W. T. R. Saffell, Records of the Revolutionary War, p. 251:
Names, Rank, Dates of Commissions, and Time of Enlistment of the Field, Staff, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Privates of Col. Charles Harrison's Virginia and Maryland Regiment of Artillery, as it stood from Nov. 30, 1776 to April, 1782.
Company No. 9, as it stood at Valley Forge, June 3, 1778.
William Foster, Bombardier, Appointed February 8, 1777.
Flavius M. Foster, Seedlings of William Foster:
William Foster's uniform was described thus: a blue coat with red facing, lining, cuffs, lapels and collar. The skirts of the coat were turned back to show the red lining. The britches and waistcoat, white with yellow buttons. There were also yellow buttons on the front and cuffs of the coat. The rest of the uniform consisted of white, ruffled shirt, black gaiters, and a black cocked hat with yellow braid.
The war years hadn't been too kind with William. All he had to show for his six years of service was an arm shattered by a musket ball, and a handful of "not worth a Continental" paper money. His father and wife had died and his children [were] living with his mother, who had children of her own to support. William had inherited 100 acres of land from his father, but it was mortgaged to the hilt.
William Foster was born, grew to manhood and married Sallie, daughter of William & Elizabeth Slade in Prince William Co., Virginia. They were married in late 1772 or early 1773, and Sallie died after 1780 and before March of 1783. After Sallie's death William's children went to live with his mother, Margaret. When Margaret died, Lettice Foster, the eldest child took care of her brothers till of age. William took son Harrison to Kentucky with him and his new wife, and was joined there by son, Aaron, in 1799.
William Foster married #2, Sarah, daughter of Leonard & Sarah Hart, spring of 1783, in P. W. Co., Va. The following spring, William leased his Virginia land to John Thomas, at the same time selling him a Negro woman, and had to sue John for the money in 1822. William and Sarah then joined with a neighbor, Timothy Peyton, to form a packtrain and migrated to Bourbon Co., Kentucky.
Due to the many bloody Indian raids, the Kentucky settlers lived in fortified settlements and farmed the surrounding land. These communities were usually named for the first settler in the area. William and Sarah were living on the Will Thomas station, when their first child was born, but later rejoined Timothy on his new station. In 1787, Timothy was killed and scalped by Indians, and William organized a party to recover and bury the body, and remained to help the widow Peyton till 1805. By then, William's family had increased to 8 children, and he decided to move to Clark Co….
On Feb. 27, 1807, William and Sarah sold their Virginia land to John Thomas (Db. #3, pg. 310, Clark Co., Ky.) In 1811, they bought 100 acres of land from John & Ann Rankins. This land was on Lulbegrud Creek, a stream named for a character in the book "Gulliver's Travels", which a member of one of Daniel Boone's survey parties was reading when they discovered the stream.
On Feb. 11, 1819, William applied for and received a war pension, and lost it two years later because he was worth over $300 in land and stock. By that time, he was suffering a lot from dropsy, which finally caused his death. When his widow, Sarah, remarried, the land was divided between the living sons, with Peyton getting the Lulbegrud Creek land.
After William died of diabetes, Sarah married #2, Moses Baker, who died in 1844. At his death, Sarah applied for a pension as widow of William Foster. At that time, the above 100 acres was sold to their daughter Susan and her husband, who paid off the other heirs. [Clark County Deed Book 31, pp. 380-381.] In 1844, Sarah was living with her youngest child, Polly Hulse, in Montgomery Co., Ky., and remained there till her death. Sarah is buried in Montgomery County, Ky.
According to one of William & Sarah Foster's descendants who has spent her entire life in Kentucky, William is buried on Lulbegrud Creek. The cemetery is on the opposite side of the Creek from the Tennessee Gas Plant, in what is known as "Foster's Hole". But, no tombstone was found among the other graves.
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Father - George Foster - born: Aug 14, 1723, in Northumberland County, Virginia - died of smallpox: Jan 3, 1778, Broad Run, Prince William County, Virginia.
Mother - Margaret Grigsby - born: 1724 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia.
George Foster & Margaret Grigsby - married: Dec 22, 1746, in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia.
Grandfather - William Foster - died 1767 in Broad Run, Prince William County, Virginia.
Names, Rank, Dates of Commissions, and Time of Enlistment of the Field, Staff, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Privates of Col. Charles Harrison's Virginia and Maryland Regiment of Artillery, as it stood from Nov. 30, 1776 to April, 1782.
Company No. 9, as it stood at Valley Forge, June 3, 1778.
William Foster, Bombardier, Appointed February 8, 1777.
Flavius M. Foster, Seedlings of William Foster:
William Foster's uniform was described thus: a blue coat with red facing, lining, cuffs, lapels and collar. The skirts of the coat were turned back to show the red lining. The britches and waistcoat, white with yellow buttons. There were also yellow buttons on the front and cuffs of the coat. The rest of the uniform consisted of white, ruffled shirt, black gaiters, and a black cocked hat with yellow braid.
The war years hadn't been too kind with William. All he had to show for his six years of service was an arm shattered by a musket ball, and a handful of "not worth a Continental" paper money. His father and wife had died and his children [were] living with his mother, who had children of her own to support. William had inherited 100 acres of land from his father, but it was mortgaged to the hilt.
William Foster was born, grew to manhood and married Sallie, daughter of William & Elizabeth Slade in Prince William Co., Virginia. They were married in late 1772 or early 1773, and Sallie died after 1780 and before March of 1783. After Sallie's death William's children went to live with his mother, Margaret. When Margaret died, Lettice Foster, the eldest child took care of her brothers till of age. William took son Harrison to Kentucky with him and his new wife, and was joined there by son, Aaron, in 1799.
William Foster married #2, Sarah, daughter of Leonard & Sarah Hart, spring of 1783, in P. W. Co., Va. The following spring, William leased his Virginia land to John Thomas, at the same time selling him a Negro woman, and had to sue John for the money in 1822. William and Sarah then joined with a neighbor, Timothy Peyton, to form a packtrain and migrated to Bourbon Co., Kentucky.
Due to the many bloody Indian raids, the Kentucky settlers lived in fortified settlements and farmed the surrounding land. These communities were usually named for the first settler in the area. William and Sarah were living on the Will Thomas station, when their first child was born, but later rejoined Timothy on his new station. In 1787, Timothy was killed and scalped by Indians, and William organized a party to recover and bury the body, and remained to help the widow Peyton till 1805. By then, William's family had increased to 8 children, and he decided to move to Clark Co….
On Feb. 27, 1807, William and Sarah sold their Virginia land to John Thomas (Db. #3, pg. 310, Clark Co., Ky.) In 1811, they bought 100 acres of land from John & Ann Rankins. This land was on Lulbegrud Creek, a stream named for a character in the book "Gulliver's Travels", which a member of one of Daniel Boone's survey parties was reading when they discovered the stream.
On Feb. 11, 1819, William applied for and received a war pension, and lost it two years later because he was worth over $300 in land and stock. By that time, he was suffering a lot from dropsy, which finally caused his death. When his widow, Sarah, remarried, the land was divided between the living sons, with Peyton getting the Lulbegrud Creek land.
After William died of diabetes, Sarah married #2, Moses Baker, who died in 1844. At his death, Sarah applied for a pension as widow of William Foster. At that time, the above 100 acres was sold to their daughter Susan and her husband, who paid off the other heirs. [Clark County Deed Book 31, pp. 380-381.] In 1844, Sarah was living with her youngest child, Polly Hulse, in Montgomery Co., Ky., and remained there till her death. Sarah is buried in Montgomery County, Ky.
According to one of William & Sarah Foster's descendants who has spent her entire life in Kentucky, William is buried on Lulbegrud Creek. The cemetery is on the opposite side of the Creek from the Tennessee Gas Plant, in what is known as "Foster's Hole". But, no tombstone was found among the other graves.
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Father - George Foster - born: Aug 14, 1723, in Northumberland County, Virginia - died of smallpox: Jan 3, 1778, Broad Run, Prince William County, Virginia.
Mother - Margaret Grigsby - born: 1724 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia.
George Foster & Margaret Grigsby - married: Dec 22, 1746, in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia.
Grandfather - William Foster - died 1767 in Broad Run, Prince William County, Virginia.
W. T. R. Saffell, Records of the Revolutionary War, p. 251:
Names, Rank, Dates of Commissions, and Time of Enlistment of the Field, Staff, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Privates of Col. Charles Harrison's Virginia and Maryland Regiment of Artillery, as it stood from Nov. 30, 1776 to April, 1782.
Company No. 9, as it stood at Valley Forge, June 3, 1778.
William Foster, Bombardier, Appointed February 8, 1777.
Flavius M. Foster, Seedlings of William Foster:
William Foster's uniform was described thus: a blue coat with red facing, lining, cuffs, lapels and collar. The skirts of the coat were turned back to show the red lining. The britches and waistcoat, white with yellow buttons. There were also yellow buttons on the front and cuffs of the coat. The rest of the uniform consisted of white, ruffled shirt, black gaiters, and a black cocked hat with yellow braid.
The war years hadn't been too kind with William. All he had to show for his six years of service was an arm shattered by a musket ball, and a handful of "not worth a Continental" paper money. His father and wife had died and his children [were] living with his mother, who had children of her own to support. William had inherited 100 acres of land from his father, but it was mortgaged to the hilt.
William Foster was born, grew to manhood and married Sallie, daughter of William & Elizabeth Slade in Prince William Co., Virginia. They were married in late 1772 or early 1773, and Sallie died after 1780 and before March of 1783. After Sallie's death William's children went to live with his mother, Margaret. When Margaret died, Lettice Foster, the eldest child took care of her brothers till of age. William took son Harrison to Kentucky with him and his new wife, and was joined there by son, Aaron, in 1799.
William Foster married #2, Sarah, daughter of Leonard & Sarah Hart, spring of 1783, in P. W. Co., Va. The following spring, William leased his Virginia land to John Thomas, at the same time selling him a Negro woman, and had to sue John for the money in 1822. William and Sarah then joined with a neighbor, Timothy Peyton, to form a packtrain and migrated to Bourbon Co., Kentucky.
Due to the many bloody Indian raids, the Kentucky settlers lived in fortified settlements and farmed the surrounding land. These communities were usually named for the first settler in the area. William and Sarah were living on the Will Thomas station, when their first child was born, but later rejoined Timothy on his new station. In 1787, Timothy was killed and scalped by Indians, and William organized a party to recover and bury the body, and remained to help the widow Peyton till 1805. By then, William's family had increased to 8 children, and he decided to move to Clark Co….
On Feb. 27, 1807, William and Sarah sold their Virginia land to John Thomas (Db. #3, pg. 310, Clark Co., Ky.) In 1811, they bought 100 acres of land from John & Ann Rankins. This land was on Lulbegrud Creek, a stream named for a character in the book "Gulliver's Travels", which a member of one of Daniel Boone's survey parties was reading when they discovered the stream.
On Feb. 11, 1819, William applied for and received a war pension, and lost it two years later because he was worth over $300 in land and stock. By that time, he was suffering a lot from dropsy, which finally caused his death. When his widow, Sarah, remarried, the land was divided between the living sons, with Peyton getting the Lulbegrud Creek land.
After William died of diabetes, Sarah married #2, Moses Baker, who died in 1844. At his death, Sarah applied for a pension as widow of William Foster. At that time, the above 100 acres was sold to their daughter Susan and her husband, who paid off the other heirs. [Clark County Deed Book 31, pp. 380-381.] In 1844, Sarah was living with her youngest child, Polly Hulse, in Montgomery Co., Ky., and remained there till her death. Sarah is buried in Montgomery County, Ky.
According to one of William & Sarah Foster's descendants who has spent her entire life in Kentucky, William is buried on Lulbegrud Creek. The cemetery is on the opposite side of the Creek from the Tennessee Gas Plant, in what is known as "Foster's Hole". But, no tombstone was found among the other graves.
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Father - George Foster - born: Aug 14, 1723, in Northumberland County, Virginia - died of smallpox: Jan 3, 1778, Broad Run, Prince William County, Virginia.
Mother - Margaret Grigsby - born: 1724 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia.
George Foster & Margaret Grigsby - married: Dec 22, 1746, in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia.
Grandfather - William Foster - died 1767 in Broad Run, Prince William County, Virginia.
Names, Rank, Dates of Commissions, and Time of Enlistment of the Field, Staff, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Privates of Col. Charles Harrison's Virginia and Maryland Regiment of Artillery, as it stood from Nov. 30, 1776 to April, 1782.
Company No. 9, as it stood at Valley Forge, June 3, 1778.
William Foster, Bombardier, Appointed February 8, 1777.
Flavius M. Foster, Seedlings of William Foster:
William Foster's uniform was described thus: a blue coat with red facing, lining, cuffs, lapels and collar. The skirts of the coat were turned back to show the red lining. The britches and waistcoat, white with yellow buttons. There were also yellow buttons on the front and cuffs of the coat. The rest of the uniform consisted of white, ruffled shirt, black gaiters, and a black cocked hat with yellow braid.
The war years hadn't been too kind with William. All he had to show for his six years of service was an arm shattered by a musket ball, and a handful of "not worth a Continental" paper money. His father and wife had died and his children [were] living with his mother, who had children of her own to support. William had inherited 100 acres of land from his father, but it was mortgaged to the hilt.
William Foster was born, grew to manhood and married Sallie, daughter of William & Elizabeth Slade in Prince William Co., Virginia. They were married in late 1772 or early 1773, and Sallie died after 1780 and before March of 1783. After Sallie's death William's children went to live with his mother, Margaret. When Margaret died, Lettice Foster, the eldest child took care of her brothers till of age. William took son Harrison to Kentucky with him and his new wife, and was joined there by son, Aaron, in 1799.
William Foster married #2, Sarah, daughter of Leonard & Sarah Hart, spring of 1783, in P. W. Co., Va. The following spring, William leased his Virginia land to John Thomas, at the same time selling him a Negro woman, and had to sue John for the money in 1822. William and Sarah then joined with a neighbor, Timothy Peyton, to form a packtrain and migrated to Bourbon Co., Kentucky.
Due to the many bloody Indian raids, the Kentucky settlers lived in fortified settlements and farmed the surrounding land. These communities were usually named for the first settler in the area. William and Sarah were living on the Will Thomas station, when their first child was born, but later rejoined Timothy on his new station. In 1787, Timothy was killed and scalped by Indians, and William organized a party to recover and bury the body, and remained to help the widow Peyton till 1805. By then, William's family had increased to 8 children, and he decided to move to Clark Co….
On Feb. 27, 1807, William and Sarah sold their Virginia land to John Thomas (Db. #3, pg. 310, Clark Co., Ky.) In 1811, they bought 100 acres of land from John & Ann Rankins. This land was on Lulbegrud Creek, a stream named for a character in the book "Gulliver's Travels", which a member of one of Daniel Boone's survey parties was reading when they discovered the stream.
On Feb. 11, 1819, William applied for and received a war pension, and lost it two years later because he was worth over $300 in land and stock. By that time, he was suffering a lot from dropsy, which finally caused his death. When his widow, Sarah, remarried, the land was divided between the living sons, with Peyton getting the Lulbegrud Creek land.
After William died of diabetes, Sarah married #2, Moses Baker, who died in 1844. At his death, Sarah applied for a pension as widow of William Foster. At that time, the above 100 acres was sold to their daughter Susan and her husband, who paid off the other heirs. [Clark County Deed Book 31, pp. 380-381.] In 1844, Sarah was living with her youngest child, Polly Hulse, in Montgomery Co., Ky., and remained there till her death. Sarah is buried in Montgomery County, Ky.
According to one of William & Sarah Foster's descendants who has spent her entire life in Kentucky, William is buried on Lulbegrud Creek. The cemetery is on the opposite side of the Creek from the Tennessee Gas Plant, in what is known as "Foster's Hole". But, no tombstone was found among the other graves.
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Father - George Foster - born: Aug 14, 1723, in Northumberland County, Virginia - died of smallpox: Jan 3, 1778, Broad Run, Prince William County, Virginia.
Mother - Margaret Grigsby - born: 1724 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia.
George Foster & Margaret Grigsby - married: Dec 22, 1746, in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia.
Grandfather - William Foster - died 1767 in Broad Run, Prince William County, Virginia.
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