Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Nathan MENDENHALL
As a boy Nathan became a carpenter's apprentice, and on reaching adulthood
he worked for several years in Philadelphia and Baltimore. In 1773, he said
that he was going as far south as the poke weed grew and moved to York
District, SC.
When the Revolutionary War broke out Nathan was drafted and served three
tours of militia duty totaling eleven months. His second tour was as a mounted
rifleman, protecting the settlements of western South Carolina and Georgia from
the Indians.
In early 1780 he moved with his family to Lincoln County, NC. He had
purchased 100 acres of land there on 18 Dec 1779. On 18 Apr 1834, at the age of
88, he applied for a veteran's pension for his Revolutionary War service. The
justice of the peace who took his statement wrote "the said Nathan lives 23
miles distant from any court of record in said county and due to his advanced
age and his bodily infirmities, he could not safety appear before the court to
make his said declaration." His application was accepted and he was granted a
pension of $36.66 per year.
Nathan's home was about 1-1/2 miles south of Olney Presbyterian Chur
Gastonia. This area became part of Gaston County when it was formed from
Lincoln County in 1846.
Sources
History, Correspondence and Pedigrees of the Mendenhalls of England and
the United States, William Mendenhall, 1865
History, Correspondence and Pedigrees of the Mendenhalls, William and
Thomas A. Mendenhall, 1912
Cheryl Mendenhall, 9622 177th Avenue SE, Snohomish WA 98290,
mcgee@@accessone.com
Mendenhall Descendants, Don Dyson Worth, 24038 Mill Valley Road,
24038 Mill Valley Road, Valencia CA 91355, worth@@mic.ucla.edu
Data is from the MFA-Dean_Leonard GEDCOM,
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