John Back
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jcurtis55
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John Back, born in Virginia and a private in the company of General George Rogers Clark.
Waymark Code: WM2MT2
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2007
Views: 37
John Back enlisted in Virginia in 1778. George Rogers Clark was in Virginia around this time looking for help to defend Kentucky, a county of Virginia. Clark returned west with 150+ recruits. Back served under General George Rogers Clark in the Illinois Regiment. Some of the Illinois Regiment took part in Clark's winter capture of Fort Vincennes. It is known that John Back took part in some of Clark's campaigns in the old Northwest.
He is listed as one of the members of the regiment who did not receive land grants after the war. Several privates received 108 acres, even though Governor Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson and other founding fathers had alluded they would receive 300 acres when Virginia men were being recruited for the Illinois Regiment.
Location type: Single Grave
Date of Birth: 1760
Date of Death: 1840
Cause of death: Died Later
Grave Marker Text:
John Back
Virginia
Pvt Gen George R Clark
Revolutionary War
1760 - 1840
Ranks:
Private
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