Major Abner Field was the son of Colonel John (-1774) and Diana (or Anna Rogers) Clark Field, of "Field Manor," Culpeper County, Va. He commanded the Pawtucket Rangers in the Revolution and was one of the early settlers of Kentucky. He represented Jefferson County in the Virginia Legislature, 1787, 1789, and in the Kentucky Legislature, 1800-01. Major Field married in 1793, Jane Pope, of Louisville, Ky. Their house is located at 2901 Six Mile Lane now within Louisville. Major Field's father was an officer in the British Army, served in Braddock's campaign and other Indian wars, was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1761-68, and was killed by the French and Indians at Point Pleasant in 1774.
Major Field died about November 2, 1831. He and his wife were probably buried near their home. Alternatively, they could have been buried in the cemetery of Jane's brother, William Pope Jr. In 2014-15, all the remains contained in the Pope cemetery were removed to the Kate Pope lot in Cave Hill Cemetery by archaeologist Jay Stottman.
Note: there is another Maj Abner Field 1754-1792 that was in the Pawtucket Rangers in Rhode Island, so not sure about the information about him. That Maj Abner Field settled in Vermont after the war.
Major Abner Field was the son of Colonel John (-1774) and Diana (or Anna Rogers) Clark Field, of "Field Manor," Culpeper County, Va. He commanded the Pawtucket Rangers in the Revolution and was one of the early settlers of Kentucky. He represented Jefferson County in the Virginia Legislature, 1787, 1789, and in the Kentucky Legislature, 1800-01. Major Field married in 1793, Jane Pope, of Louisville, Ky. Their house is located at 2901 Six Mile Lane now within Louisville. Major Field's father was an officer in the British Army, served in Braddock's campaign and other Indian wars, was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1761-68, and was killed by the French and Indians at Point Pleasant in 1774.
Major Field died about November 2, 1831. He and his wife were probably buried near their home. Alternatively, they could have been buried in the cemetery of Jane's brother, William Pope Jr. In 2014-15, all the remains contained in the Pope cemetery were removed to the Kate Pope lot in Cave Hill Cemetery by archaeologist Jay Stottman.
Note: there is another Maj Abner Field 1754-1792 that was in the Pawtucket Rangers in Rhode Island, so not sure about the information about him. That Maj Abner Field settled in Vermont after the war.
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