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Richard
Hardy and Mary Covington Relationship:
5 Great Grand Father *Richard
Hardy - Born 1699 in Isle of Wright Married Mary
(b. 1703 Amelia Co. VA d. )in 1720 Isle of Wright VA. Richard died in 1789 Isle of Wright VA. Richard and Mary Had 12 Children *John Hardy - Born 1740 Isle of
Wright VA Died 1799 Edgefield SC. Covington - Born 1745 John - Born 1725 Mary - Born 1723 William - Born 1727 of Isle of
Wright County, Virginia, wife Mary Elizabeth Winn ) was a Revolutionary War
soldier. He entered the Army on February14, 1778, and served in the company of
Captain William Grimes, in the 15th Virginia Regiment commanded by Major Gustav
Wallace. He was transferred in June to Lieutenant Colonel John Cropper's
company, 11th and 15th Virginia Regiment, commanded successively by Lt. Col.
John Cropper and Col. Daniel Morgan. He was again transferred about December of
1778 to Captain David Mason's company, 11th Virginia Regiment in which he served
until February, 1779, when the company's Muster roll shows he was discharged. His will was
dated 21 Oct 1790, of Lunenburg County, Virginia. (Hardy and Hardies: Past and Present, authors and
compilers H Claude Hardy & Edwin Noah Hardy, Originally printed : Syracuse,
N.Y. : Syracuse Typesetting Co., 1935. pp.242) Richard - Born 1724 Benjamin - Born 1722 William - Born 1744 Benjamin - Born 1746 Richard - Born 1748 Mary - Born 1750 |