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David Cornett

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Henrico County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: before September 1847
Grayson County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of James Canute Cornett, I and Sarah Cornett
Husband of Adeline Sarah Cornett
Father of William Jesse Cornett, I; Rhoda Graham; Lillian 'Sally' Houtan; James Monroe Cornett; Phoebe Anderson and 4 others
Brother of Agatha Chaffin; Rebecca Hatfield; William Canute; James C. Cornett, II; J. C. Cornett and 1 other

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About David Cornett

DAR Ancestor #: A209787
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): SOLDIER
Birth: CIRCA 1755
Death: ANTE 9- -1847 GRAYSON CO VIRGINIA
Service Source: KEGLEY, MILITIA OF MONTGOMERY CO, VA, 1777-1790, P 25; VA MAG OF HIST & BIOG, VOL 47, 1939, P 39
Service Description: 1) LTS JOHN MCKINNEY & WILLIAM WALLING, MILITIA

Residence: 1) City: ELK CREEK DIST - County: MONTGOMERY CO - State: VIRGINIA
Spouse: 1) X X
Child [Spouse #] Spouse

  1. JAMES [1] RACHEL WRIGHT
  2. REUBEN [1] CELIA PENNINGTON

Son of James Cornett-1729 & Sarah Basham-1730. David Cornett was born in 1750 in Henrico County, Virginia. He died in 1847 in Grayson County, Virginia. He married Sarah Platt in 1780.

They had the following children:

  1. F Sally Cornett
  2. M William Cornett
  3. F Lilly Cornett
  4. M James Cornett
  5. M John Cornett
  6. F Diadema Cornett
  7. M Reuben Hazel(?) Cornett
  8. F Rhoda Cornett
  9. F Phoebe Cornett

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126604443/david_cornett
DAR..new stone dedicated in 2012.

Son of James C. Cornett Sr.
•Born: Abt 1727, Henrico CO, VA 2
•Marriage: Sarah Basham about 1745 in Grayson Co, VA

Married Sarah Adaline Platt

Died age 97

David Cornett
•Born: 1750, Henrico CO, VA 2
•Marriage: Adeline Sarah Platt on 21 Sep 1768 in Henrico CO, VA 1
•Died: Abt 1847, Grayson Co, VA about age 97 1

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David Cornett's Timeline

1755
1755
Henrico County, Virginia, Colonial America
1769
June 18, 1769
Climes Branch, Grayson County, Virginia, Colonial America
1771
1771
1775
1775
Grayson County, Virginia, United States
1777
1777
Climes Branch, Grayson County, Virginia, United States
1783
1783
Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia, USA
1783
Grayson County, Virginia, United States
1788
1788
Grayson County, Virginia, United States
1789
November 17, 1789
Grayson County, Virginia, United States