Lawrence Ross

Lawrence Ross, Patriot Soldier was born 15 MAY 1722 in the Goose Creek area, Prince William County, Colonial Virginia near Rectortown, and died 18 AUG 1818 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.

DAR Ancestor #: A098497

family

He was the son of William Ross and Arminella WHITESIDE.

He married Susannah Oldham 1762 in Northampton or Hampshire County, Colonial Virginia, daughter of John Oldham and Ann Ball. She was born 1 JAN 1746 in Prince William County, Colonial Virginia, and died 1819 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Married: 1762 in Northampton or Hampshire County, Colonial Virginia Note: After the death of Lawrence she married Derby Aughney.

Children

1. Shapley Prince Ross, Sr. b: 12 FEB 1763 in Hampshire County, Colonial Virginia
2. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Ross b: 1769
3. Mary 'Polly' Ross b: 21 NOV 1769 in Loudoun County, Colonial Virginia
4. Nancy Ross b: 29 NOV 1771 in Botetourt County, Colonial Virginia (now Jefferson County, Kentucky)
5. Susannah Ross b: 13 SEP 1773
6. Mildred 'Milly' Ross b: 1784
7. Ann Ross b: 1785
8. Frances R. 'Fanny' Ross b: 7 APR 1786
9. Sarah 'Sally' Ross
10. Presley Nevil Ross b: 1790 in Jefferson County, Kentucky
11. William Ross
12. Lawrence Ross, II

notes

From https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=08191962...

INFORMATION BY NANCY L. CARTER:

Decendants of Lawrence and Susannah have reported Lawrence's birth and this story of his boyhood days. Lawrence was shot in the shoulder while attending school and was captured by Indians. He lived with them until he was 23 years of age, and returned reluctantly when the First Treaty of Limestone was signed in 1732. This is inconsistent with his birth year, suggesting a return date of about 1745.

Lawrence married Susannah Oldham. Her family lived across the South Branch of the Potomac River, near Blue Ford. This location is some 15 miles distance from Fort Cumberland.

Lawrence served in the Revolutionary War as a Ranger on the frontier from Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He was listed in the (1994) DAR Patriot Index, Part III, p. 2519. His birth and death dates were given and Susannah Oldham was listed as his wife. His service was as a Private for Pennsylvania.

In 1782, Lawrence purchased Armenella Whiteside Ross' land (land obtained from Lord Fairfax by his father) paying 100 pounds in Virginia currency. By 1784 the land was sold and Lawrence and several in his family, Oldham and Ross connections, traveled down the Ohio to Kentucky.

Lawrence and Susannah settled on Bear Grass Creek in Jefferson County, Kentucky. This location is now part of Louisville, Kentucky. Here Lawrence had about 528 acres of land, a large plantation. He held 113 slaves at the time of his death in 1817. Susannah died soon after, between 1819-1822. There is no record of their burial site, nor of a tombstone, according to the research of Harriet Liljegren Ross.

Much of the research for this family comes from a thesis written by Raymond L. Dillard in 1931 at Baylor University. That thesis was entitled "A History of the Ross Family and It's Most Distinguished Member, Lawrence Sullivan Ross." Others in the family may take exception to the "Most Distinguished Member" title. Each of the Ross children lead most remarkable lives.