Harry’s paternal great grandfather John S Satterwhite was in the 10th Virginia Regiment during Revolutionary War. He served from 1777-1783. He was at Valley Forge with George Washington during that brutal winter. He saw action at the battle of Brandywine, Monmouth and Germantown. He was captured during the battle of Savannah and also at Charleston. After the war he was given a 400 acre land grant and he moved from Caroline County, Va to Franklin County, Kentucky in 1783. He was one of the first men to apply for a Rev war pension in KY. Harry’s maternal great grandmother was Delilah Tyler, son of Captain Robert Tyler who settled in Shelby County, KY w Squire Boone in 1779. Tyler served in the Revolution under Captain William Harrod and was on the Indian expeditions with George Rogers Clark. Tyler died at Tyler Station in 1815 and buried there.
Harry’s paternal great grandfather John S Satterwhite was in the 10th Virginia Regiment during Revolutionary War. He served from 1777-1783. He was at Valley Forge with George Washington during that brutal winter. He saw action at the battle of Brandywine, Monmouth and Germantown. He was captured during the battle of Savannah and also at Charleston. After the war he was given a 400 acre land grant and he moved from Caroline County, Va to Franklin County, Kentucky in 1783. He was one of the first men to apply for a Rev war pension in KY. Harry’s maternal great grandmother was Delilah Tyler, son of Captain Robert Tyler who settled in Shelby County, KY w Squire Boone in 1779. Tyler served in the Revolution under Captain William Harrod and was on the Indian expeditions with George Rogers Clark. Tyler died at Tyler Station in 1815 and buried there.
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