Colonel William Wallace Anderson
Family Search ID: L8J2-XYV
Additional Names
Additional Names |
Name |
Stage/Pen Name |
William Patriot Anderson |
Name at Birth |
William Wallace Anderson |
Nickname |
Patriot |
Stage/Pen Name |
Colonel William Anderson |
Person Events
Event Type |
Date |
Place |
Description |
Birth |
1693 |
Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
|
Christening |
17 Mar 1693 |
Wiston and Roberton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
|
Military Service |
1715 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
soldier in the army of Prince James Frances Edward Stuart |
Occupation |
1715 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
supporter of the Stuart Dynasty |
Military Service |
about 1755 |
Virginia, United States |
served under British Major General Edward Braddock against the French |
Military Service |
from 1775 to 1776 |
Virginia, British Colonial America |
Private in Captain Hugh Stephenson's Company of Riflemen |
Marriage |
aft 1784 |
Hampshire, Virginia, United States |
|
Religion |
|
Hampshire, Virginia, British Colonial America |
devout member of the Protestant Episcopal Church |
Occupation |
|
Hampshire, Virginia, United States |
Farmer |
Death |
1797 |
Anderson, Preston, Virginia, United States |
|
Burial |
1797 |
Ridgeley, Mineral, West Virginia, United States |
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Facts
Fact |
Description |
Physical Description |
"He was a brave, sturdy man, and gallantly defended the infant settlements' |