Capt Andrew Friend

1756 - Bef 1817  (61 years)

• Name	Andrew Friend
  Prefix	Capt
  Birth	1756	Friend's Run, Virginia, United States
  Gender	Male
  Military	Between 11 Dec 1806 and 5 Jan 1807	Wood Court House, Virginia, United States
  	Private in the 113 Regiment of the Virginia Militia under the command of Capt. Kincheloe
  Census	1810	Randolph, Virginia, United States
  	Federal
  Story	Revolutionary War Stories
  	After the Revolution, old soldiers would meet at Circuit Courts, general musters and other public gatherings. On these occasions incidents of their soldier lives were rehearsed. Tradition says that at these reunions of former soldier comrades, Andrew Friend was wont to tell an incident of the Battle of Point Pleasant. During this battle some of the soldiers resorted to a hollow log for shelter. Andrew Skidmore and Andrew Friend and others had taken refuge in the log and it was becoming crowded. As Andrew Skidmore pointed to another log near by as a possible place of retreat, an Indian shot off his finger.
  Occupation	1814	Randolph Virginia, United States
  	Justice of the Peace appointed by Governor James Barbour
  _UID	B5AE1B7F2F374848BCDEA97598644B7D6F28
  Death	Bef 21 Apr 1817	Randolph, West Virginia, United States
  Person ID	I5678	Emmert_Tipton
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 1	Eliza Paragon,   b. 1756   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Eleanor McCall,   b. 1756, Randolph, Virginia, United States d. 1820, Randolph, West Virginia, United States (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	10 Apr 1794	Randolph, Virginia, United States
  	!MARRIAGE:Ancestry.com, \i Ancestry.com\i0., www.ancestry.com, accessed 20 Feb 2023), West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. !MARRIAGE:Ancestry.com, \i Ancestry.com\i0., www.ancestry.com, accessed 20 Feb 2023), Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. !MARRIAGE:History of Randolph County West Virginia, A history of Randolph County, West Virginia, from its earliest exploration and settlement to the present time, Albert Squire Bosworth, West Virginia: Elkins, 1916., 60.
  		Marriage Record
  Children	1. Jonas Friend,   b. Abt 1803, Virginia, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1958	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1756 - Friend's Run, Virginia, United States Marriage - 10 Apr 1794 - Randolph, Virginia, United States Military - Private in the 113 Regiment of the Virginia Militia under the command of Capt. Kincheloe - Between 11 Dec 1806 and 5 Jan 1807 - Wood Court House, Virginia, United States Census - Federal - 1810 - Randolph, Virginia, United States Occupation - Justice of the Peace appointed by Governor James Barbour - 1814 - Randolph Virginia, United States Death - Bef 21 Apr 1817 - Randolph, West Virginia, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !NAME:Ancestry.com, \i Ancestry.com\i0., www.ancestry.com, accessed 20 Feb 2023), 1810 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. !NAME:History of Randolph County West Virginia, A history of Randolph County, West Virginia, from its earliest exploration and settlement to the present time, Albert Squire Bosworth, West Virginia: Elkins, 1916., 60.