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Facts and Events
Philip Harless was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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- 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. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
Harless, Philip, born 1760/1 or 1762 in Botetourt [then Augusta] County, Virginia; entered service 1777 that County (area later Montgomery County), Virginia; served with Daniel & Ferdenen Harless against Indians; applied for Pension 1834 in Giles County, Virginia & Pension Application rejected. F-R4613, R1190.
References
- ↑ v. PHILIP HARLESS, b. 1760, Botetourt County, Virginia [then Augusta County].
Notes for PHILIP HARLESS:
In his book, Dr. Pritchard tells a story about the demise of Philip Harless, the 3rd son of Martin. At the age of 89, Philip was taking a turn of corn to a water mill in Racine (presumably Virginia) by horseback. About a half mile below the mill where the road along the Big Coal River is between high, rocky cliffs, some men were cutting a tree on the bluff above the roadbed. Philip was returning from the mill when the tree started coming down, and he was past where the men were cutting. When the timber cutters started to "Hollar" as the tree came down, Philip -- who was somewhat deaf -- became confused and turned his horse back into the path of the falling tree. The tree fell on horse and rider killing them both. The other day, Larry Harless mentioned in his family history that Henry Harless of Logan County, WV and grandson of our enigmatic Lorenzo Dow Harless also was killed by a falling tree in a timbering acident. What a weird coincidence that 2 people from the same family, albeit several generations apart, should meet with the same unfortunate end.
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