Re: Matthäus Bender b: 1677 in Germany
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Matthu00e4us Bender b: 1677 in Germany
Ray Justus 7/03/98
3 Johann Adam Bender-Painter b: 1734 in Trappe, Montgomery, Pennsylvania d: 1773 in Shenandoah County, Virginia
As far as i can tell, this is the same Adam Painter who died in 1835 in Tennessee; see the info below for details.
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"A HISTORY OF THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA" by Kercheval, 1850:
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"In the year 1758, a party of about fifty Indians and four Frenchmen
penetrated into the neighborhood of Mill Creek, now in the county of
Shenandoah, about 9 miles south of Woodstock.This was a pretty
thickly settled neighborhood; and among other houses, George Painter
had erected a large log one, with a good sized cellar.On the alarm
being given, the neighboring people took refuge in this house.Late
in the afternoon they were attacked.Mr. Painter, attempting to flee,
had three balls shot through his body, and fell dead, when the others
surrendered.The Indians dragged the dead body back to the house,
threw it in, plundered the house of what they chose, and then set fire
to it.While the house was in flames, consuming the body of Mr.
Painter’s, they forced from the arms of their mothers four infant
children, hung them up in trees, shot them in savage sport, and left
them hanging.They then set fire to a stable in which were enclosed a
parcel of sheep and calves, thus cruelly and wantonly torturing to
death the inoffensive dumb animals.After these atrocities, they
moved off with forty-eight prisoners; among whom were Mrs. Painter,
five of her daughters, and one of her sons; ..."
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"In the year 1758, a party of about fifty Indians and four Frenchmen
penetrated into the neighborhood of Mill Creek, now in the county of
Shenandoah, about 9 miles south of Woodstock.This was a pretty
thickly settled neighborhood; and among other houses, George Painter
had erected a large log one, with a good sized cellar.On the alarm
being given, the neighboring people took refuge in this house.Late
in the afternoon they were attacked.Mr. Painter, attempting to flee,
had three balls shot through his body, and fell dead, when the others
surrendered.The Indians dragged the dead body back to the house,
threw it in, plundered the house of what they chose, and then set fire
to it.While the house was in flames, consuming the body of Mr.
Painter’s, they forced from the arms of their mothers four infant
children, hung them up in trees, shot them in savage sport, and left
them hanging.They then set fire to a stable in which were enclosed a
parcel of sheep and calves, thus cruelly and wantonly torturing to
death the inoffensive dumb animals.After these atrocities, they
moved off with forty-eight prisoners; among whom were Mrs. Painter,
five of her daughters, and one of her sons; ..."
"Two of Painter’s sons and a young man, by the name of Jacob Myers,
escaped being captured by concealment."
escaped being captured by concealment."
"A History of Shenandoah County Virginia" by John Wayland, 1927:
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"The Painters were from the Palatinate. John Painter (Bender)
purchased land on the Shenandoah, 1742, and was the ancestor of the
Painters of Pulaski county, Va.
"A History of Shenandoah County Virginia" by John Wayland, 1927:
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"The Painters were from the Palatinate. John Painter (Bender)
purchased land on the Shenandoah, 1742, and was the ancestor of the
Painters of Pulaski county, Va.
John and George Painter settled at Painterstown, southwest of
Woodstock, about 1742. George ws killed by Indians, 1758, as stated by
Kercheval. He left three sons: Adam, "Big" George, "Big" Phillip."
Woodstock, about 1742. George ws killed by Indians, 1758, as stated by
Kercheval. He left three sons: Adam, "Big" George, "Big" Phillip."
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..."John Painter bought in the same neighborhood 470 acres, "San Ponds,"
1763. Although there is no water there now, there was once a pond on
this tract frequented by waterfowl. John Painter left five sons:
Matthias, Jacob, John, "Little" Philip, "Little" George.
1763. Although there is no water there now, there was once a pond on
this tract frequented by waterfowl. John Painter left five sons:
Matthias, Jacob, John, "Little" Philip, "Little" George.
Revolutionary War Pension Application (S-1923) of Adam Painter (d.
1835), dated 31 Dec 1832:
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"He states that he was born in Shenandoah County Viriginia in about
the year 1735 or 1736 from the best information he can collect. That
he has no record of his age it having been destroyed in his fathers
house in Virginia which was burned by the Shawnee Indians and at which
time this applicant father was killed by said Indians and he taken
prisoner and kept by said Indians two years."
Revolutionary War Pension Application (S-1923) of Adam Painter (d.
1835), dated 31 Dec 1832:
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"He states that he was born in Shenandoah County Viriginia in about
the year 1735 or 1736 from the best information he can collect. That
he has no record of his age it having been destroyed in his fathers
house in Virginia which was burned by the Shawnee Indians and at which
time this applicant father was killed by said Indians and he taken
prisoner and kept by said Indians two years."
He is listed as 98 years of age in a declaration made 7 June 1832.
Pension files show a death date of 25 June 1835.
Pension files show a death date of 25 June 1835.
Adam died intestate; in the final accounting of his estate, 24 Oct
1837, listed in Washington Co., TN record book 00, pages 277-278, his
heirs were:
Jesse, Samuel, Phillip, David, Adam, Aaron and William Painter;
Sally Gann, wife of John Gann; Polly Bowman, wife of Aaron Bowman.
Adam died intestate; in the final accounting of his estate, 24 Oct
1837, listed in Washington Co., TN record book 00, pages 277-278, his
heirs were:
Jesse, Samuel, Phillip, David, Adam, Aaron and William Painter;
Sally Gann, wife of John Gann; Polly Bowman, wife of Aaron Bowman.Sarah "Sally" Painter Gann was my g-g-g-g-grandmother.
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