Capt. John Robert Randolph

John Randolph served in the Revolutionary War as a private in the Virginia Continental Line for three years. He was awarded certificate No. 1761 for these services on September 13, 1783.

He and his two sons served in the U.S. Army in the War of 1812, he being Corporal in the 24th U. S. Infantry, Captain James H. Campbell and served under General Jackson.

He re-enlisted October 8, 1813 in Wilson County Tennessee for a period ending October 7 1818 and became Captain.

He married Mary Whittington in 1780. They had five children.

1) Grief

2) Peyton

3) Lavina

4) _____(daughter)

5) John Green
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Dick Zieman 2006-11-09 19:27:09 Thank You! for the unusual and accurate posting of Peyton 1798! Just checked the obvious, and although I do not recognize your name, you are a member of The Randolph Board. Who else would cite Wassell, eh? For the public record, here are a pertinent set of notes from Bille Harris:

2. JOHN RANDOLPH

According to Grady and Horace, John was born Chesterfield County in 1759, (I have seen dates for his birth as early as 1751) married Sarah Whittington 1785, then her niece Mary in 1794. They left Greensville County about 1804, went to Roane County, Tennessee about 1807-9, then to Warren County, to Rutherford County by 1810, to Wilson by 1812, bought/sold a lot in Lebanon. John went to War and died in Mobile, Alabama at Camp Russell in 1815. Sometime before arriving in Roane County, Mary died and he married Rebecca Dawson Martin. He fathered five children – Grief, Lavania, Peyton W., Rebecca and John Green. This is according to Grady and Horace. Wassel has his wife as Mary Whittington and gives no other wife(s).

From the Kelsey book, there was a 1906 article in the Times Dispatch which credited the family genealogy to John Randolph of Roanoke, and there was a column by Mrs. William E. Love, granddaughter of John Green Randolph, son of Capt. John Randolph of Lebanon, Tennessee. He was in the war of 1812 and died at Mobile, Alabama, and is buried there. He married a Miss Dawson of Lebanon and their sons were Grief, Peyton and John Green Randolph. John Green served two years as a volunteer under General Jackson in the War of 1812 and afterwards three years in the regular army guarding the frontier of Georgia, Alabama and Florida. She said she found records that Grief (son of John who was the son of Grief and Mary Eppes Randolph) was in Wythe County, Virginia, and that this John Randolph (son of Grief and Mary Eppes) married a Miss Whittington and they had a son Grief born near Wytheville in 1781 and the Grief married Nancy Anderson of Rutherford County, Tennessee and had sons Thomas W. and John Lewis. (whew, sorry for such a long sentence.)

So there you have information from Wassel, Grady, Horace and the Kelsey book.

As some of you have probably read, there’s been discussion of the contents found in two Bibles, one of Harrison Randolph of Rutherford County, Tennessee, and one of John Randolph of Wilson County, Tennessee. Harrison was the son of Edward Randolph and Edward was the son of William and Mary Isham Randolph of Turkey Island. To restate the contents of the John Randolph of Wilson County, Bible:

Marriage: John Randolph & Mary Whittington were married March 6, 1794 Peyton Randolph & Amander G. Keeble were married Sept. 18, 1822 Grief Randolph and Nancy Anderson were married October 31, 1829 John Green Randolph and Nancy Gayle Wynne were married Feby 14, 1834 Births: Grief Randolph was born January 11, 1795 Peyton Randolph was born July 6, 1797 John Green Randolph was born November 11, 1799 Deaths: Mary W. Randolph, beloved wife of John Randolph, departed this life October the 6th, 1810, aged 34 years John Randolph departed this life April 13, 1815, aged 45 years Mary G. Randolph departed this life August the 20th, 1815, aged 65 years, widow of John Randolph Sr. who preceded some 20 odd years.

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John R Randolph
Born about 1759 in Chesterfield, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of Grief Randolph and Mary (Eppes) Randolph
Brother of William Randolph [half], Isham Randolph and Henry Randolph V
Husband of Sarah Whittington — married before 1787 [location unknown]
Husband of Mary Whittington — married 6 Mar 1794 [location unknown]
Husband of Rebecca Martin — married after 1810 [location unknown]
Father of Grief Randolph II
Died 13 Apr 1815 at about age 56 [location unknown]
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Biography
See this thread regarding conflicting information about him possibly being confused with another person (and therefore multiple marriages perhaps in question): https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.randolph/1202.2

Figuring out if all the offspring attributed to him is correct may be an impossible task.

Capt. John Robert Randolph

John was born about 1759. He is the son of Grief Randolph and Mary Eppes. [1]

Sheriff, Wilson Co. Tenn. He served in Revolutionary War as private in Va. Continental line three years, for which service he was awarded Sept 13, 1783 (certificate No. 1761 Book I, page 347 Bounty certificates, Va State Library, Richmond, VA.) He and his 2 sons served in U. S. Army in War of 1812, he was corporal in 24th U. S. Infantry, Capt. James H. Campbell, and served under Gen Jackson. He re-enlisted Oct 8, 1813 In Wilson County, Tenn. for a period ending Oct 7, 1818 and became Captain (records adjutant General's office War Dept Washington, DC)4. He married Mary Whittington B 1762 D. 1820

National Society Sons of the American Revolution National number 98526, State of Tennessee number 1376. Application approved 31 March 1969.

Sources
Death date comes from son's grave stone
↑ First-hand information as remembered by Leslie Ridley, Tuesday, March 4, 2014.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Randolph-1043

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