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Facts and Events
| Name[1][2][3] |
Richard Rankin |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][4] |
4 Nov 1756 |
Pennsylvania |
| Alt Birth[2][3] |
1756 |
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| Other[1] |
1 May 1780 |
Richard Was Pvt In Capt. Daniel Mc Clelland's Co. Payroll Of Class Of |Richard was PVT in Capt. Daniel Mc Clelland's Co. Payroll of 6th class of 7th |
| Marriage |
1783 |
Rockbridge County, Virginiato Jane 'Jean' Steele |
| Census[1] |
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January 8, 1786, American Revolution |
| Census[1] |
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Mt. Horeb Continental Army, Dumplin Creek |
| Military[1] |
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Was a farmer, blacksmith and Presbyterian |
| Death[4] |
5 May 1827 |
Jefferson County, Tennessee |
| Alt Death[1] |
5 May 1827 |
Jefferson County, Tennessee |
| Other[1] |
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Battalion of Cumberland Co. Militia, |
| Other[1] |
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Colonel James Purdy, Pvt. Richard Rankin. |
| Other[1] |
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May Be Buried In Dandridge Court House|May be buried in Dandridge Court House |
| Other[1] |
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Trustee of Church., Hopewell Pres. Chur. |
| Other[1] |
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in Jefferson County, Rev. War Memorial to him there. |
Records of Richard Rankin
WV State Archives Ms79-83 Virginia Court of Appeals, Lewisburg, records, 1776-1921
Box/Folder/Case
18-002 0016 Richard Rankin vs. John McCorkle Augusta Co. 1814 OVERSIZED
DOCUMENT
19-003 0124 Richard Rankin's Executors vs. James Rankin's Administrators
Augusta 1832 OVERSIZED DOCUMENT
19-009 0197 Richard Rankin vs. John McCorkle 1834 OVERSIZED DOCUMENT
Information on Richard Rankin
Richard Rankin died in Jefferson Co. in 1827 and is buried in the Military Cemetery in the town of Dandridge. A monument, honoring Revolutionary Soldiers buried there, bears the name of Rankin. The Military Cemetery is part of the original Cemetery of the Hopewell Presbyterian Church.
A tablet on one side of the monument includes the following inscription:
- 1930
- Erected by Martha Dandridge Garden Club
- In Memory of
- Revolutionary Soldiers Buried Here
- --------------
- John Blackburn
- 1741-1808
- Abednego Inman
- 1752-1831
- Samuel Lyle
- 1747-1834
- Richard Rankin
- 1756-1827
- Samuel Rankin
- 1758*(corrected from 1738)-1828
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- Reverse side of tablet:
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- Burial Ground at the
- site of the original
- Hopewell Presbyterian Church
- in Jefferson County
- 1785
- [Source: Tennessee Cousins, by Worth S. Ray, pg. 98].
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Brøderbund Software, Inc. World Family Tree Vol. 13, Ed. 1. (Release date: August 14, 1997)
Tree #3598.
Date of Import: Aug 9, 1998
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brøderbund Software, Inc. World Family Tree Vol. 17, Ed. 1. (Release date: December 11, 1997)
Tree #1700.
Date of Import: Jan 26, 1999
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 wft17-1700.FTW.
Date of Import: Jan 26, 1999
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Find A Grave.
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