Revolutionary War Soldiers
Tyler and Pleasants Counties, West Virginia

The following is a list of the Revolutionary War Soldiers who once lived in Tyler and Pleasants Counties, West Virginia. Most of their graves have been located. We thank the staff of the Tyler and Pleasants county courthouses, Pleasants County Library, Tyler County Museum, and many genealogists, historians, and dedicated members who have worked to compile this list.

  1. Jacob Duckett Ankrom - buried in the family cemetery on the hill across from the old Tyler County Infirmary, Middlebourne, WV.

  2. John E. Bills - buried Newland Cemetery, Wood County, WV (lived and died Pleasants County, WV).

  3. James Ferrell - lived and died Wick, Tyler County, WV.

  4. Robert Gorrell Sr. - buried Stealey Cemetery, Middlebourne, WV.

  5. Henry John Hays - buried Parker Cemetery, Friendly, WV.

  6. David Heysham - buried Little, Tyler County, WV.

  7. Joseph Martin - buried Little Church Cemetery, Tyler County, WV.

  8. John Massey - buried Parker Cemetery, Friendly, WV.

  9. William McKay - lived and died Wick, Tyler County, WV.

  10. Daniel Sweeney - buried Beechwood Cemetery, Centerville, Tyler County, WV.

  11. Thomas Weekley - buried on family farm, Muddy Creek, Tyler County, WV.

  12. Charles Wells - buried Wells Cemetery, Sistersville, WV

  13. Richard Duckett Wells - Middlebourne Cemetery, Middlebourne, WV.

  14. Thomas Wells ( brother of Duckett Wells) lived and died in Tyler County, WV.

  15. William Wells - buried at Stonehurst near Middlebourne, WV.

  16. William Wells (brother of Duckett Wells) lived and died in Tyler County, WV.

  17. John Williamson - buried on family farm Pleasants County, WV.

  18. Thomas Williamson - buried Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly WV.

  19. Waitman Furbee born in Kent Delaware, and settled in Tyler Co.  He is buried in Beechwood Cemetery.

  20. Benjamin Bond, born in Baltimore MD, and applied for pension while living in Tyler County. 

LINKS

West Virginia State Society, NSDAR
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
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Contact: Frannie Weekley
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Friendly, WV 26146
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Last revised: 5/2017