U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about Christopher Choate
Name: Christopher Choate
Gender: male
Birth Place: VA
Birth Year: 1750
Spouse Name: Prudence ???
Number Pages: 1Pension Application Receipt #15187. On June 1833 Christopher of McNairy Co., TN age 83 declared that he was born January 1, 1750 in Bedford Co., VA. That he moved from there when very young before the Revolution to East Tennessee and from there to 96th District South Carolina.
CHRISTOPHER CHOATE McNAIRY COUNTY PRIVATE SOUTH CAROLINA LINE $46.66 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE $139.98 AMOUNT RECEIVED SEPTEMBER 11, 1833 PENSION STARTED AGE 84
Christopher enlisted in the South Carolina Line as a Private.
From Christopher Choate's June 14, 1833 application for a Revolutionary War pension which was approved to commence March, 1834:
"Christopher entered the service of the United States as a volunteer soldier in the year 1781 under Captain Sterling and Col. Clark. So soon as our regiment was organized we took up our line of march and went directly on to Broad River which is the dividing line between North and South Carolina where our Regiment joined General Sumpter. After our meeting with him we marched with him directly on towards the Congaree and on our march we met Tarlton's Army at a place called Shierie Ferry on Broad River. Tarlton staying on one side of the river and our army on the other side. General Sumpter ordered one hundred rifle men to fire on the enemy which was done and after some consultation among the Officers our army was ordered to march about two miles on a very high eminence from the River where we encamped that night. Next morning which he believes was on Sunday, General Sumpter ordered that two detachments with about one hundred men each should march in search of Tarlton and if possible to ascertain his movements and the strength of his army. Accordingly to the two detachments was selected, one of which was put under the command of Col Clark, the other under the command of Col. Candles (?). I was one of said party and attached to Col. Candles who marched down Broad River until we came into the main Charleston Road near where we first saw Tarlton's Army. We were halted and myself and four or five others were ordered to go back in search for Tarlton. We started and went down the main Charlston Road. In about one mile we met three waggons belonging to the Brittish. We took the waggons and what men was along with them prisoners, which he believes was seven. We took them back and gave them to Col. Candles. We then set out on the same business as above and went down the same road when we again met four wagons with five or six men belonging to the British. We took the waggons and the men prisoners and carried them back and delivered them to our commander Col. Candles. Then the whole detachment marched to a mill on Broad River and filled our wagons with flour and struck our march for Sumpter's Army which was at this time laying at a place called Black Stocks on Forque River. We marched all night and about ten miles from where Sumpter's Army was lying, Tarlton overtook us. So soon as it was ascertained that he was in pursuit we struck a forced march and when we arrived at Black Stocks where Sumpter's Army was, the enemy was so close in pursuit that they fired on us and killed one man belonging to our Company. At this place, we had a serious battle which I was in and commanded by Col. Candles. During the battle, General Sumpter recieved a serious wound either in his shoulder or arm as well as he now recollects, After the battle was over, we marched to a place called Packits (?) Iron Works where we lay for some time waiting as was said for General Sumpter's wound to get better. From thence we marched to a place called Packolet where I was discharged after having served four or five months.
On the same day that I received my discharge above stated I again entered the service of the United States as a Volunteer Soldier under Captain Sterling and Col. Clark who succeeded in raising a Company. (General Sumpter left us and as I understand it went to Salisberry to have his wound cured.) So soon as our Regiment was organized which was a very few days we marched in company with General Pickens Regiment to a place called Ninety Six (?) District in South Carolina at whcih place the British had fortified themselves. When we arrived near the fort, we received some information by some means it would be very imprudent to make an attack with what forces we had. So myself and two or three others was sent with an Express to Col. Thomas who was living on Fargere (?) River in South Carolina. I delivered the Express to Col. Thomas who set about raising troops to go and join Col. Clark, but before Col. Thomas could raise his Company, Col Clark as I afterward understood, marched to Ninety Six (?) and attacked the British and a battle ensued and Col Clark was wounded. At this time, I was waiting for Col. Thomas to raise his Company intending to march back to Ninety Six with him. But before the Company could be raised, we heard of the defeat of Col. Clark so I did not return back but joined what was called a (?) party on which he served a long time watching and giving information of the Tories and Brittish at length. We marched to Ninety Six District which was some time after the retreat of the Brittish from that place and was there dismissed from the Army having served as well, as he now recollects nine or ten months.
"I am positive I served nine months and think it was a short time over. I have no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person now living whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services." ---- Christopher Choate's pension application was approved for an annual allowance of $46.66 commencing on September 11, 1833 at age 84.Christopher's wife Prudence was reputedly a Cherokee, a daughter of Cherokee Chief Standing Turkey. This has not been proven.
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On March 18, 1607, was admitted to Christ's Hospital (School), London, from the Parish of St. Sepulchre and on Oct. 17, 1617 was dismissed to go to his mother in Virginia. The identity of his mother, who presumably had remarried and was in Virginia with a second husband, has not been established.
Came to Virginia in 1619 aboard the "George," the ship carrying the official party of the new Governor, Sir George Yeardley.
Came to Virginia on the "Tyger" in 1621. In Jan. 1624/25, the couple was living at Peirsey's Hundred on the south side of the James River.
Merchant tailor.
Took part in the wars of Wales and Gascony.
Took part in the wars of Wales and Gascony.
Received several military military summonses to attend King Henry III into Scotland and Wales.
Baron, Magna Charta Surety, Governor of York Castle William de Mowbray
WILLIAM de MOWBRAY, the Surety, came of age in 1194/5. He was early embittered against King John by being compelled to surrender the Barony of Frontboeuf, which Henry I had conferred upon his great grandfather, Sir Nigel d'Aubigny. That, and the aid exacted from his vassals, enraged him. We note in Magna Charta, Article 16, that a lord is forbidden to demand more service than a fief owes. Perhaps William was influential in getting this clause accepted. The debt was probably exacted because Mowbray, upon the accession of King John, was tardy in pledging his allegiance and at length swore fealty only on condition that "the King should render to every man his right." At the breaking out of the Baronial war, he was governor of York Castle, and it is not surprising that he at once sided with the Barons against King John, and was one of the most forward among them.
He was a party to the "Covenant for holding the City and Tower of London," and one of those whom the Pope excommunicated. He continued in arms after the death of King John, and in the Battle of Lincoln he was taken prisoner. His lands were confiscated and bestowed upon William Marshall, Jr., the Surety, but he was subsequently allowed to redeem them. After this he attached himself to King Henry III. He died in 1223/4 at his Castle in the Isle of Axholme, and was buried in the Abbey of Newburgh in Yorkshire. His wife was Avice d'Albini.
The Mowbray Castles are an impressive array. Axholme seems to offer no discernible ruins, and the land has become a swamp. New-Castle-upon-Tyne boasts a stern building in dreary surroundings, built on the site of an earlier fortress, and thus its present name. It has more the appearance of a prison than a Royal stronghold, partly because its walls are begrimed with factory smoke. However, if it had been left out in the country, it might have fallen into ruins sooner. It is an exceptionally fine example of a Norman stronghold.
The keep is the chief relic of the Castle on the Tyne. For centuries it was the residence of Royalty when Kings visited the North. It symbolized their power at those times when they were not in residence. It was founded by Robert, son of the Conqueror. It had massive walls and was flanked by a moat on the town side, while the steep climb discouraged approach from the River. The present keep is a later building, dated in the last decade of the 12th Century. Only once did William the Conqueror stop here. At the end of the Century Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, seized and garrisoned it in his effort to dethrone William Rufus. At the death of Henry I it was captured by King David of Scotland. Stephen arrived with an army, and a truce was arranged, whereby King Stephen agreed to cede Northumberland to the Scottish Kings who, from then on, held court at Newcastle.
The Castle was founded in the 11th Century by Robert Curthose, but the keep, which is all that is left, dates from about 1172. It is eighty-five feet high; to the top of the turret it measures one hundred seven feet, and its walls are from twelve to eighteen feet thick. The second floor is reached by an outside staircase. The chapel, the finest room, is located in the basement. Both the Great Hall and the Well Chamber have been well preserved.
Originally Newcastle was the strongest fortress in the North. Before its completion William the Lion was marched through its gates, after the capture of Alnwick and Baliol 26 December 1262, and did homage to Edward I as King of Scotland, in Newcastle's Great Hall.
The area within the outer walls and fosse measured three acres. Fragments of the wall, the Black Gate, the principal entrance, stand encased in late construction. The Watergate or Southern Postern has disappeared entirely. The keep is well preserved and the chapel also, a fine example of late Norman style.
William the Conqueror built two Castles at York. His second Castle is now marked by Baile Hill; the mound of the Castle is nonexistent. Clifford's Tower marks the place of the keep of the former Castle, near which in 1188/9 five hundred Jews were massacred in the reign of Richard I.
Maud Chaworth was a descendant of the family of Beauchamp including Hugh de Beauchamp, the companion in arms of King William the Conqueror. Hugh obtained large estates in Hertford, Buckingham, and Bedfordshire, and was founder of the illustrious house of Beauchamp.
King of England Henry III Plantagenet
When King John died in 1216, the barons accepted his nine-year old son as King Henry III. The barons assumed control of the government and confirmed the Magna Charta in 1225, as did Henry when he came of age two years later. Thus began the royal tradition of royal confirmation of the Magna Charta and the idea that it waas the fundamental statement of English law.
King of France for only three years from 1223 to 1226. Before his succession, he assisted his father, King Philip II, in several campaigns to win control of French territories belonging to John, the Angevin, or Plantagenet, king of England. In 1215, Louis was offered the crown of England by a group of barons in rebellion against King John; Louis led an expedition to England but was unsuccessful in claiming the throne; John died in the midst of the struggle and was succeeded by his son Henry III. The French invaders were excommunicated by the papal legate in England and were defeated in battle at Lincoln. Louis returned to France in 1217 and there took part in crusades against a dissident religious sect called the Albigenses, or Cathars. After succeeding his father as king, Louis continued Philip's policy of destroying the power basef of the Plantagenets in France and bringing under royal authority the provinces held by the Albigenses in the south of France.
King of France for only three years from 1223 to 1226. Before his succession, he assisted his father, King Philip II, in several campaigns to win control of French territories belonging to John, the Angevin, or Plantagenet, king of England. In 1215, Louis was offered the crown of England by a group of barons in rebellion against King John; Louis led an expedition to England but was unsuccessful in claiming the throne; John died in the midst of the struggle and was succeeded by his son Henry III. The French invaders were excommunicated by the papal legate in England and were defeated in battle at Lincoln. Louis returned to France in 1217 and there took part in crusades against a dissident religious sect called the Albigenses, or Cathars. After succeeding his father as king, Louis continued Philip's policy of destroying the power basef of the Plantagenets in France and bringing under royal authority the provinces held by the Albigenses in the south of France.