Person:Richard Stevens (27)

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Capt. Richard Stevens
b.Abt 1736 Caroline County, Virginia
d.3 Feb 1808 Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1725
  1. Capt. Richard StevensAbt 1736 - 1808
Spouse and Children
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m. 24 Dec 1782
  1. Lucy Carter Stevens1784 -
  2. Lewis Stevens1785 -
  3. Robert Carter Stevens1786 -
  4. Mary Chew StevensAbt 1788 -
  5. Richard StevensAbt 1790 - 1792
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Name Capt. Richard Stevens
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1736 Caroline County, Virginia
Marriage 24 Dec 1782 Spotsylvania County, Virginiato Mary Beverley Carter
Death? 3 Feb 1808 Spotsylvania County, Virginia
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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. 5, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Stevens, Richard - entered service 1777 Captain of Virginia company; died 2/3/1808' married 12/24/1782 to Mary Beverley Carter, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, by Reverend Ambrose Dudley; widow born 7/20/1781 [sic, s/b 1761 based upon other records]; granted Pension there in 1838, per County Justices of the Peace Lewis A. Boggs & Lewis L. Holladay; William White made affidavit then age 73 in Caroline County, Virginia, that soldier originally came from there per County Justice of the Peace Madison H. Jones & County Court Clerk John L. Pendleton; Spilsbe Woolfolk & Philip Samuel age 69 made affidavit there then, per County Justice of the Peace William S. Royston; soldier & wife's children's births (record torn & partially illegible): Lucy Carter 1/7/178-, Lewis 3/27/1785, Robert Carter 10/25/1786, Mary Chew 17--, Richard 17-- (died 12/16/1792), Metilday 15/5/17--, Richard T. 17--, Hiram 5/25/179-, & Horace 6/24/179-; children granted Bounty Land Warrant issued 7/23/1824; widow resided abt. age 82 in Hanover County, Virginia, 1843 [Note: establishes Mary Beverley Carter's birthdate as in 1761] per County Justice of the Peace Edmund Fontaine & County Court Clerk Philip B. Winston; widow died 6/25/1848 leaving children: Lucy Carter, Lewis, Judith M. Kimbrough, Hiram, & Horace; son-in-law Edward W. Kimbrouth applied for pension 1850 in Hanover County, Virginia, as administrator of her estate, per county Justice of the Peace John D.G. Brown; query letter in file states soldier served in 10th Virginia Regiment & in 6th Virginia Regiment; query letter in file 1908 from descendant Mrs. E.D. Kennedy of Atlanta, Georgia. F-S6186, R2286.


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Records in Virginia

Page 401 - Augt. 22, 1786. Wm. Carter and Frances, his wife; John Carter and Mary, his wife; Rice Curtis and Frances, his wife; Margaret Marshall, Wm. Heslop and Ann, his wife; Wm. Sutton and Sally, his wife; Richd. Stevens and Mary Beverley, his wife; Joseph Sutton and Judy, his wife; Lucy Carter —; Robert Carter and —, to Wm. Duerson. £10 to each of above parties. 200 a. in Berkeley Par., Spots. Co., etc., etc. Witnesses, Thos. Pritchett, Benj. Ballard, Jno. Davenport, Thos. Bartlett, Jno. Parrish, Jno. Chew, Jr.; Nicho. Payne, Jas. Stevens, Edwd. Herndon, Benj. Stubblefield, Jo. Brock, Jno. Carter, Jr.; Wm. Carter, Rice Curtis, James Mitchem. Jany 2, 1787.
[Source: Virginia County Records, Spotsylvania County 1721-1800, Deeds, Deed Book "J", 1774-1782].
References
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