Joseph Glasgow (1783)

Born 14 Oct 1783 in Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Ellis (McCulloch) Glasgow — married 29 Feb 1816 in Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States

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Private Joseph Glasgow served in the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812
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Biography

Joseph was born in 1783, in Rockbridge County, Virgnia. He was the son of Arthur Glasgow and Rebecca Anderson McNutt.

During the War of 1812, was served in the Rockbridge Light Horse Cavalry under Col. James Mcdowell, 5th Regiment, Virginia Militia^[1].

On 26 Feb 1816, he married Nancy Ellis McCulloch^[2]. They had two children.

1. Rebecca Glasgow b. 1817 - d. 1837, age 20
2. Elizabeth A Glasgow b. 1819 - d. aft. 1895, m. Hobson Johns

Joseph lived in Rockbridge throughout his life, where he was a farmer. It is here he passed away in 1856, age 73, from "disease of kidney"^[3]. He is buried at the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/307590369
2. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JZ7-M4Q8
3. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZR1-ZN5F

• [1] The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: Parents, Siblings page 291, 292

• Find A Grave: Memorial #145394930

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K6HF-CRD

• https://www.fold3.com/record/641248471/joseph-glasgow-private-us-bounty-land-warrant-applications-index-1812-1855

• "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JZ7-M4Q8 : Thu Oct 26 06:50:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Glasgow and Nancy E McCulloch, 26 Feb 1816.

• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DG-XHC : Sun Oct 15 22:50:10 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Glasgow and Nancy E Glasgow, 1850.

• "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZR1-ZN5F : Fri Oct 13 23:21:09 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Glasgow and Rebecca Glasgow, 4 Nov 1856.