John Vardeman

1727 - 1827  (100 years)

• Name	John Vardeman  [1]
  Birth	1727	Denmark   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1827	Missouri   [1]
  Notes	John Verdeman is listed on Bedford Co. Virginia Order book 1-A, 19 Mar 1757, (book 975.5675 P28b p. 141, as having brought in 4 young Wolves heads (bounty on Wolves) and payment, as did William Verdeman. John moved from Bedford County through the New River and Clinch River areas to the west and on into Kentucky. J.H. Spencer's HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS 1775-1885 includes a biography of Jeremiah Vardeman, the youngest son of John and Elizabeth Vardeman. This book DOES NOT HAVE A LIST of the children however. The only specifics are that (1) Jeremiah is the youngest of 12 children and (2) he had brothers named Amaziah and Morgan. J.H. Vardeman of Alpharetta, Georgia suggests that the reason they are cited is that they were also active in the Church at Crab Orchard. Most of the circulated lists name 12 children, including Peter and Thomas Vardeman, but this is in error. Peter is a brother of John's, and Thomas is his son. Some also list a son name Alexander, of whom there are absolutely no records, and "a child who died young." Alexander may be the child who died young. On 14 July 2001, Leatha Betts emailed me that "The only Vardemans that was in Kentucky earlier than 1789, was John Vardeman and Elizabeth Morgan of Lincoln Co. Kentucky who came out of Bedford Co. Virginia. He arrived in Fayette Co. then to Lincoln Co. Kentucky 20 Jun 1787, where he received land for his Rev. War service. Lincoln Co. Kentucky Deeds Vol. 1 p. 18, 35, 36. book 976.9625 R28m It looks like he had sons named Peter, Amaziah, Jeremiah, John Jr., Morgan and William Vardiman...(Vardeman/Vardaman/Verdeman/Vardiman are varient spellings found in various land deeds and tax records.) Book "Early Lincoln Co. Kentucky Householders", 1787-1811, 976.9625 R4s. Most of these Vardemans but one stayed in Lincoln Co. Kentucky, however, William Vardeman migrated to Mississippi....possibly with his brother John Vardeman Jr. They took the Oath of Alligence (film 1704224, 6401, p. 192, 1 Dec. 1798, in Miss. Territory Southern Dist. John Vardiman and William Vardaman. A book called Lexington 1779, Pioneer Kentucky 976.947 H2m, p. 94, has the compiled notes of a Rev.. Shane who was interviewing older people in Kentucky for their memories of the making of Lexington Kentucky History, and he intereviewd a man named Josiah Collins, who had a memory, of traveling with General Clark from Kentucky to Ohio, chasing the Shawnee Indians, "The second night after we left Lexington, a gun went off accidently wounded one of our company. The third day, my captain (William McConnell) solicited me and Hugh Thompson to ride out and try to kill some meat. That night we lay out. The next morning we pursued on and came to the camp ground from behind. As we passed in, we came to a fresh grave at the camp. We were told that when they had stopped in the evening, several hunters had run out to kill game. One man had killed a deer, and was stooping down and gutting it when JOHN VARDEMAN took him for an indian and shot and killed him. They brought him in and buried him. So that there was one killed and one wounded before we got to the mouth of Licking. We there waited a day or so till the regulars and some militia came up in boats from the falls. While we were at now Cincinnati, we threw up a little sort of breast work and put up a sort of little cabin for Capt. Adams to stay in and take care of the invalids and wounded. Cabin right opposite the mouth of Licking. (I think he said left with him five soldiers to guard.) McCracken (Capt. William McCracken dead from what was thought to have been a poisoned arrow) was buried with the honors of war right by the cabin and a log heap burnt over it to conceal the place. McCracken had been out with us in the 1779 expedition. Maj. (George) Walls and his company of horse killed two when we came to the towns. Across the river for a small distance was a level bottom where the Indians attneded their corn. The prairie then extended considerably up the hill. The camp was drawn up in the form of a hollow square right on the bank of the river. The mess on the lower side (down the river) next to the river was right where (in) the yard of an Indian cabin had been. The first night, the Indians carried the opposite bank of the river in the night and fired on that mess and wounded a man. They then fell back and talked from off the top of that hill. John Sovereign that had formerly been a prisoner of the Shawnees and understood their language well talked for Clark (General George Rogers Clark)." (Courtesy of Leatha Betts)
  Person ID	I7434	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	William Vardeman,   b. Abt 1698   d. Abt 1789 (Age ~ 91 years)
  Mother	Magdalene Peter(S)Son,   b. Bef 1700   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	21 Apr 1720	Fort Christina, New Castle County, Delaware   [1]
  	They were married at Holy Trinity (Old Swede's) Church in what is now Wilmington, Delaware. Additional church records place them in this area of Delaware through 1724. Ft. Christina, the oldest European settlement in the Delaware River valley, was founded by the Swedes under Peter Minuit in 1638. It was captured by the Dutch under Peter Stuyvesant in 1655 and renamed Altena. The British captured it from the Dutch in 1664, and it was eventually renamed Wilmington by Quaker settlers. After leaving Delaware, William and Magdalene made their way into the Blue Ridge Mountain area of Virginia.
  Family ID	F3608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Morgan,   b. Aft 1727, South Carolina d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Elizabeth Vardeman,   b. Bef 1742   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Jemima Vardeman,   b. Bef 1743   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary Magdalene Vardeman,   b. 1744   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Letita Vardeman,   b. 1746   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Amaziah Vardeman,   b. 1751   d. Yes, date unknown   6. William Vardeman,   b. Aft 1751, Kentucky d. Yes, date unknown   7. John Vardeman,   b. 1761   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Morgan Vardeman,   b. 1766   d. Yes, date unknown   9. ??? Vardeman,   b. Aft 1767   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Sabra Vardeman,   b. Abt 1771   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Tabitha Vardeman,   b. Abt 1773   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Jeremiah Vardeman,   b. 1775   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1727 - Denmark Death - 1827 - Missouri  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S446] Vardaman, J.H.--Family Historian (361 Wrights Mill Ct, Alpharetta, GA 30004-7057).