Person:Edward Lucas (10)

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Capt. Edward Lucas, III, of Cold Spring
b.3 Dec 1738 Orange County, Virginia
d.19 Mar 1809 Berkeley County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1732
  1. Elizabeth Lucas1735 -
  2. Capt. Edward Lucas, III, of Cold Spring1738 - 1809
  3. Robert LucasAbt 1740 - Aft 1781
  4. William Lucas1742 - 1814
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Capt. Edward Lucas, III, of Cold Spring1738 - 1809
  • W.  Elizabeth Edwards1742 - 1808
m. Bef 1766
  1. Robert Lucas1766 - 1826
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Facts and Events
Name Capt. Edward Lucas, III, of Cold Spring
Gender Male
Birth[1] 3 Dec 1738 Orange County, Virginia
Marriage Bef 1766 to Elizabeth Edwards
Death[1] 19 Mar 1809 Berkeley County, Virginia[Became part of West Virginia in 1863]
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Information on Edward Lucas

Aside from its age, "Cold Spring" is historically significant because it was the home of one of the oldest and most prominent families in the Valley, the Lucas family; being the childhood home of two of our United States Congressmen, and at one time owned by the "Poet of the Shenandoah Valley," Daniel Bedinger Lucas.
In 1793, Edward Lucas III helped his son, Robert, build the magnificent "Cold Spring." Robert and his wife Sarah Rion, the daughter and heiress of the Revolutionary soldier John Rion, found this large stone mansion the perfect home.
[Source: "Cold Spring", National Register of Historic Places, Nominiation Form, www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/73001917.pdf]
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wikitree.com.

    Captain Edward Lucas was born December 3, 1738, in Orange county, Virginia, the son of Edward Lucas, II and Mary (Darke) Lucas. [1]

    He served in the American Revolutionary War, in the Berkeley County Militia, and as a Lieutenant under the command of Captain William Morgan. [2] [3] According to his family, Edward volunteered at Fort Cumberland with Daniel Cressops shortly after Braddock's defeat. Later he was wounded at Laurel Hill, (West) Virginia. In July 1775, he set out from Shepherdstown with Captain Hugh Stephenson for the six-hundred mile march in order to join Washington in Boston. In the fall of 1776, Captain William Morgan recruited a company of volunteers to reinforce Washington's army at Morristown, New Jersey. Lucas reached the rank of second lieutenant; his commission was signed on February 25, 1777, by General George Washington's own hand! [4]

    In 1797, Edward built a two-story Federal brick structure with an attic, stone foundation, and basement, 2.4 rniles south of Shepherdstown on W.Va. County Route 17 (Flowing Springs Road) and .3 west of 17, in Virginia, in what is present day West Virginia. The estate is known as "Elmwood," and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. "Elmwood is historically significant because it is located on land claimed in 1732 by Edward Lucas II, one of the Shenandoah Valley's first settlers. It was built by the Revolutionary soldier Edward Lucas III, and was used as a hospital during the Civil War." There is much more information contained in the description by the National Register.

    Edward married Elizabeth Edwards. They were the parents of eleven children, however only six reached the age of maturity. Edward died March 18, 1809, near Sheperdstown, in Jefferson County, Virginia. [5] Note, the county became part of West Virginia in 1863.

    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lucas-896

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