Frederick Weaver (1757 - 1839)

Born 4 Aug 1757 in Netherlands [uncertain]

Husband of Catherine Peters — married 15 Aug 1782 in Sullivan County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 26 May 1839 at age 81 in Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States

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Confirmed through Weaver DNA Project that Frederick was among the brothers of John Wesley Weaver (1763-1830) of Reems Creek.^[1]

His family arrived from Holland

He is not to be confused with Frederick Jacob Weaver of Germantown, PA.

Biography

Frederick Weaver is a Virginian.

This profile is part of the Weaver Name Study.

It is unverified if Frederick actually fought at King's Mountain, apart from his wife's stories. Frederick was in the Revolution and was apart of the North Carolina militia, but there is no actual physical record of him ever being at King's Mountain. His brother-in-law was indeed there, so there might be some confusion. His wife could have possibly mis-recalled which battle her husband was at and this seems to be the case if one reviews the war records from the era.

Frederick DONATED LAND IN 1824 for Weaver Union Church and the adjoining WEAVER SCHOOL and CEMETERY

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters Pension application of Frederick Weav er BLWt40920- 160- 55 Catharine f14NC Transcribed by Will Graves 6/19/10 rev'd 7/ 5/ 13 [Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within bracket s or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. Only materials pertinent to the mili tary service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proof reading fails to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the software transcr ibes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8 th of June 1786." Please call errors or omissions to my attention.] State of Tennessee Sullivan County: On this 24th day of May 1855, before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally came Catha rine Weaver, aged 96 years, a resident of the said County, and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Frederick Wea ver, deceased, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, in Captain John Pemberton's Company & in Colonel Isaac Shelby's Regiment of volunteers, as well as she can now recollect, or ascertained; that she does not now recollect, or can learn, any of the p articulars of the said service, save that he was out in the year 1780, and was present at the battle of King's Mountain, in South Carolina; -- & that she cannot state whether, or not, there is any public, or other record evidence of her said husband's service in existence, or not. She has no written discharge, or other papers concerning the same in her possession, or in her knowledge. She states further that she was married to the said Frederick Weaver in said County on the 15th day of August 1782, by the Reverend Mr. Doak, a minister of the Gospel; that her name prior thereto, was Catherine Peters

that her said husband died in said County on the 26th day of

May 1839; since which time she has remained a widow -- as may be seen from the proofs hereto annexed. She makes this declaration in order to obtain the land Bounty which may be due her under act 3rd March 1855, & that this is her first application ever made either by herself or her said husband for land Bounty under any act of Congress whatever: and that there is not to her knowledge a public record thereof in existence. S/ Catharine Weaver, X her mark [Thomas Millard and George Miller residence of Sullivan County Tennessee gave testimony in support of the widow's application stating, among othe r things, that they had examined the family record kept in a Bible which reads "That Frederick Weaver, and Catherine Peters were lawfully joined in marriage on the 15 of August 1782"; that they have often heard the veteran speak of having been at the battl e of Kings Mountain; that the veteran died May 26, 1839 ] State of North Carolina Comptroller's Office I Geo . W Brooks Comptroller of the Public Accounts in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby Certify that it appears of Record in my Office among the payments made by Said to sundry persons for Military Service in t he Revolutionar y Wa r as follows – Frederick Weaver Indent No. 2279 £6.19.6 District of Washington & Sullivan County, August 15, 1782 In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand and affixed the Se al of my Office this 21 June 1855. [No indication that this document was actually signed]

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV2Z-V6B8 : accessed 24 August 2015), Frederick Weaver, 1839; Burial, Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States of America, Beeler Cemetery; citing record ID 59356789, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. burial in Beeler Cemetary.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/weaver?iframe=yresults

• Citation

"United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QJD5-KVBR : accessed 24 August 2015), Frederick Weaver, 29 Jun 1813; citing p. 114, volume 025, , , , United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 350,319.

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