Purchased 100 acres on the branch of Licking Run in Fauquier County, Virginia 23 October 1769 (Fauquier County Deed Book 3:512).

Served as an Ensign in the Fauquier militia from 1776 to 1779 and was recommended by the county clerk of Fauquier County on Oct 25, 1779. [McAllister, Joseph Thompson, Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War, Section 261 - page 199]

1782 Fauquier Tax Lists states he owned 10 slaves.

Owned a mill with a mill race.