Person:Charles Gatliff (6)

Charles Gatliffe was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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American Revolutionary War Veteran

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

• Vol. 2 - McDaniel vs. Gatlive--O. S. 171; N. S. 60--Martha Gatlive died in Botetourt, intestate, leaving heirs, viz: Charles Gatlive, Hannah Dailey, William Wiley and Hafy, his wife, Wm. Toney and Leah, his wife, Thomas Christian and Rebecca, his wife, Joseph Goar and Martha, his wife, Thomas, Nancy, James, Mary and Alexander Pine.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Grave recorded, in Find A Grave.

   [Includes photos of memorials erected in his honor.]

2.   Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots.

   Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
   Name: Charles Gatliff
   Cemetery: Maple Creek on Cumberland River
   Location: Williamsburg KY 56

3. ↑ Ardery, Julia Hoge Spencer. Kentucky records: early wills and marriages, copied from court house records by regents, historians and the state historian; old bible records and tombstone inscriptions; records from Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Daviess, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mason, Montgomery, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Scott, and Shelby counties. (Lexington, Kentucky: Keystone Printery, Inc., c1932)
   2:112.

   SUITS IN CHANCERY--BOURBON COUNTY
   (Records filed in book found in basement of Bourbon County Court House by Julia S. Ardery).
   
   Depositions taken in Chancery Suit
   
   To settle disputes between Thomas Respess, John Haggin and John Breckenridge, complainants, vs. Thomas McClanahan, defendant, filed Oct., 1799. ...
   - Henry Wilson, Jr., deposeth: he has been acquainted with said run [Cooper's] since fall of '80, having traveled down said run with Capt. Charles Gatliff and co. to Martin's and Ruddle's Stations after they were taken by Col. Byrd and the savages. ...

4.   Wardell, Patrick G. Virginia/West Virginia genealogical data from Revolutionary War pension and bounty land warrant records. (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, c1988-1998)
   Vol 2.

   Gatlif, Charles - born 1748 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania;
   - entered service 1778 at Cook's Fort, Botetourt County, Virginia;
   - entered service later in area of that County that was later Grenbrier County, Virginia;
   - moved after Revolutionary War to Garrard County, Kentucky, thence to Whitley County, Kentucky, where granted Pension in 1833 when he resided there for 30 years;
   - died insolvent there 6/30/1838;
   - married 6/19/1809 to Rachel, daughter of Revolutionary War soldier John Cummins (granted Pension & deceased in 1853), Knox County (area later Whitley County), Kentucky;
   - soldier & wife divorced in 1821 per court decree of Pulaski County, Kentucky;
   - Rachel applied for Pension 1853 as soldier's widow, Whitley County, Kentucky stating she sued for divorce but divorce action not final, & she was still his widow;
   - Pension Office ruled no Pension authorization for divorced widow.
   F-R3949, R1057.

5. ↑ Death Notice, in Niles Register
   4 Aug 1838.

   Death of a Veteran
   
   Died in Whitley County Kentucky on the 30th June last, Captain Charles Gatliff, aged about 90 years.
   
   Captain Gatliff was an early adventurer to Kentucky. In 1779 he settled with his family in Logan's Station; he shortly after assisted in erecting Riddle's [Ruddell's] Station, and served upon the expedition commanded by Colonel Bowman against the Shawnees on Little Miami; they were defeated at Chillicothe.
   
   In 1780, he was appointed Captain of Martin's Station, which was taken and destroyed by the British and Indians, under the command of Colonel Bird [Byrd], of Detroit, and the inhabitants taken prisoners; his family, a wife and four children, were taken. He was absent at the time of surrender, and on his return joined to serve under Colonel Clark, being the second expedition from Kentucky. He was appointed a spy and pilot for the army by Colonel Logan; had a battle at Pickaway, and returned. He then took command of Bryan's Station, and after some short time, he was appointed a spy to ascertain the movements of the British and Indians at Limestone. After he returned, he relinquished all military service, and went to Virginia, in company with Colonel Logan and Colonel Daniel Boone. He returned in the Spring of 1781. Went to Virginia the Fall following. In 1783 he received intelligence of his family returning from captivity. He met them below Staunten, and returned with them to Kentucky, and settled in Baughman's Station. In 1786, he was appointed a spy and pilot by Colonel Logan, in which capacity he went against the Shawnees and Delawares combined. In 1788, he commanded as a spy against the Creeks. In 1790, he served as spy and pilot for Harmar's Campaign against the combined hostile tribes collected on the Miami of the Lakes, at the junction of the St. Joseph's and St. Mary's; during the expedition he was appointed to command the pioneers; they had a severe engagement with a loss of half of their men killed, in which he received a wound in the left shoulder; thence marched to Cincinnati and was disbanded.
   
   He served in all the campaigns ever raised in Kentucky, with the exception of General Clarks, at the Blue Licks, in 1782. He was in four severe engagements. The different skirmishes, with the Indians is not known. He was a man of rare qualities; pride of the chase. The Indians viewed him as a deadly enemy whom they never could surprise. He was of a penetrating mind, manly, hospitable and kind, and died as he had lived much esteemed.