William Stapleton

William Stapleton was born around 1757 in what was then Augusta County, Virginia to Charles Stapleton and Sarah before the War of Independence from England. He served in that war in Captain Thomas Posey's Company, 7th Regiment, commanded by Col. Alexander McClenachan from 28 December 1776 to 21 May 1777. (1,2,3) as well as a few other times as he declared when he applied for his pension. (1,2,3,4) in 1832. Included in the records is my Oath of Allegiance from 1777 he received a pension for his service, but when his widow, Mary, tried to get a pension after he died she was rejected. There were so many different laws and time period criteria regarding the pension and he don't know if there was any paper for her to give the government to prove their marriage, but married they were. Mary and William were married 8 December 1793. She was his second wife and born around 1761. Wiliam had four children by each of his wives. With the first he had Robert, Polly, Charles, and William. With Mary he had Joseph, George, Lewis, and Thomas.

They lived near the state line of Virginia (in Lee County) and Tennessee (Hawkins County) so some of their business dealings were in Hawkins County depending on the roads condition.

He died 10 June 1835 in Hawkins County, Tennessee.

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