DAR 24 Wade, Richard b: 10-30-1752? d: 2-7-1844? m. Judith Hancock Pvt VA * (Soldier is pensioned)
10258Vol 3 Pg 2813 101_0244 Wade, Richard b: 10-26-1752 VA d: 2-7-1844 KY Marr1: Judith Handcock; Pvt VA PNSR
Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor’s Index) in the Lineage Books of the National Society of the DAR Vol IV
30128 (Him?)
Wade, Richard: Vol 133, pg 303; Vol 134, pg 163; Vol 135, pg 25
US Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
9986 (Him?)
Richard Wade, Private, Roll Box 103, Roll State: VA
Richd Wade, Private, Roll Box 111, Roll State: VA
Rev War Pension & Bounty Land Warrant Application Files
3000Pg 28 Richard Wade, S 3443, b: 26 Oct 1752 Goochland Co VA
He enlisted Mar 1777 place not stated and served a tour of duty to Williamsburg with the VA troops under Capt William Johnson, length of this enlistment not given. In Jul 1777 he went up into Bedford and there enlisted in Capt Charles Watkins’ VA company for the purpose of guarding the frontier; he marched to Boonesborough, arriving 12 Oct 1777 and from there was ordered to go with Daniel Boone to Blue Lick on Licking River to make salt for the Garrison and on 8 Feb 1778 he was taken prisoner there by Indians, carried to Detroit and sold to the British; he escaped and started home but was recaptured by the Indians, placed in irons and board a ship and sent to Montreal where he again made his escape and a few weeks before Christmas in 1781 he returned to Boonsborough. He afterwards served at various times on scouting parties with the VA troops under Capts Thompson and Charles Kavanaugh, length of this service not given.
Pg 29 He was allowed pension on his application executed 12 Jul 1833 at which time he was referred to as Richard Wade, Sr, and was living in Cumberland Co KY. He state his age was recorded in his grandfather’s (name not given) Bible by Mr. Douglass, the parson at Dover Church, who also christened him (the soldier) and married him & christened two of his children (names not given). In 1833 the soldier lived alternately with a grandson in Wayne Co KY and a son-in-law in Cumberland County KY (their names not stated).