David Darst
Birth 18 Dec 1757
Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Death 26 Dec 1826 (aged 69)
St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Old Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery
Darst Bottom, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
David A. Darst Sr. was the son of Abraham and Mary Durst. He was in the 1st. Independent Co. of Dunmore (Virginia) Militia and participated in the battle of Ft. St. Vincent and Kaskaskia in 1776. In 1780 he was on the roll of Prather's Company of Militia from Kentucky County, Virginia. He married 14 Jan 1784,Rosetta Holman (dau of Henry Holman and Mary Remick) in Lincoln, Kentucky. They moved in 1796 to the Femme Osage District in then Spanish Territory. He recieved Spanish land grant #18. His sons David and Isaac recieved grants # 1643 and 1644. His son Jacob died at the Alamo in Texas. David had two sons and at least 5 grandsons who fought for Texas Independence. David Darst is buried in the graveyard of the old Pleasant Hill Methodist church. His wife Rosetta is buried at St. Aubert (now Mokane) Callaway County, Missouri.
Darst Bottom St. Charles Co. Missouri is named after David Darst.
Husband of Rosetta Holman Darst.
Father of:
Mary Victoria - b. 5 Nov 1784 Woodford Co Kentucky, d before 1806, m. Thomas Smith as his first wife;
Abraham b. 14 May 1786 Woodford Co. Kentucky, d. 23 Dec 1833 Damon's Mound, Brazoria County Texas m. 1st. 1810 Tabitha Callaway and 2 dn aft 1827 to Jemima Brownfield;
Elizabeth Louise b. 7 Jan 1788 Woodford Co. Kentucky, d. before 1828, m. Thomas Smith as his 2 nd wife;
Isaac b. 26 Nov 1789 Woodford Co. Kentucky, d. 8 Dec 1852 St. Charles Countyu Mo. m. ca 1813 Phoebe Bryan, dau of Jonathan, both bur. Isaac Darst Burying Ground;
Sarah b. 18 sep 1791 Woodford Co. Kentucky, d. before 1813, m. John Killebrew;
Jacob C. b. 22 Dec 1793 Woodford Co. Kentucky, d. 6 Mar 1836 at the Alamo, Texas, n, 1 st Elizabeth Bryan, m. 2nd abour 1820 Margaret C. Hughes;
David Holman b. 27 Nov 1795 Woodford County, Kentucky, d. 15 Nov 1869 St,Charles County, Missouri, m. Mary Thompson. both bur Mount Pleasant Methodist Church Cemetery;
Samuel b. 22 June 1798 (prob) St, Charles County Mo. Died young;
Nancy b. 22 Sept 1800, co. before 1850, m. Col. Patrick Ewing.
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