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Into Our Past, A Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith and Associated Families, Vol. 1
�1996, Judy Parsons Smith
Abner
LesterO
Abner Lester
was one of the Early Pioneers of Fincastle County, VA. He
received land by grant and settled in Montgomery County,
Virginia. Abner served in the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War
Service: Captain Daniel Trigg’s Company.
He was swon in on 9 Sept 1777.
Prior to 1801, the family movd
to Russell County, VA and settled for a few years. Around
1809 he moved to Floyd County, Kentucky and later sodl his
Russell County property.
Abner Lester m. Martha
(believed to be Arthur). Abner & Martha (Arthur) Lester
had four (4) children:
1. William Lester, m. 26
Mary 1786, Montgomery County, VA to Rebecca Skaggs.
2. Hannah Lester, b. abt. 1772-1773; m. Jeremiah Skaggs
3. Rebecca Lester, . 9 Feb 1780; m. Travis Horton
4. Martha Lester, b. 29 May 1783; d. ca. Oct
1859, Tazewell Co., VA; m. 12 Feb 1793 to John
Drake, b. aft. 22
Apr 5. 1820, Tazewell Co., VA
Hannah
Lester
2. Hannah Lester,
daughter of Abner & Martha (Arthur) Lester, b. abt.1 772-1773; d. Carter County,
KY; m 1st 1 Nov 1788, Montgomery County, VA to Jeremiah
Skaggs, son of Zachariah & Ann ‘Nanny’ Skaggs, b. Pittsylvania County, VA; d. 1798,
Russell County, VA. She married 2nd to Edmund Whitt. See
Skaggs
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