John Waller

Ancestor Number

A120052 »

Date of Birth

October 28, 1739

Place of Birth

Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Date of Death

Before June 15, 1822

Place of Death

Union County, Kentucky

Spouse(s)

Mary Ann Small

Children

John, Lydia, Dempsey, Aaron

Service during theAmerican Revolution

Paid Supply Tax 1783

State of Service

Virignia

Donor

Mary Caroline Giles Mixon

John Waller, who lived from 1739–1822 and married Mary Ann Small, was a farmer who, at the age of 41, provided supplies to the Virginia militia.

The Tax List of 1783 in Virginia published his participation in patriotic service. Waller nicknamed himself KW because he was from King William County, Virginia, and also because many men in his family had the same name.

Thomas Waller was the father of John Waller and said to be a similar image.

The Waller Cemetery, where first generation John Waller remains, is located on the grounds of Newport Plantation in Partlow, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Photo by Mary Ella Waller

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Dr. John Waller was born in Newport-Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England. He lived from 1645–1716, and married Mary Key Pomfrett. Their son, Colonel John Waller, lived from 1673–1754 and was the grandfather of the patriot, John Waller.

At the age of 19, Colonel Waller sailed to Virginia and purchased 1,039 acres of land from Elias Downs, located in Pamunkey Neck, on the Mattaponi River in what was to become King William County, Virginia. In 1701, he established Endfield, his plantation home, on this land. He became a Major of Militia in 1704 and was elected to the House of Burgesses for the term 1710–1714. Colonel Waller’s son, Thomas Waller, who lived from 1714-1760 at the Endfield Plantation, was father to Revolutionary War Patriot, John Waller, aka KW.

Upon the end of the war, KW took his wife and eight children to Kentucky where he secured land on Cartwright Creek and milled corn and wheat for his community. Currently the Rose Priory Church sits on the land KW donated.

Trade that utilized the mighty rivers to transport goods to other towns began opening up after the Revolutionary War. KW then moved to Morganfield, Union County, in western Kentucky, which he helped establish.. This location allowed KW and his family to be near the Ohio River to move milled products via water to their final destinations. Even today, descendants of Waller are millers and fabricators of flour products.