Captain John Paxton was the son of John Paxton, Jr. and Mary Blair. He married Phoebe/Phebe Alexander on 15 Apr 1767 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
They had 9 known Paxton children:
John, 16 May 1768 (Elizabeth Logan), below
James, 25 Mar 1770 - 12 Jul 1838
Margaret "Peggy," 24 Mar 1772 (unmarried), below
Archibald, 3 Jul 1774 -?
William Alexander, 4 Aug 1776 (Nancy Logan-sister of Eliz), below
Joseph, 28 Dec 1778 (Elizabeth Paxton & Pantha Huston), below
Isabella "Ibby," 17 Oct 1782 (Andrew Alexander & Hugh Paxton), below
Mary E "Polly," 16 May 1784 (Wm Paxton), below
Alexander, 31 Aug 1787 (unmarried), below
More data on this family is found in the following books: The Marshall Family: Or A Genealogical Chart of the Descendants of John Paxton..., by William McClung Paxton, p 156 plus (John was "born in Rockbridge Co. in ABOUT 1843 and died 8 Oct 1787, from effects of a musketball received at the head of his company, at the battle of Guilford on 15 Mar 1782." Really 1781). The Paxton Family: Their Origin in Scotland, and Their Migrations Through England and Ireland, to the Colony of Pennsylvania, Whence They Moved South and West, and Found Homes in Many States and Territories: We Are One!, by W(illiam) M(cClung) Paxton, of Platte City, Missouri, Landmark Print, Platte City, MO, 1903, begins with p 46, No. 8 Capt. John Paxton. " Capt. Paxton was a gallant son of Va, and was noted as a patriot in the Revolutionary war. He raised a company of militia, in Rockbridge, and at the battle of Guilford, March 15, 1781, was distinguished for bravery, and was severely wounded by a musket ball. The wound was the cause of his death. The old hair trigger, flint-lock, rifle, that he bore in battle, was long preserved in the family, but finally lost and almost forgotten. But, a short time since, the gun was found in the office of the Leland hotel, Springfield, III., with the following legend: "This rifle was carried by H. M. Paxton, who was mortally wounded at the battle of Guilford, N. C, March 15, 1781." The circumstance is thus explained by Judge Houston. The old rifle of Capt. John Paxton, became the property of his son, Alexander, who never married; and bequeathed his estate to his niece, Margaret Paxton, who married C. C. Baldwin. "When they were about to cast the statue of Gen. Andrew Lewis, now in the Capitol square, at Richmond, Va., a call was made for a Continental rifle, to be used as a model; and the Paxton rifle was sent and used. It was then presented, by John Paxton Baldwin, the grandson of Capt. John, to the Virginia Military Institute. When Gen. Hunter made his raid up the Valley of Virginia, the Military Institute was burned, and everything of value destroyed, or carried off. I have no doubt the rifle was stolen, and now appears at Springfield. I never heard of any H. M. Paxton."
REVOLUTIONARY RELICS-- The rifle used by Capt John Paxton, of Rockbridge, Va, in the battle of Guilford, where he fell, March 15, 1781, has been presented, by J Baldwin, one of his descendants to the Virginia Military Institute. A copy of the rifle will be made by Crawford for his statue of Gen Andrew Lewis, for the Virginia Washington Monument. The statue is to be clothed in the hunting shirt of the Western Indian Fighters." Published in the Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) dated 18 Aug 1856, p 1 (see photo).
See The Story of Heroic Revolutionary Couple, in the July 15, 1948 issue of the Rockbridge County News. It begins: "A tablet in memory of Captain John Paxton and his wife, Phebe Alexander Paxton, was unveiled at their graves in the Glasgow cemetery on Saturday, June 26, by the Natural Bridge Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The tablet was unveiled by Miss Arden Locher and George Locher, children of Charles H. Locher, Jr., and Baldwin G. Locher, Jr., son of Baldwin G. Locher of Glasgow. These children belong to the youngest generation descending from Captain Paxton. The invocation and benediction at the ceremonies were given by the Rev. David C. Wright, rector of the R.E. Lee Memorial church of Lexington. Mrs. Charles McCulloch of Lexington prepared and read the following biography of the pioneer couple...." Note: the long article is a wonderful insightful story of life in their times, well worth the reading.
DAR Plaque says:
IN MEMORIAM
CAPTAIN JOHN PAXTON
A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
AND
PHOEBE ALEXANDER PAXTON
HIS WIFE
WHO RODE HORSEBACK THROUGH
THE WILDERNESS TO CARRY
FOOD AND CLOTHING TO HIM
AT VALLEY FORGE
ERECTED BY
NATURAL BRIDGE CHAPTER
OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
GLASGOW, VIRGINIA
His shared marker includes the following:
SACRED
To the memory of
JOHN PAXTON,
Who died, October the
3rd 1787 Aged 44
years.
They had 9 known Paxton children:
John, 16 May 1768 (Elizabeth Logan), below
James, 25 Mar 1770 - 12 Jul 1838
Margaret "Peggy," 24 Mar 1772 (unmarried), below
Archibald, 3 Jul 1774 -?
William Alexander, 4 Aug 1776 (Nancy Logan-sister of Eliz), below
Joseph, 28 Dec 1778 (Elizabeth Paxton & Pantha Huston), below
Isabella "Ibby," 17 Oct 1782 (Andrew Alexander & Hugh Paxton), below
Mary E "Polly," 16 May 1784 (Wm Paxton), below
Alexander, 31 Aug 1787 (unmarried), below
More data on this family is found in the following books: The Marshall Family: Or A Genealogical Chart of the Descendants of John Paxton..., by William McClung Paxton, p 156 plus (John was "born in Rockbridge Co. in ABOUT 1843 and died 8 Oct 1787, from effects of a musketball received at the head of his company, at the battle of Guilford on 15 Mar 1782." Really 1781). The Paxton Family: Their Origin in Scotland, and Their Migrations Through England and Ireland, to the Colony of Pennsylvania, Whence They Moved South and West, and Found Homes in Many States and Territories: We Are One!, by W(illiam) M(cClung) Paxton, of Platte City, Missouri, Landmark Print, Platte City, MO, 1903, begins with p 46, No. 8 Capt. John Paxton. " Capt. Paxton was a gallant son of Va, and was noted as a patriot in the Revolutionary war. He raised a company of militia, in Rockbridge, and at the battle of Guilford, March 15, 1781, was distinguished for bravery, and was severely wounded by a musket ball. The wound was the cause of his death. The old hair trigger, flint-lock, rifle, that he bore in battle, was long preserved in the family, but finally lost and almost forgotten. But, a short time since, the gun was found in the office of the Leland hotel, Springfield, III., with the following legend: "This rifle was carried by H. M. Paxton, who was mortally wounded at the battle of Guilford, N. C, March 15, 1781." The circumstance is thus explained by Judge Houston. The old rifle of Capt. John Paxton, became the property of his son, Alexander, who never married; and bequeathed his estate to his niece, Margaret Paxton, who married C. C. Baldwin. "When they were about to cast the statue of Gen. Andrew Lewis, now in the Capitol square, at Richmond, Va., a call was made for a Continental rifle, to be used as a model; and the Paxton rifle was sent and used. It was then presented, by John Paxton Baldwin, the grandson of Capt. John, to the Virginia Military Institute. When Gen. Hunter made his raid up the Valley of Virginia, the Military Institute was burned, and everything of value destroyed, or carried off. I have no doubt the rifle was stolen, and now appears at Springfield. I never heard of any H. M. Paxton."
REVOLUTIONARY RELICS-- The rifle used by Capt John Paxton, of Rockbridge, Va, in the battle of Guilford, where he fell, March 15, 1781, has been presented, by J Baldwin, one of his descendants to the Virginia Military Institute. A copy of the rifle will be made by Crawford for his statue of Gen Andrew Lewis, for the Virginia Washington Monument. The statue is to be clothed in the hunting shirt of the Western Indian Fighters." Published in the Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) dated 18 Aug 1856, p 1 (see photo).
See The Story of Heroic Revolutionary Couple, in the July 15, 1948 issue of the Rockbridge County News. It begins: "A tablet in memory of Captain John Paxton and his wife, Phebe Alexander Paxton, was unveiled at their graves in the Glasgow cemetery on Saturday, June 26, by the Natural Bridge Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The tablet was unveiled by Miss Arden Locher and George Locher, children of Charles H. Locher, Jr., and Baldwin G. Locher, Jr., son of Baldwin G. Locher of Glasgow. These children belong to the youngest generation descending from Captain Paxton. The invocation and benediction at the ceremonies were given by the Rev. David C. Wright, rector of the R.E. Lee Memorial church of Lexington. Mrs. Charles McCulloch of Lexington prepared and read the following biography of the pioneer couple...." Note: the long article is a wonderful insightful story of life in their times, well worth the reading.
DAR Plaque says:
IN MEMORIAM
CAPTAIN JOHN PAXTON
A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
AND
PHOEBE ALEXANDER PAXTON
HIS WIFE
WHO RODE HORSEBACK THROUGH
THE WILDERNESS TO CARRY
FOOD AND CLOTHING TO HIM
AT VALLEY FORGE
ERECTED BY
NATURAL BRIDGE CHAPTER
OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
GLASGOW, VIRGINIA
His shared marker includes the following:
SACRED
To the memory of
JOHN PAXTON,
Who died, October the
3rd 1787 Aged 44
years.
Captain John Paxton was the son of John Paxton, Jr. and Mary Blair. He married Phoebe/Phebe Alexander on 15 Apr 1767 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
They had 9 known Paxton children:
John, 16 May 1768 (Elizabeth Logan), below
James, 25 Mar 1770 - 12 Jul 1838
Margaret "Peggy," 24 Mar 1772 (unmarried), below
Archibald, 3 Jul 1774 -?
William Alexander, 4 Aug 1776 (Nancy Logan-sister of Eliz), below
Joseph, 28 Dec 1778 (Elizabeth Paxton & Pantha Huston), below
Isabella "Ibby," 17 Oct 1782 (Andrew Alexander & Hugh Paxton), below
Mary E "Polly," 16 May 1784 (Wm Paxton), below
Alexander, 31 Aug 1787 (unmarried), below
More data on this family is found in the following books: The Marshall Family: Or A Genealogical Chart of the Descendants of John Paxton..., by William McClung Paxton, p 156 plus (John was "born in Rockbridge Co. in ABOUT 1843 and died 8 Oct 1787, from effects of a musketball received at the head of his company, at the battle of Guilford on 15 Mar 1782." Really 1781). The Paxton Family: Their Origin in Scotland, and Their Migrations Through England and Ireland, to the Colony of Pennsylvania, Whence They Moved South and West, and Found Homes in Many States and Territories: We Are One!, by W(illiam) M(cClung) Paxton, of Platte City, Missouri, Landmark Print, Platte City, MO, 1903, begins with p 46, No. 8 Capt. John Paxton. " Capt. Paxton was a gallant son of Va, and was noted as a patriot in the Revolutionary war. He raised a company of militia, in Rockbridge, and at the battle of Guilford, March 15, 1781, was distinguished for bravery, and was severely wounded by a musket ball. The wound was the cause of his death. The old hair trigger, flint-lock, rifle, that he bore in battle, was long preserved in the family, but finally lost and almost forgotten. But, a short time since, the gun was found in the office of the Leland hotel, Springfield, III., with the following legend: "This rifle was carried by H. M. Paxton, who was mortally wounded at the battle of Guilford, N. C, March 15, 1781." The circumstance is thus explained by Judge Houston. The old rifle of Capt. John Paxton, became the property of his son, Alexander, who never married; and bequeathed his estate to his niece, Margaret Paxton, who married C. C. Baldwin. "When they were about to cast the statue of Gen. Andrew Lewis, now in the Capitol square, at Richmond, Va., a call was made for a Continental rifle, to be used as a model; and the Paxton rifle was sent and used. It was then presented, by John Paxton Baldwin, the grandson of Capt. John, to the Virginia Military Institute. When Gen. Hunter made his raid up the Valley of Virginia, the Military Institute was burned, and everything of value destroyed, or carried off. I have no doubt the rifle was stolen, and now appears at Springfield. I never heard of any H. M. Paxton."
REVOLUTIONARY RELICS-- The rifle used by Capt John Paxton, of Rockbridge, Va, in the battle of Guilford, where he fell, March 15, 1781, has been presented, by J Baldwin, one of his descendants to the Virginia Military Institute. A copy of the rifle will be made by Crawford for his statue of Gen Andrew Lewis, for the Virginia Washington Monument. The statue is to be clothed in the hunting shirt of the Western Indian Fighters." Published in the Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) dated 18 Aug 1856, p 1 (see photo).
See The Story of Heroic Revolutionary Couple, in the July 15, 1948 issue of the Rockbridge County News. It begins: "A tablet in memory of Captain John Paxton and his wife, Phebe Alexander Paxton, was unveiled at their graves in the Glasgow cemetery on Saturday, June 26, by the Natural Bridge Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The tablet was unveiled by Miss Arden Locher and George Locher, children of Charles H. Locher, Jr., and Baldwin G. Locher, Jr., son of Baldwin G. Locher of Glasgow. These children belong to the youngest generation descending from Captain Paxton. The invocation and benediction at the ceremonies were given by the Rev. David C. Wright, rector of the R.E. Lee Memorial church of Lexington. Mrs. Charles McCulloch of Lexington prepared and read the following biography of the pioneer couple...." Note: the long article is a wonderful insightful story of life in their times, well worth the reading.
DAR Plaque says:
IN MEMORIAM
CAPTAIN JOHN PAXTON
A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
AND
PHOEBE ALEXANDER PAXTON
HIS WIFE
WHO RODE HORSEBACK THROUGH
THE WILDERNESS TO CARRY
FOOD AND CLOTHING TO HIM
AT VALLEY FORGE
ERECTED BY
NATURAL BRIDGE CHAPTER
OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
GLASGOW, VIRGINIA
His shared marker includes the following:
SACRED
To the memory of
JOHN PAXTON,
Who died, October the
3rd 1787 Aged 44
years.
They had 9 known Paxton children:
John, 16 May 1768 (Elizabeth Logan), below
James, 25 Mar 1770 - 12 Jul 1838
Margaret "Peggy," 24 Mar 1772 (unmarried), below
Archibald, 3 Jul 1774 -?
William Alexander, 4 Aug 1776 (Nancy Logan-sister of Eliz), below
Joseph, 28 Dec 1778 (Elizabeth Paxton & Pantha Huston), below
Isabella "Ibby," 17 Oct 1782 (Andrew Alexander & Hugh Paxton), below
Mary E "Polly," 16 May 1784 (Wm Paxton), below
Alexander, 31 Aug 1787 (unmarried), below
More data on this family is found in the following books: The Marshall Family: Or A Genealogical Chart of the Descendants of John Paxton..., by William McClung Paxton, p 156 plus (John was "born in Rockbridge Co. in ABOUT 1843 and died 8 Oct 1787, from effects of a musketball received at the head of his company, at the battle of Guilford on 15 Mar 1782." Really 1781). The Paxton Family: Their Origin in Scotland, and Their Migrations Through England and Ireland, to the Colony of Pennsylvania, Whence They Moved South and West, and Found Homes in Many States and Territories: We Are One!, by W(illiam) M(cClung) Paxton, of Platte City, Missouri, Landmark Print, Platte City, MO, 1903, begins with p 46, No. 8 Capt. John Paxton. " Capt. Paxton was a gallant son of Va, and was noted as a patriot in the Revolutionary war. He raised a company of militia, in Rockbridge, and at the battle of Guilford, March 15, 1781, was distinguished for bravery, and was severely wounded by a musket ball. The wound was the cause of his death. The old hair trigger, flint-lock, rifle, that he bore in battle, was long preserved in the family, but finally lost and almost forgotten. But, a short time since, the gun was found in the office of the Leland hotel, Springfield, III., with the following legend: "This rifle was carried by H. M. Paxton, who was mortally wounded at the battle of Guilford, N. C, March 15, 1781." The circumstance is thus explained by Judge Houston. The old rifle of Capt. John Paxton, became the property of his son, Alexander, who never married; and bequeathed his estate to his niece, Margaret Paxton, who married C. C. Baldwin. "When they were about to cast the statue of Gen. Andrew Lewis, now in the Capitol square, at Richmond, Va., a call was made for a Continental rifle, to be used as a model; and the Paxton rifle was sent and used. It was then presented, by John Paxton Baldwin, the grandson of Capt. John, to the Virginia Military Institute. When Gen. Hunter made his raid up the Valley of Virginia, the Military Institute was burned, and everything of value destroyed, or carried off. I have no doubt the rifle was stolen, and now appears at Springfield. I never heard of any H. M. Paxton."
REVOLUTIONARY RELICS-- The rifle used by Capt John Paxton, of Rockbridge, Va, in the battle of Guilford, where he fell, March 15, 1781, has been presented, by J Baldwin, one of his descendants to the Virginia Military Institute. A copy of the rifle will be made by Crawford for his statue of Gen Andrew Lewis, for the Virginia Washington Monument. The statue is to be clothed in the hunting shirt of the Western Indian Fighters." Published in the Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) dated 18 Aug 1856, p 1 (see photo).
See The Story of Heroic Revolutionary Couple, in the July 15, 1948 issue of the Rockbridge County News. It begins: "A tablet in memory of Captain John Paxton and his wife, Phebe Alexander Paxton, was unveiled at their graves in the Glasgow cemetery on Saturday, June 26, by the Natural Bridge Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The tablet was unveiled by Miss Arden Locher and George Locher, children of Charles H. Locher, Jr., and Baldwin G. Locher, Jr., son of Baldwin G. Locher of Glasgow. These children belong to the youngest generation descending from Captain Paxton. The invocation and benediction at the ceremonies were given by the Rev. David C. Wright, rector of the R.E. Lee Memorial church of Lexington. Mrs. Charles McCulloch of Lexington prepared and read the following biography of the pioneer couple...." Note: the long article is a wonderful insightful story of life in their times, well worth the reading.
DAR Plaque says:
IN MEMORIAM
CAPTAIN JOHN PAXTON
A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
AND
PHOEBE ALEXANDER PAXTON
HIS WIFE
WHO RODE HORSEBACK THROUGH
THE WILDERNESS TO CARRY
FOOD AND CLOTHING TO HIM
AT VALLEY FORGE
ERECTED BY
NATURAL BRIDGE CHAPTER
OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
GLASGOW, VIRGINIA
His shared marker includes the following:
SACRED
To the memory of
JOHN PAXTON,
Who died, October the
3rd 1787 Aged 44
years.
Inscription
SACRED
To the memory of
JOHN PAXTON,
Who died, October the
3rd 1787 Aged 44
years.
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