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From: James Hughes [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:24 AM
To: Kay Schmidt
Subject: Re: New Info on Buckner immigrants to VA
Notes for LT. GEORGE THORNTON, SR.:
George Thornton
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State of Va, Green Co Court...13th day June 1845
George THORNTON, a resident...aged 93 years next Nov.being duly sworn...That during the Rev he was a resident of Caroline Co Va adjoining Spottslyvania Co. That he was a militia private for 22 months and 2 months in the regular service; That in the month of June 1775 a call for men was
made in his county by his brother, Captain Anthony THORNTON for a 3 months tour duty; That in the said Anthony THORNTON'S company he was draughted and one William BUCKNER a neighbor to him was Lt. of that company; That all hands marched to the lower country and stationed near Wiliamsburg then the capitol of Va and headquarters for the State Militia; That his company together with several others were ordered into Wiliamsburg with expectation of the enemy. The enemy failing to make their appearance,all hands were discharged and he returned home on 12th or 15th of Sept 75, being 7 days over his time; That on his way home from lower country he passed through Louisa, Hanover, and Prince George Counties.That he received from said service a written discharge, which owing to the length of time, is lost...This Company marched up the Potomac to Westmoreland county to a house that the enemy was burning, a Mr BRECOTS house, which they could not save. When his company reached Port Royal, a village in Caroline Co, news arrived that decending the river was British Man of War `ROE BUCK` and it had struck a sand bar & might be easily captured; That all hands immediately put out for the spot and just as they reached the banks of the river the vessel hoisted two flags and `made Off `.That the circumstances he impressed on his mind because he was one of this company and that this trip was performed in a short time and that the distance was 30 miles to the `ROE BUCK` and the soldiers traveled it in 10 hours.
That fearing the enemy still proposed invasions, his company, with others, pursued them to the Bay and ascertaining that the had gone off and now his term of service having expired, he was dscharged and went home.
That on the way home he passed thru King William Co, Charles City Co and King and Queen Co. After this tour he remained home when in 1779 Sept 10th another call for men was made and he again served 4 months under Capt Wm BUCKNER...Spring 1781 he joined the regulars and was 2nd Lt in Col THORNTON'S Compay...That as such he served 10 months but was never commissioned by the commander Col MATTHEWS or MATHIS, who said the office of 2nd Lt had been abolished. Received discharge and went home. At the time of joining the regulars he learned forces were collecting to meet CORNWALLIS then approching or in Virginia. That Marquis LAFAYETTE and General WAYNE were likewise in the neighborhood preparing for MILLES army that the Gagettes Troops were there...
Source:
Descendants of William The Immigrant Thornton III
http://home.swbell dot net/audiec/thornton.txt
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Contributed by: James Hughes
Spotsylvania County Records , Page 45
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PURVIS, FRANCIS, Spotsylvania County, d. 1787, Administrators Bor?? dated Jan. 6, 1789, John Purvis, Admr. Wit. Michael McDonald, Edwar?? Newton. Ex. Capt. Charles Tod, Col. Anthony Thornton, Thomas Buc??ner. Leg. wife Molly; son John Purvis; daughter Molly Purvis. Page 927)
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13 Jun 1781: Col. Walker Taliaferro in his will dated 13 June 1781 refers to a considerable number of slaves to which his said wife is entitled at the death of her mother Mrs. Thornton. Executors were Anthony Thornton III and the Honorable George Wythe, of Williamsburgh. A copy of the will survives among the papers of the lawsuit "Dickenson vs. Upshaw, Thornton &c, Fredericksburg District Court, CI-CR-SC-H, 1808-1817, 83-13. The will was presented in Caroline County Court on 14 Feb 1782 and a certificate for probate was granted to Anthony Thornton III, Gent. one of the executors therein named. Sparqacio, Order Book
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The Virginia Genealogist Volume 33, 1989 [John Frederick Dorman] Page 20
1775-1803 British Mercantile Claims
Reports on sundry claims, 12 Nov. 1800: [Page 100]
Mrs. Lucy Dixon, Fredericksburg. £6.9 . 8 due Wm. Cunningham & Co. (Fredericksburg Store). She was the relict of Roger Dixon who died in 1772, totally insolvent. After the death of her husband she continued to live on a lot in Fredericksburg, which was mortgaged to James Hereford, until about 1795 or 1796 when her son-in-law Philip Clayton sent for her and her daughter and carried them to Georgia. It is impossible to conceive any person poorer than she has been ever since I knew her first in 1788. Her subsist ence before that time was derived chiefly from the rents of a few old houses in a ruinous
condition in Fredericksburg and the contributions of her wealthy connections, particularly Col. Anthony Thornton of Caroline who married her sister.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1749 - 1828 (79 years)