Michael Reasor, Jr.

• Son of Michael Reasor, Sr and Anna Herbert
• Birth: February 03, 1760 in Frederick, Virginia, Winchester, VA, United States
• Michael Reasor is Listed in A Roster of Revolutionary ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. I, page 529.
• Death: June 11, 1843 (83) in Little Mount, Spencer, Kentucky, Spencer County, KY, United States.
• Place of Burial: Little Mount, Spencer, Kentucky
• Find A Grave Memorial for Michael Reasor, Jr.
• Michael Reasor (Jr.) re-enlisted in the Revolutionary war army at Winchester, Virginia, in April 1781, He was under George Washington in Captain William Frost’s Virginia Company. He was present when Cornwallis surrendered his sword to George Washington,8 under General Muchlenburg and Gen. DeMarcus, now known as Gen. LaFayette. He served until 1 September 1781, he was discharged from his volunteer services, at Richmond, Virginia. He was present when Cornwallis surrendered his sword to General George Washington, at Yorktown.
• Michael Reasor in United States Census of 1830, Name: Michael Reasor, Event Type: Census, Event Date: 1830 Event Place: Spencer, Kentucky, United States, Page: 348
• Michael REASOR JR was born on 3 Feb 1760 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA. He died on 11 Jun 1843 at the age of 83 in Little Mountian, Spencer, Kentucky, USA. He was buried on 11 Jun 1843 in Little Mountian, Spencer, Kentucky, USA. Anna HERBERT and Michael REASOR JR were married on 27 Feb 1782 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia. Michael Reasor, was a tailor, and a soldier of the Revolution. He made General LaFayette's clothing, and was present at the Cowpens and Yorktown. The rival swords in the clouds, previous to the surrender at Yorktown, were seen by Mr. Reasor. He said that after they were opposed to each other for sometime, the one was blown towards Yorktown, fiercely followed by the other.

Michael Reasor, Jr. Listed in the U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Michael Reasor, Pension Year: 1833 , Application State: Kentucky , Applicant Designation: Survivor's Pension, Application File , Archive Publication Number: M804 , Archive Roll Number: 2012 ,Total Pages in Packet: 29

Married

• Married: Anna Marie Herbert on February 27, 1782 in Winchester Fredrick Virginia USA, daughter of Thomas Herbert & Hannah Winters. Soon after Michael (Jr.) was discharged, he married Anna Herbert, an English Lady of Virginia. Anna was born 1 September, 1760, in New Jersey, she died 5 July, 1847.

Children

• Thomas Reasor; born on Dec 27, 1782 in Virginia USA, died young & unmarried
• Frederick Reasor Jr. born on Jan 6, 1785 in Virginia USA
• Hanna Reasor; birth: January 26, 1787 in Little Mount, Spencer, KY, married John Galloway
• Josiah Reasor born on April 2, 1789 in Virginia USA
• Daniel Reasor born June 15, 1791 in Virginia USA
• Elizabeth Reasor born on September 29, 1793 in. Virginia USA
• Dr. William H Reasor born on February 10, 1796
• Anna Scott (born Reasor) born on Dec 25, 1797 in Kentucky USA
• Margaret Scott (born Reasor) born June 10, 1800 in Kentucky USA
• James Herbert Reasor Born August 6, 1803 in Kentucky USA
• Sarah McCutcheon (born Reasor) born November 14, 1805 in Kentucky USA

History of the Michael Reasor Family

Reasor Brothers had a Ship

Michael REASOR Posted 20 Jun 2014 by CindyBriggs94 Michael REASOR was born Feb 3 1760 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia and died Jun 11 1843 in Little Mount, Spencer, Kentucky. Michael was a true patriot of the American Revolution. He was with George WASHINGTON at Yorktown for the surrender of CORNWALLIS. Following is a transcript written about Michael and his brother Frederick. "Michael and his brother Frederick had a ship fitted and sailed to Germany where they obtained a cargo worth one half million dollars of leather goods for the revolutionary army. Upon their return journey a violent storm arose, the ship and cargo were lost at sea. The REASOR brothers and their sailors were rescued by a Scotch vessel and returned to Phila. Penn where they landed without a dollar." "An incident in the life of Michael and his brother Frederick, taken from the family bible of Reuben REASOR and copied by his grand niece Cammie Holt HAMMOND."

History

As a young man, Michael Reasor volunteered his services in the U.S. Army under Col. Kennedy in the company commanded by Capt. Gilkason. He enlisted as fifer May 1, 1777 until 1779, enlisted again, April 1781 under General Muchlenburg and Gen. De Marcus, now know as Gen LaFayettte. Discharged 1781, volunteered both services, for which he received a Pension. He is recognized by the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution.

Michael and his brother, Frederick, had a ship fitted out and sailed to Germany where they obtained a cargo of one half million dollars worth of leather goods for the Revolutionary Army. Upon their return voyage a violent storm arose, the ship and cargo were lost at sea. The Reasor brothers and their sailors were rescued by a Scotch vessel and taken to Philadelphia, Penn, where they landed without a dollar.

Michael and Anna resided in Winchester, Virginia, until 1797, at which time they, with their seven children, moved to Little Mount, Spencer County, Kentucky, where four more children were born and where they resided until death. They home in Little Mount was still standing as of 1968.

The Quartermaster's Corps Memorial Division of the U.S. Army placed, in 1960, a beautiful marker at Little Mount Cemetery in memory of Michael Reasor on the 200th anniversary of his birth.

Listed in SAR gravesite register. SAR Patriot Index III, 2004; 56th-77th Annual Reports Senate Documents. Listed in SAR service as Fifer, VA.

Michael Reasor- Fifer in the Revolutionary War

Michael Reasor- Fifer in the Revolutionary War By Russell J. Dent As 17 year old Michael Reasor stood in the army camp playing his fife as the sun came up, he worried about how well he was playing the Reveille. With so many musicians in the camp they struggled to play in time with each other. Each time he played the small wooden pipe with finger holes, the scolding words of General Washington a few weeks earlier echoed through his mind. “The music of the army being in general very bad; it is expected, that the drum and fife majors exert themselves to improve it, or they will be reduced, and their extraordinary pay taken from them.” Michael was scared of sounding bad and disappointing General Washington. Not playing well could result in imprisonment, as had happened to nine musicians who had not done their duty. They were released after “they Promed to Doe Beter for the futur.” Michael’s poor pitch was not completely his fault. Almost every fife was made by a different maker, and each craftsman had a different idea on how to make and tune a fife. Also Michael, like most of the musicians in the army, was likely not formally trained, but had learned his skill at dances and by improvising. Determined to improve the quality of the music from these untrained musicians, they were required to practice twice a day and sometimes up to four hours in one practice. There were nine standard rhythms that each fifer needed to learn: The General, The Assembly, The March, The Reveille, The Troop, The Retreat, The Tattoo, To Arms, and The Parley. Although the drilling and practicing were difficult, Michael was grateful that the General understood the importance of the fifers and drummers in the war against England. The fifers and drummers had the vital task of relaying the commands of the officers to the rest of the army. With a simple tune, they could alert the company to march, to arms, to retreat, or to collect wood and water. During battle the sound of the fife could be heard over 3 miles away even over the sounds of the artillery. Music was also a source of courage for his fellow countrymen. They could draw strength from the familiar and consistent power of the fifes and drums. One soldier wrote in his diary many times of the “favorite music afforded by the drums and fifes.” The fifers were also called upon to lift the spirits of the weary men. Popular tunes were played during camp dances and were a source of merriment and relief from the daily toil of a war camp. Although fifers and drummers were not respected by the other soldiers because of their age and inexperience, they were vital to the communication efforts and morale in the war against England.

Source Works Cited 1.Michael Reasor, Revolutionary War Pension Application 2."Middle-brook Order, June 4, 1777: What It Really Says about the Quality of Revolutionary War Field Music." History of the Ancients. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Dec. 2013. 3."About the Fifes & Drums." Colonial Willaimsburg. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Dec. 2013. 4. John U. Rees, "The Music of the Army (Part 1)." The Music of the Army (Part 1). N.p., 2002. Web. 30 Dec. 2013. 5."The Middlebrook Winter Encampment." The Middlebrook, NJ Winter Encampment of the Revolutionary War. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Dec. 2013.

Served in American Revolution

On May 1, 1777, Michael Reasor enlisted as fifer in Captain Gilkason’s Company of Colonel Kennedy’s Virginia Regiment under General George Washington and marched through Maryland to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and later to Philadelphia. In January, 1779, he was discharged at Philadelphia. Then Michael Reasor and his brother Frederick had a ship fitted out and sailed for Germany, and obtained a cargo of one half million dollars worth of leather goods for the Revolutionary army. Upon their return voyage a violent storm arose and disabled their ship. The Reasor brothers and their sailors were rescued by a passing Scotch vessel, and the Reasor brothers were landed in Philadelphia, without a dollar. Their ship and its cargo was abandoned to the waves of the ocean. Back on American soil the penniless, Michael Reasor reenlisted in the Revolutionary was under George Washington at Winchester, Virginia, in April, 1781, in Captain William Frost’s Virginia Company and he served with the Revolutionary army until September 1, 1781, when he was discharged at Richmond Virginia. He was present when Cornwallis surrendered his sword to George Washington.

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Pension application of Michael Reasor S16514 f27VA, Transcribed by Will Graves 6/12/12

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State of Kentucky Spencer County: Sct.

On this Tenth day of September in the year of our Lord 1832 personally appeared in open
Court before John Huston, Thomas Newman, Stilwell Heady, Thomas Barker, George Collins, Jesse Crume, Humphrey May, James H Brown, William Burnett and Zachariah Terrell, who compose the County Court of Spencer County now sitting Michael Reasor a resident of the State of Kentucky and in the County of Spencer aforesaid aged seventy-two years on the 3rd day of February 1832, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1833. [Sic, June 7th, 1832]

The aforesaid Michael Reasor states that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated. He states that he entered the service under Colonel Kenedy [probably Col. David Kennedy] who lived in Winchester in the State of Virginia that he was attached to Captain Gilkason's [perhaps Capt. Samuel Gilkerson's] Company whose Lieutenant's name was Godlow Herschell being a Dutchman and the name of the Ensign __ Jenkins he acted as Fifer to said Gilkason's Company. He states that he entered the service about the first of May in the year 1777 to the best of his recollection. He states that he quit the service in the early part of the year 1779 the precise time he does not recollect he obtained a discharge at the time he quit the service but has long since lost it, which would have shown the precise time. He states that he entered the service again in the year 1781 sometime in the Month of April. The names of the field Officers are as follows, General Mulenburgh [Peter Muhlenberg], and General De Marcus [Marquis de Lafayette] as was then called but now known by the name of General Lafayette, Major Purecher [?] who was Brigade Major, and Major Helm. The Captain's name was William Frost, Lieutenant's name __ Linsay [perhaps Abraham Lindsay] and Ensign Searburne. And that he left the service sometime in the first of September. He states that he was not in any actual engagements during his two tours of service. He states that he lived in the town of Winchester, Frederick County in the State of Virginia when he entered in the service under Captain Gilkason and Colonel Kenedy who were both residents of the same Town County & State. He states that he lived in the above named Town County & State when he entered the service in 1781 under General Muhlenberg General De Marcus (alias) Lafayette and other officers as above stated. He states that he was a volunteer in both instances in terms of service. That he was in no Battles, actually engaged. He states in the first Tour he marched from Winchester to Frederick Town in the State of Maryland, from thence to Little York in the State of Pennsylvania, from Little York to Lancaster and from thence to Philadelphia at which last named place he was discharged. He states in the second Tour he marched from Winchester to Fredericksburg in Virginia and from thence to Richmond in the same State, from thence to a place called Milton Swamp where he joined the main Army which was commanded by Generals Muhlenberg and De Marcus (alias) Lafayette, from thence he retreated before the Army of Lord Cornwallis to the waters of the Potomac River where we joined General Wayne's [Anthony Wayne] Army, after he joined Wayne's Army which was in the State of Virginia he marched for the purpose of coming in actual engagement with Cornwallis, Cornwallis retreated and we pursued him below Richmond and was there discharged. He states that he has no documentary evidence by which he can positively show his terms of service. He obtained discharges each time he left the service but has lost them many years since.

That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He the said Reasor hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

S/ Michael Reasor

[William Stout & Philip W. Taylor, a clergyman, gave the standard supporting affidavit.] [Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $60 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for service as a private for 18 months in the Virginia militia.]

• http://www.revwarapps.org/s16514.pdf

More about Michael Reasor

As researched by Garland Lee Reasor in 1977

Michael Reasor appeared on the tax list in Shelby County, Kentucky in 1797 with 2 horses, a pregnant wife, and children ages 1-14. He was not listed in 1798 but in 1799 he had 4 horses. In 1800 he owned 100 acres of 3rd class land on Brashears Creek and had no horses with which to tend it. he raised 10 children on this farm.

The year 1803 found him with 8 horses and a son over 16 years of age. (Frederick) In 1805 he owned 301 acres of land on the same creek and had two sons over age 16. (Frederick and Josiah)

Frederick was taxed in 1806 with nothing which means he was 21 years old and Michael had expanded his real estate to 340 acres.

In 1809 Michael was taxed on only 220 acres and Frederick was taxed on the other 120. Apparently MIchael had sold or given his son 120 acres,. Also Michael again had two sons between the ages of 16-21 which should be Josiah and Daniel. Josiah was taxed in 1812 which means he was over 21. He didn't get real estate until 1815 when he got 56 3/4 acres from Michael. All this land was on Brashears Creek.

In 1812 Daniel became 21 and married (18 Sep 1811) and remained living at home with his father, Michael, until at least 1815.

None of the Reasor's owned blacks even though their neighbors did.

Michael was a Revolutionary War veteran and apparently served his time as a private. Should he have been an officer or non-com he could have received a larger grant.

THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE REASOR FAMILY

Progenitors of Sarah Reasor In the year of 1653 three brothers, Wellington, William, and George Reasor left their ancestral home in Bern, Switzerland and traveled to Portsmouth England, where they became passengers on the good ship “John & Thomas” and sailed to America. They arrived safely and landed in Jamestown, Virginia. Each of the three brothers received grants of land in Virginia, upon which they settled and carved a home in the wilderness. Wellington Reasor, whose descendants this history concerns, married and had a son named Virginia. Virginia married and had a son named Michael, who was born in 1735. Michael was of an adventurous nature and served in Dunmore’s war in 1774. Lord Dunmore, born in Scotland in 1732 had come to the colonies and had been named Governor of New York in 1770. In 1771, he was made Governor of Virginia and in 1774, he led a campaign against the Ohio Indians. This campaign is known in history as Dunmore’s War. For his services in this war, Michael Reasor, Sr., received a warrant for fifty acres of land in Virginia. Michael Reasor, Sr. lived at Winchester, Frederick Co., Virginia. From there he moved to Augusta County, thence to Washington County, where he took up 112 acres of land on O’Possum Creek. On April 29, 1777, Michael Reasor, Sr. was appointed Administrator of the Estate of Jon *** in Washington County. He died at the age of 94 in Washington County, Virginia. Only two sons of Michael Reasor Sr. are mentioned, Michael Jr. and Frederick. On February 3rd 1760 Michael Reasor Jr. was born at Winchester, Virginia. On May 1, 1777, Michael Reasor enlisted as a fifer in Captain Gilkason’s Company of Colonel Kennedy’s Virginia Regiment, under General George Washington and marched through Maryland to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In January 1779 he was discharged at Philadelphia. Then Michael Reasor and his brother Frederick had a ship fitted out and sailed for Germany, and obtained a cargo of one half million dollars worth of leather goods for the Revolutionary army. Upon their return voyage a violent storm arose and disabled their ship. The Reasor brothers were rescued by a passing Scotch vessel, and they were landed in Philadelphia, without a dollar. Their ship and its cargo was abandoned to the waves of the ocean. Back on American soil and penniless, Michael Reasor reenlisted in the Revolutionary war under George Washington at Winchester, Virginia, in April, 1781, in Captain William Frost’s Virginia Company. He was present when Cornwallis surrendered his sword to George Washington. For his services in the Revolutionary army, Michael was granted a pension of sixty dollars per year on his application S.16514 dated Sept. 10,1832, which became effective as of March 4, 1831. His pension certificate was numbered 6580. His pension was discontinued on March 4,1843 for the reason that he had acquired land to such an extent, that under the law a pension could no longer be paid. By reason of his services in the Revolutionary war, all of his male descendants are eligible for membership in that patriotic society known as the “Sons of the American Revolution”, and all his female descendants are eligible for membership in the “Daughters of the American Revolution.” On March 12, 1843, Michael Reasor certified to the War Department that he had resided in Spencer County, Kentucky, formerly a part of Shelby County Kentucky, for forty years and that prior thereto he had resided at Winchester, Virginia. Soon after Michael Reasor was discharged from the Army of the Revolution the second time, and on Feb. 27, 1782, at Winchester Virginia, he married Anna Herbert, who was born in New Jersey, Sept. 1, 1760. Her father, Thomas Herbert, was born in Germany in 1730. On June 11, 1843 Michael Reasor died in his home at Little Mount, Spencer County, Kentucky, and he is buried in Little Mount cemetery. Anna Herbert died at Little Mount July 5th, 1847, and is buried beside her husband. They were cared for in their declining years by their son, James Reasor, who lived on the home place with them. After their Marriage, Michael and his wife Anna Herbert, resided at Winchester, Virginia, until 1797, at which time they had seven children. They then immigrated to what is now Spencer County, Kentucky, and settled on land at Little Mount, where they resided until the time of their death.

Sources

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application decendents of Michael Reasor - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000007851100500?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000086964062967&position=0
• SECTION ONE Jesse Leroy Pectol Ancestors Chapter 5 Page 3 - Jesse’s 3rd Generation Ancestors: Pectol, Reasor, Peterson, Hansen : Pedigree Chart of Sarah Kester Reasor - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000007851281311?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000086965408842&position=0
• Michael Reazormentioned in the record of John Galloway and daughter Hannah Reazor - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000000689121574?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000086968010833&position=0
• Michael Reasor and Anna Herbert descendants, and related families of Brown, Pectol, Galloway, Scott, Razor, and McCutcheon, Authors: Herbert, Eunice Ann Cox, 1881- (Main Author) Format: Books/Monographs Language: EnglishPublication: [Burbank, California : Malan Industries, 1969, c1968] Physical: xix, 700 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm.
• Michael Reasor in United States Census of1830, Name: Michael Reasor, Event Type: Census, Event Date: 1830 Event Place: Spencer, Kentucky, United States, Page: 348 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000019083279637?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000086968147028
• Michael Resor in United States Census of 1810 - Name: Michael Resor, Event Type: Census, Date: 1810, Event Place: Shelby, Kentucky, United States, Page: 215 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000019083279637?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000086969093821
• Michael Reasor is listed on the Roster of Revolutionary Ancestors - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000019083279637?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000086968037223