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When William Uriah Perdue II was born in 1735, in Buffalo Junction, Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States, his father, William Uriah Perdue Sr, was 31 and his mother, Mary Hatchett, was 27. He married Morning Hail Edith Powell in 1751, in Chesterfield, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He registered for military service in 1812. He died in 1820, in Montgomery, Virginia, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Montgomery, Virginia, United States.
Veteran of the Revolutionary War: served in the Montgomery County Militia (Virginia) during the Revolutionary War under the command of Captain John Tyler
William Uriah Perdue was born in 1735 in Henrico, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States as the fourth child of William Uriah Perdue and Mary Hatchett. [1] He had ten siblings, namely: John, Joseph, Francis, Jesse, Meshack, Martha, Phebe, Thomas, James, and James. He died in 1820 in Montgomery, Virginia, United States[2]. He married Edith "Morning" Powell Hale, daughter of Francis Hale and Adara Dudley, in Chesterfield.
Notations about William Perdue, Jr.:
“WILLIAM PERDUE was born 1735 in Henrico County, VA, and died Bef. 1800 in Montgomery County, VA. He married MORNING HALE (also known as Edith Powell). During an Indian uprising around 1774 many of the settlers went to the Blackwater River settlement in what is now Franklin County, but William stayed and served in the Montgomery County Militia during the Revolutionary War under the command of Captain John Tyler.
There is evidence that after the revolution, around 1785, William Perdue left Wolf Creek after a run-in with George Pearis, and built a mill on the Mill Branch of the Bluestone.”...
From Giles County History:
“William Perdue, son of William and Mary Hatchett Perdue was born about 1730 in Henrico, now Chesterfield County, Virginia. He settled in the far western section of Chesterfield County near the town of Skinquarter, on land adjacent to his father. William and his wife moved about 1761 to Amelia County. William and a group of other families, including the Belchers, Clays, and Baileys, migrated through Wood's Gap in Floyd County and on down the Little and New Rivers, settling on Wolf Creek around 1750. William Perdue built the mill on Mill Creek in what is now Narrows around 1755-1760.
William sold land in Chesterfield County, Virginia 16 June 1761 to John Goode and signed the deed with his mark. It is known that his son, Daniel served in the Militia under Captain George Parrish in 1782. In 1787, Daniel and his parents moved to Franklin County, Virginia, where he married Happy Ward. Happy and Daniel had eight children. Daniel and Happy Perdue settled on a farm adjacent to his brother, Meshack Perdue.”.....
Land Sale of William Perdue in Chesterfield County, Virginia 16 June 1761: “He sold land in Chesterfield County, Virginia 16 June 1761 to John Goode and signed the deed with his mark.”…..
William Uriah Perdue and Edith "Morning" Powell Hale had the following children:
William was born about 1735. He passed away before 1800.
Conflicting death information in a merge 2/2024:
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