Dates of birth and death are estimated.
Cemetery note: The cemetery has readable and illegible grave markers. No marker has been found for John Vardeman. Therefore, he cannot be added "officially" to this cemetery.
John Vardeman II was the oldest son of "Old" William Vardeman I and his first wife, Magdelena Petersson. William I was the son of Johannes (John) Vardeman I.
John's father, William Vardeman I, was born about 1698, probably in New Castle Co., DE. He married Magdalena Petersson on April 21, 1720 at Holy Trinity (Old Swede's) Church in Wilmington, DE. (1720. 1724 & 1730 Marriage & Birth Records Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, p. 106, #4)
John married Elizabeth Morgan on Sept. 7, 1744, in South Carolina. (No source)
According to Baptist histories and family interviews, John and Elizabeth had 12 children, five were sons with Jeremiah as the youngest son and child. Unless specified, birth order and dates regarding their children are estimated.
-Mary Magdalene Vardaman 1752-1839 (m. Jul. 17, 1768-Rev. Simon Cockrell)
-Lettis "Letitia" Vardeman aft. 1750 (1m. Jan. 21, 1776-John Calfee, divorced 1805-Genealogy.com)
-Lt. William Vardeman, Sr. 1754/1755-1826 St. Tammany Parish, LA (m. May 24, 1779-Anne Ayres died poss. TX)
-Minnie Vardeman (m. Jul. 1, 1785-William Green Clark)
-Pvt. Amaziah Vardeman aft. 1751-bef. 1811 (m. Mar. 7, 1791-Nancy Wright)
-Elizabeth Vardeman 1755-1822 (m. Dec. 19, 1774 Montgomery Co., VA-Pvt. William Menefee - Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800
Marriage & Divorce Record information.)
-Pvt. John S. Vardeman III 1761-1809 (m. Sep. 7, 1785-Mary Spaulding)
-Jemimah Vardeman Jul. 8, 1765-1808 KY (m. Jul. 3, 1785-William Henry Pope 1757-1839 MO. He was buried in now defunct Grave Hill Cemetery, Passover, Camden Co., MO.)
-Morgan Vardeman 1767-1847 (m. Jan. 24, 1792-Mary "Polly" Truesdale)
-Tabitha Vardeman died bef. Jan. 1795 (m. May 10, 1787-1w. of Rane McKinney)
-Sabra Elizabeth Vardeman died aft. 1860 (m. Jan. 13, 1797-2w. of Rane McKinney)
-Rev. Jeremiah "Jerry" Vardeman 1775-1842 (1m. Feb. 12, 1799-Elizabeth James) (2m. Dec. 21, 1820-Elizabeth "Betsy" Bryan) (3m. 1823-Lucy Redd Bullock)
Not included in list of children, but found on the internet:
-Alexander Vardeman 1769-aft. 1789 (m. Rachel Monteel)
-Margaret Vardemar /Vardeman 1753-1848 (m. Capt. Shadrack Woolley) https://www.alabamapioneers.com/some-descendants-of-shadrack-woolley-1752-1809-with-notes-sources/
Elizabeth "Betty" Vademan is said to have been born Feb. 28, 1755, Abbeville, Abbeville, SC, and died Sept. 27, 1822, in Elkton, Giles Co., TN.
Sabra Vardeman McKinney was listed age 76, born in South Carolina, living with son, Thomas H. McKinney, in the 1860 Census for Monticello, Wayne Co., KY. Her burial location is unknown. There is no such cemetery called "Wayne County Cemetery."
In 1775, John was a member of Daniel Boone's expedition to establish the Transylvania Trail and Fort Boonesborough, where John Vardeman and John Sappington are listed on a monument dedicated to this cause.
"The Life of Daniel Boone," by Lyman C. Draper, LL.D., edited by Ted Franklin Belue, Stackpole Books, Chapter 2, p.335:
". . . Under Boone's command were enlisted such experienced backwoodsmen as Squire Boone, Benjamin Cutbirth, Michael Stoner, David Gass, Col. Richard Callaway, William Bush, Edmund Jennings, John Kennedy, JOHN VARDEMEN, and James Hall . . "
Military service 1: 1758, VA Militia. by the Revolutionary War (1776), John Vardeman II was considered "too old to fight."
The following service records most likely applies to son, Pvt. John S. Vardeman III (1761-1819): Military service 2: Bet. 1778-1780, Rev. War, Capt. Boyle's Company at Dick River, KY.
John II eventually settled on Cedar Creek in Lincoln Co., KY, in what would later be called Crab Orchard, located south of Fort Boonesborough. Here in 1792, John and sons, John III, Morgan, and Amaziah, joined the Crab Orchard Kentucky Baptist Church, where son, Rev. Jeremiah "Jerry" Vardeman, would eventually become the second pastor.
It is unproven that the "Mrs. Vardeman" who died in 1812, according to David's Fork Baptist Church records, Fayette County, KY, was Elizabeth, wife of John Vardeman II. The timing of her death coincides with his withdrawal from their church. Her burial location is unknown. (Source: Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records, Abstracts of Early Wills, Deed and Marriages from Court Houses and records of Old Bibles, Churches, Grave Yards, and Cemeteries, copied by American War Mothers, Genealogical Material collected from Authentic Sources from Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and Woodford Counties, Kentucky, compiled by Mrs. Harry Kennett McAdams, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1967, Pages 184 and 378.)
In October of 1812, the church at Crab Orchard recorded in its book, "that old John Vardeman have a letter of dismission." ("Jeremiah Vardeman: the Restoration Movement")
John supposedly moved to the Territory of Missouri about 1812, but we do not know the date for sure. We have no information about him for about 20 years. He was reported to have died at Gravois Creek, St. Louis Co., MO, or in Ralls Co., MO, at the home of son, Rev. Jeremiah Vardeman, at an "extremely old age" in either 1827 or 1835. ("Baptist History Homepage: Jeremiah Vardeman KY & MO Frontier Baptist Minister," by J.H. Spencer)
The Lincoln County Historical Society published in 1996: "Lincoln County, Kentucky," p. 280, states that John and Elizabeth Vardeman moved to settle on Gravois Creek, St. Louis Co., MO, where John was buried on the estate of Capt. John Sappington. ("Lincoln County, Kentucky," authorized by Lincoln County Historical Society, with Turner Publishing Company. Google Books)
As it appears on page 98 of the compilation of Vardeman Family references, ca. 1835 (contributed by David M. Vardiman) Interview: "…. This John Vardeman (John Vardeman II) died on Gravois Creek, St. Louis CO. Mo., perhaps about 1835, aged 104, & was buried at Capt. John Sappington's, abt. 15 miles west of St. Louis. …." (Source: Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscripts, Kentucky Papers, Reel 23S, page 144, Interview with Rev. William H. Vardeman, grandson of John Vardeman Jr. (II), conducted May 25-26th 1868, St. Charles County, Missouri.)
Sources:
-Sappington Cemetery 1811-1970, St. Louis Co., MO, Isabel Stebbins Giulvezan, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Affton, MO, 1982, page 113
-Publication References Compiled by Jack (Jesse) Vardaman & David Miles Vardiman.
-Treespot.net
Cemetery note: The cemetery has readable and illegible grave markers. No marker has been found for John Vardeman. Therefore, he cannot be added "officially" to this cemetery.
John Vardeman II was the oldest son of "Old" William Vardeman I and his first wife, Magdelena Petersson. William I was the son of Johannes (John) Vardeman I.
John's father, William Vardeman I, was born about 1698, probably in New Castle Co., DE. He married Magdalena Petersson on April 21, 1720 at Holy Trinity (Old Swede's) Church in Wilmington, DE. (1720. 1724 & 1730 Marriage & Birth Records Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, p. 106, #4)
John married Elizabeth Morgan on Sept. 7, 1744, in South Carolina. (No source)
According to Baptist histories and family interviews, John and Elizabeth had 12 children, five were sons with Jeremiah as the youngest son and child. Unless specified, birth order and dates regarding their children are estimated.
-Mary Magdalene Vardaman 1752-1839 (m. Jul. 17, 1768-Rev. Simon Cockrell)
-Lettis "Letitia" Vardeman aft. 1750 (1m. Jan. 21, 1776-John Calfee, divorced 1805-Genealogy.com)
-Lt. William Vardeman, Sr. 1754/1755-1826 St. Tammany Parish, LA (m. May 24, 1779-Anne Ayres died poss. TX)
-Minnie Vardeman (m. Jul. 1, 1785-William Green Clark)
-Pvt. Amaziah Vardeman aft. 1751-bef. 1811 (m. Mar. 7, 1791-Nancy Wright)
-Elizabeth Vardeman 1755-1822 (m. Dec. 19, 1774 Montgomery Co., VA-Pvt. William Menefee - Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800
Marriage & Divorce Record information.)
-Pvt. John S. Vardeman III 1761-1809 (m. Sep. 7, 1785-Mary Spaulding)
-Jemimah Vardeman Jul. 8, 1765-1808 KY (m. Jul. 3, 1785-William Henry Pope 1757-1839 MO. He was buried in now defunct Grave Hill Cemetery, Passover, Camden Co., MO.)
-Morgan Vardeman 1767-1847 (m. Jan. 24, 1792-Mary "Polly" Truesdale)
-Tabitha Vardeman died bef. Jan. 1795 (m. May 10, 1787-1w. of Rane McKinney)
-Sabra Elizabeth Vardeman died aft. 1860 (m. Jan. 13, 1797-2w. of Rane McKinney)
-Rev. Jeremiah "Jerry" Vardeman 1775-1842 (1m. Feb. 12, 1799-Elizabeth James) (2m. Dec. 21, 1820-Elizabeth "Betsy" Bryan) (3m. 1823-Lucy Redd Bullock)
Not included in list of children, but found on the internet:
-Alexander Vardeman 1769-aft. 1789 (m. Rachel Monteel)
-Margaret Vardemar /Vardeman 1753-1848 (m. Capt. Shadrack Woolley) https://www.alabamapioneers.com/some-descendants-of-shadrack-woolley-1752-1809-with-notes-sources/
Elizabeth "Betty" Vademan is said to have been born Feb. 28, 1755, Abbeville, Abbeville, SC, and died Sept. 27, 1822, in Elkton, Giles Co., TN.
Sabra Vardeman McKinney was listed age 76, born in South Carolina, living with son, Thomas H. McKinney, in the 1860 Census for Monticello, Wayne Co., KY. Her burial location is unknown. There is no such cemetery called "Wayne County Cemetery."
In 1775, John was a member of Daniel Boone's expedition to establish the Transylvania Trail and Fort Boonesborough, where John Vardeman and John Sappington are listed on a monument dedicated to this cause.
"The Life of Daniel Boone," by Lyman C. Draper, LL.D., edited by Ted Franklin Belue, Stackpole Books, Chapter 2, p.335:
". . . Under Boone's command were enlisted such experienced backwoodsmen as Squire Boone, Benjamin Cutbirth, Michael Stoner, David Gass, Col. Richard Callaway, William Bush, Edmund Jennings, John Kennedy, JOHN VARDEMEN, and James Hall . . "
Military service 1: 1758, VA Militia. by the Revolutionary War (1776), John Vardeman II was considered "too old to fight."
The following service records most likely applies to son, Pvt. John S. Vardeman III (1761-1819): Military service 2: Bet. 1778-1780, Rev. War, Capt. Boyle's Company at Dick River, KY.
John II eventually settled on Cedar Creek in Lincoln Co., KY, in what would later be called Crab Orchard, located south of Fort Boonesborough. Here in 1792, John and sons, John III, Morgan, and Amaziah, joined the Crab Orchard Kentucky Baptist Church, where son, Rev. Jeremiah "Jerry" Vardeman, would eventually become the second pastor.
It is unproven that the "Mrs. Vardeman" who died in 1812, according to David's Fork Baptist Church records, Fayette County, KY, was Elizabeth, wife of John Vardeman II. The timing of her death coincides with his withdrawal from their church. Her burial location is unknown. (Source: Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records, Abstracts of Early Wills, Deed and Marriages from Court Houses and records of Old Bibles, Churches, Grave Yards, and Cemeteries, copied by American War Mothers, Genealogical Material collected from Authentic Sources from Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and Woodford Counties, Kentucky, compiled by Mrs. Harry Kennett McAdams, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1967, Pages 184 and 378.)
In October of 1812, the church at Crab Orchard recorded in its book, "that old John Vardeman have a letter of dismission." ("Jeremiah Vardeman: the Restoration Movement")
John supposedly moved to the Territory of Missouri about 1812, but we do not know the date for sure. We have no information about him for about 20 years. He was reported to have died at Gravois Creek, St. Louis Co., MO, or in Ralls Co., MO, at the home of son, Rev. Jeremiah Vardeman, at an "extremely old age" in either 1827 or 1835. ("Baptist History Homepage: Jeremiah Vardeman KY & MO Frontier Baptist Minister," by J.H. Spencer)
The Lincoln County Historical Society published in 1996: "Lincoln County, Kentucky," p. 280, states that John and Elizabeth Vardeman moved to settle on Gravois Creek, St. Louis Co., MO, where John was buried on the estate of Capt. John Sappington. ("Lincoln County, Kentucky," authorized by Lincoln County Historical Society, with Turner Publishing Company. Google Books)
As it appears on page 98 of the compilation of Vardeman Family references, ca. 1835 (contributed by David M. Vardiman) Interview: "…. This John Vardeman (John Vardeman II) died on Gravois Creek, St. Louis CO. Mo., perhaps about 1835, aged 104, & was buried at Capt. John Sappington's, abt. 15 miles west of St. Louis. …." (Source: Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscripts, Kentucky Papers, Reel 23S, page 144, Interview with Rev. William H. Vardeman, grandson of John Vardeman Jr. (II), conducted May 25-26th 1868, St. Charles County, Missouri.)
Sources:
-Sappington Cemetery 1811-1970, St. Louis Co., MO, Isabel Stebbins Giulvezan, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Affton, MO, 1982, page 113
-Publication References Compiled by Jack (Jesse) Vardaman & David Miles Vardiman.
-Treespot.net
Dates of birth and death are estimated.
Cemetery note: The cemetery has readable and illegible grave markers. No marker has been found for John Vardeman. Therefore, he cannot be added "officially" to this cemetery.
John Vardeman II was the oldest son of "Old" William Vardeman I and his first wife, Magdelena Petersson. William I was the son of Johannes (John) Vardeman I.
John's father, William Vardeman I, was born about 1698, probably in New Castle Co., DE. He married Magdalena Petersson on April 21, 1720 at Holy Trinity (Old Swede's) Church in Wilmington, DE. (1720. 1724 & 1730 Marriage & Birth Records Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, p. 106, #4)
John married Elizabeth Morgan on Sept. 7, 1744, in South Carolina. (No source)
According to Baptist histories and family interviews, John and Elizabeth had 12 children, five were sons with Jeremiah as the youngest son and child. Unless specified, birth order and dates regarding their children are estimated.
-Mary Magdalene Vardaman 1752-1839 (m. Jul. 17, 1768-Rev. Simon Cockrell)
-Lettis "Letitia" Vardeman aft. 1750 (1m. Jan. 21, 1776-John Calfee, divorced 1805-Genealogy.com)
-Lt. William Vardeman, Sr. 1754/1755-1826 St. Tammany Parish, LA (m. May 24, 1779-Anne Ayres died poss. TX)
-Minnie Vardeman (m. Jul. 1, 1785-William Green Clark)
-Pvt. Amaziah Vardeman aft. 1751-bef. 1811 (m. Mar. 7, 1791-Nancy Wright)
-Elizabeth Vardeman 1755-1822 (m. Dec. 19, 1774 Montgomery Co., VA-Pvt. William Menefee - Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800
Marriage & Divorce Record information.)
-Pvt. John S. Vardeman III 1761-1809 (m. Sep. 7, 1785-Mary Spaulding)
-Jemimah Vardeman Jul. 8, 1765-1808 KY (m. Jul. 3, 1785-William Henry Pope 1757-1839 MO. He was buried in now defunct Grave Hill Cemetery, Passover, Camden Co., MO.)
-Morgan Vardeman 1767-1847 (m. Jan. 24, 1792-Mary "Polly" Truesdale)
-Tabitha Vardeman died bef. Jan. 1795 (m. May 10, 1787-1w. of Rane McKinney)
-Sabra Elizabeth Vardeman died aft. 1860 (m. Jan. 13, 1797-2w. of Rane McKinney)
-Rev. Jeremiah "Jerry" Vardeman 1775-1842 (1m. Feb. 12, 1799-Elizabeth James) (2m. Dec. 21, 1820-Elizabeth "Betsy" Bryan) (3m. 1823-Lucy Redd Bullock)
Not included in list of children, but found on the internet:
-Alexander Vardeman 1769-aft. 1789 (m. Rachel Monteel)
-Margaret Vardemar /Vardeman 1753-1848 (m. Capt. Shadrack Woolley) https://www.alabamapioneers.com/some-descendants-of-shadrack-woolley-1752-1809-with-notes-sources/
Elizabeth "Betty" Vademan is said to have been born Feb. 28, 1755, Abbeville, Abbeville, SC, and died Sept. 27, 1822, in Elkton, Giles Co., TN.
Sabra Vardeman McKinney was listed age 76, born in South Carolina, living with son, Thomas H. McKinney, in the 1860 Census for Monticello, Wayne Co., KY. Her burial location is unknown. There is no such cemetery called "Wayne County Cemetery."
In 1775, John was a member of Daniel Boone's expedition to establish the Transylvania Trail and Fort Boonesborough, where John Vardeman and John Sappington are listed on a monument dedicated to this cause.
"The Life of Daniel Boone," by Lyman C. Draper, LL.D., edited by Ted Franklin Belue, Stackpole Books, Chapter 2, p.335:
". . . Under Boone's command were enlisted such experienced backwoodsmen as Squire Boone, Benjamin Cutbirth, Michael Stoner, David Gass, Col. Richard Callaway, William Bush, Edmund Jennings, John Kennedy, JOHN VARDEMEN, and James Hall . . "
Military service 1: 1758, VA Militia. by the Revolutionary War (1776), John Vardeman II was considered "too old to fight."
The following service records most likely applies to son, Pvt. John S. Vardeman III (1761-1819): Military service 2: Bet. 1778-1780, Rev. War, Capt. Boyle's Company at Dick River, KY.
John II eventually settled on Cedar Creek in Lincoln Co., KY, in what would later be called Crab Orchard, located south of Fort Boonesborough. Here in 1792, John and sons, John III, Morgan, and Amaziah, joined the Crab Orchard Kentucky Baptist Church, where son, Rev. Jeremiah "Jerry" Vardeman, would eventually become the second pastor.
It is unproven that the "Mrs. Vardeman" who died in 1812, according to David's Fork Baptist Church records, Fayette County, KY, was Elizabeth, wife of John Vardeman II. The timing of her death coincides with his withdrawal from their church. Her burial location is unknown. (Source: Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records, Abstracts of Early Wills, Deed and Marriages from Court Houses and records of Old Bibles, Churches, Grave Yards, and Cemeteries, copied by American War Mothers, Genealogical Material collected from Authentic Sources from Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and Woodford Counties, Kentucky, compiled by Mrs. Harry Kennett McAdams, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1967, Pages 184 and 378.)
In October of 1812, the church at Crab Orchard recorded in its book, "that old John Vardeman have a letter of dismission." ("Jeremiah Vardeman: the Restoration Movement")
John supposedly moved to the Territory of Missouri about 1812, but we do not know the date for sure. We have no information about him for about 20 years. He was reported to have died at Gravois Creek, St. Louis Co., MO, or in Ralls Co., MO, at the home of son, Rev. Jeremiah Vardeman, at an "extremely old age" in either 1827 or 1835. ("Baptist History Homepage: Jeremiah Vardeman KY & MO Frontier Baptist Minister," by J.H. Spencer)
The Lincoln County Historical Society published in 1996: "Lincoln County, Kentucky," p. 280, states that John and Elizabeth Vardeman moved to settle on Gravois Creek, St. Louis Co., MO, where John was buried on the estate of Capt. John Sappington. ("Lincoln County, Kentucky," authorized by Lincoln County Historical Society, with Turner Publishing Company. Google Books)
As it appears on page 98 of the compilation of Vardeman Family references, ca. 1835 (contributed by David M. Vardiman) Interview: "…. This John Vardeman (John Vardeman II) died on Gravois Creek, St. Louis CO. Mo., perhaps about 1835, aged 104, & was buried at Capt. John Sappington's, abt. 15 miles west of St. Louis. …." (Source: Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscripts, Kentucky Papers, Reel 23S, page 144, Interview with Rev. William H. Vardeman, grandson of John Vardeman Jr. (II), conducted May 25-26th 1868, St. Charles County, Missouri.)
Sources:
-Sappington Cemetery 1811-1970, St. Louis Co., MO, Isabel Stebbins Giulvezan, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Affton, MO, 1982, page 113
-Publication References Compiled by Jack (Jesse) Vardaman & David Miles Vardiman.
-Treespot.net
Cemetery note: The cemetery has readable and illegible grave markers. No marker has been found for John Vardeman. Therefore, he cannot be added "officially" to this cemetery.
John Vardeman II was the oldest son of "Old" William Vardeman I and his first wife, Magdelena Petersson. William I was the son of Johannes (John) Vardeman I.
John's father, William Vardeman I, was born about 1698, probably in New Castle Co., DE. He married Magdalena Petersson on April 21, 1720 at Holy Trinity (Old Swede's) Church in Wilmington, DE. (1720. 1724 & 1730 Marriage & Birth Records Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, p. 106, #4)
John married Elizabeth Morgan on Sept. 7, 1744, in South Carolina. (No source)
According to Baptist histories and family interviews, John and Elizabeth had 12 children, five were sons with Jeremiah as the youngest son and child. Unless specified, birth order and dates regarding their children are estimated.
-Mary Magdalene Vardaman 1752-1839 (m. Jul. 17, 1768-Rev. Simon Cockrell)
-Lettis "Letitia" Vardeman aft. 1750 (1m. Jan. 21, 1776-John Calfee, divorced 1805-Genealogy.com)
-Lt. William Vardeman, Sr. 1754/1755-1826 St. Tammany Parish, LA (m. May 24, 1779-Anne Ayres died poss. TX)
-Minnie Vardeman (m. Jul. 1, 1785-William Green Clark)
-Pvt. Amaziah Vardeman aft. 1751-bef. 1811 (m. Mar. 7, 1791-Nancy Wright)
-Elizabeth Vardeman 1755-1822 (m. Dec. 19, 1774 Montgomery Co., VA-Pvt. William Menefee - Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800
Marriage & Divorce Record information.)
-Pvt. John S. Vardeman III 1761-1809 (m. Sep. 7, 1785-Mary Spaulding)
-Jemimah Vardeman Jul. 8, 1765-1808 KY (m. Jul. 3, 1785-William Henry Pope 1757-1839 MO. He was buried in now defunct Grave Hill Cemetery, Passover, Camden Co., MO.)
-Morgan Vardeman 1767-1847 (m. Jan. 24, 1792-Mary "Polly" Truesdale)
-Tabitha Vardeman died bef. Jan. 1795 (m. May 10, 1787-1w. of Rane McKinney)
-Sabra Elizabeth Vardeman died aft. 1860 (m. Jan. 13, 1797-2w. of Rane McKinney)
-Rev. Jeremiah "Jerry" Vardeman 1775-1842 (1m. Feb. 12, 1799-Elizabeth James) (2m. Dec. 21, 1820-Elizabeth "Betsy" Bryan) (3m. 1823-Lucy Redd Bullock)
Not included in list of children, but found on the internet:
-Alexander Vardeman 1769-aft. 1789 (m. Rachel Monteel)
-Margaret Vardemar /Vardeman 1753-1848 (m. Capt. Shadrack Woolley) https://www.alabamapioneers.com/some-descendants-of-shadrack-woolley-1752-1809-with-notes-sources/
Elizabeth "Betty" Vademan is said to have been born Feb. 28, 1755, Abbeville, Abbeville, SC, and died Sept. 27, 1822, in Elkton, Giles Co., TN.
Sabra Vardeman McKinney was listed age 76, born in South Carolina, living with son, Thomas H. McKinney, in the 1860 Census for Monticello, Wayne Co., KY. Her burial location is unknown. There is no such cemetery called "Wayne County Cemetery."
In 1775, John was a member of Daniel Boone's expedition to establish the Transylvania Trail and Fort Boonesborough, where John Vardeman and John Sappington are listed on a monument dedicated to this cause.
"The Life of Daniel Boone," by Lyman C. Draper, LL.D., edited by Ted Franklin Belue, Stackpole Books, Chapter 2, p.335:
". . . Under Boone's command were enlisted such experienced backwoodsmen as Squire Boone, Benjamin Cutbirth, Michael Stoner, David Gass, Col. Richard Callaway, William Bush, Edmund Jennings, John Kennedy, JOHN VARDEMEN, and James Hall . . "
Military service 1: 1758, VA Militia. by the Revolutionary War (1776), John Vardeman II was considered "too old to fight."
The following service records most likely applies to son, Pvt. John S. Vardeman III (1761-1819): Military service 2: Bet. 1778-1780, Rev. War, Capt. Boyle's Company at Dick River, KY.
John II eventually settled on Cedar Creek in Lincoln Co., KY, in what would later be called Crab Orchard, located south of Fort Boonesborough. Here in 1792, John and sons, John III, Morgan, and Amaziah, joined the Crab Orchard Kentucky Baptist Church, where son, Rev. Jeremiah "Jerry" Vardeman, would eventually become the second pastor.
It is unproven that the "Mrs. Vardeman" who died in 1812, according to David's Fork Baptist Church records, Fayette County, KY, was Elizabeth, wife of John Vardeman II. The timing of her death coincides with his withdrawal from their church. Her burial location is unknown. (Source: Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records, Abstracts of Early Wills, Deed and Marriages from Court Houses and records of Old Bibles, Churches, Grave Yards, and Cemeteries, copied by American War Mothers, Genealogical Material collected from Authentic Sources from Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and Woodford Counties, Kentucky, compiled by Mrs. Harry Kennett McAdams, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1967, Pages 184 and 378.)
In October of 1812, the church at Crab Orchard recorded in its book, "that old John Vardeman have a letter of dismission." ("Jeremiah Vardeman: the Restoration Movement")
John supposedly moved to the Territory of Missouri about 1812, but we do not know the date for sure. We have no information about him for about 20 years. He was reported to have died at Gravois Creek, St. Louis Co., MO, or in Ralls Co., MO, at the home of son, Rev. Jeremiah Vardeman, at an "extremely old age" in either 1827 or 1835. ("Baptist History Homepage: Jeremiah Vardeman KY & MO Frontier Baptist Minister," by J.H. Spencer)
The Lincoln County Historical Society published in 1996: "Lincoln County, Kentucky," p. 280, states that John and Elizabeth Vardeman moved to settle on Gravois Creek, St. Louis Co., MO, where John was buried on the estate of Capt. John Sappington. ("Lincoln County, Kentucky," authorized by Lincoln County Historical Society, with Turner Publishing Company. Google Books)
As it appears on page 98 of the compilation of Vardeman Family references, ca. 1835 (contributed by David M. Vardiman) Interview: "…. This John Vardeman (John Vardeman II) died on Gravois Creek, St. Louis CO. Mo., perhaps about 1835, aged 104, & was buried at Capt. John Sappington's, abt. 15 miles west of St. Louis. …." (Source: Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscripts, Kentucky Papers, Reel 23S, page 144, Interview with Rev. William H. Vardeman, grandson of John Vardeman Jr. (II), conducted May 25-26th 1868, St. Charles County, Missouri.)
Sources:
-Sappington Cemetery 1811-1970, St. Louis Co., MO, Isabel Stebbins Giulvezan, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Affton, MO, 1982, page 113
-Publication References Compiled by Jack (Jesse) Vardaman & David Miles Vardiman.
-Treespot.net
