Rebecca (Hawkins) Pugh (abt. 1748 - abt. 1792)

Born about 1748 in Frederick County, Virginia

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Died about 1792 at about age 44 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

She was born about 1748 in Frederick County, Virginia and her parents were Sarah and Joseph HAWKINS (b: 1712 MD, d: 1770 VA).

By 1765 Rebecca Hawkins had first married to Lt.Col. Richard Campbell ^[1] and their children were born in Shenandoah County, Virginia and included ...

1. Archibald Campbell, b: c1762; d: in Revolutionary War
2. John Campbell, b: c1764; occ: Captain; d: 15 Mar 1838 Washington Co, MO
3. Richard Campbell, b. c1765; d: TN
4. Joseph Campbell, b: c1766; d: c1800 Ft.Stoddert, LA
5. Jonathan Campbell, b: c1770.

Her husband Richard was a Leiutenant-Colonel during the American Revolutionary War and was killed on 08 Sep 1781 in the Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina.

Rebecca married secondly on 03 Jan 1785 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA to Joseph PUGH.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Sevier Family History" p527 by Cora Bales SEVIER and Nancy S. MADDEN in 1961.
2. ↑ Library of Virginia, Digital Collection for Richard Campbell, military pension #64 1789; widow: Rebecca married Joseph Pugh in Shenandoah County;

   Text: "I do certify that the marriage of Joseph Pugh to Rebecca Camplbell, late widow of Col.Richard Campbell, deceased, was on the 3rd of January 1785, as certifyed to me by Jacob Teller? who was a licensed minister at that time by the County Court of Shenandoah for the purposes of sanctifying marriages.

   Signed: John Williams

   Shenandoah County, April the 13th 1789"

   Text: "Sir: Please to deliver to John Williams a warrant for what may appear to be due, the late Rebecca Campbell, widow of Col. Richard Campbell, deceased, for the ballance of her pension until the ??? of her intermarriage? I am your hon'ble serv.

   Signed: Joseph Pugh & John Williams, April 13, 1789".

• Rootsweb Family Tree
• http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/y/o/s/Mary-lee-Yost/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0511.html (with incorrect death date)
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3NCL-G76 : accessed 2 April 2019), entry for Jane Hawkins, cites sources; "Johnson/Gagliano" file (2:2:2:MM6C-SKK)