A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. [http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A055690 DAR Ancestor # A055690]715. He was a man of unusual cultivation for his times, wrote a good hand and became very successful as a business man, possessing much of his father's energy and executive ability. ands on Opequon Creek, at a place called by the traders and natives, "Red Bud." In 1753, he built the colonial stone dwelling still in good repair, at the point where the Valley turnpike now crosses the creek, and called it "Springdale." The date, with the builder's initials, "J. H.," is cut on a dressed stone in the front of the house. stands at the northern side of Newtown, now Stephen's City, and is still in good repair. enandoah Valley.") h and Indian war, 1756, and Justice of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1756. He evidently took a warm interest in the affairs of church and state, and soon became prominent in all public movements. Schmidt, in his "History of the German Element in Maryland and Virginia," speaks of him as "Col. John Hite, son of Yost Hite, distinguished for his bravery in the Indians Wars," p. 82. here was unveiled at Williamsburg, Va., a granite boulder in memory of events which happened in the old capital. ho at Raleigh Tavern, May 18, 1769, May 27, 1774, and August, 1774, entered into an association against the importation or purchase of British manufactures. Among the names are found, Pliilip Ludwell Grynies, Wilson Miles Gary, Peyton Eandolph, John Walker, Thomas Walker, Abram Hite, Sr., John Hite, Jr., and David Meade. At a court held at Annapolis, Md., for Berkeley Co., April 21, 1778, the "Gentlemen Justices present were, William Patterson, James Monroe, Thomas Hite." At this same court Thomas Hite and others applied for permission "to inoculate their families for smallpox in their own houses." . 1740. Married Maj. Charles Smith. June 28, 1751; d. June 21, 1808. Married, first, Susanna Smith; second, Cornelia Reagan.www.geni.com/projects/SmartCopy/18783 SmartCopy]: ''Jan 21 2020, 2:32:35 UTC''
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