George Washington Rodgers (Born Rogers) 1790 - 1870
Children in patriot file: William who m. Nancy Holcomb; Rosa who m. John Wild.[2]
SAR Membership Application
George Rogers, Sr, an officer in the Continental Navy - Captured by the British on 13 Feb 1778 and held as a POW on the British ships St. Albans and Felicity. 2nd Lt. on the Brig Liberty, commissioned as such on 30 July 1776. Promoted to 1st Lt. on 3 August 1776. Promoted to Mate of the Brigantine Greyhound on 22 February 1777 and later promoted to Captain and made the mast of a ship belonging to the State of Virginia.
George Rogers Sr was a member of the "Society of the Cincinnati" and held a certificate to that effect signed by George Washington as did all of his four brothers. His older sister, Ann, was the mother of George Rogers Clark.
Most well sourced trees indicate his father as John Rogers and his mother as Mary Byrd. The following Ancestry.com derivative sources indicate the same, but a birth of 1736.
Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Indicates wife's name is Losson
Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Sources
↑Marriage:
"U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
Source number: 20491.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY Ancestry Record 7836 #1038416 (accessed 11 June 2023)
George Rogers marriage to Elizabeth Losson in 1760.
↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2 Feb 2019), "Record of George Rogers", Ancestor # A098022.
↑Family History or Pedigree:
"U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970"
Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2204 #1022911 (accessed 11 June 2023)
Name: George Rogers Sr; Birth Date: 1740; Birth Place: Virginia; Death Date: 1800; Death Place: Buncombe, North Carolina; SAR Membership: 94669; Role: Ancestor; Application Date: 31 Dec 1966; Spouse: Elizabeth Losson Rogers; Children: William Rogers.
↑ 1800; Census Place: Morgan, Buncombe, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 29; Page: 186; Image: 131; Family History Library Film: 337905
↑ 1790; Census Place: Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 366; Image: 541; Family History Library Film: 0568147
↑ 1810; Census Place: Buncombe, North Carolina; Roll: 39; Page: 284; Image: 00176; Family History Library Film: 0337912
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
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In my genealogy quest, I believe that I am directly related to a George Rogers (Wikitree Rodgers-1834) His profile mentions that he is a DAR patriot (DAR #A098022).
While researching I found a transcription of a bounty claim which I have attached as a PDF. In the PDF it gives some of the exact same service dates and ships which Rogers served on, however the PDF implies that Rogers died as a POW on the British ships and apparently left no direct heirs, as his more distant family was trying to get a bounty land warrant for his service.
The inconsistencies appear to be the result of the sources being used and imprecise formatting. Rogers-1834 cites no primary sources to support its claims. Rogers-4522 does cite primary sources, but the formatting is unclear and the citations are not in the Wikitree-preferred format of ESM’s “Evidence Explained”. If you will kindly add me as a profile manager of Rogers-1834, I will do a “reasonably exhaustive search” using the best sources I can find. Once we have the most reliable information available, we can merge Rogers-4522 into Rogers-1834.
Rogers-4522 and Rogers-1834 are not ready to be merged because: More research needs to be done, to determine specifically is the father of George Rogers, before they are merged.
While researching I found a transcription of a bounty claim which I have attached as a PDF. In the PDF it gives some of the exact same service dates and ships which Rogers served on, however the PDF implies that Rogers died as a POW on the British ships and apparently left no direct heirs, as his more distant family was trying to get a bounty land warrant for his service.
I believe that the two Georges are the same person, and a merge with the sources here would be "messy". Please let me know if you would like help!