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Esau Ludington

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Esau Ludington

Birth
Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, USA
Death
1830 (aged 86–87)
Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Frankford, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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In the Battle of Point Pleasant (1774) during Lord Dunsmore's War, he was the Ordinance Master and some of the men complained that he did not serve out the powder fast enough; he threw down the can, and shouldered his gun and went out on the field where he remained fighting to his own account until the battle was ended.

Esau Ludington appears in the list as Heads of Familes 1763-1786 of Greenbrier County.
In the Battle of Point Pleasant (1774) during Lord Dunsmore's War, he was the Ordinance Master and some of the men complained that he did not serve out the powder fast enough; he threw down the can, and shouldered his gun and went out on the field where he remained fighting to his own account until the battle was ended.

Esau Ludington appears in the list as Heads of Familes 1763-1786 of Greenbrier County.


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