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CHAPTER 13
RICHARD LUCAS OF
LAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
AND DESCENDANTS
C 7--(54) Richard Lucas (Chas 2; Thos 1) 7th child of Charles and
Elizabeth Evans Lucas, b in Prince George Co, Md 19 July 1732;
mar (1) about 1756 Elsie ? b in Prince George Co, who d in
Fayette Co, Pa before 1785; he mar (2) Rachael Duvall b in
Fayette Co, Pa circa 1770. He was a soldier in the Rev War having
enlisted on 10 July 1777 for the duration of the war; in Oct 1778 he
was promoted to Corporal, and on 6 Mar 1780 was promoted to Sergeant
in the 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons under Capt David Hopkins of
the Continental Troops, commanded by Col Stephen Moyland. (See War
Dept Rec Adj Genl Off Washington 25 D.C.--also Pa Arch Ser 5 vol 3 p
839-848; Ser 5 vol 4 p 203.)
He inherited 100 acres of the tract called "Evans Range" from his
mother Elizabeth Evans Lucas, which land had been given to her from
the estate of her father, Richard Evans of Calvert Co, Md in 1702.
This survey was patented to Richard Evans on 2 Apr 1698. His mother
gave it to Richard Lucas by Deed of Gift on 20 Dec 1744. The
property is said to have been located on the North Branch of the
Patuxent River, in Prince George Co, Md.
On 23 Dec 1762 Richard Lucas' name appears with that of his brother
Samuel, on a lease of 100 acres in Dorchester Co, Md. They were
leasing this land from Lawrence Swoop on an annual basis. (See
Brumbaugh Hist of Md vol 1 p 44.)
On 6 Jan 1764 Richard Lucas obtained a patent to 50 acres called
"Mine Bank" which land was located in Frederick Co, Md and this sec
later became part of Montgomery Co, Md in 1776. (See Schraft's Hist
of West Md vol 2 p 983.)
In 1766 he is listed as one of the inhabitants of Frederick Co, Md.
He later migrated into Western Pa where in 1773 he is on the tax
list in Bedford Co, Pa with his brothers, Samuel and Thomas Lucas.
(See Pa Arch Ser 3 vol 22 p 42.)
In 1785 and 1786 he was located in Springhill Twp, Fayette Co, Pa
(see Horn Papers vol 2 p 14). On 26 Jan 1785 he took up a warrant
for 254 3/4 acres of land in Nicholas Twp, Fayette Co and in 1791 he
is said to have sold this property all "except two rods square where
he had bur his first wife Elsie." This deed was signed by Richard
Lucas and his (2) wife Rachael Lucas. They sold the land to John
Dusenberry. (Deed Bk B p 303; Bk I p 383 Uniontown, Pa.) It is
believed that shortly after he sold this property he moved to Nelson
Co, Kentucky. Kentucky records show Richard
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Lucas received a deed to land in that county. (Deed Bk B 7 p 267.)
He died shortly after Apr 1791 in Ky. In 1792 Washington Co, Kentucky was
erected from part of Nelson Co where Lucas land was located.
His land in Nicholas Twp, Fayette Co, Pa, adjoined that of John
Hughes. The 1790 Pa Census lists Richard Lucas in Fayette Co as head
of a household of 2 males over 16 and 1 female. He had at least 7
children:
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1732 - 1791 (58 years)