Andrew Sitlington
Male 1710 - 12 October 1801
Born, County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland.
Died, Bath County, VA.
Married to Elizabeth Dunlop Married to Elizabeth McDanneld. Son of John Sitlington and Elizabeth Hilton.
a Co. 1753 as witness to a receipt involving William Warrick; John Warwick was also a witness. Three orphans were bound to Andrew Sitlington over the years: Mary Garvin in 1761, Mary Meeks in 1762, and Catherine Whitman in 1768. Notice that they were all girls. In the case of boys, they were frequently bound to learn a trade. Perhaps Andrew was not a tradesman or had no particular skill to impart to an orphan. It is also important in that this suggests Andrew was married as early as 1761 and still married in 1768. o America from Ireland. He mentioned his wife and having no children and missing John's. The wards would suggest Andrew had plenty of contact with children and what of his wife's children supposedly the Warwick orphans? By 1766, Jacob is nearing if not already full age. Wouldn't he be looking forward to grandchildren? It has been at least 13 years since he left Ireland, so John's children that he knew have also grown up. Indeed, John's youngest child Robert was born in 1749 and thus 17 in 1766.a as well (in court records it is learned Elizabeth is Mrs. Sherman). This letter is significant in that it was used in the later Chancery Court suit over Andrew's will. Chalkley abstracts the letter in 1912 and Morton quotes it in its entirety in 1917. I did not notice the letter in the case files, but at the time was not specifically looking for it. It may have been buried amidst the writs and depositions and I just overlooked it. More likely though, it had been stolen. It is important to also note that the letter was written in the Greenbrier country. In 1766, Andrew would have been sticking his neck out. Settlers in the lower Greenbrier (Big Levels area) were chased out and did not begin to return until 1769. One Sitlington historian says Andrew operated a trading post and/or was a traveling salesman (aka peddler). If this were true it would account for his being out there with others trying to establish a settlement. However, this same historian has claimed so many other things totally false that anything else is dubious.f the militia under Capt. Moffett that was ambushed on the Jackson River. Later his scalp was recovered when a company under Capt. Christian attacked the Indiansâi camp on Back Creek. It was identified by the locks of red hair. I have not found any court records to confirm his existence or death or to tie him to Andrew, but one historian said he was an uncle to the Sitlingtons still living in the area. ves, but no land. There were a large number of people holding accounts or bonds with William including Warwicks. The first and only record of William in Augusta Co. is his estate administration. s with the testimony in the suit. His only son was Robert. A daughter, Elizabeth, married James Kelso in Augusta Co. A grandson William Sitlington becomes prominent in the records later.to use. Dunmore was located on this creek. In 1768, his former pastor Alexander Craighead willed to Andrew a 310-acre tract in Millsboro on the Cowpasture. Andrew willed this same 310 acres to his wife Elizabeth and called it the homeplace. It would seem that Andrew moved to this property soon after acquiring it, perhaps moving there with the wave of the next Indian raids or upon the death of his wife, Jacob's mother. There is a 1771 IOU Risks to John Warwick that Andrew witnessed. The Risks held tracts on the Cowpasture. Except for the settlement of William Sitlingtonâis estate in 1784, the Warwick association with Andrew Sitlington drops to almost nil after 1775."
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