John Syme, III

1755 - 1793  (38 years)

• Name	John Syme, III
  Suffix	III
  Born	1755
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Feb 1793	Hanover County, Virginia
  Person ID	I2269	Dabneys of Virginia
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Col. John Syme, Jr.,   b. 1728/29, Hanover County, Virginia ,   d. Bef 21 Dec 1796, Hanover County, Virginia  (Age < 67 years)
  Mother	Mildred Thornton Meriwether,   b. 19 May 1739,   d. 1763, Hanover County, Virginia  (Age 23 years)
  Married	Abt 1756  [1]
  Family ID	F1261	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sally Overton
  Married	May 1779
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F1312	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  John Syme III was born to John Syme Jr. and Mildred Thornton (Meriwether) Syme in 1755 in Hanover County, Virginia. He married Sally Overton in May, 1779. She was a daughter of William Overton III and Jemima (Harris) Overton. They had two children: John, born 1799, died 1824; Mildred Meriwether, born January 16, 1782, married Dr. William Cochrane September 13, 1798, later migrated to Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, where Mildred died May 16/17, 1843, at Louisville. John served as a captain in the Revolution for about a year, commissioned December 3, 1776, and resigned January 3, 1778. His records in the land and personal property tax lists are sparse and somewhat unclear. Toward the end of his life, he was worried about his large debts according to his brother Nicholas, who acted as his agent in business affairs, which suggests that John was in declining health during the years before his death February 10, 1793 in Amherst County, aged about 38. His wife was still living in 1810, when she was listed in the land tax rolls, and died before 1811, when her entry changed to Sarah Syme’s estate. [2, 3, 4]

  
  

• Sources

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