Edward Pendergrass (1765 - 1843)

Born 1765 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia

Died 1843 at about age 78 in Washington Township, Ripley, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Private Edward Pendergrass served with 6th Pennsylvania Battalion, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Edward Pendergrass is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A088316.

Edward Pendergrass was born in 1765 at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia Colony.^[1] His parents are not yet identified.

While living in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in 1779 as a Private under Captain Samuel Postlethwaite, Major Wilson, and Lieutenant Holmes in the Pennsyvania Line. He was discharged in 1780. ^[2] He was allowed a pension for his service.^[3]

After the Revolution, he moved to Baltimore, Maryland, then returned to Pennsylvania for a short while. Then he moved to Kentucky, and from there, to Ripley County, Indiana.^[3]

His wife's name was Mary (maiden name unknown).^[4][1] Some of the children of Edward and Mary Pendergrass were:

• Margret, m. James Brown^[4]
• William, m. Eliza Owens^[1]

In 1840, he was living in Ripley, Indiana, where the census lists him as a head of household.^[5]

Edward Pendergrass passed away after 1850 in Washington, Ripley County, Indiana.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 14 Dec 2023), "Record of Edward Pendergrass", Ancestor # A088316.
2. ↑ "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZ6-DN2 : Fri Nov 10 10:13:02 UTC 2023), Entry for Edward Pendergast.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ancestry Record 1995 #46776 U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900; Edward Pendergast, No. S.16,505
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-MM26 : Fri Oct 20 00:23:44 UTC 2023), Entry for James Brown and Marget Pendergast, 29 Aug 1821.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1840", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYG-YJW : Wed Oct 04 19:46:37 UTC 2023), Entry for Edward Pendergast, 1840.