Post #2 Michael O'Hair our Irish immigrant
MICHAEL O'HAIR, WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 11, 1749 AND DIED ABOUT 1813. HE LEFT THE COUNTY OF DOWN IN IRELAND ABOUT 1775. HIS NAME IS FOUND IN THE WAR DEPARTMENT RECORDS AT WASHINGTON D.C., INDICATING THAT HE WAS SERVING IN THE CONTINENTAL FORCES IN 1777. HIS NAME APPEARS ON THE PAYROLL OF CAPTAIN JOHN HAY'S COMPANY, THE NINTH VIRGINIA REGIMENT. HE WAS ENGAGED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH BOTH VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA RECRUITS, FIGHTING IN THE SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN UNDER GENERALS MORGAN AND GREEN, AND PARTICIPATING IN THE BATTLES OF COWPENS AND EUTAW SPRINGS, GUILFORD COURT HOUSE, AND OTHER BATTLES. AFTER THE WAR HE SETTLED IN VIRGINIA, TEN MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON, IN WHAT IS NOW JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY. HE MARRIED AND HIS "FIRST WIFE DIED SOON AFTER"---(NOT TO SOON AFTER AS THEY HAD 4 CHILDREN). AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FIRST WIFE, OUR GRANDFATHER--MICHAEL, MOVED TO STERLING KENTUCKY WHERE HE MARRIED OUR GRANDMOTHER, ELIZABETH TRIBBETT. SHE IS LISTED AS AN ORPHAN. THEY...