Name |
Leonard Helm |
Title |
Capt |
Birth |
1720 |
Prince William Co, or Stafford Co, Virginia |
Gender |
Male |
Other-Begin |
11 Jan 1758 |
Dettingen Parish, Prince William Co, Virginia |
- Gabriel Moffett: (husband of his sister Mary) -- will prepared before he left for military service; referred to his wife as "lately departed;" "I nominate my dearly beloved brothers, Henrich Muffet and Jean Muffett and my brothers in law, Lynough Helm and Leonard Helm, to be guardians of my children, share and share alike.", all under 21 years of age.
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Military |
1778 |
Battle of Vincennes, Illinois |
- Illinois Campaign
Helm was commissioned a captain and asked to raise and lead a company of Virginians by the newly promoted Lieutenant Colonel George Rogers Clark. On January 2, 1778, Governor Patrick Henry gave Clark the authority to raise a regiment and secret orders to attack British forces and their allies on Virginia's frontier. Leonard Helm, who had served with Clark during Dunmore's War and had spent a lot of time in Kentucky, was given command of one of the initial four companies created to form this regiment. Captain Helm recruited soldiers from the Virginia militia from both Prince William and Fauquier Counties. Clark's unit was later known as the Illinois Regiment and participated in the Northwest Campaign.
(read more at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Helm)
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Military |
1782 |
Fort Nelson, Louisville, Kentucky |
commander |
- Fort Nelson and death
Clark later appointed Helm as commander of the fort in present day Louisville, Kentucky. Captain Helm was killed while serving as the commander of this fort. Helm had sold some of his land for continental currency under the belief that the value of it would increase. Instead, the continental dollar became almost worthless and Helm died in poverty, his personal estate consisting only of his clothes.[1] Many years later his heirs received 4,666 acres (19 kmē) from Virginia for his service in the Illinois Regiment.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Helm
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Death |
4 Jun 1782 |
Louisville, Jefferson Co, Kentucky |
Research Notes |
1 May 2012 |
dates |
- websites have marriage date as 10 Sep 1798, AFTER Leonard died in 1782. If Sarah b 1747 that's marrying at 51. Also not likely on dates of children. They're too spread out.
this family is posted online here and a few other places with the same info:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~helmsnc/leohelmsva1724.html
Looks like Sarah was 2nd wife, but, still, marriage date is off.
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Notes |
- Leonard Helm was an early pioneer of Kentucky, and a Virginia officer during the American Revolutionary War. Born around 1720 probably in Fauquier County, Virginia,[1] he died in poverty while fighting Native American allies of British troops during one of the last engagements of the Revolutionary War around June 4, 1782 in Jefferson County, Virginia (now Kentucky).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Helm
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Person ID |
I43267 |
Roots |
Last Modified |
1 May 2012 |
Family |
Sarah Furr, b. 1747, Attica, Fountain Co, Indiana d. Aft 1800 (Age 54 years) |
Marriage |
1745 |
Frederick Co, Virginia |
Children |
| 1. Achilles Zachariah Helm, b. 1748, Prince William Co, Virginia d. 1797, Prince William Co, Virginia (Age 49 years) |
| 2. Margaret Helm, b. 21 Jan 1758, Prince William Co, Virginia d. 13 Feb 1814, Virginia (Age 56 years) |
| 3. Mary Helm, b. 1771, Maryland d. Aft 1850, Putnam Co, Tennessee (Age 80 years) |
+ | 4. Sarah "Sally" Helm, b. 1774 d. 1835, Hickman Co, Kentucky (Age 61 years) |
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Family ID |
F14398 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
1 May 2012 |