Confederate Soldier Dr. Charles Newton Austin, M.D.

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Veteran Civil War, Surgeon, Company B, 22nd VA Infantry Regiment (1st Kanawha), Confederate States of America; enlisted 01 Jun 1861 in Jackson County WV; promoted to Full Assistant Surgeon on 15 Feb 1862; promoted to Full Surgeon on 15 Apr 1862; separated 15 May 1864.

Charles married Martha Jane Armstrong. Martha was born 13 Jan 1839, Ripley, West Virginia ; died 17 Jun 1919, Lewisburg, West Virginia; was buried , Old Stone Prsbyterian Church Cemetery Lewisburg, West Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Alexander married Mary Lyle Hunter 1858. Mary was born 9 Oct 1808, Augusta County, Virginia; died 5 Dec 1896, Lewisburg, West Virginia; was buried , Old Stone Prsbyterian Church Cemetery Lewisburg, West Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Morris married Letitia Washington McClanahan. Letitia (daughter of Leut. Col. Alexander 'Breckenridge' McClanahan and Eleanor Elizabeth Shelton) was born 1772, Augusta County, Virginia Colony; died 1823, Augusta County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Military: 10 October 1774, Served in Battle of Point Pleasant; Colonel of the Seventh Regiment of Virginia Volunteers.

Alexander married Eleanor Elizabeth Shelton. Eleanor (daughter of John Armistead Shelton and Eleanor Elizabeth Parks) was born 1743, Virginia Colony; died 1774, N. Carolina. [Group Sheet]

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In August of 1763, soon after the First Kerr's Creek Massacre, Alexander qualified as Captain of Militia[2] and, just after the Second Kerr's Creek Massacre, commanded a company in Col Henry Bouquet's expedition against the warring Shawnee and Delaware in 1764. There were, at first, two companies of Augusta Rifleman of 100 men each, one company led by Alexander McCalahan, with his brother John serving as Lieutenant, and one led by Charles Lewis. When the companies reached "Fort Pitt" in early October the number had increased to 1,500 men. The Virginians achieved a victory and on 9 Nov 1764, Bouquet concluded a Peace Treaty with both the Shawnee and Delaware. By the spring of 1765, the Indians returned 206 captives to their families and friends.[3]

In 1769, Alexander, his brother Robert, Col. John Stuart, Thomas Renick, and Maj. William Hamilton made the first permanent settlement in Greenbrier Country. It was in that part of Augusta County that became Botetourt County, also in 1769.[4]

The peace between the settlers and Native Americans didn't last. The slaughter of Chief Logan's family set the Native Tribes along the Ohio into a rage.[5] Alexander McClanahan was again called into service, this time under Charles Lewis who was promoted to Colonel. His brother Robert served as Captain under Col. William Fleming's Botetourt Company. This resulted in the "Battle of Point Pleasant". Alexander's brother, Capt. Robert McClanahan, didn't survive the battle.

On 8 Sept 1775, Alexander McClanahan was one of the commissioners representing Augusta County charged with organizing the Minute Men. The other commissioners were Sampson Matthews and Samuel McDowell.[6] It was resolved that Augusta County supply 4 companies of 50 men. The following December, they ordained to raise 7 regiments of regulars.

In 1775 Alexander was made Lieutenant Colonel of the 7th Regiment and participated in the "Battle of Great Bridge" on 9 Dec 1775. He served under Col. William Dangerfield and William Nelson, the major. McClanahan also served at Williamsburg in 1776 under Gen. Andrew Lewis, and was commissioned full Colonel of the Seventh on 7 Oct 1776. [7]

Alex McClanahan writes a letter to Thomas Adams on 26 Apr 1778 resigning his commission due to bad health. This info appears in the Jnls. of the House of Delegates, 1781-85/86 . [8]

Married:
Son, John S. McClanahan died, unmarried, and without isssue:
Daughters, Mrs. Abney and Mrs. Austin are identified in a chancery matter as the heirs of Alexander McClanahan.