Person:Francis Hagan (3)

Please see Valley Forge Record: http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/muster.asp?id=VA32980

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Francis Hagan enlisted in Captain Gray’s Troop of the 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons commanded by Col. Stephen Moylan Dec. 22, 1777 at Valley Forge after finishing a 2 year enlistment in Captain John Fitzgerald’s company of the 3rd Regiment of the Virginia Line. He enlisted in the 3rd regiment in December of 1775. Following his enlistment at Valley Forge, according to his pension application #S36007, he served under William Washington and was discharged at Morristown, N.J by Capt. Robert Powell. However, his discharge voucher reads, “December 22, 1780 at Philadelphia”. Francis Hagan fought at the battles of Flatbush, White Plains, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth. Francis Hagan’s brother, Charles Hagan, was also a revolutionary soldier for three years with Col. Grayson’s 16th Regiment of the Virginia Line and finished the war as a substitute. Charles Hagan fought at Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and saw ‘the taking of Cornwallis at York’.

Francis Hagan was born April 1, 1754 in Charles County, Maryland. His family moved to Fairfax Co., Virginia where they worked as bricklayers. His father John Hagan and brother Charles Hagan made and laid thousands of bricks in the construction of George Washington’s home at Mount Vernon and appear in General Washington's diary and cash accounts. Francis Hagan died after 1826 in Alexandria County, Virginia.

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July 18, 1791, page 256 The road from Cameron run to Douges run, The Tiths. which now are &c. - of Will. Dorrell, Capn. Harper, Walter Brooks, Mary Darrell, Wm. Keating, Edwd. Lewis, Mrs. French, Francis & Charles Hagan, John Compton, Jerry Adams' place & Colo. Masons upper quarter - William Darrell, Overseer.

October 16 1797, page 117 From the Turnpike Gate, along the Colchester Road, to Dogue Run we allot &c. William Simms, John Richsters place and Tenants, Bryan Fairfax, Thomas Dyer, William Williams, Richard Freeman, Bennett Freeman, William Freeman, negro Jasper, William Dorrell, George Wilson, Samuel Baggot, Walter Brook, Saml. Lightfoot, Thompson Masons Quarter, on the West side of the Gum Spring road, James Irvin, John Cherm, Wilkerson Grigsby, William Jones, William Caten, James Saven, Huslers place, Solomon Cole, Mrs. Frenchs place, Francis Hagan, John Compton, William Peakes widow, Michael Ashfords place, Thomas Flatford, William Boyd, Henry Brent, Charles Tucker and Michael Ashfords Sons place. / James Irvin Overseer/

FAIRFAX COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1749-1800 Beth Mitchell Charlottesville, Virginia - June 2003

1.   Francis [Hagin] Hagan, in Revolutionary Soldier Pension Application
   14 pages, April 31, 1818 .

   Francis Hagan [Hagins]
   born on 1 Apr 1754.
   died after 1826.
   Pension # S. 36007
   M-804 Roll #1153
   Alexandria County - Washington DC
   Dragoon
   Virginia Continental Line
   $96.00 Annual Allowance
   $184.80 Amount received
   April 31, 1818 Pension started age 72
   Suspended May 1, 1820