Person:Solomon Yager (1)

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Solomon Yager
m. Abt 1758
  1. Solomon Yager1759 - 1851
  2. Margaretha YagerEst 1761 -
  3. Absalom Yager1763 - 1831
  4. Nicholas Yager1765 - Bef 1792
  5. Benjamin Yager1768 - 1837
  6. Elijah Yager1769 - 1844
  7. Jesse Yager1772 -
  8. Rosanna Yager1778 -
m. Abt 1777
  1. Mary YagerAbt 1778 - 1870
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Name Solomon Yager
Gender Male
Birth[2] Sep 1759 Culpeper County, Virginia
Marriage Abt 1777 Virginiato Elizabeth Broyles
Death[2] 6 Oct 1851 White Co., Tennessee

Service in Revolutionary War

Solomon Yeager, residing in Culpeper Co., Virginia, served as a private in the Virginia line. His service included 3 months under General Muhlenburg (1775), 3 months under Capt. Bohannan's Company, and 3 months guarding prisoners at Albemarle Barracks. (S1)

References
  1.   National Number 784637, in DAR Application for Barbara Lynn (Terry) Watkins
    15 May 2001.

    Vital information for Solomon Yeager includes:
    * born November 1759 at Culpeper Co., Virginia
    * died at Sparta, White Co., TN on (1 Oct 1850) 27 Oct 1851
    [the second italicized date is handwritten]
    Sources for military service cited comprise:
    * Pension W. 2043, Vol. 77 Pension P 198-9 Natl Archives, Pension certificate #6524
    * Culpeper Classes, page 23, class #75
    * DAR Centennial Edition Patriot Index, page 3320
    * Germanna Record #14, page 42
    * DAR applications 613654, 583113, 544634

  2. 2.0 2.1 Wilhite, John Connie; Virginia) Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia (Culpeper; Claude Lindsay Yowell; and B. C. (Benjamin Clark) Holtzclaw. Blankenbaker, Weaver and Wilhoite descendants. (Culpeper, Virginia: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies, 1971, 1982).