Husband: William FOSTER [I06814] |
Born: about 1742 in Augusta Co., Virginia 4 Died: 17 DEC 1789 in Wythe Co., Virginia 5 Father: James GILMORE Mother: Martha 'Dennison ?' BEATIE Spouses: |
Children |
02 (F): Isabella FOSTER [I06841] 8 Born: in Virginia Died: FEB 1835 in Missouri 9 Spouses: Thomas FOSTER |
05 (M): James FOSTER [I06843] 12 Born: 14 FEB 1768 in Augusta Co., Virginia 13 Died: 23 MAR 1835 in Bledsoe Co., Tennessee Spouses: Elizabeth 'Betsy' HOGE |
06 (F): Catherine FOSTER [I06796] 14 Born: 17 JAN 1770 in Virginia 15 Died: AUG 1811 in Bedford Co., Tennessee 16 17 Spouses: Joseph LONG, , Sr. |
07 (M): Thomas FOSTER [I06848] Born: about 1772 in Virginia Died: 18 JUL 1802 18 Spouses: Mary UNKNOWN |
08 (M): William Fain FOSTER [I06840] 19 Born: 30 JUL 1774 in Augusta Co., Virginia 20 Died: 16 AUG 1830 in Franklin Co., Tennessee 21 Spouses: Sarah 'Sally' Ann Buchanan BOYD |
09 (M): Robert FOSTER [I06847] 22 Born: about 1778 in now Wythe Co., Virginia Died: 1832 23 Spouses: Margaret 'Polly' SIMPSON |
William FOSTER:
Will Wrote: 20 MAY 1803, Wythe Co., VA
Notes:
" The Fosters were among the early pioneers to settle in the "Forks of James River", where they took an active part in the development of the beautiful valley of Virginia.
William Foster married 14 December, 1763, in Augusta County, Virginia, Mary Gilmore, daughter of Capt. James and Martha (Beaty) Gilmore, who was born about 1742, and died in December, 1769.
William Foster served in the American Revolution, as a soldier in Capt. Matthew Jewett's company, of the Seventh Virginia Regiment, commanded successively by Colonel Alexander McClenachan, Colonel Holt Richeson and Colonel William Heth."
Military service: 7th VA. Regiment-Revolutionary War
Nationality: Ulster Scot, Religion: Presbyterian
Will: 20 May 1803, Wythe Co., VA Deed Books 1, p. 258
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