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Anthony
Samuel Foster
Contributed By:
Viola
L.
Van Orden
I am from the Anthony Samuel
Foster line. They were an old
Virginia family. Anthony Foster,
Jr. was a soldier in the
American Revolution. He married
Virginia Rose Coleman in
Virginia. After the war he came
to Kentucky. He owned several
land grants in KY. He and
Virginia Rose Coleman had a
daughter, Rose, Rosy or Rosannah, who
married Francis Ray of
Washington/Marion County Ky.
They married in Nelson County
Ky.
Francis was the son of Nicholas
Ray and Susan(ne) Sheckles.
Nicholas was a Captain in the
American Revolution from the
state of Maryland. He and
Susanne came to Ky quite
early. They settled on property
that later was the site of Brown
Foreman Distillery. In 2000 I
located this cemetery and the
many headstones that were lying
around on the ground of numerous
members of the Ray family. The
cemetery was, at that time, in
the middle of a soybean field.
It was surrounded by a 2 ft.
high stone wall. You could read
a few names with great
difficulty.
A number of years ago a Mr.
Lanham listed all of the people
buried there. This list can be
found in the Marion County
Library.
After I visited the cemetery I
notified the State Regent of DAR
in Ky. of this officer's grave
to see if she would see that it
was preserved and marked. I do
not know if this was done. As I
live so far from it I hoped
someone locally would see that
it was done.
Desecration of any grave is a
serious matter but when one
finds the grave of a veteran of
the American Revolution it is
more so. This man risked his
life to help establish this
country.
It was quite remarkable that
this grave was located
after such a long time.
Susan(ne) and Nicholas Ray were
my four times Great
Grandparents.
Francis Ray who was married to
Rose, Rosy ,Rosannah, Foster
donated the land for Stewart's
Creek Baptist Church at St.
Mary's Ky and they were buried
there.. In 2000 my husband and I
visited their graves. Their
headstone was broken but you
could read the information
easily. 3 years later I took my
sister to see their graves and
they couldn't be found. I don't
know why the remnants of
their headstone were removed but
they were.
Anthony Foster, father of Rosy,
Rose or Rosannah Foster, who
married Francis Ray, is buried
on a farm in Logan County Ky. He
and his wife, Virginia Rose
Coleman lie in a weed covered,
forlorn grave. Another
Revolutionary War Soldier who
has been forgotten by most of
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