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Capt. John Montgomery Edmiston, of the Battle of River Raisin
b.21 Feb 1764 Augusta County, Virginia
d.22 Jan 1813 Monroe County, Michigan
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m. 19 Apr 1761
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m. Est 1785
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[edit] OverviewFrom: River Raisin Battlefield (fair use, but this needs to be expanded and written to make it independent)
From Howard V. Jones fide Dogwoods to Bluebonnets
[edit] FootnotesBattle of River Raisin, from Kentucky Genealogy Trails
[edit] NotesMiss Julia Hughes Spurr. DAR ID Number: 28439 Born in Fayette county, Kentucky. Descendant of Col. William Edmondson, John Montgomery Edmondson, and Capt. James Montgomery, all of Virginia. Daughter of Richard Alexander Spurr and Ruth Wierman Sheffer, his wife. Granddaughter of Richard Winn Spurr and Martha A. Prewitt, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of William Chandler Prewitt and Margaret Montgomery Edmonson, his wife. Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of John Montgomery Edmondson and Margaret Robinson Montgomery, his wife. Gr.-gr.-gr.-granddaughter of William Edmondson and Margaret Montgomery, his first wife; James Montgomery and Nancy Robinson, his wife. William Edmondson, (1734-1822), was at the battle of Point Pleasant, commanded a company against the Cherokees, 1776, and served in the Chickamauga expedition, 1779. He was major at King's Mountain and, 1782, colonel of Washington county militia. He was born in Cecil Co., Md.; died in Washington Co., Va. Also Nos. 7371, 8407, 11905, 13799, 20735, 21808. John Montgomery Edmondson, (1757-1813), served under his father and was one of eight of that family at King's Mountain. He was killed at the battle of River Raisin and his name is on the monument erected at Frankfort, Ky. He was born in Augusta Co., Va. [p.161] James Montgomery, who had served in the early wars, was the first justice of the peace of Washington county when it was formed, 1776. He was captain, 1777-80, of the Washington county, Virginia, militia. Also Nos. 8407, 11905.
Page 771 LEVI PREWITT, farmer, P. O. Pine Grove, is of old English stock. His paternal grandfather, Robert, came from Virginia to Fayette County, Ky., about 1794, in which year Gen. Anthony Wayne's decisive victory over the Indians at the Miami Rapids put a complete stop to the savage forays by which the Kentucky settlers had up to this time been harassed. That bold expedition, with the brilliant action which was its result, was shared in by many a gallant fellow from Fayette County. In 1810, Robert Prewitt bought the farm which has since been owned in the name of Prewitt, and which he improved and worked till his death in 1819. The property then fell to his son, William C., who retained it and further enhanced its value while he lived, and when he died, in 1854, it descended to his son Levi, our subject, whose mother was Margaret Edmonson. Her father, Capt. John Edmonson, was one of the many brave Kentuckians killed on the terrible 22d of January, 1813, when Gen. Winchester's command was surprised and defeated at Frenchtown (now Monroe) on the River Raisin, Mich., and the prisoners taken were afterward barbarously butchered by the Indian allies of the victorious British. Col. Edmonson, who fell in the thickest of the fight, was born in Washington County, Va., but had lived many years in Fayette County, and in honor to his memory another county of Kentucky was given his name. His grandson, Levi Prewitt, was born November 5, 1819, in Fayette County of which he has since been a constant resident, engaged in agricultural pursuits. He fattens thirty or forty beeves yearly. On October 23, 1845, he married Mary E., daughter of Samuel Coleman, and of the children born to them six are living: Margaret (wife of Prof. William O. Sweeney, M. D.), Ellen, Lucy, Lanie, Annie and Samuel S. Mr. Prewitt is a member of the Christian Church and a valuable citizen. Prewitt Wayne Edmonson Winchester Coleman Sweeney = VA Washington Co-CA Monroe-MI |