Cindy Lewallen - Aug 2, 2011
Index to Revolutionary War Service Records, VOL III, (L-R) transcribed by Virgil White National HIstorical Publishing Co., copyright 1995, page 1632:
Lewallen, Thomas, srv as Pvt in 2nd NC Bttn
Lewallen, John or as John Lewellin srv as Pvt in Hall's DL Regt
Lewelin, David, srv in 2nd Regt of New Castle Co., DL Mil
John Llewellin or as John L. Lewellin srv as Engisn in 9th PA Regt (page 1655)
Lewelling, Daniel, srv as Pvt in 3rd regt of Light Dragoons in Cont troops
Luallen, Phill srv as Lt in Capt Thomas Gaddis Co of VA Mil
Also found in Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Vol II (F-M) Abstracted by Virgil D. White, 1st Ed copyright 1990:
page 2065: "Lewallen, Richard or Richard Luallen, Parazeda or Parisida, W26211, BLW #34923-160-55, VA Line, sol appl 29 Aug 1832 Anderson Co. TN. aged 69 sol lived in Prince Edward Co. Va at enl, wid appl 4 July 1853 Anderson Co, TN aged 57, sol m Priscilla Vowel in Jul 1818 in Anderson Co. TN and sol d there 8 May 1833, wid appl for BBLW 8 Sept 1855 Anderson Co. NT
page 2135: Luallen, Richard W 26211 VA Line
abbreviations: sol - soldier
appl - applied or application
enl - enlisted
sol - soldier
wid - widow
m - married
d - died
don't know what BLW is. Can anyone help there?
Billie Harris - Aug 2, 2011
Thanks for posting. The more we find and post here, the better for us all. There's some good information here.
It appears two different Richards were in the Revolutionary War from Virginia. One was, of course, the Richard who moved from Prince Edward County to Anderson County, Tennessee. The other would probably have been the Richard of Norfolk who married Grace Stockley and died 1801 in Norfolk. Those seem to be the only two Richards in Virginia about that time.
Noting those in Delaware (David and John), here's what we have for that state, which isn't much:
Samuel Lewellen
The earliest known ancestor of the Jones family was the mother of Jacob Jones, who married (second) Samuel LEWELLEN, and removed with him from near Wilmington Delaware, to Loudoun County, Virginia, where they lived until about 1770. The Lewellens then moved across the mountains and settled on Cheat River, establishing the old Lewellen Ferry, in Monongalia County, Virginia, now West Virginia, near the Pennsylvania line. Samuel Lewellen obtained a grant of land here in 1771, and his name is prominently metnioned in the old records among the early settlers of the county. Of the children of Samuel LEWELLEN the names of the following of been preserved: Philip, Jacob, Benjamin, Thomas, David, Asa, Mary, Samuel, Doctor, who is said to be the eighth child. Their descendents settled in West Virginia, western Pennsylvania and Indiana and were scattered throughout the United States
If you come across anything else, please post it.