Judy I meant Willian b 1751. The first sentance should have been above the paste of Latter Day Saints file. Looks like shaking the family tree has produced some fruit. Now to sort it out. Buddy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 12:37 AM Subject: [VIA-L] Robert Via > In a message dated 9/2/2002 5:42:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > <<Found this on Robert from Latter Day Saints . > His war record shows him enlisted in Feb 1779 to Feb 1780 and again from > summer > > of 1781 until the capture of Cornwallis in Oct 1781. > > In his petition to Congress of The United States is a sworn statement > > that Wm Via served 21 months as a regular in the regular and afterward a > > tour of three month as a malitiaman making 2 years in all. >> > > Buddy, > Where did you find the above information? For Robert to have served in 1779 > his birth year may have been about 1751-1763. Which Robert is this? or did > you mean to write William? > > > <<> I will not believe that this Robert is from William 1751. With first born > > son John b 1786, it does not add up.>> > > This is one of those areas open to speculation. I think it's possible that > Robert was the son of William and Phebe. The heirs of William Via according > to pension records were " leaving no widow but children to wit. Rowland Via, > Patsey Via and Elizabeth Cunningham." I think there's a good possibility > that Patsey was Patsey Laine and actually a daughter-in-law. If that's the > case then Robert would have been a son of William and Phebe's. > > As to John's birth year I estimated it at 1777. He first shows up on his own > in the 1806 Amherst Co., Virginia personal property tax records. I have > found that more often than not individuals don't usually show up as soon as > they turn 21. Most times they are older than that. The 1840 Amherst Co., > Virginia census gives John's age as between 60 and 70 years old making his > birth between 1770 & 1780. > > Do you have something that pinpoints John's birth year is 1786? > > Thank you for sharing your findings and thoughts with us. > > Judy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >