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40. John RUTHERFORD Jr.15 was born in 1730 in Essex Co., VA.15 He died on 13 November 1800 in Lincoln Co., KY.15 John Rutherford was a witness for his father, John Rutherford, Sr., 11 Dec 1752 in Cumberland Co., VA. John was listed as a tithable in 1771 in Botetourt Co., VA. John settled on Cripple Creek in 1772 near Fort Chiswell in Fincastle Co., VA, and the survey of his 118 acres of land was dates 5 Feb 1774. On 11 Dec 1781 he entered 400 acres of land on a branch of Hanging Fork in Lincoln Co., KY, adjoining Hugh Logan. He took the oath of Allegiance in Montgomery Co., VA, 13 Sep 1777, John Rutherford served in the KY Militia from 23 Mar through 23 Apr 1781 in Lt. Benjamin Pettit's Company under the command of Col. John Logan, and ranged the frontier in Lincoln Co., KY.
John RUTHERFORD Jr. and Mary MERRYMAN were married in 1750.16 John was licensed to keep an "ordinary" at the house of John Merryman in 1759. John and Mary moved to Southwest Virginia and settled on Cripple Creek near Fort Chiswell in the 1770's. From Wythe County, the family moved to Lincoln Co., KY and settled near Stanford, Lincoln Co., KY.
Mary MERRYMAN was born in 1735 in Goochland Co., VA.15 She died in 1805 in Lincoln Co., KY. John RUTHERFORD Jr. and Mary MERRYMAN had the following children: |