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- Zachariah and Mary Compton came from the Eastern Shore of Maryland and moved to Virginia.
Zachariah served in the Revolutionary war and participated in the siege of Yorktown, witnessing the surrender of Cornwallis--Z.J. Compton
IGI lists dob as 1734 and the place as La Plata. Charles Co. Md.
Alicia Methmann gives dob as March 19, 1739.
DAR Patriot Index [p. 147] b. ca 1745 d. 1788/89 m. Mary Middleton listed as a soldier [meaning no details are known] from Va.
Rebecca Good:
Zachariah first appears in the records of Culpepper Co., Va in 1775 when he was listed as a buyer at a sale. His lineage is somewhat in doubt. If he was Matthew's son, why was he not named in his will? He also is not listed in the Trinity Parish register, but neither is another son, Stephen who is named in the will. Whatsmore, Stephen names his brothers in his will including the names of Zachariah and William, neither of whom are named in Matthew's will or in the parish register.
Zachariah Compton served in a Virginia State Artillery Regiment raised by Lt. Col. Elias Edmonds who recruited men from Fauquier and surrounding counties. Edmonds also signed Zachariah's discharge paper, which, in 1942, was in the possession of Mrs. Fannie H. Green of Foster Ohio, who had affidavits made and filed with the Library of Congress and the National DAR.
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Taylor Family Genealogy
1739 - Abt 1789 (49 years)
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