Person:Edward Dearing (1)

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Edward DEARING
b.1725
d.4 Aug 1791 Campbell Co., VA
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Name[1] Edward DEARING
Gender Male
Birth? 1725
Marriage to Elizabeth _____
Death? 4 Aug 1791 Campbell Co., VA

He owned hunting land in Campbell Co., VA. In 1782 he sold to Benj. Johnson 274 acres of his land in Orange Co. He died in 1791 while hunting with a party of friends who had stopped to rest at a spring near old Shiloh Church (Campbell Co.) which stood near Lynch’s station; when the others started again they missed Edward and returned to their halting place. They found that he had expired. His will is recorded in Rustburg and names his children.

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