 1756 - 1831 (74 years)
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| Name |
Robert Harvey |
| Title |
Colonel |
| Born |
30 Oct 1756 |
Cecil County, Maryland  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military |
15 Mar 1781 |
Guilford County, Greensboro, North Carolina [3] |
| Fought with his brothers James, William, and Matthew at the Battle of Guilford [Guilford Courthouse, 15 Mar 1781] where William was killed. |
| Died |
09 May 1831 |
Martha's Furnace, Fincastle, Virginia [1, 2] |
| Buried |
Fincastle Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fincastle, Virginia [4] |
| Person ID |
I1114 |
Stewart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2021 |
| Father |
William Henry Harvey, b. 27 Jul 1727, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland , d. 27 Jul 1767, Cecil County, Maryland (Age 40 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Mother |
Rebecca Rose Carruthers, b. 10 Mar 1737, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , d. 07 May 1797, Botetourt County, Virginia (Age 60 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Married |
1755 |
| Family ID |
F371 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Martha Borden, b. 15 Jan 1746, Rockbridge County, Virginia , d. 13 Jun 1823, Fincastle County, Virginia (Age 77 years) [5, 6] |
| Married |
09 Dec 1779 |
Roanoke, Botetourt County, Virginia [7, 8] |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary Harvey, b. 1780, d. 1839 (Age 59 years) [Birth] |
| | 2. Betsy Harvey, b. 1783, d. 1839 (Age 56 years) [Birth] |
| + | 3. Colonel Lewis Harvey, b. 04 Nov 1785, Catawba Creek, Botetourt County, Virginia , d. 14 Feb 1842, Back Creek, Roanoke County, Virginia (Age 56 years) [Birth] |
| + | 4. Dr. Henry Bowyer Harvey, b. 28 Mar 1788, Mason County, Virginia , d. 11 Apr 1837, Virginia (Age 49 years) [Birth] |
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| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2021 |
| Family ID |
F348 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Nancy Moore, b. Rockbridge County, Virginia |
| Married |
26 Sep 1825 |
Rockbridge County, Virginia [9] |
| Notes |
- Robert Harvey married as his second wife, Miss Nancy Moor, of Rockbridge County. His son Lewis Harvey, was fifty years old at the time of his father's second marriage, and old enough to be the grandfather of his half-sisters and brothers. [10]
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| Children |
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| Last Modified |
17 Dec 2017 |
| Family ID |
F351 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Manufactured Iron and had iron works and furnaces in Botetourt County, Virginia near Fincastle and in Cloverdale on Back Creek, six miles from Buchanan.
- He gave his son Lewis Harvey twelve hundred acres of mineral and other valuable lands, called "Speedwell," afterwards in the part of Botetourt cut off, as Roanoke county on the waters of Back Creek. [10]
- Daughters of the American Revolution: Ancestor #: A052162 Robert Harvey
Died:
- Noted died on 15 Mar 1831 and also noted he died May 1831.
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| Sources |
- [S147] Find a Grave.
As stated on his headstone
- [S205] To Reach Afar, Horace H. Harvey, Katherine Harvey Rogér, Louise Destrehan Rogér D'Oliveira, (Hercules Publishing Co., 1974), 77 (Reliability: 3).
They had five children; Robert, born in Cecil County, October 30, 1756, died at Marthas Furnace, Virginia, near Fincastle; William born in Cecil County, March 11, 1761, died at Fincastle, Va. 1825; Jane, born April 17, 1763 and James born November 10, 1765.
- [S205] To Reach Afar, Horace H. Harvey, Katherine Harvey Rogér, Louise Destrehan Rogér D'Oliveira, (Hercules Publishing Co., 1974), 77-78 (Reliability: 3).
The three brothers were in the Revolutionary war together. Robert was only one hundred yards from William when he fell in the battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina, but owing to the nearness of the enemy he could not remove the body so William was buried on the battle field.
- [S147] Find a Grave.
Robert Harvey at findagrave.com
- [S51] Historic Families of Kentucky, Thomas Marshall Green, (Robert Clarke & Co., 1889), 15.
- [S205] To Reach Afar, Horace H. Harvey, Katherine Harvey Rogér, Louise Destrehan Rogér D'Oliveira, (Hercules Publishing Co., 1974), 78 (Reliability: 3).
Robert Harvey, son of William and Rebecca Harvey, married Martha Borden Hawkins, widow of Benjamin Hawkins.
- [S99] Botetourt County Marriages, 1770-1853 Volume 2, John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr., (Iberian Publishing Co., Athens, Georgia), G975.583 V886b., 440 (Reliability: 3).
HAWKINS, Martha & Robert Harvey 9 Dec 1779; b- Adam Smyth
- [S100] Botetourt County Marriages, 1770-1853 Volume 1, John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr., (Iberian Publishing Co., Athens, Georgia), G975.583 V886b., 144 (Reliability: 3).
HARVEY, Robert & Martha Hawkins 9 Dec 1779; b- Adam Smyth.
- [S50] RootsWeb, http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com.
rootsweb source
- [S53] Harvey Family Records, 1927, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Helmick.
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