William Renick (1746 - 1815)

Born 1 May 1746 in Augusta, Virginia

Ancestors

Died 26 Mar 1815 at age 68 in Greenbrier, Virginia, United States

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Biography

William Colonel Renick, born Abt. 1746 in 1746 date of baptism; died March 26, 1815. He married Sarah Hamilton; born 1746; died 1806. Notes for William Colonel Renick: In Rev war & served as a lieutenant fighting the Indians at Point Pleasant in 1777. His home is still standing in Renick, WV (north of Lewisburg). The house is one-half brick and one-half stone.^[1]

Name

Name: Col William Renick^{[2][3] [4][5][6]}

Birth

Birth Date: 1 May 1746

Place: Pennsylvania^[4]

Birth Date: 3 June 1746

Place: Frederick, VA, USA

Military Service

Military Service: Lieutenant fighting Indians

Date: 1777

Place: Point Pleasant

Property

Date: 1768: Purchased 400 acres from Robert McClanahan, called the land "Cave Farm", subsequently known as Glenden Farms^[2]

Place: Virginia, USA

Occupation

Date: 1783: Justice of the Peace

Place: West Virginia

Note

Note: Home

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Note: Last Will of William Renick

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Note: Col William Renick House Deed to Historical Society

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Sources

^{[2][3][4][6][5]}

1. ↑ Angelfire: Colonel William Renick
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 Author: Ancestry.com. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data - Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publication: Col William Renick
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Greenbrier [W. Va.] Pioneers and Their Homes William Renick
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: William Renick Birth date: 1750 Birth place: Pennsylvania.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} The Soldiery of West Virginia
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Renick-55 created through the import of Vicki Norman family tree v2 (3).ged on Aug 1, 2012 by Vicki Norman. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Vicki and others.