Person:Henry Amos (7)

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Henry Amos, Sr.
b.1763 Delaware
d.16 Apr 1837 West Virginia, United States
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m. 1762
  1. Henry Amos, Sr.1763 - 1837
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  1. John Amos1792 - 1875
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Name Henry Amos, Sr.
Gender Male
Birth? 1763 Delaware
Marriage to Dorcas Elizabeth Hall
Death? 16 Apr 1837 West Virginia, United States
Burial? Freeland Cemetery, Grant Town, Marion, West Virginia, USA

Find A Grave Memorial# 126145070

James' son Henry Amos Sr. was a Continental drummer boy in 1778 at age 15 and joined the Home Guard by 1779. Henry married Dorcas Hall in 1780 or 1790. She was from Pennsylvania, though her parents, David Hall and Ann Charity, came from Delaware. After the Revolutionary War, Henry was given a 205 acre veteran's land grant on Gladys Creek, Monongalia County, WV. He settled at the head of Indian Creek, where he built a log blockhouse the same year a neighbor was scalped. Rev. Peter Barrack preached there. Henry died in 1837 at age 72.

Their family founded Fairview, Marion County, WV.

Henry Amos, Sr., is found in the 1810 Monogalia County, Virginia census.

References
  1.   Chapter 4: West Virginia Home, Pathway, A Family History.
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