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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. William Meriwether: Birth: 21 MAY 1751 in Virginia. Death: 12 JAN 1812 in Columbia County, Georgia

  2. Robert Meriwether: Birth: 11 OCT 1752 in Virginia. Death: JAN 1808 in Columbia County, Georgia

  3. Thomas Meriwether: Birth: 21 SEP 1754 in Virginia. Death: 5 JAN 1808 in Columbia County, Georgia

  4. Jane Meriwether: Birth: 6 MAR 1757 in Virginia.

  5. Elizabeth Meriwether: Birth: 10 OCT 1759 in Virginia.

  6. Nicholas Meriwether: Birth: 3 OCT 1761 in Virginia. Death: ABT AUG 1809 in Columbia County, Georgia

  7. Mary Meriwether: Birth: 25 JUL 1763 in Virginia. Death: SEP 1840 in Harris County, Georgia

  8. Richard Meriwether: Birth: 30 APR 1768 in Virginia. Death: ABT 1 SEP 1825 in Columbia County, Georgia


Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Ann Meriwether: Birth: 24 JAN 1775 in Virginia.

  2. Sally Meriwether: Birth: 1 AUG 1783 in Columbia County, Georgia.


Notes
a. Note:   N603 Revolutionary War Service
  Thomas served at Yorktown:
 "Coll. Meriwether who reliev'd me to day had three Men wounded this afternoon." (William & Mary Quarterly, Series 3, Vol. 5 (1948), p. 385.
  He was frequently mentioned in connection with a Frenchman, Maj. Declumer.
  From Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications by John Frederick Dorman
  John Connelly, pension application S.30345, 18 Nov 1839, Nelson County, Kentucky
  John Connelly of said county declares he was born in Virginia on 22 Aug 1757. In 1777 he lived in Fairfax County, Virginia, and on 01 Sep 1777 he volunteered and joined the company of Captain Benjamin Moody, Lt. William Daniel and Ens. John Hunter under Col. John Gilpin, Maj. James Wren and Col. Lumley. He served three months and on 01 Dec 1777 left the army and returned home. He rendezvoused at Alexandria, Virginia, and marched to Georgetown, Maryland, and then to Yorktown and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and then on the Schuylkill River where they were dismissed and returned home.
  In 1781 he lived in Loudoun County, Virginia, and in July was drafted for three months in the company of Captain John Linton, Lt. William Debell and Ens. Francis Adams under Col. George Summers and Maj. Risby who took command when they rendezvoused at West's Town in Loudoun County. They marched to Malvern Hill where they joined the brigade of Gen. Stephens and where Col. Summers and Maj. Risby were released from any further command. Thomas Merriweather and William Hardyman took command in their place. They marched to the old magazine near Williamsburg, then to the encampment called Springfield, and there were dismissed and returned home in October 1781.

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