Rebecca Baxter, the youngest child, was b. 1783, and d. Feb. 25, 1817. Her grave is marked in Bethel Cemetery. She m. James Tate, great grandfather of Josie Charlton Gilkeson, who m. James A. McClure.
THE BUMGARDNER FAMILY.
This family belongs to Switzerland, where Rudolph Baumgartner, of Basle, was one of the leaders in the rebellion that won freedom from Austria. A large portrait of Lucas Baumgartner in armor is shown in one of the art galleries of Munich.
Hans Baumgartner, the founder of the Augusta family, settled on "Stony Lick, a branch of the Shanandore, opposite Great Island." This is in the present limits of Rockingham County. His deed for 400 acres of land is dated September 25, 1746. His will was proven March 22, 1751, (See Chalkley III, p. 21). Sons, John and Christian; daughters, Mary, Elizabeth and Madley. grandson, Jacob Burner.
The family have no record of John, the older brother. The name, however, occurs several times in the records of the Valley.
Godfrey Baumgardner settled on New River, 1762.
Rudolph Bumgardner was living in Hampshire County, 1784, married and had six children.
Christian, David and Peter Bumgardner were living single, 1785, in Shenandoah County.
Christian Bumgardner, the younger brother, b. about 1740, settled on a farm adjoining the present Bumgardner home, Augusta County. Chalkley, vol. II, p. 49, shows that he was a Colonial soldier, serving with Washington in his campaign of 1754, for which he was pensioned. A letter from his friend, Gen. Daniel Morgan, recently lost or mislaid, shows that he was also with Washington at Braddock's defeat. He qualified Lieutenant of Foot Nov. 17, 1757. He did service in the Revolution and died the day following his return from the war. His son,
