George Dabney 

Full name : George Dabney
Alternate spellings, aliases : Geo.

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Father : Cornelius Dabney
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Notes : He is named executor of his father’s will, dated 23 May 1792.

Date of Birth : 15 September 1760
Place of Birth : Hanover County, Virginia
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Spouse : Elizabeth Echols
Date of Marriage : 10 January 1793
Place of Marriage : Bedford County, Virginia
Died : >1844
Notes : Service by John Ayers, a Preacher of the Gospel. Consent for license by Jacob & Betsey Echols, dated 6 January 1793; bond issued 7 January. Elizabeth born 2 September 1774 in Bedford County, Virginia

Date of Death : 14 May 1843
Place of Death, and or Burial : Clinton County, Kentucky
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Occupation : farmer

Military Service : Patriot of the Revolution – In Revolutionary Service pension file W3007VA, his service has been summarized : He entered the service in August 1778 as a Volunteer substitute for his father, Cornelius Dabney, who had been drafted as a militiaman in Bedford County, Virginia under Captain Samuel Campbell. He marched to Jarrett’s Fort in Greenbriar, Virginia where he remained in service sometime at the Jarrett’s Fort and sometime at Benhive’s Fort, being about nine miles apart. The Indians, whom he had been sent to defend against, were generally dispersed during his service of three months. At the end of this time, he was honorably discharged and returned home.

At home, he was enrolled as a militiaman, thrown into classes of number and in due time was enlisted in Captain John Trigg’s Company. The Company marched to Petersburg, Virginia, then to Cabin Point, where he was put under Colonel Merriwether and joined General Muhlenberg’s army. This force was marched to Dismal Swamp and was engaged there in a skirmish with the British. His company marched to a place called Gregory’s Camps, and then a place called Tan Yards, where he was honorably discharged about the middle of April 1780, his service in this term being about three months. He returned home to Bedford County, Virginia, and was again called up sometime in the autumn of 1780.

He served again two more three month terms under Captain Trigg, totaling twelve months aggregated service.

For a period of about ten years after the Revolution, he was Captain of a Company of militia in Bedford County, Virginia.

Property, residences, etc :

[click here for a description of the Dabney land holdings in Kentucky]

He lived in Hanover County, Virginia until he was about twelve years old, then moved to Bedford County. He lived in Bedford County during the revolution and until about 1804 or 1805, when he moved to Montgomery County, Virginia and lived there for seven years. He then moved to Wayne County, Kentucky sometime around 1812.

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Son : Robert A.
Date of Birth : 1804
Place of Birth : Bedford or Montgomery County, Virginia
Married : Nancy Hancock
Died : <1900
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Sources, bibliography : 

Pension File of Revolutionary Soldier George Dabney, Pension Number : W-3007 Virginia; …in Burns, Annie Walker (compiler). Record of Abstracts of Pension Papers Concerning Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Indian Wars who Settled in Wayne County, Kentucky (County Seat, Monticello, KY). Washington, DC. 1936. pp. 23 – 26