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  • Name Benjamin Arthur 
    Birth 27 Apr 1737  Lynch Station, Campbell, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1781  , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death 27 Mar 1820  Hillsboro, Highland, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Burial , Highland, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I41648  Master
    Last Modified 18 Oct 2020 

    Father James Ambrose Arthur,   b. Sep 1708, Cullybackey, Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1756, , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Keziah Hargrove,   b. 1720, , Surry, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1756, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage 1728  , Middlesex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9723  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Anne Arthur,   b. 23 Apr 1741, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1777, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage 23 Apr 1765  , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Arthur,   b. 15 Jan 1766, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1773, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 6 years)  [Father: natural]
    +2. Thomas Jefferson Arthur,   b. 11 Apr 1767, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1847, Negreet, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     3. William Arthur,   b. 09 Apr 1768, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1805, , Sevier, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Joshua Arthur,   b. 1769, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Jul 1847, , Sevier, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Dudley Arthur,   b. 1772, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     6. Joseph Arthur,   b. 1 Aug 1773, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 1842, , Campbell, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F9719  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Oct 2020 

    Family 2 Sarah Woodrow Terrell,   b. 10 Jan 1755, St Martins Parish, Louisa, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1802, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Marriage 26 Nov 1781  , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Terrill Arthur,   b. 02 Dec 1782, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1788, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 5 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Pleasant Atha Arthur,   b. 16 Apr 1785, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1845, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Charles Terrell Arthur,   b. 08 Oct 1787, , Campbell, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1860, , Madison, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Nancy Arthur,   b. 26 Jul 1790, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Feb 1879, Huddleston, Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Samuel Terrill Arthur,   b. 28 Sep 1792, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1875 (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]
    +6. Zebulon Baldwin Arthur,   b. 28 Feb 1795, Lynch Station, Campbell, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1875, , Rutherford, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     7. Benjamin Arthur,   b. 28 Feb 1795, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1820, Hillsboro, Highland, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
     8. Christopher Terrill Arthur,   b. 15 Dec 1798, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1885, Highland City, Highland, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]
     9. Sarah Arthur,   b. 1799, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1800, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F9720  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Oct 2020 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Apr 1737 - Lynch Station, Campbell, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Apr 1765 - , Bedford, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1781 - , , Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 26 Nov 1781 - , Bedford, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Mar 1820 - Hillsboro, Highland, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - , Highland, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Ambrose Arthur, Kaziah Hargrove

      Benjamin Arthur (Ambrose, Thomas Barnabus, Henry, Andrew) was born 27 April 1737 in Lynchburg, VA, and died 27 March 1820 in Highland Co., OH. He married Anne Arthur 23 April 1765, daughter of William Arthur and Anne Murray. She was born 23 April 1741 in Campbell, VA, and died 17 October 1777 in Bedford County, VA.

      In Christos Christou and John Barnhouser book, The Descendants of John Arthur of Bedford Co., VA (b. abt. 1707, d: abt 1793) (125 Wiltshire Rd., Baltimore, MD 21221-6935, notes by author, September 1994, pp 2, 4-5, 10-13, states that Benjamin's parents, Ambrose b: abt. 1708 in Ireland -- the fourth (4th) Arthur brother, and his wife Keziah Hargrove, daughter of Augustine Hunnicutt Hargrove and Mary Lane, were killed by Indians and he was raised by his uncle William Arthur (1713) and aunt Ann Murray Arthur (1717). Benjamin would marry William and Ann Murray Arthur's daughter (his cousin) Anne Arthur (1741-1777) on April 23, 1765.

      Joseph Hargrove was bound to Benjamin Arthur on February 14, 1760 in Caroline Co., VA as found in John Frederick Dorman, Caroline County, VA Order Book 1759-1763. Thomas Arthur (1710), Benjamin's uncle, was Joseph Hargrove's guardian, and Joseph bound Joseph to work with Benjamin. Joseph was a minor brother of Benjamin's mother Keziah. Benjamin was raised by his uncle and not his grandparents, Augustine Hargrove and Mary Lane Hargrove even though they lived closer, and there were stories that Old Augustine was not "right in the head."

      More About Benjamin Arthur:
      Additonal Relationship: Anne, Benjamin's wife, was his 1st cousin, daughter of his uncle Wiliam Arthur (1713) and aunt Anne Murray Arthur (1717)
      Bond: 27 September 1792, Appointed Campbell County Inspector of Tobacco at Lynches Warehouse.1

      Event: 12 November 1762, Dismissal of Petition of Benjamin Arthur against Richard Davenport
      Occupation: 1754, Blacksmith
      Property 1: 1775, Purchase of 170 A. West Branches Troublesome Creek, from Matthew Talbot Property 2: 22 May 1775, Purchase of 135 Ac. Flat Creek from William Arthur

      Children of Benjamin Arthur and Anne Arthur are:
      i. Elizabeth Arthur, born 15 January 1766 in Lynchburg, Bedford, Co., VA. She married James Farmer 02 February 1792 in Campbell Co., VA.

      ii. Thomas Jefferson Arthur, born 11 April 1767 in Lynchburg, Bedford, Co., VA.
      iii. William Arthur, born 09 April 1768 in Lynchburg, Bedford, Co., VA; died 1810 in Sevier Co., TN. He married Joanna Arthur 20 August 1787; born Abt. 1772; died Bef. 1810.

      More About William Arthur:
      Immigration: 1788, Tennessee

      iv. Joshua Arthur, born 1769 in Lynchburg, Bedford, Co., VA.

      More About Joshua Arthur:
      Emigration: 1807, Highland Co., OH

      v. Sarah Arthur, born 1771 in Lynchburg, Bedford, Co., VA. She married James Poteet 14 December 1796 in Franklin Co., VA.

      vi. Dudley Arthur, born 1772 in Lynchburg, Bedford, Co., VA.
      + vii. Joseph Arthur, born 01 August 1773 in Lynchburg, Bedford, Co., VA.

      viii. Samuel Arthur, born Abt. 1774 in Bedford County, VA.
    • "The Times-Gazette", Hillsboro, Ohio January 2, 2004
      Revolutionary War Series Continues With Benjamin Arthur
      Highland Guideposts by Jean Wallis

      This week's column continues the series of articles on Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Highland County, whose names appear on the bronze plaque located on the south wall of the courthouse placed there by the Waw-wil-a-way Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution in 1930.

      Benjamin Arthur was born April 27, 1737, in Virginia. In 1781, during the American Revolution, he served as captain of a company of Bedford County, Va. milita. On March 9, 1782, he was commissioned a lieutenant of the Campbell County, Va., militia. The Campbell County militia had been formed from Bedford County in 1782. In 1781, Benjamin married Sarah Terrell in Bedford County. Sarah was born 1755, the daughter of David Terrell and his wife Sarah Johnson. According to DAR records, Benjamin and Sarah were the parents of 12 children. Sarah Arthur died circa 1800, when the youngest child Christopher was two years old.

      Christopher Arthur was born Dec. 15, 1798, in Lynchburg, Campbell County, Va. When he was 11 years old, he came to Highland County in the winter of 1809. He spent the winter in the home of John Walter and attended school. He made his home with his uncles who lived in Fairfield Township. Afterward he lived with his older brother, Pleasant Arthur, and still later was associated with him in business. In 1812, Pleasant and Christopher moved to Hillsboro. Pleasant Arthur was a skilled master carpenter, and from him Christopher learned the trade of carpenter and cabinetmaker. They were the first in the town of Hillsboro to connect the carpenter trade with cabinet-making. The brothers were the principal builders in Hillsboro, at a time when brick and frame were replacing the first log cabins. In 1818, Benjamin Arthur moved from Virginia and joined his sons in Highland County. Benjamin died March 27, 1820, at the home of his son, Pleasant. He was 83 years old and was buried in the High Top Cemetery in Penn Township. On Jan. 25, 1810, Pleasant Arthur married Agnes Timberlake, the daughter of John Timberlake and his wife, Mary (Mollie) Johnson. Agnes, being a Quaker, was "disowned for marrying contrary to discipline" on April 28, 1810. By 1823, records show that Pleasant and Agnes had moved to Hamilton County, but by the year 1826, they had returned. Pleasant Arthur served numerous terms as county commissioner in Highland County. On Oct. 14, 1820, Christopher Arthur married Nancy Roads. Nancy, was born 1802, the daughter of Gustava and Margaret Roads. Christopher and Nancy were the parents of 14 known children; William R., born 1821, married Elizabeth Ann Stuart and they lived in Illinois; James, no information; Samuel, born 1824, married Nancy Jane Stafford; Pleasant, born 1828, married Effa Ann Evans and they lived in Illinois; Margaret, born 1830, married A. W. Evans; Joshua R. born 1832, no information; Mary, born 1835, married R. N. Glenn; Sarah Jane, born 1837, married Joseph A. Hill; Thomas died in infancy; Charles, born 1839, lived in Iowa; Joseph H., born 1841, married Mary M. Evans; John W., born 1843 served in the Civil War and Dudley C., born 1846, married Nancy Ann Evans. On Feb. 13, 1832, the county commissioners - Pleasant Arthur, William Carothers, and Phillip W. Spargur "met pursuant to adjournment and in addition to their routine business, awarded to Jonathan Harvey the contract for building a new courthouse, according to elaborate specifications by them provided." History tells us the architect for the Highland County Courthouse was Christopher Arthur. Harvey undertook the job upon an agreement that he should receive therefor $6,600. John Smith and John Jones were his securities. Harvey died in 1832 and with the work being uncompleted, a second contract was awarded to Christopher Arthur on Feb. 4 with Joshua Woodrow, John Smith and John A. Trimble as securities. The final payment was made to Arthur on April 4, 1835. In 1838, Christopher Arthur was one of the trustees of the Methodist Church in Hillsboro, when they purchased a house and lot on the southeast corner of West Walnut and South West Streets for a church parsonage. Christopher Arthur is credited with the building of the Allen Trimble home on present day Central Avenue and the frame home of William Henry Trimble, which once stood on Beekin Drive and was destroyed by fire many years ago. The Highland House Museum and the William Scott house on West Main Street can also be attributed to Christopher Arthur. But one Highland County Courthouse is the crowning jewel of his work. Sometime during the 1850's Christopher and Nancy retired to their farm north of Hillsboro where they lived the remainder of their lives. Nancy died May 27, 1864, and Christopher followed her on Jan. 12, 1885, at the age of 86 years. They are buried in the Hillsboro Cemetery along with other members of their family.
    • 136. Benjamin Arthur (1737-1820) & 137. Ann Arthur (1741-1777)
      Benjamin Arthur, son of Ambrose and Keziah, was born 27 April 1737 in Campbell County near Lynchburg, Virginia. He died 27 March 1820 in Hillsboro, Highland, Ohio. According to Edwin P. Arthur, “About 1756, on the frontier of a place that became the State of Virginia, a ten year old boy was sent horseback to the mill with a bag of corn to be ground into meal. When he returned, he found his home in flames, his father, mother, all brothers and sisters slowly bleeding to death. They had been scalped by Native Americans in a surprise raid. He was alone in the wilderness with clothes on his back, a horse, and a sack of corn meal. He was taken in by his nearest neighbors, William Arthur and his wife Ann,” his uncle and aunt. Benjamin married first to Ann Arthur, daughter of William Arthur and Ann Calvert, on 23 April 1765 in Bedford County, Virginia. She was born on 23 April 1741 in Bedford County, Virginia, and she died 17 October 1777. Anne was the cousin and first wife of blacksmith, Benjamin Arthur. At her death he was a captain serving in the Revolutionary War. The couple had five children together.

      Benjamin’s second wife was Sarah Terrell, daughter of David Terrell and Sarah Johnson. They married on 26 November 1781 in Bedford County, Virginia. The daughter of David and Sarah Johnson Terrell, Sarah wed widower, Captain Benjamin Arthur in 1781 when she was 25 or 26 and became stepmother to his five children, the eldest but ten years younger than she.
      Children of Benjamin and Ann:
      1. Elizabeth, born 15 January 1766 in Bedford County, Virginia; died about 1773 in Virginia.
      2. Thomas, born 11 April 1767 in Lynchburg, Bedford County, Virginia; died July 1847 in Negreet, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; married Elizabeth Courtney, daughter of John Courtney and Hannah Curtis, about 1795 in South Carolina
      3. William, born 9 April 1768 in Lynchburg, Bedford County, Virginia; died 1810 in Sevier County, Tennessee; married Joanna Arthur
      4. Joseph, born 1 August 1773 in Lynchburg, Bedford County, Virginia; died 5 October 1842 in Campbell County, Virginia
      Children of Benjamin and Sarah:
      5. Terrell, born 2 December 1782 in Lynchburg, Bedford County, Virginia; died 11 June 1788, Bedford County, Virginia
      6. Pleasant, born 16 April 1785 in Bedford County, Virginia; died 11 October 1845, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
      7. Charles, born 8 October 1787 in Lynchburg, Bedford County, Virginia; died 1860 Madison County, Ohio; married Sallie Hall
      8. Nancy, born 26 July 1790 in Lynchburg, Bedford County, Virginia; died 28 February 1879 in Huddleston, Bedford County, Virginia; married Daniel Updike
      9. Samuel Terrel, born 1792, died 1875
      10. Baldwin, born 28 February 1795 in Bedford County, Virginia; died June 1875, Rutherford, Rutherford, Tennessee; married (1) Nancy Bybee on 14 Janauary 1822 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, (2) Sarah Ballews on 4 October 1837 in Campbell County, Virginia
      11. Christopher T., born 15 December 1798 in Lynchburg, Bedford County, Virginia; died 12 January 1885, Liberty Township, Hillsboro, Highland, Ohio; married Nancy Rhodes.

      Christou, Christos and Barnhouser, John. The Descendants of John Arthur of Bedford County, Virginia. Baltimore. 1994.

      Benjamin's parents, Ambrose b: abt. 1708 in Ireland -- the fourth (4th) Arthur brother, and his wife Keziah Hargrove, daughter of Augustine Hargrove and Mary Lane, were killed by Indians and he was raised by his uncle William Arthur (1713) and aunt Ann Murray Arthur (1717). Benjamin would marry William and Ann Murray Arthur's daughter (his cousin) Anne Arthur (1741-1777) on April 23, 1765.

      Joseph Hargrove was bound to Benjamin Arthur on February 14, 1760 in Caroline Co., VA as found in John Frederick Dorman, Caroline County, VA Order Book 1759-1763.

      Thomas Arthur (1710), Benjamin's uncle, was Joseph Hargrove's guardian, and Thomas bound Joseph to work with Benjamin. Joseph was a minor brother of Benjamin's mother Keziah. Benjamin was raised by his uncle and not his grandparents, Augustine Hargrove and Mary Lane Hargrove even though they lived closer, and there were stories that Old Augustine was not "right in the head."

      “Marriage Bonds of Bedford County, Virginia.” U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. VI, 1607-1943.

      1765, 4 (June) 23. Benjamin [Arther] & Anne Arther. William Arthur, Surety.
      1781, 11 (January) 26. Benjamin & Sarah Terrill. Edward Woodham, Surety.

      Campbell, T.E. Colonial Caroline, A History of Caroline County, Virginia. Richmond: The Dietz Press, Inc.

      1754: Benjamin Arthur listed as a blacksmith.

      Dorman, Frederick. Caroline County, Virginia Order Book 1759-1763, Part One 1759-1760. Washington, D.C.: 1982.

      1760, 14 February: Binding of Jos. Hargrave to Benjamin Arthur, 14 Feb 1760, Caroline Co., VA. Note: In 1761 Thomas Arthur was the guardian of Joseph Hartgrove.

      Bedford County Deed Book 5.
      1775: Purchase of 170 acres of land on west branches of Troublesome Creek by
      Benjamin Arthur from Matthew Talbot

      1775, 22 May: Purchase of 135 acres of land on Flat Creek by Benjamin Arthur from Wm. Arthur. (Part of a 400 acre tract to William Arthur on 27 June 1764. Flat Creek is adjacent to Troublesome Creek, both empty into Otter River)

      Campbell County Virginia Deed Book, 2.
      1789, 1 October: Sale of 170 acres of land on the west branch of Troublesome Creek by Ben and Sarah Arthur to Peter Claynell.

      Campbell County Virginia, Deed Book 3.
      1793, 15 May: Sale of two tracts of land totaling 400 acres by Benjamin Arthur to Christopher Clark. (Arthur was indebted to Andrew Donald. One tract of land was conveyed to Arthur by William Arthur and another by patent. The land bounded the land of Ann Arthur, widow and relict of William Arthur dec’d.)

      1794, 4 January: Sale of 300 acres of land on east side of Flatt Creek by Benjamin and Sarah Arthur to John Webber.

      1794, 2 October: Sale of 150 acres of land on east branch of Flatt Creek by Benjamin and Sarah Arthur to John Webber. (Land patented to Arthur on 10 November 1773. Wallis, Jean. Highland Guideposts. Revolutionary War Series Continues with Benjamin Arthur.

      The Times-Gazette. Hillsboro, Ohio. January 2, 2004.
      This week's column continues the series of articles on Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Highland County, whose names appear on the bronze plaque located on the south wall of the courthouse placed there by the Waw-wil-a-way Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution in 1930.

      Benjamin Arthur was born April 27, 1737, in Virginia. In 1781, during the American Revolution, he served as captain of a company of Bedford County, Va. militia. On March 9, 1782, he was commissioned a lieutenant of the Campbell County, Va., militia. The Campbell County militia had been formed from Bedford County in 1782.

      In 1781, Benjamin married Sarah Terrell in Bedford County. Sarah was born 1755, the daughter of David Terrell and his wife Sarah Johnson. According to DAR records, Benjamin and Sarah were the parents of 12 children. Sarah Arthur died circa 1800, when the youngest child Christopher was two years old.
      Christopher Arthur was born Dec. 15, 1798, in Lynchburg, Campbell County, Va. When he was 11 years old, he came to Highland County in the winter of 1809. He spent the winter in the home of John Walter and attended school. He made his home with his uncles who lived in Fairfield Township. Afterward he lived with his older brother, Pleasant Arthur, and still later was associated with him in business. In 1812, Pleasant and Christopher moved to Hillsboro. Pleasant Arthur was a skilled master carpenter, and from him Christopher learned the trade of carpenter and cabinetmaker. They were the first in the town of Hillsboro to connect the carpenter trade with cabinet-making. The brothers were the principal builders in Hillsboro, at a time when brick and frame were replacing the first log cabins. In 1818, Benjamin Arthur moved from Virginia and joined his sons in Highland County. Benjamin died March 27, 1820, at the home of his son, Pleasant. He was 83 years old and was buried in the High Top Cemetery in Penn Township…

      Campbell County was formed from Bedford County in 1782. The following text was found at Stith Family Genealogy, Colonial Era,
      http://www.jscott.tierranet.com/scottfam/stithfam/jpaxsth.htm

      No change was then made from the military system long in use in Virginia as embodied in the code prescribed by George III at the close of the French and Indian War, which provided that in each county there should be a chief military officer known as the county-lieutenant, below him in rank a colonel, lieutenant-colonel and major. A regiment consisted of 500 men or ten companies of 50 men each; company officers being captain, lieutenant, ensign, and several sergeants. The lieutenant and those above him were known as "field officers” and those of lower rank as "subalterns."

      James Callaway who had been county-lieutenant of Bedford, now became a Campbell resident, received this highest office in the new county by commission from Governor Benjamin Harrison. Charles Lynch was appointed Colonel of Militia, John Callaway lieutenant colonel; and William Henderson, Major. Owen Franklin, Thomas McReynolds, William Jordan (son-in-law of Richard Stith, Sr., since Wm. Jordan married Lucy Stith daughter of Richard Stith, John Irvine, Josias Bullock and Thomas Johnson were made captains; with Archelaus Moon, Benjamin Arthur, John Helm Charles Moile Talbot, lieutenants; and Joseph Stith (eldest son of Richard Stith, Sr.), Plummer Thurston,
      Shelldrake Brown, Jr., James Stewart, and Charles Gilliam, ensigns.

      Lineage Book: NSDAR, Volume 111. 1914.
      Benjamin Arthur (1737-1820) commanded a company of militiamen from Bedford
      County, Va., 1781. He was born in Virginia; died in Highland County, Ohio.

      Hinshaw, William Wade. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. I-VI, 1607-1943. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. 1991.
      1765, 4, 23. Benjamin (Arther) & Anne Arther. William Arthur, Surety.

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      Birth Date: 27 Apr 1737
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      Death Date: 27 Mar 1820
      Death Place: Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, United States of America
      Cemetery: Hightop Cemetery
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      Birth Date: 27 Apr 1737
      Birth Place: Lynchburg, Virginia
      Death Date: 27 Mar 1820
      Death Place: Ohio
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      Role: Ancestor
      Application Date: 28 Nov 1959
      Spouse: Sarah Terrell
      Children: Pleasant Arthur
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      Marriage Date on Image: 23 Fourth 1765
      Translated Marriage Date: 23 Apr 1765
      Marriage Place: Bedford
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      Gender: Female
      Age: 47
      Birth Date: 1755
      First Marriage Date: 1781
      Death Date: 1802
      Spouse: Benjamin Arthur
      Child: Samuel Terrell Arthur
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