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m. Bef 1764 - William Hopwood, Jr.1764 - 1833
Facts and Events
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. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
Hopwood, William - born 2/9/1765 [1764*] in Shenandoah [then Frederick] County**, Virginia & raised there; entered service there, as substitute for step-father David Profet; moved in abt. 1806 to Fairfield County, Ohio, where granted Pension in 1832. F-S2324, R1326.
- - William's father died in September 1763. Other accounts have William Jr's birthdate in February 1764, which would have been about 4½ months after his father's death.
- Note: Shenandoah County, Virginia was not formed until 1778 from part of Frederick County (that area was Dunmore County from 1772-1778, which was re-named to Shenandoah County in 1778).
References
- Ancestry Family Trees. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.)
Ancestry Family Trees.
- Graves, William T. Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.
Pension application ofWilliam Hopwood S2324 f12VA
Transcribed by Will Graves 4/23/14
The State of Ohio – Fairfield County SS: Court of Common Pleas October Term 1832
On this the 31st day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County now sitting William Hopwood a resident of R Island Township in said County, aged Sixty-eight years the 9th day of February next, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following statement or declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th of June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated –
He was born & brought up in the County of Shenandoah County in the State of Virginia & shortly before the capture of Cornwallis he was drafted for two months and served in a company commanded by Captain George Prince [perhaps Evan Prince]. The Company was marched off with the Captain directly to York where General Washington was in command and was engaged in digging entrenchments and making fortifications at that place to prevent the escape of the enemy. He served out the two months before the capture of Cornwallis, and returned home. He was not home more than a week when he was again drafted for two months & served in a Company commanded by Captain Grooms, and served out the two months in guarding the prisoners taken at York, who were in barracks at Winchester in Virginia. He was discharged & went home. When his stepfather, David Profit, was drafted for two months, and he, this affiant went as a substitute for him. He served in the Company of Captain Fry. He was marched to Winchester, where he served out the term of two months in guarding the British prisoners at that place. He was discharged and returned home when he was again drafted for two months, and served in a company the names of the officers he has forgotten. They were again marched to Winchester to guard said prisoners, a part of the term he was engaged in taking a part of the prisoners to Shepherdstown, and when they returned they were discharged and went home. He did not serve the whole of the two months it lacked a little of the time a week or two. It was agreed that those who should go with the prisoners to Shepherdstown should on their return be discharged and that they were to have full credit for a term of up duty. He had no written discharges & cannot recollect the name of the Colonel stationed at Winchester. He was a small man but he cannot recollect his name. He recollects of men being under guard in consequence of entering the lines at night without the Countersign. He has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no person by whom he can prove his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
In answer to the interrogatories required to be put by the Court, he states that he was born in the County of Shenandoah as aforesaid as he believes the 9th February 1765 & remained in that County until he removed to the County of Fairfield aforesaid about twenty-six years ago, where he has ever since resided. He has no record of his age. He lived in Shenandoah County at each of the times when called into service. He has already stated the manner in which he was called into service & the services he rendered & the officers under whom he served to the best of his recollection. He received no written discharges & never had any to the best of his knowledge.
He would name him but on his acquaintances the Reverend Benjamin Caves & Mr. Isaac
Hite who can testify to his standing & character – &c: &c.
Sworn and subscribed to this the day and year aforesaid
(Signed) William Hopwood, X his mark
Sworn to in open Court this 31st day of October 1832
S/ Hugh Boyle, Clk.
[Sosthenes McCabe [?], a clergyman, and Isaac Hite gave the standard supporting affidavit.]
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $23.33 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for service as a private for 7 months in the Virginia militia.]
http://revwarapps.org/s2324.pdf
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I have been reviewing early Hopwood records again. I have begun to think that the William Hopwood who was the servant of Valentine Sevier in Augusta Co., Virginia @ 1748 may have fathered the line from Shenandoah Co., VA, which is the birthplace of the Revolutionary War pensioner, William Hopwood ,who wound up in Fairfield, Ohio.
First, there is the record of William Hopwood who is sentenced in Middlesex, (London) England in 1746 to be transported to the American colonies.
Next, Augusta County, Virginia in 1747, there is the court record of a William Hopwood, servant of Valentine Sevier, who is to be paid by his master.
In 1748, William Hopwood is returned to his master, Valentine Sevier, Augusta Co., VA. Again, the same year, in August Co., Valentine Sevier is ordered to pay William Hopwood.
In 1756, William Hopwood is cited as delinquent in paying his taxes in August Co., VA.
During this time, Valentine Sevier engages in many business deals and beginning in the 1740's runs a tavern, which is still in his possession in 1753. He also trades in fur and rum with Native Americans and settlers in the area. He is in Augusta Co., Virginia, but it is apparently in a part of the county that is later part of Rockingham County.
In 1763, Valentine Sevier sells his land and moveable propery in Augusta Co. and moves north, up the Shenandoah Valley to Frederick Co., Virginia.
In 1764, William Hopwood, who became the Revolutionary War pensioner in Fairfield Ohio is born in Shenandoah Co., Virginia.
In 1765, Valentine sells land in Frederick Co. to his own son.
I am thinking that the William Hopwood who served Valentine Sevier may have relocated northward with the Sevier family. It is unclear to me where the Sevier's settled--how close they were to county lines which may have changed. It is also possible that Hopwood stayed in Shenandoah instead of going to Frederick County.
In 1770, John Sevier, son of Valentine, moves from New Market to Millerstown (later called Woodstock) in Shenandoah Co., Virginia. Later, he moves to Carter Co., TN and becomes famous.
Anyway, this is where I am with this line. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has info on this Shenandoah County Hopwood family for this time frame.
Sources:John Sevier, Pioneer of the Old Southwest. by: Carl S. Driver. Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press. Chapel Hill, NC., 1932 pages 5-7 (tells of Valentine Sevier's business, and movements)
Source: The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775, by Peter Wilson Coldham (1988) Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc (tells of William being sentenced for transport to America)
Source: Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800 (3 volumes) by Lyman Chalkley (1980) Baltimore:Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc . (this is pretty much online now, at http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/va+index+97913777744+F or can be accessed using the National Search Engine at the USGENWEB site)
Heidi in Seattle
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/HOPWOOD/2004-07/1089956659
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Hi Everyone:
The following information may not of benefit to everyone on this list; but to those who descend from David Proffitt-English line.
Hopefully, everyone is familiar with the Genealogical Report of David Proffitt and Nancy Haton which was recorded at his residence in Sullivan County, Tennessee on October 31, 1818. At the end of this report are some other surnames which have been
unaccounted for. The following will clear up the surname of Hopwood.
Rev. War Pension of William Hopwood VA # S2324
William Hopwood, on the 31st day of October 1832, a resident of Richland Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio, aged 68 on the 9th of February . . . . . He listed his service as from Shenandoah County, Virginia. He also stated that when he was discharged after serving two months and went home at the time that his stepfather, David Profit was drafted. He stated that he went in as a substitute for him. Other information also given about other short term service. William Hopwood died October 18, 1833.
This will prove that Nancy Haton was married prior to David Proffitt. Notes from the Genealogical Report are as follows: William Hopwood son of William Hopwood and Ann or Nancy Hopwood was born in Orange County, Virginia on the 9th February 1764. William Hopwood Sen. died on the Hawks Hill South Fork of Shenandoah River in that county on September 20, 1763.
I thought this information might help someone.
Fred Davis
Dallas, TX
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PROFFITT/2000-06/0960849435
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