Person:Elizabeth Lackey (3)

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7. Elizabeth Lackey (Thomas1) was born 1765 in Lancaster CO. ON, and died 06 August 1834 in Rockbridge Co. VA. She married William Miller 24 June 1785 in Rockbridge Co. VA, son of Henry Miller and Rebecca Boggs. He was born 01 March 1757 in Lancaster Co. PA.

William was a frequent Militia draftee and volunteer. In October 1780, he marched with John Gilmore, James Lackey, Lt. John Carruthers in Cpt James Gilmore's Riflemen from Rockbridge Co. He served until the company was discharged in February 1781. At one time, after becoming ill following 4 weeks of winter picket-duty at Garrison's Ferry, he and several others were too ill to march when the Virginians were ordered forward, and Cpt Gilmore assigned him the duty of going with William Gilmore (described as a close relative of the Captain) to the hospital, while the rest of the company took part in the battle at Cowpens. He later was a member of Cpt William Pazton's militia along with friends and neighbors from the James River area. His unit, a swift moving group of rangers who harassed the British, took part in the Battle of Green Springs and the siege of Yorktown. After the war was over, he married Elizabeth Lackey and they made their home on a tract of land he had bought on Broad Creek. Because of his sense of land values, he became the possessor of an extensive acreage, and the Deed book of the county records several real estate transactions. In October 1795, he paid " James Gilmore of Kentucky (James Jr.) and his brother Joseph of Rockbridge Co.163pnds, 6sh,8p for 300 acres of land..."William applied for a war pension in 1832, which was attested by John Gilmore. The amount issued to him was $58.33.& Children of Elizabeth Lackey and William Miller are 29 i. James3 Miller, born ca. 1786. 30 ii. Thomas L Miller, born ca. 1788. 31 iii. William W. Miller, born ca. 1800. 32 iv. Henry Miller, born 25 January 1786.