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JAMES DYSART, JAMES, Capt. [William Beattie's brother-in-law]
b.1744, County Donegal, Ireland
d. 26 May 1818, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
m. Nancy (Agnes) Beattie, 1775
James Dysart's parents died while he was an infant and he was raised by his grandfather, who gave him an education. In 1761 he landed in Philadelphia. From there he gradually worked his way to the south-east and settled in the Holston Valley. In 1770 he joined James Knox and others in exploring Tennessee and Kentucky. He married the sister of Capt. David Beattie and settled on the Little Holston River. While serving as a captain under Maj. William Edmondson and Col. Campbell he received a wound (which crippled him for life) in his left hand during the battle at Kings Mountain. In 1781 he was made a major and subsequently a colonel and once represented Washington County in the Virginia Legislature. In his old age, broken up by surety debts, he moved to Rockcastle County, Kentucky, with his wife, three sons, and three daughters. He was placed on the invalid pension list on 18 December 1806 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
Sources: Draper, Lyman, Dr., Kings Mountain and its Heroes, p.304, 384, 404;
Heitman, p,209; Logan, II, 67; DAR, XXXIll, 56; (Boyers, Michael, S3022);
(Caswell, Andrew, S1848);
(Clarke, John, R1990);
(Elder, Robert, S12865);
(Fisher, Frederick, S20364);
(Hice, Leonard, S8713);
(Meek, Alexander, S7218);
(Reed, Abraham, S4052);
(Scott, John, S32509);
(Scott, Samuel, R9307);
Annals of Southwest Virginia, p.1388;
Virginia Soldiers of 1776, p.1252;
DAR Magazine, 1914; PI; 1909 Monument; 8DD18.
Major Sources:
Moss, Bobby Gilmer, The Patroits at Kings Mountain, Scotia-Hibernia Press, Blacksburg, SC: 1990-1999, p.14, p.73
Internet: National Park Service, http://www.nps.gov/ovvi/battle.htm
Last updated on December 13, 2006 by BDB.
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