Revolutionary Soldier Arrington Wickliffe 1750-1820 - Frankfort, KY, USA
N 38° 11.538 W 084° 51.902
16S E 686963 N 4229305
Marker is in Frankfort, Kentucky Frankfort Cemetery Section N DAR Lot. The is an official Revolutionary War Soldier/Patriot DAR marker attached to the headstone. The DAR insignia is in the top center of the marker.
Waymark Code: WM1844E
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2023
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"To his Excellency the Governor and Members of the Privy Council in the State of Virginia
The Petition of Dorcas Kincheloe, formerly Dorcas Wickliff, Widow and Relict of Cornelius
Kincheloe dec’d, that she is the full sister of Arronton Wickliff, Moses Wickliff and Benjamin Wickliff,
her three Brothers, who enlisted in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War,
sometime in the Summer of 1776, in the County of Prince William, in a Company Company commanded
by Capt. Jesse Davis [W8652], and marching from the Town of Dumfries in said County, joined a
Regiment at Baltimore, and proceeding on to the North, were in the Battles of Brandywine [11 Sep 1777],
German Town [Germantown, 4 Oct 1777] and Monmouth [28 Jun 1778], and served the full Term of
three years, when in the Summer of 1779, they were discharged."
~ Virginia documents pertaining to Arenton Wickliff, Benjamin Wickliff and Moses Wickliff VAS4983
Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris.
[From bounty-land records in the Library of Virginia.] ~
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Originally buried at Evergreen Cemetery
Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, USA
Inscription at Evergreen Cemetery:
Arrington Wickliffe
1750 1820
A Revolutionary War Soldier
8th and 11th VA. Reg.
Valley Forge-Monmouth
Brandywine