Person:Edward Ross (11)

Edward ross was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 4, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

• Ross, Edward, entered service 1774 in Botetourt County, Virginia, in Virginia militia company to fight Shawnee Indians; applied for pension age 78 Washington County, Tennessee in 1832 & pension application rejected, service performed before Revolutionary War, & thus less than 6 months Revolutionary War service. F-9016, R2086. (Note: record verifies birthdate in 1754)

Information on Edward Ross

Edward Ross, born c1755/1760, died in 1837, son of John Ross who came with his family from Fermanaugh Co., Ireland , landing in New Castle, Delaware. The family lived for about five years in Maryland and then moved to Botetourt Co. Va. near Fincastle. Edward had a brother John and a Sister Mary both of whom married MacDonalds in Va. Another brother William married Jane Allison and moved to Greene Co., Tn shortly after the Revolutionary War. Edward fought in the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, Married Nancy Allison abt 1779, and settled in Washington Co. Tn, near Providence Presbyterian Church. He owned 238 acres of land on which he was paying taxes in 1787. [Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walker/carson.html]

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