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Updated: 07-12-2021 05:07:80.


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. David Meriwether: Birth: 10 APR 1755 in Albemarle County, Virginia. Death: 13 OCT 1822 in Clarke County, Georgia

  2. James Meriwether: Birth: 1756 in Virginia. Death: 24 OCT 1801 in Jefferson County, Kentucky

  3. William Meriwether: Birth: OCT 1756 in Hanover or Louisa County, Virginia. Death: 10 FEB 1842 in Hickman County, Kentucky


Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Anne Meriwether: Birth: 13 JUL 1763 in Virginia.

  2. Thomas Meriwether: Birth: ABT 1766 in "Clover Fields", Albemarle County, Virginia. Death: 4 DEC 1837 in Marion County, Kentucky

  3. Joseph Meriwether: Birth: 23 APR 1771 in Virginia.

  4. John M. Meriwether: Birth: 9 JUN 1774 in Louisa County, Virginia. Death: 11 JAN 1854 in Floyd County, Indiana

  5. Robert Meriwether: Birth: ABT 1779 in Virginia. Death: BEF 1821 in Goochland County, Virginia


Notes
a. Note:   N301 James Meriwether
 © Looking Back by Monte Monroe
  James Meriwether was born in Hanover County, Virginia on 21 June 1729. James' will and a codicil dated 4 June 1801 bears his signature. Since the will was proved on 13 July 1801, it seems probable that James died in Louisa about June 1801.
  James held several positions in both colonial and Revolutionary era America. In November 1761, he was a Captain in the Louisa County militia. At this time he also acted as surveyor of the Doctor's Road in the same county. He served as a gentleman Justice in colonial Louisa, from 1763 to 8 July 1776, after which time he continued service as a Justice of the commonwealth for Louisa County until 1785. In 1785, he held the position of First Justice.
  James received a commission as Lt Col. of the Louisa Militia on 1 November 1772. He rendered material aid to the cause of Independence, and was probably the Col. Meriwether who served as Clerk of the VA Revolutionary Council. Records also indicated that James may have been at Valley Forge. Further, the Revolutionary pension applications for soldiers Benjamin Alsop and John "Alcey" Apperson show that both men served in a Virginia regiment commanded by Colonel James Meriwether and a Major Hardiman. This regiment was attached to General Lafayette's army, which maneuvered from Spotsylvania to Raccoon Ford in Orange County, Virginia, in 1781 and met up with General Anthony Wayne.
  During the post war era James became First Justice of Louisa County and also served as sheriff of the county, retiring in 1790.

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