Charles Lucas (1730 - 1783)

Born 1730 in Brunswick County, Virginia Colony

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Descendants

Died 26 Jun 1783 at about age 53 in Greensville County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Commisary Charles Lucas served with Brunswick County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

Charles Lucas is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A072192.

Charles Lucas was born circa 1730, in Brunswick county, Virginia. During the American Revolutionary War, Charles served in the Brunswick county, Militia. At this time in our country's history, men like Charles were not enlisted soldiers. They conducted their lives with farming, or worked at occupations, until called for specific duties to protect the lives of their communities, after which they resumed their activities of daily lives.

Records of the Daughters of American Revolution indicate that Charles' wife's name was Tabitha and that his son, Edmund Lucas, married Elizabeth Hobbs.

Will

Will of Charles Lucas. Greensville Co., VA, WB 1, pp. 37-39, w. 6 Feb 1783, p. 26 Jun 1783. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://ancstry.me/2OS2Nue

wife Tabitha Lucas
son James Lucas
son Frederick Lucas
son Nathaniel Lucas
son Edmund Lucas (under 21)
granddaughter Ann Parham (under 18)
daughter in law Rebecca Lucas - the use of his plantation where Rebecca now lives “during her widowhood;” her children Benjamin Wyche Lucas (under 21), Mary Lucas, Ann Lucas
Exrs: Frederick Lucas, Nathaniel Lucas
Wit: Charles Edmunds, John Lucas, John Lanier

Sources

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 28, 2016), "Record of Charles Lucas", Ancestor # A072192.
• Service partially described in this pension application of John Ferguson, transcribed by Will Graves, posted by Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Scott Grant for creating WikiTree profile Lucas-1856 through the import of Scott Grant Ancestors_2013-01-23.ged on Jan 23, 2013.