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- Per Larry Herrin:
!LINEAGE: "Texas Society Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestors Index".
Vol. I A-C, (1976), page 417.
Charlton, James, born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on June 3, 1752, died in
Montgomery County, Virginia on February 14, 1825. Married (1) Abigail Bowles in
1776 at Montgomery County. Married (2) Hannah Seigler on March 1, 1821 in
Montgomery County, born about 1806 and died in 1827 in Montgomery County.
Service: Battle of Point Pleasant, Virginia.
Children: By first wife:
1. Nancy, born October 2, 1778, married Joseph Thompson
2. Rhoda, born November 11, 1780, married William Currin.
3. James, Jr., born March 11, 1783, never married.
4. Matilda, born February 16, 1785, married Dr. Joseph Miller.
5. Lucinda, born October 9, 1787, married Cyrus L. Robinson.
6. John Lynch, born March 16, 1790, married Christian Currin.
7. William Bowles, born March 18, 1792, married Malinda Jane Ingles.
8. Parmelia, born January 9, 1795, never married.
9. Juliett, born July 15, 1797, married William Saunders.
By Second wife:
10. Charles Wellington, born June 3, 1822, married Elizabeth Churchill
11. Elizabeth Ann, born September 24, 1823, married Robert McCrum Woolwine.
Members: Ruth Dowell Woolwine Edwards, No. 546452.
!MILITARY: Kegley, M. B. (1974). "Soldiers of Fincastle County Virginia 1774",
page 51.
James Charlton 5 days pd. 0 pds 7s 6d Capt. Hugh Crockett's Company.
NOTES: Summers, L. P. (1929). "Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800". Lewis
Preston Summers Pub: Abington, VA.
p.753, At a Court Cond. and held for Montgomery County May the 2nd 1781.
"Ordered that Wm. Evans & John Evans orphans of Thomas Evans dec'd be bound by
the overseers of the poor as soon as they are appd. untill they come of age to
James Charlton the sd. Charlton is to learn the sd. orphans the Trades or
occupations of shoemaking and coopering and to Educate them to read and write &
cypher as far as the single rule of three."
p. 838, Apr 3, 1793 Montgomery County.
"The viewers appointed to view the ground proposed for a road to the courthouse
to the top of the Pilate Mountain report that a good road may be had & it is
ordered that Stephen Jett be appointed overseer of the said road & that James
Craig, James Charlton & Wm. Davidson allot the hands to work on said road."
p.842, Nov. 6, 1793 Montgomery Co.
"James Charlton took oath of a Justice of the Peace."
p.849, Sep. 4, 1793 Montgomery Co.
"James Charlton, John Hough and James Rigburn recommended to be added to the
Commission of the Peace."
p.862, Jan. 5, 1796 Montgomery Co.
"James Charlton & Francis Gardner same in Ingles' Compy."
p.846, Apr. 3, 1793 Montgomery Co.
"The persons appointed to view the ground as a road from the courthouse to the
top of the Pilate Mountain report that a good way may be had. And it is ordered
that Stephen Jett be appointed overseer of the said Road and that James Craig,
James Charlton, and William Davidson do allot the hands to labor under said
overseer."
p. 796,At a court of Oyer and Terminer held for Montgomery County the 3rd. day
of September, 1785.
"Ordered that James Charlton be appointed overseer of the raod from the seven
mile Tree to Inglis' Ferry in the room of Byrd Smith & that Byrd Smith deliver
him the list Tithables that usually work thereon & that he with the same keep
it in repair."
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