When David Stern was 14 years old and attending school at Rappahannock Academy, he ran away and joined the Southern division of General Nathaniel Green's army as a bugler. He was wounded in the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (a flesh wound across his back). He returned home after his recovery and rejoined the army. He mustered out as a dragoon (cavalryman) and sustained a second wound at Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina. This time he received a shattered hip which rendered him permanently lame, thus preventing further participation in the Revolutionary War. He became a permanent invalid. For this service he was granted a pension which was continued to his widow during her lifetime which ended October 28, 1878.
David was the executor of his father's estate and inherited half of a water grist mill. In 1948, his grandson, Walter Scott Cash, recorded that there was still evidence of the mill.
From late 1807 to mid 1816, David's old-maid sister Dorothy lived in his household. On July 25, 1817, Dorothy took David to court, accusing him of failing to make proper settlement with her as their [father's] last will provided. Two months later, David reported to the court that he had boarded his sister and supplied her with every article she required. The suit was dismissed in January of 1820 and all parties settled the matter between them.
Although David was age 50 when he married 18-year-old Lucy Beazley, there is no evidence that he was married prior to this.
When David Stern was 14 years old and attending school at Rappahannock Academy, he ran away and joined the Southern division of General Nathaniel Green's army as a bugler. He was wounded in the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (a flesh wound across his back). He returned home after his recovery and rejoined the army. He mustered out as a dragoon (cavalryman) and sustained a second wound at Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina. This time he received a shattered hip which rendered him permanently lame, thus preventing further participation in the Revolutionary War. He became a permanent invalid. For this service he was granted a pension which was continued to his widow during her lifetime which ended October 28, 1878.
David was the executor of his father's estate and inherited half of a water grist mill. In 1948, his grandson, Walter Scott Cash, recorded that there was still evidence of the mill.
From late 1807 to mid 1816, David's old-maid sister Dorothy lived in his household. On July 25, 1817, Dorothy took David to court, accusing him of failing to make proper settlement with her as their [father's] last will provided. Two months later, David reported to the court that he had boarded his sister and supplied her with every article she required. The suit was dismissed in January of 1820 and all parties settled the matter between them.
Although David was age 50 when he married 18-year-old Lucy Beazley, there is no evidence that he was married prior to this.
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