Rev. Jesse Vawter

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Elder Jesse Vawter

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia
Death: March 20, 1838 (82)
Wirt, Jefferson, Indiana, United States
Place of Burial: Wirt Baptist Cemetery Wirt Jefferson County Indiana
Immediate Family:

Son of Pvt. David Vawter and Mary Vawter
Husband of Elizabeth Vawter
Father of John M. Vawter; William Vawter; James Vawter; Frances Branham; Mary Polly Vawter and 4 others
Brother of Winifred Dehoney; Lt. William H. Vawter; Philemon Vawter; Margaret Stapp; Mary Polly Gatewood and 1 other

Managed by: Paul Harvey Anderson
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About Rev. Jesse Vawter

A Patriot of the American Revolution for Virginia with the rank of Private. DAR Ancestor # A118384

Jesse was the son of David Vawter and Mary Offill. He married Elizabeth Watts on Mar. 29, 1781 in Culpeper Co., Virginia. They were some of the early settlers of the Jefferson Co. area of Indiana. Jesse was a veteran of the Revolutionary War and his grave has been registered by the DAR. He was also a Deacon of the Baptist Church and well respected by all. His grave marker reads: He lived in the State of Indiana for 32 years. He left surviving him 4 sons & 4 daughters, 71 grand & 54 great grandchildren.


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Rev. Jesse Vawter's Timeline

1755
December 1, 1755
Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia
1782
January 8, 1782
Madison County, Virginia, United States
1783
April 2, 1783
Sullivan County Tennessee
April 2, 1783
Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States
1785
February 26, 1785
North Carolina, United States
1787
May 17, 1787
(now Sullivan County, Tennessee), North Carolina, United States
1789
June 1, 1789
Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
1791
November 20, 1791
1794
February 21, 1794
Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana, United States