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m. 1720
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Born |
1729 |
Loudoun County, Virginia Colony |
Died |
Bef 24 Dec 1764 |
Halifax County, Virginia |
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Spouse |
Jane/Jean Ellis | F518495650 |
Married |
19 Sep 1750 |
Amelia Co., VA |
Born |
11 Oct 1736 |
Lunenberg Co., Virginia |
Died |
Bef 20 Jun 1765 |
Halifax County, Virginia |
Buried |
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Spouse |
Sarah Ann Stokes | F1341 |
Married |
1749 |
Almond Grove, Halifax Co., Virginia |
Born |
27 Jan 1749 |
Halifax County, Virginia |
Died |
26 Apr 1776 |
Halifax County, Virginia |
Buried |
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Born |
3 Sep 1736 |
Bedford Co., Virginia Colony |
Died |
1825 |
Granville County, North Carolina |
Buried |
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Spouse |
Memucan/Memican Hunt | F8125 |
Married |
9 Mar 1754 |
Halifax Co., Virginia |
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- [S107] Family Histories, http://millerworld.x10host.com/JFMTEMP/intro1_E.pdf.
his item was signed as received by
John Frederick Miller
It is quite probably that John Frederick's son, Haman, accompanied Captain Wade on various missions, if not the one to New River.
An 1859 Map of Virginia, shows Goblin Town Creek, just north of the Koger (North)Creek area. The location of the fort, as deduced by Carol Wahl, as well as the placement as shown on the Wilkin's map, appears to be within the mileage limits mentioned in the excerpt from the journal. In Virginia Colonial Soldiers, we find the following items related to that expedition:
(p. 168)Petition of Robert Wade who last August with his Company of Rangers Killed and Scalped 4 Shawnees in Augusta County. He applied for the rewards but was told there was no money in the treasury. 29 Sept, 1758...
(p. 239) 26 Oct. 1758 (Calender of Virginia State Papers): John Echols swore that on 12 Aug. 1758 Capt. Robert Wade led a Party of men from Fort Mayo, that on 13 Aug. 1758 Francis New returned to the fort, and that on 18 Aug. Capt. Wade, William Hall, Adam Hermon and two or three others went out and left him in charge... Did George Washington ever visit the site of Mayo Fort? In correspondence from Washington to Governor Dinwiddie we read, Halifax, 10 October 1756. Sir, This day within five miles of the Carolina line, I was proceeding to the southernmost fort in Halifax, I met Major Lewis on his return from the
Cherokees, with seven men and three women of that nation....they have built three forts here, and one of them, if not more, erected in my opinion in a very out-of-the-way place. This they call Fort Trial.. After his return from the inspection trip, Washington wrote to Lt.-Col. Stephen the following:
Winchester, 23 October 1756. Sir: Last night I returned from a very long and troublesome jaunt on the Frontiers, as far as Mayo, where affairs seem to be in a dangerous situation...
From these statements it is clear that Washington did indeed visit the fort built with
and around John Frederick Miller's property, however brief that visit may have been.
Washington was also well aware of the plight of those who lived in that section of Virginia. In correspondence concerning the militia, he wrote:
These men afford no assistance to the unhappy settlers, who are drove from their plantations, either in securing their harvest, or gathering in their corn..
- [S40] Will, http://genealogytrails.com/vir/halifax/historyhalifaxbook_wills.html.
Robert Wade, Sr
Birth 20 Nov 1700
James City County, Virginia
Death 19 Apr 1770 (aged 69)
Halifax County, Virginia
Burial: Wade-Adams Family Cemetery
Halifax County, Virginia
Parents: of Robert Wade, Sr.
James Andrew Wade,Sr.
1665 New Kent County, Virginia Colony
1740 Hanover County, Virginia Colony
Mary Catherine Hampton
15 may 1681 Gloucastor Va
1729 New Kent County, Virginia Colony
Married Elizabeth Hampton (1712-1770)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161983539/elizabeth-wade
Children
Edward C. Wade, 1727?1790
Hampton Wade, 1729?1779
Mary Wade Hunt, 1736?1825; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49387231/mary-hunt
Mary Wade 'Molly' married Memucan Hunt in 1754
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