Individual Details

Nash GLIDEWELL

(19 Jun 1721 - 26 Jan 1795)

Nash Glidewell was part owner of a modest tobacco plantation in Halifax County, Virginia, along with his younger brother, Robert Glidewell. They were slaveowners.

Events

Birth19 Jun 1721Bristol Parish, Prince George, Virginia, USA - Bristol, Prince George, Virginia, United States
Baptism21 Jul 1721Bristol Parish, Virginia, United States
Marriage1740Culpepper, Halifax, Virginia, United States - Martha Mary BANNISTER
Death26 Jan 1795Halifax, Virginia, United States
Burial
Militarywas a Revolutionary War Soldier - Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Families

SpouseMartha Mary BANNISTER (1722 - 1758)
FatherRobert GLIDEWELL ( - 1729)
MotherElizabeth " Eliza" Susan NASH (1703 - 1765)
SiblingRobert GLIDEWELL Jr. (1722 - 1806)
SiblingSusann GLIDEWELL (1724 - )
SiblingTerrance Lamb GLIDEWELL (1733 - )

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Burial

Monuments have been erected by the DAR in Oak Hill Cemetery, behind Oak Hills Christian Church, in Kendrick, Mississippi, which is in Alcorn County, northeast of Corinth, Mississippi. They are in memory of Nash and two of his grandsons, Robert and William (sons of Nash's son, Robert).

Military

The War Department has records of a Nash GLIDEWELL, a private in Captain Thomas Thweatt's company, 14th VA Regiment, Revolutionary War, subsequently designed 10th VA Regiment, commanded by Colonel William Davies, enlisted Feb 14 1778 for one year, was transferred in July to Captian (1778) John Mark's company, same regiment was reported on the company muster rolls for June, Jul and Aug, 1778, sick at Valley Forge, was transferred in Oct 1778 to Major Cabell's Company, same regiment and was reported on the muster roll from Sep 1778 to 1779, the last roll on which his name appears, sick at French Creek. This was signed by Lutz Wall, Brigadier General, Acting the Adjutant General. According to his birthdate, he was in his 50s when he was in the military, not surprising for the times because experts claim that in the American Revolutionary War, the U.S. was drafting almost any man that could walk regardless of age.