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About Richard Lancaster, Jr.
DAR Ancestor #: A068355
He was a member of the Orange Militia in the Revolutionary War.
According to family legend when he married, his wife's father gave her her weight in gold as her dowry.
The legend has come down through the years that the father of Joanah Singleton gave her weight in gold when she married as a dowry. Richard Lancaster was a member of the Orange Militia in the Revolutionary War. His oldest son, Benjamin married Ann Hutcherson, daughter of Wm. Hutcherson, on Dec. 23, 1800 and was in the War of 1812. His daughter, Elizabeth was born in Orange County, Virginia in 1785 and was the 4th child. In the fall of 1837 or 38, she moved with her husband and children to Sumter County, Alabama where she died may years later at the age of 70. She was a member of the Mt. Hebron Baptist church.
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Richard Lancaster, Jr.'s Timeline
| 1745 |
1745
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Orange County, Virginia Colony, British Colonial America
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| 1778 |
July 23, 1778
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VA, United States
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July 16, 1782
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Orange County, Virginia, USA
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| 1787 |
1787
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Orange County, VA, United States
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1795
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Orange, Virginia
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January 4, 1796
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1800
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Virginia, United States
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1803
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Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States
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1805
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Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States
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