Person:George Cress (4)

George Cress was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

Contents 1 Military Service 2 Revolutionary War Pension Information 3 Will Transcript		Welcome to Old Augusta Early Settlers Beverley Manor Borden's Grant Register Data Maps Places Library History Index
	……………………..The Tapestry Families Old Chester OldAugusta Germanna New River SWVP Cumberland Carolina Cradle The Smokies Old Kentucky

__________________________

Military Service

American Revolutionary War Veteran

Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 1, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Cress, George - granted Pension 1809 for disability from wounds in Rockbridge County, Virginia; moved in 1822 age over 83 to Gallia County, Ohio; died 2/23/1823 there; married before Revolutionary War to Christiana, who died 7/30/1823 age 85; son Henry resided in Gallia County, Ohio, 1852 abt. age 85; daughter Christiana Williams was living then. R690.

Will Transcript

D.B. 11, pp. 72-73, Gallia County, Ohio.

Probate of the Will of George Cress

Court of common pleas begun and held at the court house in the town of Gallipolis for and within the said County of Gallia on Wednesday Fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord 1823, before the Honorable Esra Osborne presiding judge, the last will and testament of George Cress late of county deceased was presented for probate by Patrick Napier and Henry Cress the executors therein named whereupon William Ham and Jacob Thomas the subscribing witnesses thereto came before the court and after being duly sworn according to law declared they were present when the testator signed and acknowledged the same for his last will and testament and that they believed he was of sound mind and memory and judgement and that they signed the same as witnesses in the presence of the testator and of each other, whereupon the same is proved, approved and allowed as the last will and testament of the said George Cress and ordered to be recorded. And the same is as follows to wit:

I George Cress senior of Gallia County and the State of Ohio do make and constitute this my last will and testament to wit:

First of all I direct my executors to pay all my just debts and funeral charges.

Second, I leave to my beloved wife Christiana Cress all my moveable property.

Thirdly, I leave to my son Nicholas Cress fifty pounds to be equally divided between his sons, and also I leave to my son Jacob Cress the sum of fifty pounds but there is to be the sum of 19 pounds seventeen schillings reducted out of it for money he has received of me in part of his legacy.

I also leave my son George Cress the sum of fifty pounds but thirty pounds to be reducted out of it money he received of me in part of his legacy.

And I also leave my daughter Christiana Cress the sum of fifty pounds but there forty pounds reducted out of it money that I paid for her to James Gold.

And I also leave to my daughter Elizabeth Miller the sum of fifty pounds.

And I also leave to my son Henry Cress all the residew of my estate that shall remain after all the within sums heretofore mentioned is satisfied and he is also to take care of me and his mother and support us well as long as we shall live. And the within sums that is given to the within named legatees shall be paid as soon as the money is collected sufficient to discharge the same.

And lastly of all I constitute and appoint Patrick Napier and Henry Cress executors of this my last will and testament witness my hand and seal this the ... day of March 1822.

(Signed) George Cress

Signed sealed and acknowledged before us:

Jacob Thomas, William Ham, George Ham

And thereupon the said Patrick Napier and Henry Cress and William Ham and Jacob Cress their securities executed and acknowledged their bond according to law in the penalty of two thousand dollars. And being thereupon duly sworn according to law it is ordered letters Testamentary issued upon application. Notion ordered that Abraham Childers, John Smith and David Ridgeway being first duly sworn according to the law do value and appraise in current money of the United States and the goods and chattels which were of George Cress late of this county deceased and they are ordered to make returns in the Clerks office according to statute in such case made and provided.

Source: Descendants of George Cress of Rockbridge County, Virginia

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=13849800639&tid=55636785

2. ↑ Find A Grave.

   George Henry Cress
   
   Birth: 1741
   York County
   Pennsylvania, USA
   Death: Feb. 25, 1823
   Gallia County
   Ohio, USA
   
   FAMILY RECORD:
   Married: Christiana Maitland 1761 Littlestown, Adams Co, Pennsylvania
   
   Children of George and Chrstiana:
   NICHOLAS CRESS, b. May 03, 1762, Littletown, Adams County, Pennsylvannia; d. 1799, Wythe County, Virginia. m. Elizabeth Summers in Augusta, Virginia
   HENRY CRESS, b. Abt. 1767, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvannia; d. 1867, Gallia County, Ohio; m. CHRISTIANA BAY, January 27, 1794, Rockbridge County, Virginia
   Johann Georg CRESS, b. May 30, 1767, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvannia; d. 1867, Gallipolis, Gallia, Ohio, United States.
   GEORGE CRESS , JR., b. 21 Oct 1770, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvannia; d. 1823, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States; m. Charity Morgan 30 DEC 1790, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States.
   CHRISTINIA CRESS, b. Abt. 1772, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvannia; d. Abt. 1860, Ohio, United States; m. GEORGE WILLIAMS, August 17, 1826,.
   JACOB CRESS, b. 1776, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvannia; d. 1855, unknown; m. ROSANNA COONS, April 17, unknown.
   ELIZABETH CRESS, b. Abt. 1777, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvannia; d. 1823, unknown; m. JOHN MILLER, August 24, 1790, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
   CATHERINE CRESS, b. Abt. 1780, Augusta County, Virginia; d. 1821, unknown; m. PAULIS WINTURE, November 09, 1800, Rockbridge, Virginia
   
   MILITARY RECORD: 1st corporal of Capt. Ferguson's company, Colonel Walker's (SV-250 says Col. Thompson) regiment, Pennsylvania Militia.
   
   George Cress fought in the Revolutionary War and was wounded at the Battle of White Horse Tavern on September 16, 1777 and left for dead. The next day he rejoined his company, having suffered a bullet wound that entered left of his spine and exited near his left nipple. This is according to the Bicentennial History of Lee County, Virginia 1792-1992. Also according to the book Early Settlers of Lee County, Virginia and Adjacent Counties Volume I, George Cress served as a 1st Corporal in Captain Ferguson's Company, Colonel Walker's Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia. George Cress's Revolutionary War pension number is S 24983.
   
   After the war George Cress came down through the valley of Virginia and established his home in Augusta County, in that part that later became Rockbridge County. George and Christiana had seven children, most of them born in Pennsylvania and possibly some, born in Virginia. On August 7, 1809 he was allowed a pension of $2.50 per month on account of disability resulting from wounds received in the service.
   
   He then in his old age moved to Ohio to live with his son Henry, where he died in 1823.
   
   Family links:
   Parents:
   Jurich Phillip Kress (1696 - 1780)
   Eleonor Butterman Kress
   
   Spouse:
   Christiana Maitland Cress (1738 - 1823)
   
   Children:
   Johann Georg Cress (1767 - 1867)*
   
   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76620773