Person:Michael Roots (1)

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Michael Roots
b.1746
d.16 Sep 1842 Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
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Name[1] Michael Roots
Alt Name[1] W. Michael Roots
Alt Name[6] Michael Rootz
Alt Name[6] Michael Rotz
Alt Name[4] Michael Root
Alt Name[9] Michael Rute
Gender Male
Birth[5] 1746 calculated date
Marriage to Catharina Doll
Military[1] Aug 1776 Bucks, Pennsylvania, United StatesPennsylvania, Regiment under Colonel McAllister, Infantry and Cavalry
Residence[4] 1778 Springfield, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
Military[1] 1779 Shenandoah, Virginia, United StatesVirginia, Private under Company of Captain Hawk? Houk?, then Cavalry under Captain Crookshanks
Residence[1] 1779 Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
Residence[9] 1785 Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
Residence[2] 1840 Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
Death[1][7] 16 Sep 1842 Shenandoah, Virginia, United States

Is this his son? Jacob Root (1793-1874) https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Jacob_Root_(6) Did Michael Root ever live in Augusta County, Virginia which is where Jacob was supposedly born?

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 .

    U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900
    Name: Michael Roots
    Pension Year: 1837
    Application State: Virginia
    Applicant Designation: Survivor's Pension Application File
    Archive Publication Number: M804
    Archive Roll Number: 2082
    Total Pages in Packet: 19

    available on ancestry.com

    #S10256

  2. ↑ .

    1840 United States Federal Census
    Name: Michael Rotz - [transcription on ancestry says Rotz. It looks more like Rootz to me]. slw
    Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Shenandoah, Virginia [township not stated]
    Birth Year: abt 1746
    Age: 94
    Military service: Veteran
    On the same page as the household of Elizabeth Rootz that has 1 female age 40-50 and 1 female age 60-70
    Michael Rootz is listed as a member of the Thornton A. Dowman household. This household has 1 male under 5, 1 male age 20-30, 1 male age 90-10 [that would be Michael Rootz], 1 female age under 5, 1 female age 20-30 and 1 female age 60-70.

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    1820 United States Federal Census - this is what a family tree on familysearch.org says. That tree says this was found on ancestry.com. I was not able to find a Michael Roots in Shenandoah County, VA in the 1820 census on ancestry. This is the closest I found:

    1820 United States Federal Census

    View1820 United States Federal Census
    Detail Source
    Name: Michael Root
    Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Rockingham, Virginia
    Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
    Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
    Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures: 1
    Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 4
    Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 4

    At age 74 was he now enumerated as a head of household but as an age 70-80 male or something like that?
    Is he in this household? Maybe John Roots is his son, nephew, grandson, other?

    1820 United States Federal Census

    View1820 United States Federal Census
    Detail Source
    Name: John Roots
    Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Columbia Furnace, Shenandoah, Virginia
    Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
    Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
    Free White Persons - Under 16: 4
    Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 6
    Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 6
    slw

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 .

    Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax Records, 1782-1860
    Name: Michael Root
    Location: Springfield
    Tax Year: 1778
    image on ancestry.com

  5. ↑ .

    Virginia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890
    Name: Michael Rootz
    State: VA
    County: Shenandoah County
    Township: Age 94 No Township Listed
    Year: 1840
    Page: 136
    Database: VA 1840 Pensioners List

    Index only on ancestry.com

  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 .

    Same person as Pedigree Resource File FamilySearch.org 3DCM-LZQ.

  7. ↑ .

    U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872
    Name: Michael Roots
    Year range: 1833-died 16 Sep 1842 last pension paid 6 Mar 1843
    Pension Office Place: Virginia, USA
    on ancestry.com

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    https://shenandoahcountyva.us/planning/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/01/1.pdf Shenandoah County was formed in 1772 from Frederick County, and was originally named
    Dunmore County in honor of Governor Dunmore. In 1778 the name was changed to Shenandoah
    after the Shenandoah River, an Indian name meaning "Daughter of the Stars."

  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Https://www.google.com/books/edition/A History of Shenandoah County Virginia/fA8ikAowjxAC?hl=en&gbpv=0.

    History of Shenandoah County, Virginia
    By John Walter Wayland · 1927, reprinted 1980 There is a Michael Rute page 228 Heads of families in 1785 Michael Rute. Household includes 5 white souls, 1 dwelling and 0 other buildings.

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    Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants By Thomas Kemp Cartmell · 1909 on Google Books - found George Roots, E. D. Root

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