Hampton
Wade
My 5th Great Grandfather – David Arthur
Also the Third Cousin of Wade Hampton, Lieutenant Colonel
in the American Revolution and Congressman from SC. http://www.edavidarthur.net/WadeHampton.htm
Hampton Wade - Born Abt. 1726, and died 1763 in Halifax
County, VA.
He married Jane Ellis September 19, 1750 in Amelia
County, VA, daughter of John Ellis and Lucy Mays. She was born Abt. 1730, and
died November 4, 1785 in Halifax County, VA.
The first meeting of the justices for the newly formed
Halifax County, VA was made at the home of Hampton Wade on 19 May 1752. At this
meeting Andrew Wade was appointed, with Henry Irby, to "take a list of tithables from the point of Fork of Dan and Staunton Rivers
up to Buffalo upon Staunton." Before Halifax County was erected in 1752
from Lunenburg County, Robert Wade Sr. and his sons, Stephen and Robert Jr.
were on a list of tithes in Lunenburg County in 1748, taken by Hugh Lawson for
the area between Hounds Creek and Meherrin River:
(Sunlight on the Southside: List of Tithes, Lunenburg County, Virginia,
1748-1783, Landon C. Bell, 1931, Reprinted Baltimore, 1974)
Stephen Wade,
Robert Wade Jr., Robert Wade Sr. - 7 tithes
On 10 June 1749 Lydell Bacon prepared a list that included:
Stephen Wade, Silvak Walker - 5 tithes; 15 cows
heads
Edward Davis,
Robert Wade - 6 tithes
The Lunenburg
tithe list taken by Bacon in 1750 included:
William Stone,
Robert Wade Jr., Robert Wade Sr. - 8 tithes
Robert Wade does
not appear on Lunenburg tithe lists subsequent to 1750, but Stephen was counted
in 1752 by Cargill:
Saml Harris, Stephen Wade, Charles Harris, Daniel York - 6
tithes
Several websites attribute Revolutionary War Service to
Hampton Wade 1726 – 1763, but having died in 1763 this is not possible. It is
probable that this confusion is because he has a nephew with the same name.
His nephew Hampton Wade (son of Robert Wade, Jr.) was a
Sergeant in the Revolutionary War.
http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/muster.asp?id=VA02497
Sergeant Hampton Wade Non-Commissioned Officer
State: Virginia
Ethnicity:
Division: 5th
Brigade: Weedon's
Regiment: 14th Virginia
Company: Capt Thomas Thweatt
DEC 1777
JAN 1778
FEB 1778 Enlisted
MAR 1778
APR 1778 On Roll Without Comment
MAY 1778 On Roll Without Comment
JUN 1778 On Roll Without Comment
Certificate
Available for Purchase
Notes:
Date of enlistment 18 February 1778.
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14th Virginia Regiment
Stirling’s
Division | Weedon’s Brigade | 14th Virginia Regiment
Organized February 1777 from Halifax, Pittsylvania,
Hanover, Bedford, Albemarle, Fincastle, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Goochland,
Louisa, Charlotte and Lunenburg Counties.
Entered Valley Forge with 288 men assigned and 118 fit
for duty.
Left Valley Forge with 408 men assigned and 225 fit for
duty.
Previous Engagements: Northern New Jersey, Defense of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth
David Arthur - http://www.edavidarthur.net/
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