Person:Zachariah Wells (1)

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. 6, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Wells, Zachariah - entered service 1776 in Loudoun County, Virginia, in Virginia Regiment & served at Battles of Brandywine & Germantown; taken P.O.W. in 1777, held for 5 months, was exchanged, returned to regiment, & later served at Battle of Bordentown; granted Pension 1825 in Sullivan County, Tennessee, age 80, occupation blacksmith, when wife was deceased, & all of their children were married; soldier unable to work because of infirmity; query letter in file in 1927 from great great granddaughter (on mother's side) Elizabeth C. Crossan, Philadelphia, PA. F-S39119, R2530.

Sources

Zachariah Wells Pension Application, 1825

Related

Person:Isaac Willis (3)

Notes

Name: Zachariah "Zachery" WELLS

Given Name: Zachariah "Zachery"

Surname: WELLS

NSFX: Sr Title: Sr

Sex: M

Birth: 1739/1745 in eastern VA

Death: 1825 in Big Stone Gap,VA

Note:

SEARCH NOTES: Some records state parents are William WELLS, born abt 1710 in MD & Mary HARDNER, born abt 1720 in MDMISC: Zachariah WELLS was in Wilkes County, NC in 1778 magriated prior to 13 :May 1799 to Lee Co.,VADOCUMENTS: DEEDS: Dated 9 Sept 1788, Wilkes Co, NC (N 368)" Dated 31 Mar 1788, Wilkes Co, NC (CBK 1, page 14)" Dated 3 May 1799, Lee Co., VA (DEED BOOK A, page 315)" Dated :21 Apr 1814, Lee Co., VA [Entry made 18 Dec 1812]" Dated 22 Dec 1819, Lee Co, VA (DBK 4, page 35)" Dated 1 Oct 1807, Lee Co, VA (Entry Bk 1, page 165)" Dated 25 Mar 1806, Lee Co, VA (DEED BOOK 2, :page 139) two entries." Dated 6 Dec 1819, Lee Co. VA (DEED BOOK 3, page 461)" Dated 1 Mar & 3 Mar 1827, Lee Co, VA (DEED BOOK 5, page 438, 440.

Change Date: 15 FEB 2003 at 16:47:13Father: Richard WELLS

b: 15 MAR 1721/1722 in Baltimore Co,MD Mother: Nancy Anne BROWN

b: in Westminster,Frederick,MDMarriage 1 Abigail (Elizabeth) OSBORNE

b: 15 JAN 1757 in Greenbrier,WV

Married: 1 JAN 1770 in Grayson Co,VA

Children

Thomas WELLS

b: 1770/1772 in Wise (or Grayson) Co,Va

Abigail WELLS

b: 1771 in Grayson Co,VA

Elizabeth WELLS

b: 1774 in Grayson Co,VA

Margaret "Peggy" WELLS b: ABT 1776 in Wilkes,NC

Jacob WELLS b: 1778/1789 in Big Stone Gap,Russell,VA

William Thomas WELLS b: 1779/1780 in Three Forks,Lee (Grayson) Co,VA

Zachariah WELLS b: in Grayson Co,VA

Jemima WELLS b: 1782 in Grayson Co,VA

Nancy WELLS b: 7 DEC 1783 in Lee (or Grays) Co,VA

Robert Lee WELLS b: 1786 in Grayson (or Russell) Co,VA

Marshall ? WELLS b: 1789

Jeremiah WELLS b: in Scott or Grayson Co,VA

Marriage 2 Sarah ARMSTRONG b: 1816

Land records

From:[Genealogy.com, 16 Jan 2013

Property 1: May 24, 1810, Lee County, VA Personal Property Tax List. 1 tithables, 0 slaves over 12, 3 horses..3770

Property 2: Robert Wells and Elizabeth his wife conveyed two tracts of land, one to William Elkins...100 acres for $300...part of two tracts pat. to John Breckenridge and Zachariah Wells, Sr.... conditional line between Robert and Jacob Wells... .3771

Property 3: Robert Wells and Elizabeth his wife to George Neithercut...land lying on the south side of Powell River at Three Forks...being part of a tract pat. to John Breckenridge and conveyed by him...100 acres for $200....3772

Property 4: May 03, 1799, Zachariah Wells is listed in the Deed Book A, page 315, as having paid $1,000 for 900 acres of land lying on both sides of Powell River in Lee County from Robert Preston of Washington County..3773

Property 5: March 25, 1806, Uriah Shepard and Elizabeth his wife to Zachariah Wells... 100 acres in Lee County...for $133... .3774

Property 6: March 25, 1806, Uriah Shepard to Zacariah Wells...100 acres lying on the North fork of Powell River for forty pounds... .3774

Property 7: October 01, 1807, Zachariah Wells assignee of James Shepard 1000 acres, lying at the mouth of Looneys Creek in the Big Stone Gap. (entry Bk 1, pg. 165). .3775

Property 8: April 21, 1814, 120 surveyed for Zachariah Wells Sr. Entry made December 18, 1812 assigned to him by John Preston -South side of Stone Mountain below Big Stone Gap..

Property 9: March 31, 1818, Zachariah Wells sold to Jacob Wells for $1.00...part of land granted by the Commonwealth 1 March 1791 to John Breckenridge and Robert Preston...to Zachariah Wells...150 acres... .3776

Property 10: December 06, 1819, Zachariah Wells to Robert Wells, both of Lee County, VA a tract of land lying near Three Forks of Powell River...for $375... .3777

Property 11: December 22, 1819, Zachariah Wells Sr. conveyed land, by deed from Robert Preston and Isaac Burkholder, dated March11, 1801...to Burkholder of Botetourt County...(DBK 4, pg. 35).3778

Property 12: June 17, 1826, Zachariah Wells, Sr. to Robert Wells both of Lee County, VA, for $100...land in Lee County near the three forks of Powell River granted to Zachariah Wells by patent date 30 December 1819...conditional line between Robert Wells and Jacob Wells... .3779

Property 13: August 21, 1826, Zachariah Wells, Sen. to Jacob Wells...for $100...land lying on the North side of Powell River below three forks...125 acres granted to Zachariah Wells by the Commonwealth...60 acres part of a grant 1819... .3780

Citing the following sources:

3770. 1810 Lee County, Virginia Tax List.

3771. Deed Book 5, page 438.

3772. Deed Book 5, page 440.

3773. Deed Book A, page 315.

3774. Deed Book 2, page 239.

3775. Deed Book 1, page 165.

3776. Deed Book 4, page 13, page 13.

3777. Deed Book 3, page 461.

3778. Deed Book 4, page 35.

3779. Deed Book 5, Deed Book 5, page 363.

3780. Deed Book 5, page 381, page 381.

1. ↑ Zachariah Wells Pension Application, 1825, in Southern Campaigns.

   He is commonly identified as being the son of Richard Wells of Baltimore County Maryland. He enlisted in Loudon County Virginia. Loudon County is across the border from modern Montgomery County MD. The later area was part of Baltimore County at the time of the Revolution. So his enlistment location is reasonably consistent with connecting him to the family of Richard Wells of Baltimore County.

2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/44876204/person/6271147667

3.   North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890: [database on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999).

   Name: Zachariah Wells
   State: NC
   County: Wilkes County
   Township: Nalls District
   Year: 1787
   Record Type: State or colonial census
   Page: 001
   Database: NC Early Census Index

4.   Pension application has him giving testimony as late as 5 Sept 1825, with his pension awarded 19 November 1825. [in Sullivan County, Tennessee]