The Fayette Citizen-News Page

Wednesday, February 19, 2003

Local SAR chapter seeks family of Revolutionary war vet

The Marquis de Lafayette chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution wishes to get in contact with the descendants and family of James Waldrop, an American who served in the Revolutionary War. A memorial service and grave rededication is scheduled for April 5 at his gravesite.

James Waldrop serves as a private in Col. James Hendricks' Virginia regiment under Capt. Thomas Hudgens. His grave, in the Bottoms family cemetery on Hewell Road, was first marked by the DAR in 1935.

All family members and interested parties should contact John Lynch at 770-719-7665 or Douglas Stansberry at 770-460-1556.


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