Person:Thomas Gaddis (2)

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Thomas Gaddis
b.28 Dec 1742 Frederick County, Virginia
d.10 Jun 1834 Clinton County, Ohio
Parents and Siblings
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  1. John Gaddis1741 - 1827
  2. Thomas Gaddis1742 - 1834
  3. Anna Gaddis1744 - 1778
  4. Charles Gaddis1745 - 1758
  5. Ruth GaddisAbt 1747 -
  6. Robert Gaddis1749 - 1834
  7. Capt. Rees Gaddis1750 - 1833
  8. Henry Gaddis1753 - 1834
  9. Pvt. William Gaddis1754 - 1777
  10. Priscilla Gaddis1757 -
  11. Sarah Gaddis1758 -
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1764
  1. Priscilla Gaddis1779 - 1836
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Facts and Events
Name Thomas Gaddis
Gender Male
Birth? 28 Dec 1742 Frederick County, Virginia
Marriage Abt 1764 to Hannah Rouse
Residence? 1773 Georges, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
Death? 10 Jun 1834 Clinton County, Ohio
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Military Service

American Revolutionary War Veteran
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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. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Gaddis, Thomas - born 12/28/1742 in Frederick County, Virginia; entered service 1776 in Monongalia County, Virginia; granted Pension 1832 in Clinton County, Ohio & died there 6/10/1834; married Hannah there, who died 2/4/1835; children: John, James, Hannah (md. Mr. Hopwood), Rice, William, Leah (md. William Rannells), Ruth McCoy & Priscilla Glover; grandchildren: James Hopwood, John Rannells, Thomas Gaddis Rannells, Thomas McCoy, & daughters of son James Gaddis (Hannah, Priscilla & Anna); surviving descendants claimed Pension due soldier's widow in 1851 in Clinton County, Ohio; query letter in file states soldier was a son of William [Gaddis] & Priscilla Bowen; query letter in file states soldier's middle initial was "R"; query letter in file in 1922 from Lillian McClelland Browning, Brownsville, Pennsylvania, who was also a descendant of Revolutionary War soldier John McClelland & Revolutionary War soldier John Hopwood; query letter in file in 1924 from great great granddaughter Jennie E. Ross (Mrs. E.R) Reames, Klamath Falls, OR; query letter 1911 from descendant Miss Dorah Gaddis, Seymour, Iowa; query letter in file in 1918 from descendant Mrs. W.C. Stewart, Greencastle, Indiana, who was also a descendant of Revolutionary War soldier William McCoy & of Revolutionary War soldier Isaac McCoy; query letter in file in 1920 from descendant Clara Glover (Mrs. W.M.) Case, Oakland, CA, states she was great granddaughter of John Bowen Glover (b. 1810 in Shelby County, Kentucky), who was son of Uriah Glover & Priscilla (daughter of soldier Thomas Gaddis & wife Hannah Rice of Union Towoship, Clinton County, Ohio); query letter in file in 1819 from descendant Eva Freeman, Winfield, Iowa. F-S-4292, R1039,
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Records in Virginia

  • December 1773 A township beginning at John Main's on Jacob's Creek thence to Jesse Bayles thence to BENJAMIN HARDENS, thence to the same direction to the line of Wharton Twp. thence by the same till opposite CHARLES BROWNFIELD'S, thence by BROWNFIELDS, THOMAS GADDIS and the Widow McCLELANDS and the residue of the line of Union Twp. to the head of Jenning's Run, thence by the lines to German Township to the beginning hereafter to be known by the name of Georges Twp. [Fayette Co. PA Quarter Session minutes]
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