7th Co., 4 Batt. of the Washington Co. PA Militia. he fought under Lt. Col John Marshall and Capt. Peter Kidd.
Revolutionary War
John's brothers are
Thomas 1752 Thomas was a sharpshooter with Daniel Morgan
Henry 1757
Charles 1760
All four brothers fought in the Rev. War.
John died taking, a load of whiskey and flour to Steubenville, OH with a four-horse wagon. When crossing the Ohio river at Kelly's Ferry, near the mouth of Haman's Creek, the stamping of the horses loosened the planting of the bottom of the boat, which them filled with water and sank. Capt. Bavington and the ferryman were both drowned. his body was recovered, brought home and buried at the Cross Roads
John built a grist and saw mill on land that was warranted to him on February 22, 1786 and surveyed to him December 3, 1787, as Mill Town, it contained four hundred and four acres. Located on the tract of land was the Bavington Twp. This land was located in the northeast part of Smith Twp., near the mouth of Raccoon Creek.
John married Ruth McKinnon abt 1785.
Children:
Nancy b 1784 m Matthew Hartford
Margaret 1786-1818 m Alex Wright
Daniel 1787-1850 m Polly Clark
Sarah 1788- 1851 m Thomas Backhouse
Henry 1789- 1848
Catherine 1790 aft 1860 m Thomas Burns
John 1792
Thomas 1792-1862 m Rachel Reed
Elizabeth 1794 m Charles Peterson
Mary 1796-1873 m Matthew McBride
Charles 1798
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August 26, 1811 two soldiers stationed in Pittsburgh quarreled and challenged each other to a duel. They set a meeting place at Winchester, Virginia. One traveled as far as Florence where he spent the night. The next morning he awoke very early and went out to practice with his pistols. Random shot hit old Captain Bavington's tombstone in the Florence Cemetery. One can see to this day the two bullet holes in the slab that marks his grave.
"Burgettstown Enterprise-Fort Vance Historical Society, History of Burgettstown written my Miss Katherine Pyle"
Thank you Kimberly for sharing this story with us!
Revolutionary War
John's brothers are
Thomas 1752 Thomas was a sharpshooter with Daniel Morgan
Henry 1757
Charles 1760
All four brothers fought in the Rev. War.
John died taking, a load of whiskey and flour to Steubenville, OH with a four-horse wagon. When crossing the Ohio river at Kelly's Ferry, near the mouth of Haman's Creek, the stamping of the horses loosened the planting of the bottom of the boat, which them filled with water and sank. Capt. Bavington and the ferryman were both drowned. his body was recovered, brought home and buried at the Cross Roads
John built a grist and saw mill on land that was warranted to him on February 22, 1786 and surveyed to him December 3, 1787, as Mill Town, it contained four hundred and four acres. Located on the tract of land was the Bavington Twp. This land was located in the northeast part of Smith Twp., near the mouth of Raccoon Creek.
John married Ruth McKinnon abt 1785.
Children:
Nancy b 1784 m Matthew Hartford
Margaret 1786-1818 m Alex Wright
Daniel 1787-1850 m Polly Clark
Sarah 1788- 1851 m Thomas Backhouse
Henry 1789- 1848
Catherine 1790 aft 1860 m Thomas Burns
John 1792
Thomas 1792-1862 m Rachel Reed
Elizabeth 1794 m Charles Peterson
Mary 1796-1873 m Matthew McBride
Charles 1798
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August 26, 1811 two soldiers stationed in Pittsburgh quarreled and challenged each other to a duel. They set a meeting place at Winchester, Virginia. One traveled as far as Florence where he spent the night. The next morning he awoke very early and went out to practice with his pistols. Random shot hit old Captain Bavington's tombstone in the Florence Cemetery. One can see to this day the two bullet holes in the slab that marks his grave.
"Burgettstown Enterprise-Fort Vance Historical Society, History of Burgettstown written my Miss Katherine Pyle"
Thank you Kimberly for sharing this story with us!
7th Co., 4 Batt. of the Washington Co. PA Militia. he fought under Lt. Col John Marshall and Capt. Peter Kidd.
Revolutionary War
John's brothers are
Thomas 1752 Thomas was a sharpshooter with Daniel Morgan
Henry 1757
Charles 1760
All four brothers fought in the Rev. War.
John died taking, a load of whiskey and flour to Steubenville, OH with a four-horse wagon. When crossing the Ohio river at Kelly's Ferry, near the mouth of Haman's Creek, the stamping of the horses loosened the planting of the bottom of the boat, which them filled with water and sank. Capt. Bavington and the ferryman were both drowned. his body was recovered, brought home and buried at the Cross Roads
John built a grist and saw mill on land that was warranted to him on February 22, 1786 and surveyed to him December 3, 1787, as Mill Town, it contained four hundred and four acres. Located on the tract of land was the Bavington Twp. This land was located in the northeast part of Smith Twp., near the mouth of Raccoon Creek.
John married Ruth McKinnon abt 1785.
Children:
Nancy b 1784 m Matthew Hartford
Margaret 1786-1818 m Alex Wright
Daniel 1787-1850 m Polly Clark
Sarah 1788- 1851 m Thomas Backhouse
Henry 1789- 1848
Catherine 1790 aft 1860 m Thomas Burns
John 1792
Thomas 1792-1862 m Rachel Reed
Elizabeth 1794 m Charles Peterson
Mary 1796-1873 m Matthew McBride
Charles 1798
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August 26, 1811 two soldiers stationed in Pittsburgh quarreled and challenged each other to a duel. They set a meeting place at Winchester, Virginia. One traveled as far as Florence where he spent the night. The next morning he awoke very early and went out to practice with his pistols. Random shot hit old Captain Bavington's tombstone in the Florence Cemetery. One can see to this day the two bullet holes in the slab that marks his grave.
"Burgettstown Enterprise-Fort Vance Historical Society, History of Burgettstown written my Miss Katherine Pyle"
Thank you Kimberly for sharing this story with us!
Revolutionary War
John's brothers are
Thomas 1752 Thomas was a sharpshooter with Daniel Morgan
Henry 1757
Charles 1760
All four brothers fought in the Rev. War.
John died taking, a load of whiskey and flour to Steubenville, OH with a four-horse wagon. When crossing the Ohio river at Kelly's Ferry, near the mouth of Haman's Creek, the stamping of the horses loosened the planting of the bottom of the boat, which them filled with water and sank. Capt. Bavington and the ferryman were both drowned. his body was recovered, brought home and buried at the Cross Roads
John built a grist and saw mill on land that was warranted to him on February 22, 1786 and surveyed to him December 3, 1787, as Mill Town, it contained four hundred and four acres. Located on the tract of land was the Bavington Twp. This land was located in the northeast part of Smith Twp., near the mouth of Raccoon Creek.
John married Ruth McKinnon abt 1785.
Children:
Nancy b 1784 m Matthew Hartford
Margaret 1786-1818 m Alex Wright
Daniel 1787-1850 m Polly Clark
Sarah 1788- 1851 m Thomas Backhouse
Henry 1789- 1848
Catherine 1790 aft 1860 m Thomas Burns
John 1792
Thomas 1792-1862 m Rachel Reed
Elizabeth 1794 m Charles Peterson
Mary 1796-1873 m Matthew McBride
Charles 1798
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August 26, 1811 two soldiers stationed in Pittsburgh quarreled and challenged each other to a duel. They set a meeting place at Winchester, Virginia. One traveled as far as Florence where he spent the night. The next morning he awoke very early and went out to practice with his pistols. Random shot hit old Captain Bavington's tombstone in the Florence Cemetery. One can see to this day the two bullet holes in the slab that marks his grave.
"Burgettstown Enterprise-Fort Vance Historical Society, History of Burgettstown written my Miss Katherine Pyle"
Thank you Kimberly for sharing this story with us!
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