Abner Howell
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Captain Abner Howell served as a Captain in the Third Company Third Battalion, Washington County Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolutionary War.
Abner was born August 15, 1744 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He was the son of Hugh and Margaret Howell. Abner married Mary Gregg, daughter of a Quaker Family from Kennett, Chester County, Pennsylvania. On December 25, 1769 Mary was "disowned" by her Quaker meeting for marrying Abner Howell[citation needed].
Before the American Revolutionary War, Abner and his family moved to western Pennsylvania. After the Revolution, Abner served as a Captain in the Third Company Third Battalion in the Washington County, Pennsylvania Militia and as Captain of the Washington County Rangers.
On July 15, 1781, Abner Howell was elected Justice of the Peace, Amwell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. On August 7, 1787, his eldest daughter, Rhoda, married Job Howell, a war veteran from New Jersey.
By 1792, Abner Howell and his family moved to Mason County, Kentucky, where his farm became part of Bracken County, Kentucky (Braken County was organized in 1796 from parts of Mason and Campbell counties. He died in Bracken County in 1797).
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His wife and family then moved on to Franklin County, Indiana, where Mary Howell died on April 28, 1828 and was laid to rest in the Big Cedar Baptist Churchyard, near Brookville, Indiana.
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- Washington County Rangers on the Frontiers — 1778-1783
- Parents of Abner, Hugh & Margaret
- Election of Abner Howell, Amwell Township
- Mason County Deeds
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