Zelious Zeley Reno (1757 - 1837)

Born 3 Apr 1757 in Prince William, Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

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Died 30 Jan 1837 at age 79 in Harrison, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Zeley was born in 1742. He passed away in 1847. ^{[1] [2]}

Lewis' younger brother Zeley Reno, fought in the Revolutionary War at Yorktown and moved in 1784 to the wilderness of what is now Harrison County, Kentucky, at a time when few whites lived there and Indian raids were commonplace.

Sergeant Zeley Reno served with Prince William County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

Zeley Reno is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A095491.

Zeley Reno, was a Sergeant in the Minute Men from Prince William County under Lafayette during the Revolutionary War, and served in the campaign against the Shawnee Indians under Col. Benjamin Logan. During the War of 1812 he served in Capt. Moses Demmitt's Company of the Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia. He signed his name Zeley on his will written in 1834, and his Revolutionary War Pension File has the spelling as Zely or Zela, although it often appears as Zealey in various documents. His father and Mary Chinn's father both wrote his name as Zeley.

The fourth son of Lewis Reno and Elizabeth Whitledge, he inherited 140 acres on the north side of Broad Run from his father in 1774, which he later sold to Simon Luttrell on March 16, 1784. In 1774 he became engaged to Mary Chinn, and the court records of Fauquier Co., Virginia contain notes from each of their parents authorizing the marriage. Charles Chinn wrote "Zeley Reno and my daughter Mary Chinn is ingaged. I desire you will grant him licens for them to marrey in so doing you will oblige your humble servent". His father Lewis Reno wrote "Sir please to grant marrage lizen between Zeley Reno and Moley Chinn and oblige your humble servant. Lewis Reno gargin." On July 26, 1775, Zeley Renoe and his brother Thomas Renoe posted a marriage bond in Fauquier County of 50 pounds for his marriage to Mary Chinn. On October 14, 1779, he signed a petition to the Virginia Legislature to move from the Prince William County seat from Dumfries to a place nearer the center of the county.

Spouse Listed in DAR Record

• MARY LILA CHINN

Children listed in DAR Record

1. CHARLES CHINN RENO m. LUCY SMITH PARKER
2. SYTHIA RENO m. MARSHALL JONES
3. PENELOPE RENO m. CECILIUS CALVERT

Sources

1. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #145420566 (accessed 10 May 2023)
   Memorial page for Zela “Zela / Zely” Reno (3 Apr 1757-31 Jan 1837), citing McKinney Cemetery, McKinney, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA.
2. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Benjamin Hughes.

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• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A095491
• https://www.geni.com/people/Zeley-Reno/6000000007273409802
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145420566/zela-reno : accessed 21 February 2022), memorial page for Zela “Zela / Zely” Reno (3 Apr 1757–31 Jan 1837), Find A Grave: Memorial #145420566, citing McKinney Cemetery, McKinney, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Pamkf (contributor 47310032).