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- John Singleton, presumably a son of Robert Singleton who removed from VA to Sumter, SC, asks by name after the sons of Daniel Singleton of Orange Co., VA, in a letter concerning his Revolutionary service and that of Daniel's sons, who removed to Kentucky:
Bureau of Pensions 2 Feb. 1928 to H. L. Singleton, 531 Broyles St., SE, Atlanta. The name John Singleton appears twice in the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau. One John Singleton (R9613) of Gloucester Co. later Matthews County, Virginia served in the Virginia troops married Ann Armistead and died in 1826 leaving her a widow and in 1838 she was living in Matthews. The other John Singleton (W9652) was of Sumter District, SC served in the troops of that state married Elizabeth [blank] and died June 1824 in Letter 1824 requesting information on brothers Edmund and Manoah Singleton sons of David Singleton of Orange. Both brothers were recorded as Va. soldiers in Va. Library report of 1911 or 1912. They went from Va. to Kentucky and as residents of Kentucky filed suit in 1806 to recover land in Virginia willed them by their father Daniel Singleton. (From Mrs. Edwin T. Jones, Dallas, Texas).
From: Carolyn A Kolzow
To: "'gtrl@@esper.com'"
Subject: Re: Bryan Station
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 17:46:50 -0800
Hi Tom,
From:
Bryan Station Heroes and Heroines by Virginia Webb Howard
Regent of Bryan Station Chapter, DAR; Lexington, KY 1928-1930
SARAH (SALLY) CRAIG SINGLETON.
Daughter of Toliver (Sr.) and Mary Hawkins Craig
Numerous references show SALLY CRAIG to have been at Bryan Station at the time of the siege. her name appears in many records and is on the Memorial Wall as "Sally Craig." It would seem in the absence of lists and records of those in the station she had been called, and spoken of as "Toliver's daughter Sally" to distinguish her from other Sally Craigs who lived there at the same time.
MANOAH SINGLETON
p. 90
War records prove Manoah Singleton in active service in the defense of Bryan Station in the year 1780, other orcords show that he and his family moved from Bryan Station in 1783 to their home near Keene, now Jessamine Co. From a close study of all these records it would appear that this famly came to Bryan Station along with the rest of the Craig families and made their home there during the years 1780-1783. No record has been found of them at any other place.
......Sarah(Sally) Craig Singleton is buried, with her husband, Manoah Singleton, on the Singleton (now Davis) farm, near Keene, in Jessamine Co. KY.
I am going to put in here a write-up that was sent to me by a Craig descendant about Bryan Station.
POLLY HAWKINS CRAIG
The period between the close of the Revolutionary War in 1781 and the War of 1812 was a very trying time for the pioneers. Great Britain watched them thread their way through the Cumberland Gap, build their forts and homes, then waged war against them with the objective of extermination. Again and again England sent British officers flying the British flag, demanding surrender in the name of King George the Third. Canadian Rangers and the painted savages continued to wage the War of the Revolution on much of the border area.
Bryan Station, about five miles northeast of Lexington, Kentucky had been settled by four brothers and their families in 1779. By 178l-82 this small fort had a stockade of some forty cabins built in a parallelogram 150 by 600 feet. Though well constructed, it was on a high hill that made it vulnerable to the savages who could see the place from miles around--and it had no spring within its walls. Water was a necessity, especially in case of a siege.
On August 16, 1782, when those inside the safety of the enclosure saw hostile Indian spies near, particularly in the woods and bushes surrounding the spring, the settlers sensed that the situation was serious and that it was imperative to prepare at once for a siege. They did not, however, know that Captain William Caldwell had a force of three hundred Indians poised for attack. Two of the bravest men in the small fort mounted their horses and rushed toward Fort Lexington for aid.
Now as never before these stalwart settlers realized that obtaining water from the nearby spring was vital to their survival and they knew that the Indians were aware of this too. Oh, how they wished they could get water without the danger entailed in going for it! How they overcame this adversity is one of
the most courageous episodes in American history.
Fetching water was always women's work-- a fact that the Indians knew. If men went for the water, the spies would suspect that they had been discovered. The attack might begin at once before aid could reach the garrison. The situation was explained to the women--and the decision was theirs alone.
Business as usual! One by one the women volunteered--and one by one they left the fort with their children, as usual, carrying large buckets for the precious water. Appearing unconcerned, they filled their buckets and withheld their fright until they had returned to the enclosure. Their awful experience lasted only a few minutes but in that time the women saw, and recognized, near the spring two men who were not Indians but who were dressed as Indians--men despised and feared far more than many red men. These were two English brothers, Simon and James Girty, whose father had been killed by Indians. Simon Girty had grown up among the Indians, a "white renegade" whose knowledge of English had made him a power among the Indians and their schemes to torture the Americans. He tried another of his tricks later that day at Bryan Station, but soldiers from Lexington arrived in time to repulse the attack and the fort was saved, with few casualties.
DAR recognizes the entire group of women at Bryan Station as Patriots, Defenders of Bryan Station. Among them was Polly Hawkins Craig, who was a seventy year old grandmother at the time.
(Prepared for part of a talk "Women of the Revolution" at DAR meeting on 15 Mar. 1976 of Del. Co.,PA Chapter) Sent to Carolyn Kolzow by Buena M. Mathews, DAR NTL # 497565, descendant of Rev. Joseph Craig and Polly Hawkins Craig. This Singleton fit into yours?
Carolyn
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