Chilton Family and the Revolutionary War

Chilton Family and the Revolutionary War is a Virginia historical marker in Westmoreland County, dedicated 2020.

Westmoreland County · dedicated 2020 · southern side of Rte. 622, about 2 miles east of intersection with Rte. 609

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John Chilton II (ca. 1666-1726), planter, merchant, and Westmoreland County justice, resided here on a large tract known as Currioman. His gravestone from 1726, in the family cemetery just ahead, was restored in 1927. On 27 Feb. 1766, Chilton's grandsons Thomas, William, and Charles Chilton signed the Leedstown Resolves, one of the first large public protests against the Stamp Act, a tax imposed on the colonies by the British Parliament. During the Revolutionary War, Thomas sat on the Westmoreland County Committee and Charles served in the Fauquier County militia. Another grandson, John Chilton, was a captain in the Continental Line and was killed at the Battle of Brandywine in Sept. 1777.

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