Marshall Galloway (abt. 1760 - 1827)

Born about 1760 in Maryland [uncertain]

Husband of Hannah (Wantland) Galloway — married 2 Sep 1786 in Baltimore County, Maryland

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1827 at about age 67 in Sullivan, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Private Marshall Galloway served with 3rd Maryland Regiment (1776), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Marshall Galloway is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A043274.

Marshall Galloway was born in Virginia and at the age of seventeen, he enlisted in the Continental Army, 3rd Maryland Militia (1). He served as a private in Captain Brice's company (2). Enlisted 27 JUN 1777 and trained as a drummer. Became a private upon reenlistment on 04 MAY 1778. HIs final discharge was 01 NOV 1780 ^[1]. ^[2] National Archives records show his unit participated in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Cowpens, Guildford Courthouse, Eutaw Springs and numerous other skirmishes. He was discharged at Annapolis, Maryland in April 1783. He married Hannah Watlin on 1Sep1786 and they lived briefly in Maryland, then moved back to Virginia^[3] (3), where most of their children were born. ^[4]

His pension application (#S38718) for his service during the revolutionary war was filed in Sullivan Co., Tn. on 11 Nov 1825 and approved and a certificate issued 23 Mar 1826 by the United States.

Marshall and Hannah are most likely buried in the Childress-Galloway Cemetery in Sullivan County. (According to handwritten notes in the Priepke/Smith Collection.) ^[5] There is another memorial for him in Muddy Creek Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Bluff City, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA^[6]

Children

1. Thomas Galloway married Susannah Dishman September 6 1812 . Lived in Warren county Kentucky.
2. John Galloway married (1) Ms Stokes (2) Susan Beard. Lived in Sullivan county Tennessee.
3. James Galloway married Sarah Barnes. Lived in Sullivan county Tennessee
4. William Galloway married Sophia Cox. Lived in Hempstead county Arkansas
5. Abraham Galloway married Mary Cox. Lived in Sullivan county Tennessee
6. Margaret Galloway married John Taylor. Lived in Sullivan county Tennessee
7. Susanna Galloway married James Rouse. Lived in Sullivan county Tennessee
8. Sarah Galloway married Mr Johnson. Lived in Sullivan,TN
9. Elizabeth Galloway married Caleb Shipley. Lived in Sullivan county Tennessee

Sources

1. ↑ Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C.
2. ↑ https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_member/?Action=full&National_Number=496063
3. ↑ Source Information Ancestry.com. Maryland, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850. Most of the records in this index may be found at the Maryland Historical Society or the Family History Library. More specific source information is listed with each entry. Original marriage licenses should be located at the county clerk's office.
4. ↑ Source for marriage record: BALTIMORE COUNTY MARYLAND INDEXES (Marriage Licenses, Baltimore, Male Index) 1777-1851 S1398
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 26 March 2022), memorial page for Marshall Galloway (1760–18 Dec 1827), Find A Grave: Memorial #98185999, citing Childress-Galloway Cemetery, Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Sleepy Hill (contributor 47177870) .
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 26 March 2022), memorial page for Marshall Galloway (1760–17 Dec 1827), Find A Grave: Memorial #14198588, citing Muddy Creek Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Bluff City, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by TColley (contributor 47285774) .

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(1) According to letter dated July 23, 1930, to Joseph W. Byrne House of Representatives, from E. W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner, the enlistment of Marshall Galloway occured on June 27, 1777, "at the lower cross-roads about thirty miles from Baltimore, Maryland." (Copy of letter in Priepke-Smith Collection, OR.)

(2) from deposition dated 22 NOV 1825 Sullivan County, TN, page one: "...enlisted at the lower cross roads in Maryland about thirty miles from Baltimore...under Lt. James Allison..." serving Capt Brice in the "...Third Maryland Regiment...". (Copy of deposition in Priepke-Smith Collection, OR.) (a) According to the Maryland State Road Commission historical sign in Harford County, MD "Churchville, formerly called LOWER CROSS ROADS." Is about 30 miles north of Baltimore. (Image captured from on-line.) (b) History of Harford County, (Preston, Walter W., 1901, Baltimore, MD. PP 107-8) "2nd Lt. James Allison" and "Joseph Brownley" are listed in the roll for company "No. 2". MARSHALL is not on this list; however on page Four of the 22 NOV 1825 deposition, he stated that a "...Joseph Brownley..." could prove that MARSHALL served. Joseph Brownley is in this same company as 2nd Lt Allison. (c) from Wikipedia, the 3rd Maryland Regiment was "organized on 27 MAR 1776 of eight companies from Anne Arundel, Prince George's, Talbot, Harford and Somerset counties..." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Maryland_Regiment accessed 4/13) (d) from "Archives of Maryland, Vol. 0018, Page 0114, Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service" lists "Galloway, Marsl. Drum. Enlisted 27 JUN 1777. Pt. 4 MAY 1778. Discharged. 1 NOV 1780. Present." (http://aomol.net/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900...18--114.html (accessed 3/13) (e) from deposition, page one, dated 22 NOV 1825, MARSHALL said that he "...was attached to the brigade under General Smallwood..." This brigade is the 1st Maryland Brigade that was part of the American forces at Camden, SC in August, 1780. The 1st Maryland Brigade was made of Maryland Regiments 1, 3, 5 and 7. Rank and file soldiers numbered about 400. After the defeat at Camden, Marshall most likely marched north under General Smallwood who too this contingency of Continentals through Charlotte, to Salisbury, through Guilford, arriving at Hillsborough by August 24th. In September, the surviving troops of the 1st and 2nd Maryland Brigade that fought at Camden, were mustered into one regiment commanded by Colonel Otho Williams of Maryland. On October 5, General Washington then replaced General Gates with General Greene. This proved to be the turning point that eventually led to American victory in the South. Marshall may have been part of Col. Morgan's "Flying Camp" organized 7-8 October. General Smallwood and now Brig. General Morgan were in New Providence 14 miles north of Charlotte by 25 October. End of November the army marched to Charlotte and built huts. Greene received command from Gates on December 3-4 at Charlotte. General Smallwood left the southern army on December 19th. Margan and Otho Williams spent Christmas until the end of December on the Pacelot River. Morgan marched to Burr's Mill just above Thicketty Creek, and from there Marshall engaged the enemy at the Battle of Cowpens.[1].

(f) Edward C. Papenfuse and Gregory A. Stiverson. 1973. General Smallwood's Recruits: The Peacetime Career of the Revolutionary War Private. The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser. 30:117-132. Suggests that MARSHALL may have been a recruit "...of the lowest social and economic class of whites in Maryland." (p. 126). (g) A Smith's search for MARSHALL GALLOWAY ancestors, has yet to find any convincing connection of MARSHALL to any of the GALLOWAY families rife in the colonial counties on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. (h) from web page "galloway.htm" the author states, "The traditional story is, in colonial days three Galloway boys came from Dublin, Ireland to the Virginia colony...they enlisted in the Colonial Army...one of these boys was MARSHALL GALLOWAY." May be some truth to this, but most likely MARSHALL enlisted in Maryland as a colonial resident there. There may have been some Virginia recruits at the Lower Cross Roads.

(3) According to to a deed recorded September 9, 1793 , (pg.311 of the copy). Second half of page it appears to me that Abner Ritchie paid Marshall Galloway the sum of 45 shillings, lot number "seventeen hundred and sixty of the lands westward of Fort Cumberland..." (a) It appears that MARSHALL is represented during the proceedings, but he had to sign the deed. His signature on the deed is "his mark". (b) His mark on the deposition dated 22 NOV 1825 is an "X." Could these marks be evidence that MARSHALL could neither read nor write?