Orange’s American Revolution War Dead

Listed below is the number of Orange County’s war dead which occurred in the War of 1812, derived from the Library of Virginia’s Military Dead Database.

War of 1812   (1812 –1815)                    5 dead

Name Gender Race County or City Conflict Branch of Service Date of Death
Faulconer, Thomas Morrison M Orange 1812 Militia 3/8/1815


Bolling, William M Orange RevWar Continental Army details

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 details

Listed Residence Company Regiment Rank Cause of Death Place of Death Source
7th Virginia i
Notes
before ??/??/1786?

Chisham, James M Orange RevWar details

Listed Residence Company Regiment Rank Cause of Death Place of Death Source
i
Notes
Chisholm?; ??/??/1778

Daniel, Reuben M Orange RevWar Militia details

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 details

Listed Residence Company Regiment Rank Cause of Death Place of Death Source
Died of Wounds i
Notes
before ??/??/1789?

Morton, William M Orange RevWar details

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 details

Listed Residence Company Regiment Rank Cause of Death Place of Death Source
Captain Ambrose Madison's Guards Private

Roebuck, Benjamin M Orange RevWar details

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 details

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 details

Listed Residence Company Regiment Rank Cause of Death Place of Death Source
Lieutenant DC Prison Ship Jersey New York Harbor, New York S

Tracey, John M Orange RevWar details

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 details

Listed Residence Company Regiment Rank Cause of Death Place of Death Source
i
Notes
before ??/??/1785?


White, Ambrose M Orange RevWar details

Listed Residence Company Regiment Rank Cause of Death Place of Death Source
Guards i
Notes
before ??/??/1785?

What Source codes mean:
C. Moss, Bobby Gilmer. The Patriots at Kings Mountain. Blacksburg, SC: Scotia–Hibernia, 1990.
MAIN E241 K5 M67 1990
S. Stewart, Robert Armistead. The History of Virginia’s Navy of the Revolution. Baltimore, MD:
Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993. Ref E263 V8 S95 1993
i. Scott, William Wallace. A History of Orange County, Virginia: From Its Formation in 1734
(O.S.) to the End of Reconstruction in 1870. Berryville, VA: Chesapeake Book Co., 1962.
MAIN F232 O6 S4 1962


Orange’s American Revolutionary War Dead
Name Gender Race County or City Conflict Branch of Service Date of Death
Bolling, William M Orange RevWar Continental Army details

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 details

Listed Residence Company Regiment Rank Cause of Death Place of Death Source
7th Virginia i
Notes
before ??/??/1786?


Chisham, James M Orange RevWar details

Listed Residence Company Regiment Rank Cause of Death Place of Death Source
i
Notes
Chisholm?; ??/??/1778


Daniel, Reuben M Orange RevWar Militia details

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 details

Listed Residence Company Regiment Rank Cause of Death Place of Death Source
Died of Wounds i
Notes
before ??/??/1789?


Morton, William M Orange RevWar details

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 details

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 details

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 details

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 details

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 details

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 details

Listed Residence Company Regiment Rank Cause of Death Place of Death Source
i
Notes
before ??/??/1785?


White, Ambrose M Orange RevWar details

Listed Residence Company Regiment Rank Cause of Death Place of Death Source
Guards i
Notes
before ??/??/1785?

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