Vet. Revolutionary War Kings Mountain. Left Virginia ca. 1780 to Wilkes County, NC. James and his family eventually settled in Perry County, KY (now Letcher County). A Kentucky Highway Marker honoring James was erected on Kentucky Route 7, near the small cemetery where he is buried. The Marker reads as follows: "James Caudill, born in Virginia in 1753, first came to Big Cowen Creek in 1781. Because of Indians, he took his family back to North Carolina. Returning here in 1792 with his family, he built a cabin, stayed several years then went back to North Carolina. They settled here permanently in 1811. He was progenitor to a large widespread mountain family. He died in 1840." He died saying that he did not want his dust to mingle with another's soil. He was buried on his own land on Rockhouse Creek, in Perry County, KY (now Letcher County).
Copied from the Cordell Clippings (a semi annual newsletter of the Cordell Association), No. 10, Jan. 1994, Page 13 & 14:
Listed with DAR Library as Codill, James # A023691
Per Robin Caudill: James, Jr. is the s/o James, Sr. and Mary Yarborough. He first married Sarah Elizabeth (James), then married to Mary (Adams)-d/o Benjamin and Henrietta "Henny" (Caudill) Adams on 9 Feb 1785∼Information taken from US Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
N.C. Troops Revolutionary War Soldier
It states he is in the Rich Whitaker Cemetery in Blackey Kentucky. I assume this cemetery is the right one.
Headstone was to be shipped to R.B. Caudill∼*Son of James Caudill and Mary Yarborough
JOHN CAUDILL was born about 1751 in Lunenburg County, Va
From researchers Lenny Caudill, Lee & Debbie Toliver, Rob Hahn
No further info. Pls contact me with info on John
Vet. Revolutionary War Kings Mountain. Left Virginia ca. 1780 to Wilkes County, NC. James and his family eventually settled in Perry County, KY (now Letcher County). A Kentucky Highway Marker honoring James was erected on Kentucky Route 7, near the small cemetery where he is buried. The Marker reads as follows: "James Caudill, born in Virginia in 1753, first came to Big Cowen Creek in 1781. Because of Indians, he took his family back to North Carolina. Returning here in 1792 with his family, he built a cabin, stayed several years then went back to North Carolina. They settled here permanently in 1811. He was progenitor to a large widespread mountain family. He died in 1840." He died saying that he did not want his dust to mingle with another's soil. He was buried on his own land on Rockhouse Creek, in Perry County, KY (now Letcher County).
Copied from the Cordell Clippings (a semi annual newsletter of the Cordell Association), No. 10, Jan. 1994, Page 13 & 14:
Listed with DAR Library as Codill, James # A023691
Per Robin Caudill: James, Jr. is the s/o James, Sr. and Mary Yarborough. He first married Sarah Elizabeth (James), then married to Mary (Adams)-d/o Benjamin and Henrietta "Henny" (Caudill) Adams on 9 Feb 1785∼Information taken from US Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
N.C. Troops Revolutionary War Soldier
It states he is in the Rich Whitaker Cemetery in Blackey Kentucky. I assume this cemetery is the right one.
Headstone was to be shipped to R.B. Caudill∼*Son of James Caudill and Mary Yarborough
JOHN CAUDILL was born about 1751 in Lunenburg County, Va
From researchers Lenny Caudill, Lee & Debbie Toliver, Rob Hahn
No further info. Pls contact me with info on John
Family Members
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Abigail Susannah "Abby" Caudill Pennington
1767–1872
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James Caudle III
1775–1848
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William C. "Billy" Caudill
1779–1880
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Sampson "Caudill" Cordell
1784–1865
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Henry H. Caudill
1785–1856
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Thomas Caudill
1786 – unknown
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Isom Caudill
1789–1892
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Stephen Caudill
1793 – unknown
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Sarah Elizabeth Caudill Caudill
1795–1870
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Jesse P. Caudill
1795–1891
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