Andrew SKIDMORE SR (November 8, 1750-November 15, 1827)

Andrew SKIDMORE SR

November 8, 1750-November 15, 1827

BIRTH: November 8, 1750, Pendleton County, Virginia

Father: Joseph SKIDMORE SR (1706-March 17, 1778)

Mother: Agnes Ann CALDWELL (?-?)

Wife: Margaret JOHNSON (May 1759-1808)

MARRIAGE:

FACTS: He served as a private in the Virginia Militia and participated in the Battle of Point Pleasant October 1774 under the command of his brother, Captain John Skidmore. Taking refuge in a hollow log with his nephew, Andrew Friend, the log become very crowded. Andrew pointed out another log nearby and in doing so, an Indian shot off his right fore finger, his brother John was wounded in the hip in the same battle. It is reported that Andrew participated in several savage incidents with the Indians.

DEATH: November 15, 1827

Children:
James SKIDMORE (1784-?) *married Sarah LITTLE
Andrew SKIDMORE JR (March 20, 1786-April 24, 1870) *married Margaret HUDGINS *see note below
Nancy SKIDMORE (1787-?) *married Basil HUDGINS; married Thomas SCOTT
Mary SKIDMORE (1789-?) *married John CHENOWETH
Sarah SKIDMORE (1792-?) *married Martin COBERLY
Joseph SKIDMORE (1794-?) *married Elizabeth COGER
Jesse SKIDMORE (1796-?)
Eleanor SKIDMORE (1798-?) *married Joseph CHENOWETH
John SKIDMORE (1800-?)
Benjamin SKIDMORE (1802-?)
Rebecca SKIDMORE (1808-?) *married Jesse JACKSON

Pedigree:

                             ___________________
|Joseph SKIDMORE SR|
|                           |___________________
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|--Andrew SKIDMORE SR
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|                            ___________________
|Agnes Ann CALDWELL |
                            |___________________

NOTE ON Andrew SKIDMORE JR
Andrew Jr. enlisted for six months service in the Sixth Regiment, Virginia Militia. He settled on a tract of land three miles below Suttonville, (which according to John Sutton), he paid for by splitting and building a rail fence around the bottom that is now the town of Sutton. It is said Andrew Jr. was a man of extraordinary strength and endurance and weighed 180 lbs. The tale is told of how he killed a yearling bear on Wolf Creek and carried it seven miles home on his shoulders, along with his gun and knapsack, pausing only twice to rest.
In his daily journal, the Rev. R.L.Woodyard on February 12, 1854 made an entry..."This morning, I did not feel well as usual. I preached in the morning and in the afternoon in town to a good congregation. That night I spent with Andy Skidmore. The family is very kind but neither the Ol Gentleman nor James are religious."" I draw from this, the Skidmore family were God fearing and kind but maybe not participants in church services.
Andrew Jr. and Margaret are buried in the Beall's Mill Cemetery along with several of their descendants.

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