Lt. James Speed

CAPTAIN JAMES SPEED

; b.4th March, 1739, Mecklenberg County, Virginia; d. 3d September, 181x. He was a Burgess from Charlotte County, Virginia, 1772-1775. (Stanard's "Colony Virginia Register"). He served in the Revolutionary War, first as Lieutenant and then as Captain and was wounded at the battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina, 15th March, 1718, while leading his command in battle. One of his family of six brothers who served in the Revolutionary War was killed in this battle. For his military ser- vices before and during the Revolutionary War he received large grants of land. He moved to Kentucky with his family in the fall of 1782 from Charlotte Court House, Caroline County, Virginia, over the " Wilderness Road," which led through the mountains of Virginia to Cumberland Gap and thence to Danville, Kentucky, which was then in Lincoln County. He was a member of the early Kentucky Conventions of 1783-1785, 1787. He was a member of the Political Club, a society of the leading men in Kentucky, which met from 1786 to 179o at Danville, then the capital of Kentucky. He died near Danville 3d September, 1811; m.. 10th December, 1767, in Charlotte County, Virginia, Mary SPENCER

ISSUE I. Thomas, b. 25th October, 1768; as a young man was clerk of the Bullett and Nelson Circuit Courts, Secretary of the Political Club of Dan- ville, 1786; was a Major in the War of 1812, Member of Congress 1817-1819; in. (firstly) i rth December, r796, Susan Clayton SLAUGHTER; in. (secondly) 9th January, r81o, Mrs. Mary McElroy ALLEN; left issue.

ISSUE I. A child who died in infancy.

a. Mary, b. 8th June, 1770; in. 1789, William SMrTH; had issue. III. JOHN, b. 17th May, 1772, of whom later. Iv. Elizabeth, b. 7th February, 1774; in. 1792, Dr. Adams RANxnIN; had issue. v. James, b. 7th February, 1774; d. 14th September, 1812, unmarried. vi. Henry, b. ,5th August, 1777; in. Miss SMITH; had issue.

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• A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of LIEUTENANT. DAR Ancestor #: A108095
• Service: VIRGINIA Rank: LIEUTENANT
• Birth: 3-4-1739 BRUNSWICK CO VIRGINIA
• Death: 9-3-1811 MERCER CO KENTUCKY
• Service Source: GWATHMEY, HIST REG OF VA IN THE REV, P 730
• Service Description: 1) COCKE'S VA MILITIA REGT