Was born after father's death.
George was appointed a captain of Militia of Botecourt County, VA, May 14, 1776. He had served as a Lieutenant in Dunmore's War. The Captain of his company was killed during the Battle of Point Pleasant and George succeded him.
George Given entered the Revolutionary War as a Captain. At the close of the war he was given 400 acres of land in Kentucky for his services. Evidently he moved to this land about 1780. Several other Givens moved to Lincoln County, KY. In 1780, in a book by Thwaits and Kellog entitled. "The Revolution On hte Upper Ohio," is an item of interest concerning Captain George Givens. William Fleming, Lieutenant of Botocourt County, wrote under date of Sept. 2, 1776, ordering Captain George Givens to march with a company of men to the defense of the people on the Greenbrier river. Another item: John Stuart, of Greenbrier, wrote to Col. William Fleming, under date Sept. 16, 1776, informing him of the arrival of Captain George Given at Camp Union enroute to Muddy Creek, Greenbrier County.
George Givens will was dated Nov. 15, 1822, and was probated March 14, 1825, in Lincoln County, KY. This shows he died between those two dates. This will is in Will Book I, p. 63, Lincoln County. He names his children as follows: Samuel Givens, James Givens, William Givens, George Givens, Jr., John Givens, and his sons-in-law - Alexander Givens, Abraham Miller, who married Sarah Givens, and Robert Welker, who married Rachel Givens.
Was born after father's death.
George was appointed a captain of Militia of Botecourt County, VA, May 14, 1776. He had served as a Lieutenant in Dunmore's War. The Captain of his company was killed during the Battle of Point Pleasant and George succeded him.
George Given entered the Revolutionary War as a Captain. At the close of the war he was given 400 acres of land in Kentucky for his services. Evidently he moved to this land about 1780. Several other Givens moved to Lincoln County, KY. In 1780, in a book by Thwaits and Kellog entitled. "The Revolution On hte Upper Ohio," is an item of interest concerning Captain George Givens. William Fleming, Lieutenant of Botocourt County, wrote under date of Sept. 2, 1776, ordering Captain George Givens to march with a company of men to the defense of the people on the Greenbrier river. Another item: John Stuart, of Greenbrier, wrote to Col. William Fleming, under date Sept. 16, 1776, informing him of the arrival of Captain George Given at Camp Union enroute to Muddy Creek, Greenbrier County.
George Givens will was dated Nov. 15, 1822, and was probated March 14, 1825, in Lincoln County, KY. This shows he died between those two dates. This will is in Will Book I, p. 63, Lincoln County. He names his children as follows: Samuel Givens, James Givens, William Givens, George Givens, Jr., John Givens, and his sons-in-law - Alexander Givens, Abraham Miller, who married Sarah Givens, and Robert Welker, who married Rachel Givens.
John Married Agnes Bratton and they settled at Vanderpool Gap, in the Jackson River area of present day Bath County, VA. John's wife is alleged to have been a niece of his brother William's wife, Nancy Agnes Bratton. John's second wife was Jane Robertson.
John Married Agnes Bratton and they settled at Vanderpool Gap, in the Jackson River area of present day Bath County, VA. John's wife is alleged to have been a niece of his brother William's wife, Nancy Agnes Bratton. John's second wife was Jane Robertson.
John Married Agnes Bratton and they settled at Vanderpool Gap, in the Jackson River area of present day Bath County, VA. John's wife is alleged to have been a niece of his brother William's wife, Nancy Agnes Bratton. John's second wife was Jane Robertson.
John Married Agnes Bratton and they settled at Vanderpool Gap, in the Jackson River area of present day Bath County, VA. John's wife is alleged to have been a niece of his brother William's wife, Nancy Agnes Bratton. John's second wife was Jane Robertson.