Frederick's militia service. Source: Wayland, John W., VA Valley Records, p. 111 (capt. Richard Ragan's Co No. 13); Draper Manuscripts, 1xx24 (Capt. Joseph Martin's Co., 30 June 1777, under Col. Evan Shelby's command). Source for the below: Summers, Lewis Preston, Annals of Southwestern Virginia, 1769-1800, Washington County, Volumes I % II, Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc., reprinted 1970. Frederick was granted 216 acres south side of the Clinch River on 21 March 1774, page 811. Frederick listed as a private who took part in an expedition under commander-in-chief William Christian on 1 August 1776, following commencement of hostilities with the Cherokee Indians, page 239. Frederick Fryley listed as among the first settlers who in the year 1776 had erected Hamblin's Mill, page 367. Frederick Frailey listed as a citizen of Washington Co., VA on the 17 November 1778, p 1004. >From Carolina Cradle: "The German settlers north of the South Yadkin were ...Frederick Frohlich." >From the minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Rowan Co., NC: Frederick Frily was on a jury 16 April 1763 (Fredk Fraley). Frederick Frailey gave evidence "for the King" against James Jones for passing Counterfeit Virginia Bills in The King vs Jones on 13 July 1763. >From Elva Combs: Naturalized 24 Sept 1766 Rowan Co., NC, served in the Revolution as a PVT from VA. (DAR Patroit Index Vol II p. 76), m Chloe----who d. Russell Co., VA 29 May 1832 (date of her will, probated 1 July 1823; Russell Co., Will BK 4A: 103, 105). Hope this helps. In my early days of research I received this information. It is from a manuscript done by James Vicars. The manuscript does contain errors that have recenlty been proven. History: (This portion taken from history by James Vicars and provided by Jane Burrows). Frederick Fraley was born in Germany probably between 1725 and 1729. He may have arrived in Philadelphia, PA, with other German immigrants cira 1740. At this time, Frederick was between the ages of eleven and fifteen. It is not known if he came with his parents or other relatives. There is a possibility his family died on the voyage from Rotterdam to Philadelphia. A Heinrich Frolich (Henry Fraley) came on the ship Samuel, and was twenty-five years old. There is a possibility that this man could be a relative, a brother, uncle or father with the wrong age given. Henry migrated to the Northwest Carolina frontier along with other German immigrants, among them Friederich Frollich. By the time Friederich Frollich came to Philadelphia, the westward movement was well underway. It was natural for him to settle in the Piedmont section of Pennsylvania and Maryland with other German families already in the area. Some of these Germans settled the Carolina frontier between 1752 and 1762. During the 1730's and 1740's, the eastern shores of the Colonies were becoming more populated with fewer opportunities and less land to farm. In addition, the Quaker government encouraged movement to the frontier to provide a buffer against possible French and Indian hostility. Therefore, as a young man looking for better opportunities and the prospect of obtaining his own land, Friederich traveled overland from Pennsylvania to the Valley of Virginia. He was in Augusta County by November 1750. He was known as Frederick Fraelich or Frederick Frailey. He remained in Augusta County until 1756. Between 1756 and 1758, he migrated to the western frontier of North Carolina to Rowan County. Frederick married before he migrated to Rowan in 1758 or after reaching the area in 1758. By this time, he was known as Frederick Fraley. He remained in Rowan County until 1769. In the fall of 1769, Frederick accompanied by Snoddy, Porter and the Cowans migrated to the Clinch Valley and established Castle's Woods. In the spring of 1770 he returned to Rowan County to move his wife Chloe, and six children, James, Martin, Caleb, William, Nancy and John, to the settlement on the Clinch River in what is now Castlewood (Russell County, Virginia). Frederick and Chloe remained on the Clinch the rest of their lives, becoming one of the largest landowners in Russell County. They reared a large family of at least thirteen children, and possibly fourteen or fifteen. He died in the fall of 1792 and was buried on his plantation along the Clinch. Chloe survived Frederick by thirty years. She died in late spring or early summer of 1823. (After receiving court documents - we know Frederick died in NC)