"John Christian was a resident of Hanover county, Va., for many years prior to the Revolution, married Judith Pate, a daughter of Jeremiah Pate, and granddaughter of Matthew Pate. John Christian, after the close of the Revolution, of which conflict family tradition says he took an honorable part, emigrated to Lexington, Fayette county, Ky., where he died on the 20th of January, 1792." The entry follows an excerpt whereby Judith Christian, Admi'x of John Christian, settled her deceased husband's account with merchant Parke Goodall, in July 1797.
