washington -
b. August 3, 1799, Ohio Co., West Virginia, d.
June 11, 1806,
bur. Stanley Sonde Farm, Ohio Co., near West Liberty, West
Virginia.
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2. BECK, James Armenias - b.
May 11, 1801, Ohio Co., West Virginia, d. August
4, 1802, age 1 year, 2 months, 21 days,
bur. Stanley Sonde Farm, Ohio Co., near West Liberty, West
Virginia.
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2. BECK, Susannah Miller - b.
June 9, 1803, Ohio Co., West Virginia, d. August
26, 1881. Never married.
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2. BECK, Rachel - b. August
7, 1806, Ohio Co., West Virginia, d. December 26,
1806,
bur. Stanley Sonde Farm, Ohio Co., near West Liberty, West
Virginia.
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Sources in addition to those stated above:
- Beck GEDCOM
- Historical Register of Officers of the Continental
Army During the War of the Revolution. Rev. ed.
Washington, D.C.: The Rare Book Shop Pub. Co., 1914;
Francis B. Heitman.
- Historical Register of Officiers of the Continental
Army During the War of the Revolution;
Author: Francia B. Heitman; Call Number: 2680.
- Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution. 1938. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.,1973,
by John H. Gwathmey.
- Private
Cemeteries located on farms in or near West Liberty,
Ohio Co., West Virginia
- Records of the Revolutionary War. 1894. Reprint,
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, by
W. T. R. Saffell.
- Revolutionary War Records, Volume
1, Virginia, Baltimore: 1936, Brumbaugh,
Gaius, Marcus.
- SSDI
I have more information here than I intended to put up
but I keep running across a little more info here and
there and it seems to be growing. Please do not
hesitate to contact me if you find errors or would like to
share information.
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