Blog Some Genealogy

The Wagener Family Memorial at Pohick Church, Virginia, including Revolutionary War patriot, Peter Wagener (1744-1798). “The remains from 29 graves were brought here from the Wagener family cemetery at Stisted, their plantation on the Occoquan River near Colchester. The Second Peter Wagener (1717-1774, Clerk of the Fairfax County Court (1752-1772), served as a Vestryman and Church Warden of Truro Parish.”

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Laurel Hill circa 1766, as it appears in 2006

The Lindsay family home, Laurel Hill, circa 1766, stands about 100 yards southeast of the Lindsay Family Cemetery in Lorton, Virginia near the old Washington DC prison.

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Pohick Churchyard, Lorton, Virginia (PDF Explanation)

George West, lieutenant-colonel, was recorded amongst the militia officers appointed by the county Court for Loudoun County, Virginia, to serve from March, 1778, to December, 1782.

The remains of John West, son of the Hugh West who died in 1754, may be included here. He was bequeathed from his father “all that property on which I now live.” John West, who passed away in 1776, continued his father’s tradition of public service, and during the American Revolution he was a member of the Fairfax Committee of Safety.

DAR Ancestor # A123173
WEST, JOHN SR
Birth Date: CIRCA 1726
Birth County/Parish: PRINCE WILLIAM CO
Birth State/Country: VIRGINIA
Death Date: ANTE 18 Feb 1777
Death County/Parish: FAIRFAX CO
Death State/Country: VIRGINIA
Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Service State/Organization: VIRGINIA
Spouse(s): CATHERINE COLVILLE