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- He moved with his mother from Pennsylvania to Rockbridge County, Va., and there
remained a short while. He married Esther Baker of Cab Creek, settlement, in what is now
Charlotte County, Va., in 1741, where he made his home till 1782, when he removed to
Kentucky, where he died about 1800, past 90 years of age. Four children were born to him
and his wife Esther, named in the coming sections:
Section 1. Judge Caleb Wallace, born in 1742, emigrated to Kentucky in 1782. Was
a ruling Elder of the Presbyterian Church and a honored and distinguished lawyer. Was
one of the three first judges of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, at its organization in
1792, and was a subscriber to the proposal for establishing a society to be called "The
Kentucky Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge" Dec. 1, 1787. He was one of the
ablest and most honored Jurists of his times. He married Sarah McDowell. (See Part II,
Chap. 5, Sec. 1-8.) He died in 1814.
Samuel Wallace, born in 1745. He married Rebeka Anderson, who died in 1786. He was
an officer in the Revolutionary Army, and commanded at Fort Young on the Virginia
Frontier, during the French and Indian War. (LtCol)
(Miller) Samuel Wallace, Son of Peter Wallace, Jr., and Martha Woods was an officer in the Revolutionary Army and commanded at Fort George on the Virginia frontier during the French and Indian War.
DAR Patriot Index, Part III, lists I Samuel Wallace I cannot connect:
Samuel Wallace, born 1730 in Ireland, died October 2, 1798 in Pennsylvania, married
Margaret Patton, Captain in Pennsylvania.
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1710 - 1800 (90 years)