DAR 24 Wade, Hezekiah b: 4-13-1754? d: 11-23-1834? m. Rebecca Joseph Pvt Spy VA W* (Widow Pensioned)
10258Vol 3 Pg 2813 101_0244 Wade, Hezekiah b: 4-13-1754 MD d: 11-23-1834 VA Marr1: Rebecca Joseph, Pvt Spy VA PNSP WPNS HPNS
West Virginians in the Revolution:
77236Wade, Hezekiah; Service - PA & VA; VA No. 23034; No. W 6387; b: 6 Apr 1754 Frederick CoMD s/o Joseph Wade; d: 23 Nov 1834 Tyler Co VA. Enlisted as an Indian Spy in Apr 1776 & served in PA & VA militia. Among officers mentioned by him in application papers are Colonel McClain of Uniontown, Williamson of Boston, Zane of Wheeling, Brodhead of Fort Pitt, and Captains Davy, Lucas, Minor, Cochran, Williamson, Mason and J. Ramsey.
In 1778, Joseph Wade, his father, Jacob Stradler, Michael Kiddingler, James Piles, John McDaniels and others to a total of 18 were killed by Indians near Fort Stradler or Statler. Soldier was married in Tyler Co, VA 15 Jun 1785 to Rebecca Joseph, who was b: 11 Oct 1770. Proof of marriage is by family record and Mrs. Temperance Cochran and Mrs. Bolton, dau of James Hamilin, and Nathan Joseph, aged seven, present at the marriage at his father’s home. The children were: William Joseph, George Hezekiah, Joseph, John Joseph, (one son had died); Ruth Wade Young. Both soldier and his widow received pension. Supporting data was filed by Pete Bartrug, Jacob Bowman and Nathan Joseph.
VA Militia in the Revolutionary War
2038Part IV Virginia’s Share in the Military Movements of the Revolution: Pg 260 Hezekiah Wade, I. S., Tyler County, WV, 80
Final Payment Voucher
10798Wade, Hezekiah; Agency Payment: Wheeling, VA; Date of Act: 1832; Date of Payment: (act 6 Apr) 20 Sep 1838; Date of Death: 23 Nov 1834
Wade, Rebecca (Hezekiah); Agency Payment: Richmond VA; Date of Act: 1844, 1838, 1843; Date of Payment: 1st Qr 1852 Date of Death: 26 (crossed out) 22 Aug 1846