John Dogens Forrester

Abt 1750 - 1815  (~ 65 years)

• Name	John Dogens Forrester  [1, 2]
  Born	Abt 1750	Culpeper County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	Robertson County, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  	Moved from Virginia to Robertson County, Tennessee, sometime after the Revolutionary War.
  Military	1775	Culpepper County, Virginia   [3]
  	Served from Culpepper County, probably beginning in the fall 1775.
  Died	Oct 1815	Robertson County, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I662	Full
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2014

  
  

  Family	Mary "Molly" Jollett,   b. Abt 1750,   d. Between 1848-1854  (Age ~ 104 years)
  Married	17 Jul 1768	Culpeper County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Fielding Forrester,   b. 10 Jan 1769, Virginia, USA ,   d. Aft 1850  (Age 81 years)   2. Delphey Forrester,   b. 4 Oct 1771, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Lydia Forrester,   b. 22 Aug 1775, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA ,   d. 10 Apr 1847, Illinois, USA  (Age 71 years)   4. Jonathan Forrester,   b. 16 Nov 1778, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA ,   d. 8 Jan 1815, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 36 years)   5. Joel Forrester,   b. 16 Jul 1785, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA ,   d. 8 Jan 1815, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 29 years)   6. James Forrester,   b. 14 Jun 1791,   d. 8 Jan 1815, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 23 years) + 7. John C. Forrester,   b. Abt 1800, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Aft 1860, Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Widow's application for military pension benefits, based on service of John Dogens Forester, 1848, Hamilton County, Illinois. (Rev. War service, Virginia) Mary Forester, rejected widow

  
  

• Notes

  Letter from From: "Loris Shaft" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 10:28 PM Subject: Re: [ILWHITE] Forrester's > Mary Elizabeth Forrester was the daugher of Mary Forrester and Henry Gomer > Forrester, > Henry Gomer Forrester is buried on the John Newcomb farm in Indian Creek > Township. I suspect that there is a tie with the Gomer family (Asa's mother > was Margaret Gomer) but I haven't found it yet and probably never will. Asa > and Mary were married in White Co., IL Jan 9, 1820. The McMurtrys flitted > back and forth between White/St Clair Co and Sumner Co. TN with great > regularity. > > You probably do know that Mary Elizabeth Forrester died in Sumner Co., TN > September 10, 1874 and is buried in the Beech Cumberland Presbyterian > Churchyard cemetary out by Shackle Island. Asa died of food poisioning (at > least that's one story) on July 2 1852 in Carmi, White Co., IL along with > his son, Benjamin Rollin McMurtry. They were there on a visit. Mary > Elizabeth Forrester was born in 1803, either in North Carolina or in Sumner > Co. > She has four siblings, Lucy, Jacob, John C and Rebecca that I know of, maybe > others. Lucy married a Bolerjack, Jacob married Mary "Polly" McMurtry > (Asa's sister), John married Emily Vineyard and Polly Brill, and Rebecca > married Joel Bolerjack - all in White Co. > > I am descended from Asa's brother, John McMurtry Jr. They are both sons of > John McMurtry Sr (Rev War Veteran) and Margaret "Peggy" Gomer. > > Please, let me know if you need more info or if you have something you'd be > willing to share about the McM's > > Laurie Shaft > Vallejo, CA (Research):1800 Mecklenburg County, NC Census (Salisbury) John Forster 1 male under 10 1 male 15 to 25 1 male 45 and over 1 female 45 and over

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] World Family Tree, (Broderbund), Vol 2, Tree # 2021 (Reliability: 0). [S102] Forrester, John Dogens - Rev War Pension App, widow, (John Dogens Forest [Forrester] Revolutionary War Pension Record, file no. S35948, subscription database HeritageQuest (http://www.heritagequestonline.com/prod/genealogy/index : accessed 13 Aug 2007), digital image, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, «i»Selected Records From Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrent Application Files«/i», RG 15, microform M805, roll 300, image 132, National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.). [S4183] Mary Forester, rejected widow’s pension application file R.3.668, for service of John Dogens Forester (Capt. Kirley’s Co., 6th Regt., Virginia); digital images, "Revolutionary War Pensions,"Ancestry.com’s Footnote.com (http://www.footnote.com : downloaded 23 March 2014); imaged from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application Files, NARA microfilm publication M804, [roll number not cited at Fold3; likely roll 1002].