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My Great Great Great Great Grandfather
Posted on 7/4/26 at 8:42 am
Posted on 7/4/26 at 8:42 am
Rev. William "Big Billy" Murphy. Founder of Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri. Not bad for starting at 17 years-old.
William Murphy, the oldest son to move to Missouri, was born March 12, 1759, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
At the beginning of the Revolutionary War he resided in Bedford County, Virginia, where he belonged to Capt. John Wilkinson’s Company, when he volunteered and served as follows:
July 1776, Private under Capt. William Leftridge, three months.
April 1777, Private under Capt. Peter Herston, Col. Christie’s Regiment, three months.
August 1777, Second Sergeant under Capt. Thomas Duley, three months.
October 12, 1778, in Capt. Robert Sevier’s Company, Col. Rutherford’s North Carolina Regiment, in December was promoted to First Sergeant, and in March Ensign under Capt. Christopher Cunningham, who succeeded Capt. Sevier; was in the defeat of Gen. Ashe at Briar Creek, and discharged April 10, 1779 at Camp Turkey Hill by Lieut. Col. John Peasley.
April 1780, Second Sergeant under Capt. John Clark of North Carolina; was in expedition under Gen. John Sevier against Cherokee Indians, three months.
July 1780, Private in Capt. John Renfrow’s Company, Col. Lincoln’s Virginia Light Horse; captured Capt. William Terry and his company of Tories, three months.
June 1781, Private under Capt. Neley McGuire, one month.
February 1782, Private under Capt. John Clark, Col. Jacob Brown of North Carolina, in skirmish with Indians, three months.
August 1782, Private under Capt. John Wood of North Carolina and Gen. John Sevier in pursuit of the Cherokee Indians, three months.
Was granted a Revolutionary War pension on an application executed May 7, 1833, while a resident of St. Francois County, Missouri.
William Murphy, the oldest son to move to Missouri, was born March 12, 1759, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
At the beginning of the Revolutionary War he resided in Bedford County, Virginia, where he belonged to Capt. John Wilkinson’s Company, when he volunteered and served as follows:
July 1776, Private under Capt. William Leftridge, three months.
April 1777, Private under Capt. Peter Herston, Col. Christie’s Regiment, three months.
August 1777, Second Sergeant under Capt. Thomas Duley, three months.
October 12, 1778, in Capt. Robert Sevier’s Company, Col. Rutherford’s North Carolina Regiment, in December was promoted to First Sergeant, and in March Ensign under Capt. Christopher Cunningham, who succeeded Capt. Sevier; was in the defeat of Gen. Ashe at Briar Creek, and discharged April 10, 1779 at Camp Turkey Hill by Lieut. Col. John Peasley.
April 1780, Second Sergeant under Capt. John Clark of North Carolina; was in expedition under Gen. John Sevier against Cherokee Indians, three months.
July 1780, Private in Capt. John Renfrow’s Company, Col. Lincoln’s Virginia Light Horse; captured Capt. William Terry and his company of Tories, three months.
June 1781, Private under Capt. Neley McGuire, one month.
February 1782, Private under Capt. John Clark, Col. Jacob Brown of North Carolina, in skirmish with Indians, three months.
August 1782, Private under Capt. John Wood of North Carolina and Gen. John Sevier in pursuit of the Cherokee Indians, three months.
Was granted a Revolutionary War pension on an application executed May 7, 1833, while a resident of St. Francois County, Missouri.
This post was edited on 7/4/26 at 8:46 am
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Posted on 7/4/26 at 8:46 am to Missouri Waltz
Posted on 7/4/26 at 8:46 am to Missouri Waltz
German coast militia checking in
Posted on 7/4/26 at 8:58 am to Missouri Waltz
My GGFather X 4. Last name redacted to foil AI bots.
quote:
South Carolina Audited Accounts1 relating to George M _____ SC5806 pp 4
Audited Account No. 5285A
Transcribed and annotated by Will Graves 10/15/24
[p 2]
This is to certify that George M____ has Performed his Service of duty faithfully In my Company
given by me
April 8th 1782 Willis Whitaker Capt.
[p 3]
These is to Certify that George M_____ is Discharge By order of General Marion [Frances
Marion] to go home Until further orders this the 7 of July 1781
Elisha Megee Capt.
Before me James Carmichael personally came & Appeared George M_____ and Made oath that he
done duty in Capt. Magee’s Company in Genl. Marion’s Brigade 35 days & 45 days in Capt.
Willis Whitaker’s Company in Orangeburg for which he never received any payment or
consideration.
Sworn to before me this 19th [illegible] 1791
James Carmichael, JP George M_____
1 The South Carolina Audited Accounts (AAs) are now available online at LINK
Posted on 7/4/26 at 9:09 am to TheOcean
quote:
German coast militia checking in
1st Connecticut regiment - Minutemen
9th Mass regiment
Spanish La infantry regiment
6th Connecticut regiment
I had two very noteworthy greats in Battle of Nola
Amazingly I had direct ancestors from both sides paternal and maternal in minutemen
Galvez does not get enough credit for his actions against the Britts at bayou Manchac, BR, Mobile and P cola
Posted on 7/4/26 at 9:44 am to Missouri Waltz
My direct surname ancestor (5x grandfather) He enlisted for service in the Waxhaw settlement where he was residing in what is now York County and enlisted about 1 July 1778 and was discharged in Nov. l781. (Note he was only 15 years old when he enlisted.) His service was as a private and he served under Captains Henry Coffee, Marshall Jones, John Montgomery and under Cols. Bratton and John Marshall. He took part in the siege of Charleston, the storming of Buckhead Fort, the battles of Rocky Mount, Black River, Wright’s Bluff, Fourholes and Granby Fort.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 9:49 am to Missouri Waltz
My grandfather’s great grandfather - Benjamin Franklin Moss. Founder of Mossville Mississippi in Jasper County. Captain in the Eighth Mississippi Infantry (the “Tullahoma Hardshells”).
This post was edited on 7/4/26 at 9:51 am
Posted on 7/4/26 at 9:50 am to Missouri Waltz
My great x 5 grandfather was a pirate by the name of Jean Lafitte.... That's a true story .
Posted on 7/4/26 at 10:07 am to BK Lounge
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a pirate by the name of Jean Lafitte
Lafitte was not a pirate...he was a smuggler.
Regardless of what you want to call him Andrew Jackson would have lost the Battle of New Orleans without Lafitte's assistance.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 11:11 am to Missouri Waltz
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July 1780, Private in Capt. John Renfrow’s Company, Col. Lincoln’s Virginia Light Horse; captured Capt. William Terry and his company of Tories, three months.
June 1781, Private under Capt. Neley McGuire, one month.
Quite possible that your ancestor was at the Battle of King's Mountain. People do not always realize that Sevierville (PF and Gatlinburg) was named after Capt John Seiver one of the Overmaintain men that did not take kinly to Patrick Fergeson's threat to ride over into to Tenn and lay waste to their country with fire and sword. They had words...
For my part, my 10th maternal grandfather was in the 7th Virginia Regiment. He was a private assigned as aid to camp to the Col. He fought with them for a year, Battle of Long Island, and then contracted pox. Was discharged, when home and started to provide food to the continentals during the balance of the war. He petition the Virginia house to pass a resolution to expel all loyalist from Virginia. His house was later moved over to Colonial Williamsburg where it stands today.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 11:34 am to Missouri Waltz
I’ll play along, my G Grandfather X4 relocated from Jones County Georgia to what is now Lincoln Parish, La and founded a small town which we still own land in and hunt on.
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James Monroe Sims (1816–1878) was a 19th-century Georgia farmer and businessman who relocated to Louisiana in 1846 to find more fertile land. He is best known as the namesake of Simsboro, Louisiana, having settled the area and later donated the land for the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad depot.
This post was edited on 7/4/26 at 11:36 am
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