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Joseph Swope

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Swope Depot, Augusta, Virginia, USA
Death: March 20, 1819 (67)
Monroe Co, Virginia (Now WV)
Place of Burial: Monroe, West Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Hans Ulrich Swope and Unknown Swope
Husband of Catherine Swope
Father of Ellinore Burdette; Jonathan Swope; George P Swope; Margaret Swope; Ruth Baker and 5 others
Brother of John Swope; Michael Swope, Sr., Revolutionary War vet; James Swope and George Swope

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About Joseph Swope

http://genealogytrails.com/wva/summers/bio_swope.html

American Revolution DAR ancestor #A112146

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5455527

Inscription: "He was one of the first settlers of this country, after having been for nine years a prisoner with the Shawnee Nation."

"Born 1751 Captured by Shawnee Indian Chief Cornstalk when he was 5 years old (about 1756) He was kept for 9 years (about 1755) He was released by the treaty after the Battle of Point Pleasant (which was Oct. 10, 1774) There is a discrepancy in the years"



https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5455527/joseph-swope

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Joseph Swope's Timeline

1751
August 11, 1751
Swope Depot, Augusta, Virginia, USA
1776
August 15, 1776
Greenbrier Co., West Virginia
1777
October 20, 1777
Monroe, West Virginia, United States
1778
December 27, 1778
Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, United States
1781
June 20, 1781
Virginia, United States, Monroe, Amherst County, Virginia, United States
1784
January 5, 1784
Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, United States
1785
February 12, 1785
Virginia, United States
1788
January 3, 1788
Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States
1791
April 23, 1791
Virginia, United States
1793
1793
Prob Monroe Co, VA, West Virginia, United States