Maj. John Handley

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John was born in Augusta Co., Va. He became a prominent citizen of Monroe Co., where his name appears on record books associated with his brothers Archibald, James and Alexander. Surveys of Botecourt show he purchased land on Indian Creek, now Monroe Co., with his brother Archibald in 1774. He also owned land in Jefferson Co. His home in Monroe was called Handley's Fort. This was not a government fort, but a fortified house, where his family lived and neighbors gathered for a place of safety during Indian raids. It is not known exactly when the fort was built, but the date was prior to 1779, for records show that the Pauley family set out on their ill-fated trip to Kentucky from this for in the fall of 1779. The fort stood less than a hundred yards from where the County Infirmary of Monroe is now. In 1939 some of the old logs were still there and a great clump of rose bushes run to the wild. John fought in Captain John Lewis's Company in the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. He also was a Lieutenant under General George Rogers Clark in 1782-1783. He died in Greenbrier Co., West Virginia and is buried in Green Hill Cemetery at Union, Monroe Co., W. Va. According to family data she was a relative or President William Henry Harrison and of Benjamin Harrison, Signer of the Declaration of Independence. She was killed by a team of runaway oxen which she tried to stop and drive into the barnyard gate. She is buried in the Guyandotte Cemetery near Huntington where she had gone to make her home with her son, Isaac, after her husband's death.

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Maj John Handley
BIRTH
24 Sep 1746
Augusta County, Virginia, USA
DEATH
13 Jan 1811 (aged 64)
Monroe County, West Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Green Hill Cemetery
Union, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA

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