Captain
John
Rust
Born in Prince William, Virginia
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 86
in Mason, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Nov 2019
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Biography
Captain John Rust served with 3rd Virginia Regiment (1779), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
John Rust is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A098594.
John Rust was born in 1755 in Prince William County, Virginia Colony.[1] He was a son of John Rust (1719-1776) and his wife Sarah.[2]
John married Sarah Clement per his DAR record. [1] Other sources record her name as Sarah "Sally" Mason.[2] Some of the children of John and Sarah Rust were:[1][2]
- Mason, m. Nancy Kincaid
- Nancy, m. Thomas Hale
- Narcissa (1810-1886), m. Robert Dorsey Stockton
John was living in Fauquier County, Virginia, in 1776, when he volunteered his service as a Private in the Virginia troops in the North. He was in the battles of Harlem Plains and White Plains. On 19 Nov 1776, he was appointed an Ensign in the 10th Virginia Regiment. In the summer of 1777, he was commissioned a Lieutenant under Captain Thomas Blackwell. He was wounded in the Battle of Brandywine, but still able to serve. He was also at Valley Forge. In 1779 he was promoted to Captain in Colonel Thomas Marshall's regiment. He also served as captain in Colonel M____ regiment and as captain of a rifle company during the winter/spring 1781. He served close to the end of the war.[3]
Captain John Rust served in the War of 1812
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He also served in the War of 1812.[4]
John Rust passed away on 24 Jul 1841 in Mason County, Kentucky.[1] He was buried in Rust Cemetery, Maysville Mason County, Kentucky.[5]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 23 Dec 2023), "Record of John Rust", Ancestor # A098594.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rust, Ellsworth Marshall.Rust of Virginia Washington, 1940, pp. 25, 108.
- ↑ Ancestry Record 1995 #51298 U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, John Rust, No. S.15631
- ↑ Ancestry Record 2375 #4280331 U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985 for John Rust
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #140993226 John Rust
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