Robert McCormick

1738 - 1818  (80 years)    Has 19 ancestors and 23 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Robert McCormick
  Birth	1738	Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Oct 1818	Augusta Co., Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I356893	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2003

  
  

  Father	Thomas McCormick,   b. 6 Aug 1702, Cross Co. Londonderry Ulster Prov. Ire. d. 1762, Carlise, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Carruth,   b. 4 May 1705, Ulster, Londonderry, Éire d. 1767, Carlise, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	19 Jan 1728	Éire
  Family ID	F172373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Sanderson,   b. 1747, Middleton Twp, Cumberland Co. PA d. 1803 (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	1770	Fermanagh Twp PA.
  Children	1. George Eliot McCormick,   b. 9 May 1771, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Apr 1849, Henderson County, Kentucky, USA (Age 77 years)   2. Martha McCormick,   b. 1773, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA d. Yes, date unknown   3. Elizabeth McCormick,   b. 1774, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA d. Yes, date unknown   4. William McCormick,   b. 12 Apr 1776, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 17 Apr 1837, Augusta Co., Virginia, USA (Age 61 years)   5. James McCormick,   b. 7 Jan 1778, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 30 Aug 1839, Wood Co. Ohio (Age 61 years) + 6. Robert McCormick,   b. 8 Jun 1780, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA d. 4 Jun 1846, Walnut Grove, Rockbridge Co. VA (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F141075	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2003

  
  

• Notes

  Irish descent moved from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1779 with his wife and their 5 children. They bought a log house and 450 acres near the Rockbridge/Augusta County line. Robert operated the grist mill on the property and became a quite prosperous farmer. By 1812, tax rolls showed him owning 4 slaves and 7 horses. His properties included a sawmill, a cider mill, a distillery, two grain mills, and a smokehouse. ********************************* lived in Cumberland co. Pa until after the birth of first 5 children. Robert is known as Robert of Rockbridge or Robert of Walnut Grove. In 1779 he sold h is farm and removed to Rockbridge Co. VA, the land now sits on the actual coun ty lines and is maintained through a family trust by Virginia Tech. They boug ht 500 acres with a large log house where Robert McCormick Jr. was born. He i s the grandfather of Cyrus McCormick of reaper fame. Source:McCormick and Alli ed Families at Michigan State Lib.: In 1755 he moved from Cumberland Co., PA to Juniata Co., PA, locating near his brothers Hugh and Thomas. They frequent ly suffered from incursions from the Indians and on one occasion they were dr iven from their homes. In 1779 he moved to Rockbridge Co. VA serving in the V irginia Line under General Greene in the Carolina campaign during the Revoluti on and being wounded at the baattle of Guilford Courthouse. He had many of t he characteristics of the rugged and persevering race from which he traced des cent. He was pious, earnest, and in all things honorable, in religion a Presb yterian and an elder in the Old Providence Church of Augusta County, VA. He w as held in high esteem by his neighbors and associates was exemplary in his h abits, and his home and daily life were marked by colonial simplicity.