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Colonel John Dent
BIRTH 18 Feb 1755 ; Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
DEATH 20 Sep 1840 (aged 85) ; Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA
BURIAL Oak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8404990/john-dent
Lt. in 9th Virginia Regiment; first Sheriff of Monongalia County, West Virginia; Member of Virginia Assembly; Justice of Peace
May have been a Captain. His Dad was born in 1744 and his Mother in 1740 - they would have been 11 and 15 years of age. Brother, Thomas was born in 1762. The Dents weren't married until 1764.
Children:
A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of LIEUTENANT.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8404990/john-dent
Children Dudley Evans Dent 1787–1843
Photo Ann Dent Scott 1789–1819
Photo James Evans Dent 1798–1874
Photo Marmaduke Dent 1801–1883
1755 |
February 13, 1755
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Loudoun County, Virginia, Colonial America
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1787 |
March 1, 1787
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Monongalia, Virginia, United States
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1789 |
May 3, 1789
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Monongalia County, Virginia, United States
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1798 |
1798
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West Virginia, United States
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1801 |
February 25, 1801
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Dent's Run, Monogolia Co., WV, United States
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1840 |
September 20, 1840
Age 85
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Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States
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September 20, 1840
Age 85
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Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States
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