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07 October 2022

John Amburgey / Burgey

[Revolutionary War Patriot Series, Part 10 of 12]

 

Born:  1758
Died:  3 May 1831 in Perry County, Kentucky

Service:  Private, Patriotic Service

  • Private under Capt. Larkin Cleveland & Col. Benjamin Cleveland, 1780
  • Furnished a horse to the militia, 1782

Wife:  Elizabeth Hamon

Children:

  • William
  • Nancy, wife of James Franklin
  • Ambrose
  • John
  • Rose, wife of John Pigman
  • Robin
  • Umphrey
  • Jesse
  • Wilburn
  • Elizabeth, wife of Ezekiel Counts
  • Polly, wife of Thomas Christian
  • Queentina, wife of Joseph Rundles


Timeline:

23 March 1779
Wilkes County, North Carolina
John Amburgey Jr. was one of the chain carriers for John Amburgey Sr. (possibly his father), when John Sr. had 193 acres of land surveyed on the East Fork of Roaring River.


7 October 1780
South Carolina (in present-day Cherokee County)
John Amburgey fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain, serving under Capt. Larkin Cleveland and Col. Benjamin Cleveland.


January 1782
Salisbury District, North Carolina
John Amburgy was reimbursed £18 specie for furnishing a horse to the North Carolina militia.


1782
Wilkes County, North Carolina
John Amburgey appeared on the tax list for Capt. John Morgan’s District as a single man with 1 horse/mule.


 

1784
Wilkes County, North Carolina
John Amburgey appeared on the tax list for Morgan’s District, but owned no land.

 

3 July 1787
Wilkes County, North Carolina
John Amburgey married Elizabeth Hamon.


 

7 July 1787
Wilkes County, North Carolina
John Amburgy Jr.’s household was enumerated in Johnson’s District as having 1 male between 21-60 years of age and 1 female.

 

1800
Wilkes County, North Carolina
John Emburgy’s household in the 1800 U.S. Federal Census included 1 male over the age of 45, 1 male between 10-15, 4 males under 10, 1 female between 26-44, 1 female between 10-15, 1 female under 10, and 2 slaves.

 

1810
Wilkes County, North Carolina
John Amburgy’s household in the 1810 U.S. Federal Census included 1 male over the age of 45, 2 males between 16-25, 2 males between 10-15, 2 males under 10, 1 female over 45, 1 female between 16-25, 1 female between 10-15, 2 females under 10, and 2 slaves.

 

20 January 1814
Wilkes County, North Carolina
John Amburgey sold 200 acres of land on the head of the Big Elkin to James Smith for $400.


 

20 October 1815
Russell County, Virginia
John Amburgey moved his family from NC to Russell Co VA.

 

15 November 1815
Russell County, Virginia
John Amburgey gave an affidavit concerning the slaves he had brought with him from North Carolina:

This is to certify that I … am the proper owner of three slaves which I brought with me from North Carolina – one woman named Luce, about thirty years of age tolerable black, about five feet high well made – one boy about six years old tolerable black, named Lankerster – and one girl about three years old tolerable yallow with one eye somewhat defected named Purtiler – which is all the slaves I have brought with me into this state.


 

26 February 1819
Russell County, Virginia
John Amburgey purchased 200 acres of land on the gravelly lick fork branch of Clinch River from Thomas & Jane Francis for $240.


 

1820
Russell County, Virginia
John Amburgy Sr.’s household in the 1820 U.S. Federal Census included 1 male over the age of 45, 2 males between 16-25, 1 female over 45, 2 females between 10-15, 1 female under 10, 1 female slave under 14, and 1 female slave between 26-44.

 

6 January 1825
Russell County, Virginia
John Amburgey gave to his son Ambrose:  2 slaves named Luse & Tiller, 4 horses, his stock of cattle, 3 pigs, his furniture, and 150 acres of land on the gravelly lick fork of Lick Creek.


 

1826
Russell County, Virginia
John Amburgey Sr. last appeared on tax lists in Russell County in 1826, when he was listed jointly with his son Ambrose, together owning 2 slaves and 3 horses.


 

15 September 1827
Perry County, Kentucky
John Amburga purchased 50 acres of land on the east side of Carr’s Fork from James & Pricila Davis.

 

16 May 1828
Perry County, Kentucky
John Amburgy purchased 25 acres of land on the bank of Carr’s Fork from Archible & Abasha Gibson for $150.

 

1830
Perry County, Kentucky
John Burgy’s household in the 1830 U.S. Federal Census included 1 male between 70-79, 1 male between 20-29, 1 female between 50-59, and 1 female between 15-19.

 

3 May 1831
Perry County, Kentucky
John Amburgey died at the age of about 73.

 

20 September 1834
Perry County, Kentucky
John Amburgey’s heirs sold his 25 acres on Carr’s Fork to his son Umphrey for $150.

 

27 January 1853
Letcher County, Kentucky
John’s widow Elizabeth applied for a pension based on her husband’s service during the Revolutionary War.  The pension claim was rejected as she could not prove that her husband had served the minimum six months’ service.  To prove her marriage, Elizabeth submitted pages from the family Bible.

On this 27th day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for said county, Elizabeth Amburgey (sometimes called Burgey) a resident of Letcher County State of Kentucky, aged 84 years old who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836, That she is the widow of John Amburgey (or Burgey) who was a volunteer in the Revolutionary War, That he entered the service in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine and that he served until the year seventeen hundred and eighty one, That he entered the service of the United States under Col. Benjamin Cleveland and Captain Larkin Cleveland, That he was in the battle of Kings Mountain where Ferguson was taken, That he was a resident of Wilks County State of North Carolina when he entered the service and that he received his discharge but don’t know what has become of it, That he was present when Col. Cleveland hung nine Tories at one time on Little Pedee, That he saw Jackson Goss hung on old Captain John Cox’s gate on this side of the Blue Ridge, that she was married to John Burgey or Ambergey on the 3rd day 1787, that she was born in the 1769 and that her husband was born 1758, and that the aforesaid John Ambergey (or Burgey) died on the 3rd of May 1831 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will appear more fully by the proof annexed, That she herewith files the family record of her husband and the same is in her husband’s handwriting.

 



 

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