William
Cleaver
Jr.
aka Kleber
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Son of William Cleaver Sr.
and Mary (Knight) Cleaver
Brother of
Benjamin Cleaver [half], Joshua Cleaver [half], Charles Cleaver [half], Jonathan Cleaver [half], Elizabeth Cleaver [half], Hannah (Cleaver) Hornbeck [half], Tobias Cleaver [half], Stephen Cleaver [half], James Cleaver [half], David Joshua Cleaver [half], Letitia Cleaver [half] and Sarah Cleaver [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Anne (Cleaver) Synder
Died
at about age 75
in Grayson County, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Oct 2011
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Biography
William Cleaver Jr. was a Virginia colonist.
Private William Cleaver Jr. served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.
William`s service as a private for Virginia is recognized by the DAR under the spelling Kleber. He served with Captains Smith, Wilson and Davis, and General Clark. His wife is given as Charlotte surname not stated and they had son Stephen who married Hannah surname not stated. [1]
William Cleaver Jr. was born in 1761 in Pennsylvania. In 1776 he lived in Tigers Valley, Virginia, on the Monongahala River. (Present day Tygart Valley , West Virginia, on a branch of the Monongaleha River named Tygart Valley River.) In 1779, he moved to the country near the falls of the Ohio River, near present day Louisville, Kentucky. This area is now Nelson County, Kentucky. In 1833, he was living in Grayson County, Kentucky, when he appeared in court to apply for a Revolutionary War Pension for him service in the Virginia Militia. He also testified in Grayson County Court on behalf of his half-brother Benjamin Cleaver, who also made application for a pension. [2]
Mother is Mary Cleaver (Knight)
Acknowledged: Profile based on unidentified Ancestry.com family trees.
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Sep 10, 2021), "Record of KLEBER, WILLIAM", Ancestor # A065951.
- ↑ Revolutionary War Pension Application S30331.
- Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters Pension Application of William Cleaver S30331 Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris. Revised 6 Aug 2012. http://www.revwarapps.org/s30331.pdf
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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