John W. Foster (1753 - abt. 1844)

Born 1753 in Amella County, VA

Husband of Betty Wilks — married 9 Mar 1784 in Prince Edward County, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1844 at about age 91 in Henderson, TN

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Biography

John Foster enlisted in the Continental Army in the Spring of 1776 in Captain John Morton's company of the 4th Virginia Regiment. He was wounded at the Battle of Trenton on 26 Dec 1776 and sent to Philadelphia to recover and then to Chester (PA), where he contracted smallpox. After he recovered from this in February 1777, he hired James McDearman as a substitute. He served four other tours of duty in the Virginia militia after returning to Prince Edward County, the last when he was drafted to serve at the siege of Yorktown in 1781. His pension application states that he was born in Amelia County in 1753.^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1753

Place: Amelia County, VA

Birth:

Date: 1753

Place: Amelia Co., VA^[2][3]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 1753

Death

Death:

Date: ABT 1844

Place: Henderson, TN^[4]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1837

Place: Henderson Co., TN^[5]

Census

Census:

Date: 1840

Place: Henderson Co., TN

Note: Veteran^[6]

Religion

Religion: Baptist^[7]

Note

Note: #N168

User ID

User ID: B0767F15FEA511DDAE4B003065B2943453CE

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 22 NOV 2010

Prior to import, this record was last changed 22 NOV 2010.

Sources

• WikiTree profile Foster-2563 created through the import of Davidson_Fink.ged on Sep 26, 2011 by Shayne Davidson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Shayne and others.

• Source: S68 Text: Family Tree compiled by Louise Cook Simpson
• Source: S70 Text: Clark-Townes genealogy compiled by Margaret Coffey Hanson
• Source: S74 Type: Letter Title: Notes of Julia Bellona Townes Davidson Date: November 1924 Source Locality: Muskogee, OK
• Source: S960 Type: Census Title: 1840 United States Federal Census Record for John Foster Place: Henderson Co., TN Date: 1840 Media: digital Source Locality: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. DATV Nov 2010

Notes

Note N168

Affidavit of John Foster of Charlotte Co. Deponent, 79 years of age, appeared before Thomas Pettus, J. of P. 22 Jan., 1833. That he was a soldier in the Va. State line on the Contl. Establishment of the Rev. war. That he was well acquainted with Thomas Spencer of Charlotte--from 1765, or thereabouts, until the time of his death; that he was attached to the same Regt. and was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and other battles in the North.

Charlotte Co., 9 Mar.. 1809. Please to send by Mr. John Foster, any warrant or title to lands that may be due me for my service in the Contl. line. Signed, Joshua Foster. Teste, John Foster, Clement Foster and John Foster, Jr.

Pension Number: 

*S1515

Service Description: 

1) ALSO PVT, 2SGT, CAPT MORTON^[8][9]

1. ↑ C. Leon Harris, transc., "Pension application of John Foster S1515, Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters, 2014, http://www.revwarapps.org/s1515.pdf, accessed 29 Dec 2017
2. ↑ Source: #S70
3. ↑ Source: #S68
4. ↑ Source: #S70
5. ↑ Source: #S74
6. ↑ Source: #S960
7. ↑ Source: #S70
8. ↑ Source: #S78
9. ↑ Source: #S78