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Joseph Vertrees
1770 - 1823 (53 years)-
Name Joseph Vertrees Birth 4 Jan 1770 Gender Male Death 10 May 1823 Hardin County, Kentucky Person ID I1500 American Kindred Last Modified 28 Sep 2023
Father Captain John Vertrees, b. 27 Apr 1741, Holland d. 8 Jan 1803, Hardin County, Kentucky (Age 61 years) Mother Rebecca Burris, b. Abt 1748, Netherlands d. Abt 1782, Hardin County, Kentucky (Age 34 years) Marriage Abt 1767 Family ID F535 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margaret Hodgen, b. 14 May 1776, Frederick County, Virginia d. 16 Oct 1852, Hardin County, Kentucky (Age 76 years) Marriage 1804 Kentucky Children 1. Isacc Vertrees d. Yes, date unknown 2. Lewis Vertrees, b. 18 Jan 1808, Hardin County, Kentucky d. 13 Apr 1883, Monmouth, Illinois (Age 75 years) 3. Robert Hodgen Vertrees, b. 29 Oct 1803, Hardin County, Kentucky d. 25 Mar 1871, Hardin County, Kentucky (Age 67 years) 4. Josiah Vertrees d. Yes, date unknown 5. William A. Vertrees d. 1868 6. Joseph Vertrees, Jr. d. 1838, Illinois 7. John Vertrees d. 1834 Family ID F534 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Mar 2024
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Photos Joseph Vertrees, Home Place in Vertrees Kentucky
Joseph and Margaret (Hodgen) Vertrees. The house was built in 1810 on land that his father, Capt. John Vertrees, received for his service in the Revolutionary War. Joseph was taken by Indians as a child and held several years before he escaped. Home was located in Vertrees, Ky.
Histories Margaret Hodgen biography
excerpt from Six Generations of LaRues and Allied Families, by Otis M. Mather, 1921.