Elizabeth CHESTNUT

Born unknown but ca 1745

Died 1790 unknown burial

Probably married 1764-1768, possibly in Maryland, probably in Virginia as first wife:
Charles PARSONS, b. 4 Nov 1745, d. 4 Nov 1823, Jackson County, West Va, United States (Age 78 years)
He was buried in the Baptist Grove Cemetery, formerly known as the Parsons Graveyard, on farm owned by Elias Parsons

Notes
◦Parents are given from one source as James Chestnut and Margaret.

Children
1. William [Lowther?] Parsons, b. 24 Jul 1769, Queen Anne Parish, Prince George Co., MD d. 10 Oct 1839, Frozen Camp, Jackson Co., WV (Age 70 years)

2. Mary PARSONS, b. 1 Jan 1773, Harrison County, West Virginia, United States d. 4 Dec 1863, Jackson County, West Virginia, United States Find
(Age 90 years)

3. John Parsons, Sr, b. Between 1777 and 1778, Buchannon Settlement, Harrison County, VA d. 18 Jun 1859, Jackson County, West Virginia, United States (Age ~ 82 years)

4. George Parsons, b. 1780, d. Jan 1850, Jackson County, West Virginia, United States (Age 70 years)

5. Hannah Parsons, b. 1784, d. 1820 (Age 36 years

6. Elizabeth Parsons, b. Abt 1785, d. Yes, date unknown

7. Margaret Parsons, b. 1788, Virginia, United States , d. 10 Jan 1871, Jackson County, West Virginia, United States (Age 83 years)


NOTES ON HUSBAND
"Jackson County in the Wars" Revolutionary Soldiers

Charles Parsons Sr. Son of William Parsons, who came to the Eastern Shore of Maryland from Prussia about 1725.

Charles was born about 1745 in Queen's Anne's County, Maryland.
He entered service as a private in the Hampshire County Militia in the Company of Captain John Harness' VA Rangers in 1775, and also served as a scout in Harrison county in 1792.

He came to then Kanawha County about 1802 and settled on Sycamore Creek, near Ripley.

Later, he moved to present Frozen Camp in Washington District, where he died November 4, 1823, and is interred in the Frozen Camp Cemetery.

A Marker in his memory was placed at his grave in the cemetery by the Ravenswood Chapter of the DAR in 1970.

Children of Charles Parsons by his first marriage to Elizabeth Chestnut, in Maryland, 1764, were:
William L;
George;
John;
Elias;
Margaret 'Peggy', who married Joseph Bibbee;
Mary 'Polly', married Thomas Carney;
Elizabeth.

Children by his second marriage to widow Mrs Nancy Ann (Flesher) Sleeth, a daughter of Henry Flesher, in Harrison County, May 3, 1797, were:
Martha 'Patsy', married William Casto;
Nancy, married (1) John Casto and (2) John Board;
Charles;
Sarah 'Sallie', married James Cunningham, of Tug Fork.

Charles Parsons' widow, who was also the widow of John Sleeth, made application for a pension on the service of her first husband.

Indian Wars
The following were scouts in the Indian Wars following the Revolution:
Charles Parsons, Randolph County. March 15, 1792 to Dec 1, 1792.
Source: Virginia State Papers, Vol 7, page 469