Person:John McDowell (23)

Name	Maj. John McDowell
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	8 Dec 1757	Virginia
Marriage	16 Aug 1788	Augusta County, Virginiato Sarah McDowell
Marriage	12 Apr 1804	Cumberland County, Kentucky to Lucy Nash LeGrand
Marriage	Bef 1822	to Jane 'Jennie' Lyle
Death^[1]	18 Jul 1835	Fayette County, Kentucky

Maj. John McDowell was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

1 Disambiguation
2 Revolutionary War Pension Information
3 Information on Maj. John McDowell

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Disambiguation

Not to be confused with John McDowell (b. abt. 1766 - d. bef. 1845, Lawrence County, Kentucky), who married Sarah Withrow.

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Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 3, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

McDowell, John - entered service 1776 in Virginia regiment; moved soon after Revolutionary War from Rockbridge County, Virginia, to Kentucky, where granted Pension age 73 in Fayette County in 1831; granted Bounty Land Warrant #1749 there then; died there 7/18/1835 leaving widow Jane, who was granted his Pension arrears; son William living in 1844; query letter in file 1914 from descendant Mrs. Charles Ratliff, Texarkana, Texas; query letter in file 1937 from Mrs. W.S. Dozier, Dawson, Georgia, who was descendant of a Virginia Revolutionary War soldier John McDowell {this is a different John McDowell}, born 1758-9 in Virginia, died 1828-1830 in Hardin County, Virginia, his children's deaths: Nancy 1/11/1945, John Jr. 3/11/1840, Mary 2/2/1850, William Allen 2/14/1850 & Swepson 11/17/1877 (born 1795, married Elizabeth Carman, who was born 1802 & died 12/13/1856; query letter in file 1920 from great great grandaughter Mrs. Jane Leighton, Iowa City, Iowa, states soldier & son William among early settlers on land on White River between Terre Haute & Indianapolis, In. F-W30578, R1678.

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