John Lasley Wash, I

1763 - p. 241 - Louisa County, (Misc. County Records) Capt. William Phillips' Company of Volunteers Rangers ... John Wash (Virginia Colonial Soldiers by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck) 30 Nov. 1764 - - John Wash, I, son of Thomas Wash & Sarah Mackgehee/McGehee, was killed by the Indians at Jackson River while he was in the Virginia Militia in 1761. His wife, Mrs. Susannah Wash, was given 30 lb. Virginia currency for supplying food to Virginia Militia by the House of Burgesses. -( Wash Family History) 30 Nov. 1764 - p. 187 - Section 1 of Militia Miscellany Journals of House of Burgesses - Petition of Susannah Wash, whose husband, John Wash volunteered in 1763 and was killed at Jackson's River. (Virginia Colonial Soldiers by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck) 12 Nov. 1770 - Susannah Was was Guardian to the orphans of John Wash, dec'd. Each orphan was given 1000 lb. currency money. Feb. 14, 1780 - p. 255 - John Wash served as a Volunteer Ranger in 1763, his heir at law is John Wash (Virginia Colonial Soldiers by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck)

John Wash Sr. was a decorated Revolutionary war soldier and has an extensive DAR file His grandson, Reuben Miller Wash, fought for the CSA as Partisan Rangers in Missouri.

GEDCOM Note

Abstract from Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1761-1765 Friday, the 30th of November, 5 Geo. III 1764.

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A Petition of John Phelps, praying that John Stephens, William Handy, Henry Haynes and Rofs Noble, four Soldiers of his Company of Militia, may Thomas Wash Sr and Family ANCESTRY OF WILLIAM WHITTEN WASH

The following is the theory of some Wash researchers, mainly that of Gayle King Blankenship in her book, Virginia Families of Louisa, Hanover, and Monroe Count