Orange County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Biographies.....Head, Benjamin 
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Author: Lyon Gardiner Tyler

Benjamin Head, ancestor of Mrs. Alma Elizabeth (Sellers) Beazley, was a citizen
of Orange county, Virginia, as early as 1771; joined the continental army as a
private in Colonel Bland's regiment of horse; was sent on several important
expeditions that required the utmost trust and confidence, and in consequence of
meritorious and patriotic service was recommended for promotion by Colonel
Bland. He was commissioned a captain in Colonel Bland's regiment in 1780,
serving until the end of the war. He fought at Brandywine, Trenton, Princeton,
Monmouth, Germantown and White Plains; was transferred to the southern army, and
after his promotion was captured at Laniers Ferry, South Carolina, and exchanged
on May 14, 1781. After his release he continued in the service; was at the
surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, and held the rank of captain at the end of
the war. John Head, one of his sons, emigrated to Missouri, and another son,
Henry, to Sumner county, Tennessee.

Additional Comments:
From bio of Wyatt Sanford Beazley in Vol V Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, 1915.

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