Joshua Deweese was a Baptist minister. lie was educated as a Presbyterian, but afterwards became a Baptist. In 1791, he moved to the backwoods on account of failing health. He married three times: First, Elizabeth Bowman; second, Hannah Birch, third, Elizabeth New. By his third wife he had ten children, nearly all of whom settled in Virginia or in the Western States.3755
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References:

(1) "History of Baptists in Delaware", by Rev. Morgan Edwards (1795]

(2) "The Dewees Family" Mrs. Phillip LaMunyan (1905)

(3) "Pioneer Families of the Midwest" by Blanche Walden, Vol. 2 (1941)


Enlistment: Bet. 1777 - 1779, Pvt in Captain Daliner's Battalion, Kent County militia, Delaware Line

Military service: Bet. 1777 - 1779, Revolutionary War vet - Delaware Line1

Military service-1: Suffered frozen feet @ Valley Forge, lost portion of one foot.

Ordination: December 26, 1785, Minister @ Cowmarsh Baptist Church, Kent County, Del.

Probate: January 04, 1792, WIll was proved in Fayette County, Pa. (property situated now in Monongahela County, West Virginia)

Property: May 22, 1791, Sale of plantation in Kent County, Del. to William Burroughs Jr. for £250.

Tax List: 1790, Kent County, Delaware

Will: 1792, Fayette County, Pennsylvania1198