Soon after his marriage, Lewis Hale and his family moved from what is now Franklin county, Va., to the upper part of the New River Valley, and settled on Elk Creek, Va.
"At the time he started from Franklin, he and his brother-in-law, John Walden, expected to settle in Kentucky. After they came to the New River valley, they learned that the Indians were very troublesome in Tennessee, and John Walden (as he had no family) decided to go on horse back, look out a place for them to settle, and return.
He took with him some money, disguised himself as a poor traveller and started on his way, but was killed by the Indians, and robbed of his money. Tradition says he was killed and robbed on Walden's Ridge, Tenn., and that this circumstance gave rise to the name, "Walden's Ridge."
When Lewis Hale learned the fate of John Walden, he and his family decided to remain in the Valley of Elk Creek. He reared a family of six sons and two daughters, settled them all in good homes, in the valley near him, and for yeas Elk Creek was known as the Hale Settlement. The first church was built by Lewis Hale and called the "Hale Meeting-house." When Grayson county was formed in 1792, Lewis Hale was one of the first Magistrates of the court, appointed by Henry Lee, Governor of Virginia.
NOTE:
There was a ready response and on July 2nd, 1902, a monument was unveiled at the grave of Lewis Hale, bearing on it the names of Lewis Hale and his wife, Mary Burwell Hale, and the names of their six sons and two daughters. Elk Creek/Grayson County VA
Lewis Hale was a soldier of the American Revolution and fought at King's Mountain. (7 October 1780) DAR Ancestor Number A049270∼American Revolutionary War patriot
Wife: Mary Burwell. Children include: Dudley (married Mary Burroughs), Francis (married Elizabeth Burroughs), Lewis (married Elizabeth Bourne), Richard (married Elizabeth Stone), Stephen (married Frances Bourne), and William (married Lucy Stone).
"At the time he started from Franklin, he and his brother-in-law, John Walden, expected to settle in Kentucky. After they came to the New River valley, they learned that the Indians were very troublesome in Tennessee, and John Walden (as he had no family) decided to go on horse back, look out a place for them to settle, and return.
He took with him some money, disguised himself as a poor traveller and started on his way, but was killed by the Indians, and robbed of his money. Tradition says he was killed and robbed on Walden's Ridge, Tenn., and that this circumstance gave rise to the name, "Walden's Ridge."
When Lewis Hale learned the fate of John Walden, he and his family decided to remain in the Valley of Elk Creek. He reared a family of six sons and two daughters, settled them all in good homes, in the valley near him, and for yeas Elk Creek was known as the Hale Settlement. The first church was built by Lewis Hale and called the "Hale Meeting-house." When Grayson county was formed in 1792, Lewis Hale was one of the first Magistrates of the court, appointed by Henry Lee, Governor of Virginia.
NOTE:
There was a ready response and on July 2nd, 1902, a monument was unveiled at the grave of Lewis Hale, bearing on it the names of Lewis Hale and his wife, Mary Burwell Hale, and the names of their six sons and two daughters. Elk Creek/Grayson County VA
Lewis Hale was a soldier of the American Revolution and fought at King's Mountain. (7 October 1780) DAR Ancestor Number A049270∼American Revolutionary War patriot
Wife: Mary Burwell. Children include: Dudley (married Mary Burroughs), Francis (married Elizabeth Burroughs), Lewis (married Elizabeth Bourne), Richard (married Elizabeth Stone), Stephen (married Frances Bourne), and William (married Lucy Stone).
Soon after his marriage, Lewis Hale and his family moved from what is now Franklin county, Va., to the upper part of the New River Valley, and settled on Elk Creek, Va.
"At the time he started from Franklin, he and his brother-in-law, John Walden, expected to settle in Kentucky. After they came to the New River valley, they learned that the Indians were very troublesome in Tennessee, and John Walden (as he had no family) decided to go on horse back, look out a place for them to settle, and return.
He took with him some money, disguised himself as a poor traveller and started on his way, but was killed by the Indians, and robbed of his money. Tradition says he was killed and robbed on Walden's Ridge, Tenn., and that this circumstance gave rise to the name, "Walden's Ridge."
When Lewis Hale learned the fate of John Walden, he and his family decided to remain in the Valley of Elk Creek. He reared a family of six sons and two daughters, settled them all in good homes, in the valley near him, and for yeas Elk Creek was known as the Hale Settlement. The first church was built by Lewis Hale and called the "Hale Meeting-house." When Grayson county was formed in 1792, Lewis Hale was one of the first Magistrates of the court, appointed by Henry Lee, Governor of Virginia.
NOTE:
There was a ready response and on July 2nd, 1902, a monument was unveiled at the grave of Lewis Hale, bearing on it the names of Lewis Hale and his wife, Mary Burwell Hale, and the names of their six sons and two daughters. Elk Creek/Grayson County VA
Lewis Hale was a soldier of the American Revolution and fought at King's Mountain. (7 October 1780) DAR Ancestor Number A049270∼American Revolutionary War patriot
Wife: Mary Burwell. Children include: Dudley (married Mary Burroughs), Francis (married Elizabeth Burroughs), Lewis (married Elizabeth Bourne), Richard (married Elizabeth Stone), Stephen (married Frances Bourne), and William (married Lucy Stone).
"At the time he started from Franklin, he and his brother-in-law, John Walden, expected to settle in Kentucky. After they came to the New River valley, they learned that the Indians were very troublesome in Tennessee, and John Walden (as he had no family) decided to go on horse back, look out a place for them to settle, and return.
He took with him some money, disguised himself as a poor traveller and started on his way, but was killed by the Indians, and robbed of his money. Tradition says he was killed and robbed on Walden's Ridge, Tenn., and that this circumstance gave rise to the name, "Walden's Ridge."
When Lewis Hale learned the fate of John Walden, he and his family decided to remain in the Valley of Elk Creek. He reared a family of six sons and two daughters, settled them all in good homes, in the valley near him, and for yeas Elk Creek was known as the Hale Settlement. The first church was built by Lewis Hale and called the "Hale Meeting-house." When Grayson county was formed in 1792, Lewis Hale was one of the first Magistrates of the court, appointed by Henry Lee, Governor of Virginia.
NOTE:
There was a ready response and on July 2nd, 1902, a monument was unveiled at the grave of Lewis Hale, bearing on it the names of Lewis Hale and his wife, Mary Burwell Hale, and the names of their six sons and two daughters. Elk Creek/Grayson County VA
Lewis Hale was a soldier of the American Revolution and fought at King's Mountain. (7 October 1780) DAR Ancestor Number A049270∼American Revolutionary War patriot
Wife: Mary Burwell. Children include: Dudley (married Mary Burroughs), Francis (married Elizabeth Burroughs), Lewis (married Elizabeth Bourne), Richard (married Elizabeth Stone), Stephen (married Frances Bourne), and William (married Lucy Stone).
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