Col. William Wallace and Elizabeth Hopkins
Husband Col. William Wallace 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: 24 Apr 1821 3 Buried: - near Bentleyville, Washington Co, PA
Father: William Wallace ( - ) 4 5 Mother: Frances [Unk] ( - ) 5
Marriage: 11 Jul 1779 - Montgomery Co, MD 4
Wife Elizabeth Hopkins 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: 24 Jun 1818 3 Buried: - near Bentleyville, Washington Co, PA
Father: John Hopkins ( - ) 1 4 6 7 8 Mother: Eleanor Wallace ( - ) 1 4 7 8
Children
1 F Eleanor Wallace 9
AKA: Ellen Wallace 1 Born: 4 Jun 1780 9 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: George Bentley ( - ) 10 11 12 13
2 F Frances "Fanny" Wallace 9 11 12
Born: 30 Jun 1782 9 Christened: Died: - Monongahela City, Washington Co, PA Buried:Spouse: House Bentley ( - ) 11 13 Marr: 8 Aug 1799 - Bentleyville, Washington Co, PA 9
3 M George Bentley Wallace 14
Born: 19 Mar 1784 14 Christened: Died: Buried:
4 F Margaret "Peggy" Wallace 1 14
Born: 20 May 1786 14 Christened: Died: 23 Mar 1813 15 Buried:Spouse: John Greer ( - ) 14 Marr: 16 Feb 1807 14
5 F Martha Wallace 16 17
Born: 5 Sep 1788 - Bentleyville, Washington Co, PA 4 15 Christened: Died: 26 Jul 1855 18 Buried:Spouse: James Agnew Smith (1787-1860) 16 17 Marr: 7 Sep 1809 16 18
6 M William Wallace 15 19
Born: 20 Aug 1790 15 Christened: Died: 25 Sep 1820 - Maryland 20 Buried:Spouse: Eleanor Gregg ( -1813) 15 19 Marr: 14 Jun 1811 15
7 F Pattie Wallace 1
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: [Unk] Smith ( - ) 1
General Notes: Husband - Col. William Wallace
He and his wife were married in Montgomery County, Maryland, and soon after their marriage moved to what is now Somerset township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. They built a stone house about two miles from Bentleysville, in 1779 and 1780, where their family of six children were born.
He owned several tracts of land in Somerset and Bethlehem townships, one called "Wallace's Industry," and another "Wallace's Bargain," over 1,700 acres in all. He also had a grist mill, was a planter and stock grower, and owned at one time four slaves, but never was a distiller. William Wallace was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, serving in Captain Richard Smith's company of militia, for the service of the "Flying Camp," in Maryland, in the campaigns of General Washington in 1776-77, and perhaps later; and in the "Rangers of the Frontier" after moving to Washington County, Pennsylvania. After the Revolution he was a prominent figure in the militia of the state. In 1782 he was a private, in 1784 an ensign, and became colonel of militia in 1791 or 1792. His title of colonel was derived from this office in the militia, as he held no office in the Revolutionary army so far as is known. Colonel Wallace was prominent as a politician as well as a soldier. June 30, 1788, he was appointed Associate Judge in Washington County, by the Supreme Executive Council of the State, for the term of seven years; was elected fourth sheriff of the county, November 9, 1790, for three years; and was elected as a representative to the House of Representatives of the State, October 2, 1794, serving three terms. In the "Whiskey Insurrection" he was at a meeting held in Pittsburgh, August 27, 1792, and was appointed chairman of the committee on correspondence, but so far as the records show, took no offensive part in the movement. He was a stipend payer in Rev. John McMillan's Pigeon Creek Presbyterian Church, and was a man of great influence in his day.
1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 32.
2 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 26.
3 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 76.
4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 3.
5 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 32.
6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 560.
7 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 22.
8 Unknown, History of the Joseph Wright Family (Privately published, 1914), Pg 5.
9 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 65.
10 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 933.
11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 32, 1145.
12 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 810.
13 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 64.
14 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 72.
15 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 73.
16 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 2.
17 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 73, 93.
18 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 93.
19 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 842.
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F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 74.
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