William Perdue, Jr.

WILLIAM 3 PERDUE  (WILLIAM 2 PERDIEU , JOHN 1) was born 1735 in Henrico County, VA, and died Bef. 1800 in Montgomery County, VA. He married MORNING  HALE. 

Notes for WILLIAM PERDUE:

During an Indian uprising around 1774 many of the settlers went to the Blackwater River settlement in what is now Franklin County, but William stayed and served in the Montgomery County Militia during the Revolutionary War under the command of Captain John Tyler. 

There is evidence that after the revolution, around 1785, William Perdue left Wolf Creek after a run-in with George Pearis, and built a mill on the Mill Branch of the Bluestone.

From Giles County History: William Perdue, son of William and Mary Hatchett Perdue was born about 1730 in Henrico, now Chesterfield County, Virginia. He settled in the far western section of Chesterfield County near the town of Skinquarter, on land adjacent to his father. William and his wife moved about 1761 to Amelia County. William and a group of other families, including the Belchers, Clays, and Baileys, migrated through Wood's Gap in Floyd County and on down the Little and New Rivers, settling on Wolf Creek around 1750. William Perdue built the mill on Mill Creek in what is now Narrows around 1755-1760.

Not much is known about William. He sold land in Chesterfield County, Virginia 16 June 1761 to John Goode and signed the deed with his mark. It is known that his son, Daniel served in the Militia under Captain George Parrish in 1782. In 1787, Daniel and his parents moved to Franklin County, Virginia, where he married Happy Ward. Happy and Daniel had eight children. Daniel and Happy Perdue settled on a farm adjacent to his brother, Meshack Perdue. Daniel died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on July 2, 1810 in Franklin County, Virginia. Happy Perdue remained there until after her youngest girl, Ceilia was married, then she moved to Sumner County, Tennessee, where some of her older children settled and she died there in 1848, outliving Daniel by 38 years. Meshack also moved to Franklin County with his parents and he married Eleanor Dell Dillon about 1775, and they had twelve children. Meshack bought his first 100 acres of land from his father-in-law, James Dillon. This land was located on the south side of the Black Water River. It would also seem that Meshack Perdue was a fairly rich man as in his will, he left 25-30 of his slaves to various family member upon his death. On Meshack's tombstone it is inscribed "Meshack died 1836 aged 80". William died at age 65.

Children of WILLIAM P ERDUE and MORNING HALE are: 10. i. ME SHACK4 P ERDUE, b. Abt. 1756, p. Chesterfield County, VA; d. 30 December 1837, Franklin County, VA.11.ii. ISAIAH PERDUE, b. Abt. 1757, Chesterfield County, VA; d. 1819, Cabel County, VA.12.iii. JEMIMA PERDUE, b. Abt. 1757, Chesterfield County, VA; d. September 1826, Cabel County, VA.13.iv. DANIEL PERDUE, b. Abt. 1762, p. Chesterfield County, VA; d. 02 July 1810, Franklin County, VA. v. ZACHARIAHP ERDUE, b. Abt. 1763, Chesterfield County, VA; d. 1853, Five Mile Fork, East River, Mercer County, WV; m. MARY CONLEY. Notes forZACHARIAH PERDUE:

Settled in Wolf Creek, Giles County, VA 

vi. JESSE PERDUE, b. Abt. 1764, p. Chesterfield County, VA; d. 18 September 1818, Salem, In; m. NAOMI POTTS. vii. M ARTHA P ERDUE, b. Abt. 1766, p. Chesterfield County, VA; d. P. Giles County, VA , burried near wolf creek; m. EDWARD HALE, 26 September 1786. viii. EDEY PERDUE, b. Abt. 1767, P. Chesterfield County, VA; m. (1) SAMUEL DILLON; m. (2) SHADRACK BLANKENSHIP . ix. PHOEBE PERDUE, b. Abt. 1771, Chesterfield County, VA; m. JOSEPH HARE. x. WI LLIAM P ERDUE J R, b. Abt. 1772, Chesterfield County, VA; m. (1) ELLENDER JONES; m. (2) NANCY SMITH.