John Masterson 
John was born about 1747 in Fairfax Co., Virginia. John's father was Edward, Sr. Masterson and his mother was Mary Lindsay. He had five brothers and three sisters, named Edward, Jr, Thomas, Richard, William, Robert, Mary Lindsay, Sarah and Elizabeth. He died in Westmoreland Co., Virginia.General Notes
Virginia's Colonial Soldiers-by Lloyd Dewitt Buckstuck Page 352.
Court Martial Held 10/10/1761 - from Capt. Spek's Company, William
Mastersonfined 20 shillings for missing 2 private musters. Col. John Hite
(8107) and Maj. Lewis Stephens 4517) were present.
John was a schoolmaster in Loudon Co., Virginia, when he bought the 418
acres in Prince William Co., Virginia from his mother in December 1768.
By 1773, John and Sarah had moved to the part of Western Pennsylvania
that was claimed by Virginia, where he was on the tax lists in Springhill
Township in 1773 Bedford Co., Pennsylvania. Sarah paid the taxes in 1783
Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, and in 1785 Sarah paid in Fayette Co.,
Pennsylvania. They didn't move, the State just kept forming new counties.
John wrote his will June 27, 1781 and it was proved in court August 2,
1782 Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.
John and Sarah were married in a religious ceremony before 1768 in Loudon Co., Virginia. They had three sons and two daughters, named Edward, Thomas, Richard, Mary and Sarah.
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Children
Thomas Masterson
Thomas was born about 1770 in Virginia. He died in 1812 in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee.
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