Person:Peter Rust (4)

Military Service

American Revolutionary War Veteran

Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 4, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Rust, Peter - entered service 1780 in Bedford County, Virginia, where he resided, in Virginia Regiment; died 3/4/1829 in Burke County, North Caroliha; married there 5/15/1781, 6/1781, or 1782 to Elizabeth Bilieu/Ballew; widow granted Pension in 1843 there abt. age 83; widow had children mentioned but not named; Stephen Balew/Ballew (no kinship given) made affidavit there abt. age 80 then he served in Revolutionary War with soldier in same unit; John Gibbs Conly made affidavit then there in 1844 that he served with soldier in Revolutionary War in 1781-82; Mary Conly made affidavit then there that she knew soldier & family for 75 years in Virginia & North Carolina; widow was granted Bounty Land Warrant #11261 there in 1855 at abt. age 94; query letter in file in 1929 from descendant Mrs. H.C. Groom of McAllen Texas; query letter in file in 19-- from Miss Lucy Smith, Parkersburg, West Virginia, states she was great grandaughter of Revolutionary War soldier George Rust of Westmoreland County, Virginia, who married Mary Crump, their daughter Sarah married Charles Rector (b. 4/24/1776 in Fauquier County, Virginia), & there were queriers grandparents, also Charles Rector's father Benjamin resided in Fauquier County, Virginia near Rectortown & married Miss White; query letter in file in 1833 [1933?] from great great granddaughter Miss Julia Rust, Bridgewater, North Carolina. F-W4064, R2105.

1. ↑ Find A Grave.

   Peter Rust
   Birth 1760
   Death 4 Mar 1829 (aged 68–69)
   Burial Rust Family Cemetery
   Bridgewater, Burke County, North Carolina, USA
   
   According to research by the late Harry Lee Riddle, (sources include Peter Rust last will and testament, The Rust Family of Virginia) Peter Rust may have been born in 1752. He was the son of Jeremiah Rust and the great-grandson of William Rust, who came to Virginia from England in 1654.
   
   He fought in the American Revolution and in the Indian expedition of 1781.
   
   He married Elizabeth Ballew, daughter of Joseph Ballew. They had five children including William Ballew Rust who stayed in the Burke county area.
   
   Born in Bedford County, Virginia on Abt. 1762 to Jeremiah Truner Rust and Mary Vickery. Peter Rust (Revolutionary War Hero) married Elizabeth Ballew (Rust) 1/2 Cherokee and had 9 children. He passed away on 4 Mar 1829 in Bridgewater, Burke, North Carolina.
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85053497/peter-rust