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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History
Source:
A History of Scioto County, Ohio
together with a
PIONEER RECORD
of
SOUTHERN OHIO
by
NELSON W. EVANS, A. M.,
Life Member of The Ohio state Archaeological and Historical Society.
Member of the Virginia Historical Society, and of the
American Historical Association
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Published
Portsmouth, Ohio
by Nelson W. Evans
1903
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS.
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WILLIAM DEVER of Amherst
county, Virginia, was born in 1763 in Maryland. He enlisted
November, 1780, in Lt. Eades' Company for three months. Mar.
1, 1781, he enlisted for four months in Capt. James Dillard's
Company, Col. Washington. In June, 1781, he enlisted
for three months in Capt. John Lovering's
Company. At the expiration of this service he served two
months in Captain Montgomery's Company. He was
engaged in the seige of Yorktown. At his first enlistment he
was an apprentice and ran away from his master to enlist. He
applied for pension Oct. 19, 1832, from Buncombe county, North
Carolina. His daughter Hannah married William
McNelly and their son, John Calvin McNelly, who has a
sketch herein, resides near Pinkerman, this county.
Source: History of Scioto Co., Ohio -
Publ. 1907 - Page 1211 |
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