Person:Frederick Padget (1)

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

• Vol. 2 - December, 1832: On the motion of Joseph C. Higginbotham, of Bedford, George W. and James Higginbotham and Joseph Dillard and Judith, his wife, of Amherst, it is certified that James Higginbotham was appointed Major of the Amherst Militia November 1st, 1775; that in 1776 he served as Major near Williamsburg; that in 1778 he was promoted Colonel in the Ninth Virginia Regiment; that he died in March, 1813, 80 or 90 years old, intestate, without children, or descendants of children, except the persons named above, who are his children. Benjamin Higginbotham, aged 75, testifies that he is the nephew of James and that the statement of services above is true; he enlisted Frederick Padgett, now residing in Bedford. Frederick Padgitt, of Bedford, aged 80, was enlisted by James Harrison, Orderly Sergeant. Captain Anderson Thompson, of Bedford, testifies to the above services, having been himself a soldier. Receipt by James Higginbotham for Thomas Ogglesby, a soldier enlisted by James Henderson.

Revolutionary War Pension Application

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vafrankl/frederickpadgets8930.htm

Citations

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/c/Pat-Hacker-Va/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0019.html

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).