William Christmas (1753 - 1811)

Born 1753 in Hanover County, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (McLemore) Christmas — married 28 Aug 1780 in Warren County, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Dec 1811 at about age 58 in Jefferson, Williamson County, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Commissary William Christmas served with Warren County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

William Christmas is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A202971.

William Christmas was commissioned ensign in the Bute County militia in 1777 and, from 1780 until the end of the Revolutionary War, served as staff officer of the Halifax Military District, Quartermaster Division, as Warren County commissioner for "collecting provisions tax and securing supplies and provisions for support of the Army and Navy of this and the United States in the Southern Department." On 12 Oct. 1780 the board of war, meeting at Hillsborough, commended him for his zeal and integrity in the service of his country not only as commissioner for collecting provisions but also as issuing commissary to the troops. Brigadier General Jethro Sumner wrote Colonel Philemon Hawkins on 28 Jan. 1782, requesting that William Christmas, Esq., as "the most judicious person," impress two men with horses to act as courier for him. Christmas commanded the independent rifle corps under General Nathanael Greene at the battle of Guilford Court House.^[1]

William married Abigail McLamore Aug.28,1780,Warren North Carolina.^[2]

Christmas died in Williamson County, Tenn., survived by his wife and three of his four daughters. In Williamson County (where he owned much land), in the old Steele graveyard off the Lewisburg Pike, on Flat Creek between the Marshall County line and the Maury County line, there is a broken stone that probably marks his grave, though "William Chri—" is all that is legible.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ NC Pedia Christmas, William, 1753/54–16 Dec. 1811. by M. H. D. Kerr, 1979.
2. ↑ Warren County,North Carolina Marriages
3. ↑ https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/christmas-william

• "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PX3B : accessed 23 September 2018), Wm Christmas, 30 Nov 1780; citing Warren, North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh. Purchase by Colonel William Christmas

• "North Carolina, Civil Marriages, 1763-1868", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q296-MGNZ : 11 May 2018), William Christmas and Abigail Mclamore, 1780.