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Pvt. David Wallace Sleeth
Facts and Events
Military Service
- American Revolutionary War Veteran
Revolutionary War Pension Information
Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 5, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
Sleeth, David W. - born 5/18/1762 in Frederick County, Virginia; entered service 1777 in Monongalia County (area later Lewis County), Virginia, in Virginia company as indian spy; his birth dats from family bible in possession of David Smith who resided 1832 in Lewis County, Virginia, who married soldier's eldest sister; soldier granted Pension there then; Reverend John Talbott & Henry McWhorter made affidavits there then; John Cutright made affidavit there then that he served in Revolutionary War with soldier; Jacob Bush made affidavit there then that he knew soldier during Revolutionary War; Lewis Maxwell, member of U.S. House of Representatives from that County, made affidavit there then; Elizabeth Butcher made affidavit there abt. age 86 in 1836 that her deceased husband Paulus [butcher] served in same unit with John Cutright & soldier in Revolutionary War, per County Justice of the Peace Weeden Huffman; Pheby Cunningham made affidavit there then abt. age 76 that her husband Thomas served with soldier in Revolutionary War 1777-78 per County Justice of the Peace William Parks; Elias Hughes made affidavit 1838 in Licking County, Ohio, he sommander of Revolutionary War unit in which soldier served. F-S6111, R2199.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave.
Pvt David Wallace Sleeth Sr.
Birth 18 May 1752
Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Death 28 Jun 1839 (aged 87)
Gilmer County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Farnsworth Cemetery
Linn, Gilmer County, West Virginia, USA
David W. Sleeth, Sr. born 18 May 1752 Frederick County, VA; died on June 28, 1839 Fink Creek, Gilmer, (W)VA; buried on the Farnsworth Plantation, near Troy, Gilmer County, (W)VA. Two unmarked graves beside David's are believed to be those of his wives.
FIRST MARR BEF 1785 CATHERINE CARPENTER
SECOND MARR 14 JUL 1829 DROSILLA ALEXANDER
THIRD MARR 4 APR 1834 MRS SUSANAH (BUSH) SIMPSON
Parents are John Alexander Sleeth and Mary Ann Wallace Sleeth.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61939302/david-wallace-sleeth
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David Wallace Sleeth, a son of John and Mary Ann Sleeth, was born May 18, 1762 in Fredrick county, VA. He married Catherine Carpenter, the daughter of Nicholas and Mary Carpenter. Catherine's father, Nicholas owned land at Redstone, near Brownsville, Pennsylvania. He came to Harrison county in 1772 and made settlement on the present site of Stealey Heights, in Clarksburg, Harrison county.
At the first session of the Harrison county court held on July 20, 1784, David Wallace Sleeth was appointed one of three persons to view and lay out a road from the Richards fort, then near what is now West Milford, by way of the Edmund West mill to the home of John Hacker on Hacker's Creek.
David Wallace Sleeth was a member of Captain James Booth's company of rangers and spies in 1777-78, having enlisted in May 1777, at West's fort on Hacker's creek for a period of eighteen months, according to his declaration for a pension made August 7, 1832. After Captain Booth was killed in June 1778, the company was under command of Lt. Edward Freeman until November, when that officer left for Kentucky without issuing discharge papers to his men. Soon after that David Wallace Sleeth joined Captain George Jackson's company of scouts at Buckhannon and served until the latter part of 1780.
According to Lucullus W. McWhorter’s “The Border Settlers of North Wester Virginia from 1786 to 1795”, p. 444, David applied for a pension in Lewis County VA August 7, 1832. His pension was granted. W.G. Singleton, Special Pension Agent, examined David’s claim October 3, 1834 and forwarded it to the pension office with the following note: “This man Sleeth is the same who as magistrate certified such a number of declarations from Lewis County, it is currently stated (and no doubt of the fact) that he received form $10 to $20 for each and every declaration of his certifying through his corrupt means, many frauds have been committed. The narrative of service here detailed by him, you will, I presume, compare with his declaration, whether they be the same or not is wholly immaterial. There is no doubt of his being an impostor”
David Wallace Sleeth, qualified in January 1793, as a deputy sheriff and three months later was recommended to the Governor of the state for appointment of lieutenant of militia. In 1794, he was sent to Richmond by the county court to convey thirty-two copies of the acts of the general assembly and of Congress to Harrison county. He was appointed a justice of the peace for Harrison county, April 8, 1817; and a school commissioner for Lewis county in 1819, after that county was formed. Records show he held the office of magistrate as late as 1825.
Catherine (Carpenter) Sleeth died June 17, 1828. After Catherine's death, David. married Mrs. Susanna Simpson. David and Susanna were married April 5, 1834 in Lewis county, VA.
David Wallace Sleeth, Sr. died on June 28, 1839 and is buried on the Farnsworth Plantation, near Troy, Gilmer county, WV. Two unmarked graves beside David's are believed to be those of his wives.
Known children of David Wallace and Catherine (Carpenter) Sleeth.
20. (1). John b.
m. Eliza Wolfe Oct 28, 1813 Harrison Co. VA
21. (2). Mary b. 1780
m. Henry Waldeck Apr 27, 1800 Harrison Co. VA
22. (3). Margaret b. 1785
m. Cornelius Cain Jul 8, 1808 Harrison Co. VA
23. (4). Nicholas C. b. 1795
m. Catherine Collins Mar 16, 1815
24. (5). David W. Jr. b. Dec 25, 1796
m. (1) Nancy Lybrook May 1834
m. (2) Elizabeth Prince 1845
25. (6). Alexander K. b. Feb 28, 1797
m. Kathern Wolfe Jul 8, 1817 Harrison Co. VA
26. (7). Henry Waldeck b. Oct 11, 1800
m. Mary Wyant (Wiant) Nov 18, 1821 Lewis Co. VA
27. (8). Thomas Jackson b. Jan 12, 1807 d. May 3, 1855
(1) m. Susan Brindley May 23, 1831
(2) m. Mary Whiting Jul 15, 1851
28. (9). George Washington b.
m. Rulina McWhorter May 1839 Harrison Co. VA
29. (10). Catherine b.
m. Samuel Brannon Jul 12, 1821 Lewis Co. VA
30. (11). Sarah McCally b.
m. Henry Wiant Jun 20, 1816 Harrison Co. VA
31. (12). Jane b.
m. Henry Stallman Apr 9, 1811 Harrison Co. VA
32. (13). Nancy b. 1813
m. Allen Simpson Nov 3, 1831 Lewis Co. VA
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~hcpd/norman/sleeth.htm
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