Amaziah Vardaman (abt. 1762)

Born about 1762 in Falling River, Campbell County, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Wright) Vardeman — married 1791 in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States

Died [date unknown] in Concordia, Louisiana [uncertain]

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Biography

Amaziah Vardeman was born circa 1762 at Falling River, Campbell County, Virginia Colony. His parents were John Vardeman and Elizabeth Morgan. He had a number of siblings, all of the men were valiant patriots.

Amaziah Vardiaman served in the French & Indian Wars and was a soldier in the campaign of Gen George Rogers Clark in the Autumn of 1782 and in the campaign at Vincennes, Indiana. Amaziah & brother Morgan Vardaman were on scouting parties under Col. William Whitley in 1794^[1] The Vardeman families were located in Kentucky as was William Whitley after the war.

Revolutionary War:

Amaziah Vardiman

United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783

Name: Amaziah Vardiman

Event Type: Military Service

United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783

Page 792

Source Reference John Hastings Gwathmey. Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines,1775-1783

Richmond [Virginia] : Dietz Press, 1938

Digital Folder Number 101711079

Image Number 00806^[2]

Amaziah Vardiman served in the American Revolution from Lincoln County, Virginia, and from Kentucky County, Virginia, where he was a Private in Captain John Martin’s Company ordered from Lincoln County under the command of Col. Stephen Trigg. 1781. ^[3]

From 1 March 15 to April 15, 1782, Amaziah Vardemin, served in the American Revolution from Lincoln County Virginia, and from Kentucky County, Virginia, where he was a Private in Captain Robert Barnet’s Company of Militias drawn into actual service to the Falls of the Ohio, (Louisville, KY) under the command of Col. John Logan.^[4]

From 10 August to 10 September, 1782 Amaziah Verdeman served in the American Revolution from Lincoln County, Virginia, and from Kentucky County, Virginia, where he was a Private in Captain John Wood’s Company of Militia stationed at Estills Station under the command of Col. Benjamin Logan. 1782.^[5]

From 22 October to 24 November, 1782 Amaziah Verdeman served in the American Revolution from Lincoln County, Virginia, and from Kentucky County, Virginia, where he was a Private in Captain John Boyle’s Company of Lincoln County Militia in actual Service on an Expedition against the Shawney. Commanded by George Rogers Clark Brigadier Genl, 1782.^[6]

Amaziah Vardiman was witness to his sister's wedding on the Marriage Bond dated 17 April 1787 for Tabitha Vardeman to Rane McKinney, also witnessed by her father and mother, John Vardeman and Elizabeth Vardeman), Teste Thomas Allen. Parental Consent Certificate for Tabitha Vardeman was signed by her parents. Lincoln Co., KY^[7]

Amaziah Vardeman served during the War of 1812:

Name: Ammeziah Verdaman

Event Type: Military Service

Event Date: 1812-1815

Event Place: United States

Affiliate Publication Number: M602

Affiliate Publication Title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer :Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812.

Affiliate Film Number: 216

GS Film Number: 000882734

Digital Folder Number: 004869899

Image Number: 00464^[8]

Virginia Tax Rolls 1782:

John Vardiman Sr.

John Vardiman Jr.

Amml Vardiman (Amaziah Vardeman) ^[9]

Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801:

Name: Amaziah Vardiman

Residence County: Lincoln

Residence Year: 1800^[10]

The closely related family of Vardemans, all brothers and father , was posted as Early Kentucky Householders, 1787-1811^[11] with the various spellings of the surname. This includes Amaziah, John Sr, John Jr, Peter, Jeremiah, and Morgan. The link to page 191 is here:<iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px" src="https://books.google.com/books?id=cEFSYYnDFzIC&newbks=0&lpg=PA191&dq=Amaziah%20Vardaman&pg=PA191&output=embed" width=500 height=500></iframe>

Treespot^[12]

In addition to Mary Magdalene and William, the children are: (1) Letitia who married John Calfee ca 1775 and was later divorced from him; (2) Elizabeth who married William Menafee; (3) John (John III) who married Mary Spaulding in Lincoln County in 1785; (4) Jemima who married William Pope in Lincoln County in 1785; (5) Amaziah who married Nancy Wright in 1791 in Lincoln County; (6) Morgan who married Mary “Polly” Truesdale in 1792 in Lincoln County; (7) Minnie who married William G. Clark in 1785 in Lincoln County; (8) Tabitha who married Rane McKinney in 1787 in Lincoln County; (9) Jeremiah who married (first) Elizabeth James in 1799 in Lincoln County, (second) Elizabeth “Betsy” Bryan in 1820 and (third) Lucy Redd Bullock in 1823; and (10) Sabra who married Rane McKinney (the same Rane McKinney who had previously married her sister Tabitha) in 1797 in Lincoln County. To the best of our knowledge all of John and Elizabeth's children married either in southwestern Virginia or Kentucky. Some of these families moved south to Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas while others moved westward to Missouri. Some, of course, remained in Kentucky.

Sources

1. ↑ .Collins History of Kentucky, Volume 1, page 12
2. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-DM2H : 18 March 2018), Amaziah Vardiman, ; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711079
3. ↑ George Rogers Clark and His Men Military Records, 1778-1784, compiled by Margery H. Harding, The Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, KY, pages 88
4. ↑ George Rogers Clark and His Men Military Records, 1778-1784, compiled by Margery H. Harding, The Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, KY, pages 112-113
5. ↑ George Rogers Clark and His Men Military Records, 1778-1784, compiled by Margery H. Harding, The Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, KY, pages 117-118
6. ↑ George Rogers Clark and His Men Military Records, 1778-1784, compiled by Margery H. Harding, The Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, KY, pages 174
7. ↑ Mercer County Marriage Bond Book 1786-1797, Mercer County, Kentucky, Page 403.
8. ↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service :Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-MLR4 : 12 March 2018), Ammeziah Verdaman, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 216; FHL microfilm 882,734
9. ↑ Virginia Tax Payers 1782 – 1787 Other then those published by the United States Census Bureau, Augusta B. Fothergill and John M. Naugle, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. Baltimore, MD, 1978, page129
10. ↑ Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801 "Second Census" of Kentucky 1800, page 304
11. ↑ Early Kentucky Householders, 1787-1811, compiled by John F Sutherland, Genealogical Publishing Company, published 1986, page 191
12. ↑ http://www.treespot.net/Flyer/Dec2003_Early_Vardaman_History.pdf

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Posting this for possible connection as a son to Amaziah Vardeman:

U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015:

Name: Amaziah Vardeman

Issue Date: 3 Jul 1860

Place: Sabine, Louisiana, USA

Meridian: Louisiana

Township: 006n

Range: 013W:

Aliquots SW¼NE¼

Section: 12

Accession Number: MW-0940-183

Document Number: 52355