Lt.
Francis
Locke
Born in Rowan County, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Matthew Locke
and Mary Elizabeth (Brandon) Locke
Husband of
Blanche (Rutherford) Locke
— married
1785 in Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 53
in Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Mar 2017
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Biography
Lt. Francis Locke served with Rowan County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.
Francis was born in 1754 in Rowant County, North Carolina. He died on 23 Dec 1808 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina and is buried in the Cabarrus Memorial Gardens in Concord, North Carolina.[1]
Francis Locke's household in 1790 consisted of three males over age sixteen, including himself, two males under sixteen, two females, including his wife, and twenty-seven slaves.
There is a Francis Locke in Rowan County, NC in the 1810 census with a household with a male and female aged 50+, 3 dependents aged 30+, and 1 infant.
Revolutionary War Service
Service: NORTH CAROLINA[2]
Rank(s): LIEUTENANT
Birth: 12-29-1754 ROWAN CO NORTH CAROLINA
Death: ANTE 4-14-1817 NORTH CAROLINA
Service Source: NCDAR, ROSTER OF SOLS FROM NC IN THE AM REV, P 212
Service Description: 1) ROWAN CO MILITIA
RESIDENCE County: ROWAN CO - District: SALISBURY DIST - State: NORTH CAROLINA
SPOUSE: 1) BLANCHE RUTHERFORD
Family on Find a Grave
- Col Francis Locke, Uncle, (1722-1796) no 66623241
- Gen Matthew Locke, Father (1730-1801) 8078741
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #32370555 retrieved Nov 20, 2017
- Lt Francis Locke
- Genealogy
- Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Nov 18, 2017), "Record of Francis Locke", Ancestor # A070944.
- Roster
- DAR Patriotic Index - Centennial Edition, Part 2, Francis Locke: b 29 Dec 1754, NC, d. p. 1805, NC m. Blanche Rutherford, Lt.
- Abstracts of Wills & Estates Records of Rowan Co., NC, 1753-1778, Jo Linn, pp. 78-9, E:188. Matthew Locke. 1 Sep 1801, probated 1801
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Francis 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 Francis:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Francis 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 Francis:
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~0.39%
JD (Olson) Ingraham
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23andMe, GEDmatch M411730 [compare]
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Mark Cordell :
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Rejected matches › Francis Locke Sr. (1722-1796)
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