Person:George Givens (8)

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Baptism at Tinkling Spring

George Givens, son of Mrs. Sarah Givens [widow of Samuel Givens, Esquire] is listed in the Tinkling Spring List of Baptisms of Rev. John Craig in Augusta County, Virginia at Tinkling Spring [in congregation] on 4 March 1740.

Overview

George Givens was born in 1740 after his father's death. In his will, his father Samuel acknowledges his unborn child, stipulating that:

"If it hapens that the child my wife now goes with proves a man child my four meal heairs must purchase the child if it lives to come to age three hundred acres of land".

George Givens is said to have served at the Battle of Point Pleasant. Source:Thwaites and Kellogg, 1905 quote the Orderly Book of Colonel Fleming, for October 14 1774, four days after the battle, stating simply "...Lieutt. (sic) Givens to succeed Captain Saml. Wilson...." ^[7] Since the passage does not identify Lieutenant Givens by given name, we can't tell from this whether this was George Givens of this article, or another Givens altogether. George, however, would have been about the right age to be a lieutenant in this battle.

George did not live long enough to apply for a Revolutionary War era pension, but one who served under him did, and identified him as his officer during what is obviously the Point Pleasant Campaign:

Declaration of Charles King for a Pension
Virginia Alleghany County Tonet

On this the 18th day of June, 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the C____Tonet of Alleghany County, in Court Selling (being a Court of Record). Charles King, a resident in the County of Alleghany formerly a part of Botetourt County, State of Virginia aforesaid, Aged 84 years on the 3rd day of April next, who being first duly Sworn, according to law, doth on his Oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congiefs passed 7th of June 1822. That he was Born in the County of Hanover in the State of Virginia in the year 1750 and resided with his Father until he was free by Age, and then moved to the County of Botetourt Virginia where he resided but a short time before he volunteer his services against the Indians about the middle of the Summer of 1774, for the term of three Months, and in roled his name in the Company Commanded by Captain George Givens and Leutenant George Frazier and marched a or of the Mountains into the County now Called Greenbrier in the State of Virginia and pursued the Indians (who fled) as far as New River in said State, during this Tour, this applicant assisted in Building a Fort, then Called Savanqiah Fort, where the Town of Lewesburg is now situated, after having served the term of three months he returned home again to the County of Botetourt, where he was in the spring of the year afterwards ______.

Source:Twaites and Kellogg, 1908 The revolution on the upper Ohio, 1775-1777 ; (1908)

[Col. William Fleming to Capt. George Givens. 3ZZ4 — Draft in Fleming's handwriting.] Septr. 2d. 1776 Sir — It is thought Necessary that a Compy, should march to the Protection of the Inhabitants of Green Brier. And as the Field Officers have Appointed you to that Charge, you will therefore immediately endeavour to get the Compi'. compleated, you are to have Lieut*. Beard from Cap*. Hanleys and an Ensign from Cap* Deans Comp'. for Your Officers. You are to Appoint a Sergeant in your Own Comp. Lieut Wright has orders from me to Send you a Sergt & Eight Men from his Comp. You will I expect get Volunteers in your Own Comp'. & Capt Hanleys, without draughting the Comp. I have wrote to the Capt. to have their proportion of Men ready. You had better Appoint a day for them to Muster their Comp's and Attend. You are to march as quick as possible I expect you will march next week you will send Your Ensign & fifteen men to Capt Vanbibers fort. Your Lieut*. & fifteen to Capt Donnalys. & You with the remaining part may continue at Ca[m]p. Union or else where as may be most necessary for the protection or defence of the Inhabitants, in which you will be directed by Capt Stuart. Your Proportion of men will be 20. or more if you can get them from your own Compy. The Lieutt 16. the Ensign ten & with Capt Robinsons 8 will make your Comp^. 54. You are to use your utmost dilegence in protecting the Inhabitants, & repelling an Invasion, let me hear from you, from time to time & You will Oblidge Your Hble Servt [William Fleming] To Capt Givens -

Footnotes

Notes

A List of the Agnatic Descendants of Samuel Givens (b. Ulster 1667) (Antrim --> Virginia --> Kentucky --> Indiana)

George was born after his father's death but nonetheless provided for in his will: ``if it happens the child my wife goes with proves a manchild, my four male heirs must purchase the child if it lives to come to age, three hundred acres of land to him and his heirs forever. Rachel Black, b. 1750 Augusta Co., Virg., d. 5 Apr 1822 Lincoln Co., KY, is daughter of Alexander Black and Jane. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jamesdow/Allen/givens.htm

George Givens was born in Orange Co., VA in December 1740 ... shortly after his father Samuel had died. George moved west to Botetourt Co., VA where he served as a lieutenant in Lord Dunmore's War against the Indians and later as a captain in the Rev War. He moved his family to Lincoln Co., KY about 1780, settling on a 400 acre grant from VA for his war services.

George had married Rachel Black in 1767 in Bath Co., VA and had by her 5 sons and two daughters. His wife died in 1822, but George lived 3 years longer.

George Givens died in Lincoln Co., KY on January 17, 1825. His will names his sons -- Samuel, James, William, George Jr and John.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?rachel,black::givens::1389.html

George Givens, (1740-1825), was appointed captain of Botetourt Co., Va. militia 1776. He received land in Kentucky for his service.

Capt. George Givens (Marker Number: 1328)

County: Lincoln Location: Jct. KY 1273 & US 150

Description: Homesite and grave 1 mile west. B., Orange Co., Va., 1740. D., 1825. 40 years service to his country. Lt. at Fort Pitt, Dunmore's War, 1774. Captain, Botetourt County militia, 1776. Northwest Campaign of George Rogers Clark, 1778. Came to Ky., 1781. He received military land grant, 1781. In War of 1812. Presented by Jane Craig Reichlein and Mrs. Birdie Givens Pickle.

(Subjects: Clark, George Rogers | Dunmore, John Murray | Forts and stations | Revolutionary War | War of 1812)

http://www.kentucky.gov/kyhs/hmdb/MarkerSearch.aspx?mode=Subject&subject=176

DAR GIVENS, GEORGE Ancestor # A045488 Birth 1740 ORANGE CO VIRGINIA Death 17 Jan 1825 LINCOLN CO KENTUCKY Service State/Organization: VIRGINIA Rank CAPTAIN Spouse 1) RACHAEL BLACK

Probably a brother GIVENS, ROBERT Ancestor # A045494 Birth 22 May 1759 VIRGINIA Death 26 Oct 1833 LINCOLN CO KENTUCKY Service State/Organization: NORTH CAROLINA , VIRGINIA Rank PRIVATE Spouse 1) MARTHA GIVENS

Possibly a brother? GIVENS, JAMES Ancestor # A045490 Birth 8 Jan 1764 AUGUSTA CO VIRGINIA Death 11 Jul 1832 LINCOLN CO KENTUCKY Service State/Organization: VIRGINIA Rank SOLDIER Spouse 1) JANE GIVENS

Possibly an uncle? GIVENS, JAMES Ancestor # A045491 Birth (CIRCA) 1722 IRELAND Death (ANTE) 14 Jul 1801 LINCOLN CO KENTUCKY Service State/Organization: VIRGINIA Rank PRIVATE Spouse 1) MARTHA X

Was born after father's death.

George was appointed a captain of Militia of Botecourt County, VA, May 14, 1776. He had served as a Lieutenant in Dunmore's War. The Captain of his company was killed during the Battle of Point Pleasant and George succeded him.

George Given entered the Revolutionary War as a Captain. At the close of the war he was given 400 acres of land in Kentucky for his services. Evidently he moved to this land about 1780. Several other Givens moved to Lincoln County, KY. In 1780, in a book by Thwaits and Kellog entitled. "The Revolution On hte Upper Ohio," is an item of interest concerning Captain George Givens. William Fleming, Lieutenant of Botocourt County, wrote under date of Sept. 2, 1776, ordering Captain George Givens to march with a company of men to the defense of the people on the Greenbrier river. Another item: John Stuart, of Greenbrier, wrote to Col. William Fleming, under date Sept. 16, 1776, informing him of the arrival of Captain George Given at Camp Union enroute to Muddy Creek, Greenbrier County.

George Givens will was dated Nov. 15, 1822, and was probated March 14, 1825, in Lincoln County, KY. This shows he died between those two dates. This will is in Will Book I, p. 63, Lincoln County. He names his children as follows: Samuel Givens, James Givens, William Givens, George Givens, Jr., John Givens, and his sons-in-law - Alexander Givens, Abraham Miller, who married Sarah Givens, and Robert Welker, who married Rachel Givens.

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:2FCMdsSbXWQJ:www.member-webroots.org/deadrelatives/allg437.htm+%22Rachel+Black%22+%22Lincoln+COunty%22+kentucky&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3

Mrs. Isabella Chenault Argo. DAR ID Number: 42742 Born in Lincoln county, Kentucky. Wife of William K. Argo. Descendant of William Chenault, Capt. John Paxton, Josiah Phelps, Capt. George Givens, Capt. John Oldham, Major Andrew Wallace, Capt. John McClure, Capt. Hezekiah Rice and Archibald Alexander. Daughter of William Chenault (1835-1901) and Anna Catherine Givens, (1837-74), his wife. Granddaughter of Joseph P. Chenault (1811-60) and Narcissa Oldham (1814-79), his wife, m. 1839; Richard Wallace Givens (1814-89) and Isabella Paxton (1819-84), his wife, m. 1836. G.-granddaughter of William Chenault, Jr. (b. 1773) and Susana Phelps, his wife; William Paxton (1776-1827) and Nancy Logan (d. 1842), his wife, m. 1808; John Givens and Catherine Wallace, his wife; Abner Oldham (1783-1852) and Hannah White, his wife; m. 1809. Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of William Chenault and Elizabeth Mullins, his wife; John Paxton and Phoebe Alexander (1749-1821), his wife, m. 1767; Josiah Phelps and Susannah Simmons, (1759-1821), his wife, m. 1785; George Givens and Rachel Black, his wife; John Oldham and Annis Rice (1759-1840), his wife, m. 1783; Andrew Wallace and Catherine Parks, his wife; John Logan and Ann McClure, his wife. Gr.-gr.-gr.-granddaughter of John McClure and Mary Porter, his wife; Hezekiah Rice and Mary Bullock, his wife; Archibald Alexander and Margaret Parks, his first wife. [p.278] William Chenault, (1749-1813), served as a soldier and was a signer of the Albemarle Declaration of Independence. He was born in Albemarle Co., removed to Kentucky, and died in Madison Co. John Paxton, (1743-87), raised a company of militia in Rockbridge County, Va. He died from the effects of wounds received at Guilford Court House. Josiah Phelps, (1755-1833), was placed on the pension roll of Madison Co., Ky., 1832. He was one of the defenders of Boonsboro. George Givens, (1740-1825), was appointed captain of Botetourt Co., Va. militia 1776. He received land in Kentucky for his service. John Oldham, (1757-1831), served under Gen. Nathaniel Green in the battles of the south. He was born in Va.; died in Estell Co., Ky. Andrew Wallace, (1748-1829), served as major in the Virginia militia. Upon his tombstone is inscribed his title. He was born in Va.; died in Stanford, Lincoln Co., Ky. John McClure commanded South Carolina Rangers and was mortally wounded 1780 at Hanging Rock. Also Nos. 1762, 6662. Hezekiah Rice was born in Albemarle Co., Va., and 1776 was a member of the House of Delegates of North Carolina. In the census of 1790 he is found in Caswell Co., N. C. Archibald Alexander was appointed sheriff of Augusta Co., Va., 1778 by Gov. Patrick Henry. He was born in Ireland 1708. The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 96 page 157

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 IGI Record.
2. ↑ Wilson, Howard McKnight. The Tinkling Spring, Headwater of Freedom. (Privatetly published by The Tinkiling Spring and Hermitage Presbyterian Churches, pub. Fishersville, Virginia)
   pg. 475.
3. ↑ A List of the Agnatic Descendants of Samuel Givens.
4. ↑ Part XII - Givens Family, in Cleek, George Washington, and Cathrine Cleek Mann. Early Western Augusta Pioneers: including the families of Cleek, Gwin, Lightner, and Warwick and related families of Bratton, Campbell, Carlile, Craig, Crawford, Dyer, Gay, Givens, Graham, Harper, Henderson, Hull, Keister, Lockridge, McFarland, and Moore. (Staunton, Virginia: G.W. Cleek and C.C. Mann, 1957)
   pg 357.
5.   New Resting Place made for some family members of early Kentucky family, in Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky. The Advocate-Messenger. (Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, United States)
   28 May 1985.

   Descendants of Captain George Givens’ family gathered at Buffalo Springs Cemetery Sunday to remember their forefathers and to mark the new resting place of many of the earlier Givenses. This memorial service was organized by Joe Grimes of Standford, a descendant of Captain Givens, who has spent 10 years trying to get the graves moved from the family plot off Airport Road to the local cemetery. The 20 graves and the Givens family monument were moved last year from the family plot on what used to be the Givens plantation to make way for the expansion of the Danville-Boyle County Airport, which is located in both Lincoln and Boyle counties.
   
   During the memorial service Mary Reed Anderson, a representative of the Logan-Whitley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, paid tribute to the memory of the pioneer Givens family, ‘whose influence – patriotically, educationally and historically – has helped Kentucky become a better state in which to live.
   
   ‘When this family came to Kentucky it was known as the bloody hunting ground of many Indian tribes; the Cherokees, being the largest, fought fiercely to keep it as their own,’ Mrs. Anderson said.
   
   ‘In the study of the history and the Givens family mementos they left behind, we learn they suffered many hardships, but their determination and desire to build their homes in the wilderness was fulfilled by an undaunted and unquenchable patriotism which stands as our highest ideal of all that is good, true and lasting today.
   
   ‘As these pioneers met death, their bodies were received by the soil of the farm that had sustained them in life. But now, due to progress, the need of this soil for other purposes has caused the now existing descendants in loving remembrance to have their remains moved to this permanent location,’ Mrs. Anderson concluded.
   
   William T. Grimes, a descendant of the Givenses, gave the military history of Captain Givens, who was born in Virginia in 1750 and died in Kentucky in 1825. Givens spent 40 years fighting for freedom, beginning with the Revolutionary War and ending with the War of 1812. Givens came to Kentucky in 1781 and settled on land granted to him for military service.
   
   Speaking on behalf of the Givens family, Jack Givens of Houston, Texas, expressed his appreciation to the Grimes family for their work on the project. He also talked about time he has spent in Scotland, where the Givenses lived before coming to this country.
   
   Another descendant, Joe Givens of Birmingham, Alabama, who has done extensive research on the family, said he plans to publish a 1,600-page, three volume genealogy of the Givens family. He said quite a bit of information has been gathered on the family and he has been researching library, church and census records. Givens began his research with Samuel Givens and his wife, Sara Catherine, the parents of Captain Givens, who came to America in 1730. Samuel and Sara Catherine had 10 children.
   
   T. J. Hill, a local attorney, represented the Lincoln County Historical Society, and the Rev. Joe Faulconer, minister at Stanford Christian Church, closed the ceremony with a benediction.

6. ↑ Per [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=brendablack&id=I2805 Brenda Black, Rootsweb posting
   
   This George Givens was born after his father's death. His father, Samuel Givens, provided for him in his will.
   
   After moving his family to from Orange County to Botetcourt County, Virginia, he was appointed captain of the Militia of Botetecourt County, Virginia, 4 May 1776. Previously he had served as a lieutenant in Lord Dunmore's War, a conflict between Virginia Colony and the Indian Nations of the Shawnee and Mingo over hunting grounds south of the Ohio River, in modern West Virginia and Kentucky. The final battle of the war was the Battle of Point Pleasant, 10 Oct 1774. During the Battle of Point Pleasant, the captain of the company was killed; this George Givens succeded him.
   
   Capt. George Givens returned to military service in the Revolutionary War. For his services he received 400 acres of land in Kentucky in Lincoln County. Census records show that he was present in Lincoln County in 1780. The land was officially recorded 1783. Many other Givens folk made the trek into Lincoln County.
7. ↑ Captain Wilson was numbered among those who had died of their wounds following the battle.