| Name |
George Pearis [1, 2] |
| Prefix |
Captain |
| Born |
16 Feb 1745/46 |
South Carolina  [2, 3, 4] |
| Gender |
Male |
| American Revolution |
American Revolution |
| Notable |
Notables |
| Politician |
Politicians |
| Alt. Birth |
16 Feb 1745/46 [1, 5] |
| Military Service |
Bef 1782 |
Mountgomery County [5] |
| as a Captain in the militia |
- On the advance of the British Army into the Carolinas, in the fall of 1780, there was a Tory uprising in Surry County, North Carolina, of such formidable proportion as to impel General Martin Armstrong, commanding that military district, to call on Major Joseph Cloyd, of the Montgomery County Militia, to aid in its suppression. About the 1st day of October, 1780, Major Cloyd with three companies of mounted men, one of which was commanded by Captain George Pearis, marched to the State of North Carolina, where he was joined by some of the militia of that state, augmenting his force to about 160 men, with which he, on the 14th day of the month, attacked the Tories at Shallow Ford of the Yadkin, defeating them with a loss of fifteen killed and a number wounded; Major Cloyd had one killed and a few wounded, among them Captain Pearis, severely, through the shoulder. This fight cleared the way for the crossing of General Green's Army at this ford, which the Tories were seeking to obstruct.
|
| Residence |
Abt 1770-1782 |
New River, Montgomery County, Virginia [5] |
| Residence |
Aft 1782 |
Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia [5] |
| Pearisburg Station |
- Captain Pearis returned home wounded, and in addition to his suffering from his wound had the misfortune to lose his wife by death in a few days after his return, she dying on November 14th. Captain Pearis' wound disabled him from performing further military service, and having purchased from Captain William Ingles, about the year of 1779, for seventy pounds sterling (about $350.00), the tract of 204 acres of land on New river--whereon is now situated Pearisburg Station on the line of the Norfolk & Western Railway, and which land was known for years as the Hale and Charleton tract--he, in the spring of 1782, removed thereto, erecting his dwelling house at a point nearly due south of the residence of Mr. Edward C. Hale, and a little to the southeast of where the road from Mr. Hale's house unites with the turnpike. Two or three years after Captain Pearis made his location, he had a ferry established across the New River, and kept a small stock of goods, and later kept public entertainment.
|
| Political |
Bef 1810 |
Giles County, Virginia [1] |
| was long a magistrate in Montgomery and |
- The first court of the County of Giles was held in a house belonging to him, and the land for the county buildings and town was given by him and the town of Pearisburg took its name from him.
|
| Alt. Death |
4 Nov 1810 |
Giles County, Virginia [2, 4] |
| Name |
George Pearis [5, 6, 7] |
| Name |
George Pearis [4] |
| Died |
4 Nov 1810 |
Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia [1, 5] |
- He and his wife left numerous descendants, among them the wife of Mr. Robert Sanders, the wife of Edward A. Oney, the wife of M. W. Winfree, a son, Cornelius, who was killed on the retreat for the Confederates from the battlefield at Clark's house, May 1st, 1862.
David E. Johnston – 1906
|
| Buried |
Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia [1] |
- He is buried on the farm on which he died, on the hill just southwest of Pearisburg station. The two unmarked graves alongside are said to be those of his two wives.
|
| Person ID |
I5596 |
If the Legends Are True... |
| Last Modified |
24 Apr 2010 |
| Family 2 |
Rebecca Clay, b. 1768, Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia , d. 15 Apr 1844, Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia (Age 76 years) |
| Alt. Marriage |
1784 [8] |
| Married |
5 Oct 1784 [4, 5] |
| Biographical |
had 9 children [1] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Colonel George Neeley Pearis, Junior, b. 25 Dec 1785, Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia , d. 28 Mar 1835, Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia (Age 49 years) |
| | 2. Robert Alexander Pearis, d. Yes, date unknown |
| + | 3. Samuel Pepper Pearis, d. Yes, date unknown |
| + | 4. Charles Lewis Pearis, d. Yes, date unknown |
| + | 5. Rebecca Pearis, b. 23 Apr 1796, d. Yes, date unknown |
| + | 6. Julia Pearis, b. 1785, Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia , d. 11 Apr 1818, Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia (Age 33 years) |
| + | 7. Rhoda Pearis, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 8. Sallie Pearis, d. Yes, date unknown |
| + | 9. Eleanor Pearis, d. Yes, date unknown |
|
| Last Modified |
24 Apr 2010 |
| Family ID |
F2057 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1746 - 1810 (64 years)
