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Moses ROLLINS

Moses ROLLINS

Male 1763 - 1856  (92 years)

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  • Name Moses ROLLINS 
    Born 8 Jul 1763  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military (ENLISTED Oct 1780)  [3, 4] 
    Revolutionary War (wounded in action, both legs later amputated) 
    • Information from his pension application in Harrison County, Virginia, dated 15 Jun 1818 ... Moses Rollins enlisted in 1780 in Culpeper, Virginia, under the command of Captain Smith, attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Buford of the regular service. He remained in service until the end of the Revolutionary War. He was wounded at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina on March 15, 1781. Both legs, below the knees, were amputated as a result of disease incurred during the war. His second wife, Nancy, was 25 years old in 1820. In addition to sons Henry, Jeremiah and Edward, his children in 1820 included daughters Sally (age 5), and Rebecca (age 1 year).
    Census 1850  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In household of son Henry Rollins and his family.
    Died 4 Feb 1856  Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried Taylor Cemetery, near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Person ID I75139  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2018 

    Family 1 Mary SMITH,   d. Bef Dec 1814 
    Married 4 Jul 1787  Culpeper Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
    +1. Henry ROLLINS,   b. 1 Apr 1810,   d. 26 Jan 1894  (Age 83 years)
    +2. Jeremiah "Jerry" ROLLINS,   b. 30 Jan 1813, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jun 1880  (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F32086  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Nancy CAVE,   b. 4 Apr 1795, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 1858, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 5 Dec 1814  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. Sally ROLLINS,   b. CA 1815
    +2. Edward J. "Ned" ROLLINS,   b. 1 Jun 1817,   d. 27 Nov 1895  (Age 78 years)
     3. Rebecca ROLLINS,   b. CA 1819
     4. James ROLLINS,   b. 6 Jan 1823, Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1888, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    +5. Elizabeth ROLLINS,   b. 6 Jan 1832,   d. 5 Feb 1902  (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F42409  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    75139_ROLLINS_Moses_RevolutionaryWarPensionApplication_4Dec1812.pdf    		75139_ROLLINS_Moses_RevolutionaryWarPensionApplication_4Dec1812.pdf

  • Sources 
    1. [S2539] Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S1556] Squires Genealogy, Joy Gregoire Gilchrist Stalnaker, (Hackers Creek Pioneers Descendants, Jane Lew, WV (www.hackerscreek.com)).

    3. [S98] U.S. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com).

    6. [S2626] Virginia Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).