This is the third of a series of articles by the Committee for the Orange County Veterans Memorial. Remember our goal is to raise funds, so we can build the Orange County Veterans Memorial to honor those sons and daughters of Orange who died while defending our county and our liberties.
Orange’s American Revolutionary War Dead
Listed below is the number of Orange County’s war dead which occurred in the Revolutionary War derived from the Library of Virginia’s Military Dead Database.
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) 13 dead
| Name |
Gender |
Race |
County or City |
Conflict |
Branch of Service |
Date of Death |
|
| Bolling, William |
M |
|
Orange |
RevWar |
Continental Army |
|
|
| Listed Residence |
Company |
Regiment |
Rank |
Cause of Death |
Place of Death |
Source |
|
|
2nd Virginia |
Private |
|
|
i |
| Notes |
| 08/??/1778 |
|
|
| Bush, John |
M |
|
Orange |
RevWar |
Continental Army |
|
|
| Listed Residence |
Company |
Regiment |
Rank |
Cause of Death |
Place of Death |
Source |
|
|
7th Virginia |
|
|
|
i |
| Notes |
| before ??/??/1786? |
|
|
| Chisham, James |
M |
|
Orange |
RevWar |
|
|
|
| Listed Residence |
Company |
Regiment |
Rank |
Cause of Death |
Place of Death |
Source |
|
|
|
|
|
|
i |
| Notes |
| Chisholm?; ??/??/1778 |
|
|
| Daniel, Reuben |
M |
|
Orange |
RevWar |
Militia |
|
|
| Listed Residence |
Company |
Regiment |
Rank |
Cause of Death |
Place of Death |
Source |
|
|
|
Captain |
|
|
q |
| Notes |
| DOD: ??/??/1779; Residence: Middlesex Co; See Scott's History of Orange County, Va. |
|
|
| Miller, John |
M |
|
Orange |
RevWar |
|
|
|
| Listed Residence |
Company |
Regiment |
Rank |
Cause of Death |
Place of Death |
Source |
|
|
|
|
Died of Wounds |
|
i |
| Notes |
| before ??/??/1789? |
|
|
| Morton, William |
M |
|
Orange |
RevWar |
|
|
|
| Listed Residence |
Company |
Regiment |
Rank |
Cause of Death |
Place of Death |
Source |
|
|
|
|
Homicide |
Clarke's Mountain, Virginia |
i |
| Notes |
| an officer; killed while attempting to arrest a deserter; POD: Clark Mountain, Orange Co, Virginia? |
|
|
| Roach, Reuben |
M |
|
Orange |
RevWar |
|
4/15/1779 |
|
| Listed Residence |
Company |
Regiment |
Rank |
Cause of Death |
Place of Death |
Source |
|
Captain Ambrose Madison's |
Guards |
Private |
|
|
i |
| Notes |
|
|
|
| Roebuck, Benjamin |
M |
|
Orange |
RevWar |
|
|
|
| Listed Residence |
Company |
Regiment |
Rank |
Cause of Death |
Place of Death |
Source |
|
|
|
Major |
Died of Wounds |
Battle of Mudlick |
C |
| Notes |
| ??/??/1788 |
|
|
| Rosson, William |
M |
|
Orange |
RevWar |
|
|
|
| Listed Residence |
Company |
Regiment |
Rank |
Cause of Death |
Place of Death |
Source |
|
|
|
|
|
|
i |
| Notes |
| before ??/??/1785? |
|
|
| Taylor, John |
M |
|
Orange |
RevWar |
Virginia Navy |
1/6/1781 |
|
| Listed Residence |
Company |
Regiment |
Rank |
Cause of Death |
Place of Death |
Source |
|
|
|
Lieutenant |
DC |
Prison Ship Jersey New York Harbor, New York |
S |
| Notes |
|
|
|
| Tracey, John |
M |
|
Orange |
RevWar |
|
|
|
| Listed Residence |
Company |
Regiment |
Rank |
Cause of Death |
Place of Death |
Source |
|
|
|
|
|
|
i |
| Notes |
| same as John Tracey of 10th Virginia Regiment?; before ??/??/1784? |
|
|
| Watts, Robert |
M |
|
Orange |
RevWar |
|
|
|
| Listed Residence |
Company |
Regiment |
Rank |
Cause of Death |
Place of Death |
Source |
|
|
|
|
|
|
i |
| Notes |
| before ??/??/1785? |
|
|
| White, Ambrose |
M |
|
Orange |
RevWar |
|
|
|
| Listed Residence |
Company |
Regiment |
Rank |
Cause of Death |
Place of Death |
Source |
|
|
Guards |
|
|
|
i |
| Notes |
| before ??/??/1785? |
|
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