Jacob Zumwalt (O’Fallon)
Jacob Zumwalt was the son of German immigrants who had come from Strasbourg to Virginia. He fought and was wounded at the battle of Point Pleasant (1774) during Lord Dunmore’s War. He then served as a private in the Virginia Militia during the War for Independence. He and five brothers moved first to Kentucky and then to the Louisiana Territory (what became Missouri). He settled here in 1798. The territory was purchased by the USA in 1804. In 1807, the first Methodist Communion in the region was held at his house. His house would be used as a fort in the War of 1812. It has been reconstructed on its original site, which is now Fort Zumwalt Park.
John Castlio (Wentzville)
John Castlio served during the War of Independence in the Virginia Militia under Capt. Benjamin Logan in Kentucky (Kentucky was then part of Virginia). He later moved with his family to what is now Missouri in 1806. The Castlio house, on the hill overlooking Dardenne Creek along present day Highway DD, was fortified during the War of 1812 and his son John was an early elder at Dardenne Presbyterian Church. His grave is on the property of Holt High School.
John Castlio served during the War of Independence in the Virginia Militia under Capt. Benjamin Logan in Kentucky (Kentucky was then part of Virginia). He later moved with his family to what is now Missouri in 1806. The Castlio house, on the hill overlooking Dardenne Creek along present day Highway DD, was fortified during the War of 1812 and his son John was an early elder at Dardenne Presbyterian Church. His grave is on the property of Holt High School.
John Castlio - Find a Grave
Warren Cottle (St. Charles)
Captain Warren Cottle was native of Massachusetts who moved to Vermont. There he served as a captain in the militia during the war. One account says that he “was Captain of the 4th Company Infantry in South Woodstock and was associated with the Vermont militia exploits of the well-known Allens of Vermont.” He later moved his family to this area when it was still Spanish territory. Some of his brothers settled near what became Troy, while he and his sons settled near Dardenne Creek. There he built a mill and there his grandson Lorenzo later founded the town of Cottleville.
Captain Warren Cottle was native of Massachusetts who moved to Vermont. There he served as a captain in the militia during the war. One account says that he “was Captain of the 4th Company Infantry in South Woodstock and was associated with the Vermont militia exploits of the well-known Allens of Vermont.” He later moved his family to this area when it was still Spanish territory. Some of his brothers settled near what became Troy, while he and his sons settled near Dardenne Creek. There he built a mill and there his grandson Lorenzo later founded the town of Cottleville.
John Pitman (Cottleville)
"John Pitman served during the Revolutionary War under George Rogers Clark and fought with Daniel Boone at the battle of Boonesborough. He served as St. Charles County representative to the Missouri Constitutional Convention for statehood, and served as first tobacco commissioner. He had come to St. Charles County with his family in 1811 from Kentucky following along the same trail as did Daniel Boone and his family. He died Jan. 1, 1839, at the age of 85." (MidRivers News Magazine)
Samuel Wells (O’Fallon)
Samuel Wells was born in Virginia in 1754. In 1775 he moved with his parents and nine younger siblings to Kentucky. In 1780 he served as a Lieutenant under Colonel George Rogers Clark. In 1781 he served as a Captain under Colonel John Floyd, saving the Colonel’s life at Floyd’s Defeat. During the war, his father was killed and his brother was taken prisoner.
After the war Samuel served in Kentucky’s House of Representatives. During the War of 1812 he fought with distinction at Tippecanoe and became the Colonel of the 17th U.S. Infantry and then of the 11th Calvary Regiment. In 1817 he and his family moved to St. Charles County, Missouri. Their home was on what is now the Fred Weber quarry along Highway 70, and he owned 2,400 acres north and west of Peruque Creek. He died at home in 1830 and his grave is in O’Fallon, MO. You can find more on his history at this link.
Joseph Baugh (Defiance)
Joseph Baugh (1758-1846) was born in Powhatan County, Virginia and was living there when the War for Independence began. During the years 1777-1781 he served six terms of militia service, each of them 2-3 months in length. On one of these he fought British troops under General Benedict Arnold and on several of these he was stationed in Williamsburg, VA. He was stationed there during the siege of Yorktown with troops whose job it was to supply the French army. During his service he saw Marquis de Lafayette, Baron Von Steuben, and General Washington.
After the war Joseph moved to Richmond, VA and then to Madison County, KY (near Berea, KY). In 1817 he moved to St. Charles County, MO with his wife and children. Joseph died there in 1846 at the age of 87.
His pension application from 1843 can be read at this link.
Joseph Baugh - Find a Grave
Zachariah Moore (Defiance)
Zachariah Moore was born in Frederick County, Maryland in 1762. He enlisted in 1782 in the Fifth Maryland Volunteers and served as a sergeant. He moved to Missouri in 1810 and settled on Darst Bottom, along the Missouri River. He died there in what is now Defiance, MO on August 28, 1837. He was a farmer and a Baptist. One of his daughters married John Wilson Boone, a cousin twice removed of Daniel Boone.
David Darst (Defiance)
David Darst was born in 1757 in the Shenandoah valley of Virginia to parents who had come from southwestern Germany. He first served in the 1st Independent Company of Dunmore County (VA) Militia. Then he served in Captain Henry Prather’s company under Colonel George Rogers Clark during the Illinois campaign of 1778-1779, which included the taking of Kaskaskia and the battle of Fort Vincennes. In 1780 he served in Clark’s campaign against the Shawnee.
David Darst moved to Kentucky in 1784 and married Rosetta Holman. Then in 1798, he moved with his wife and seven children to the area around modern-day Defiance, MO next to the Missouri River, which became known as “Darst Bottom.” David died in 1826.
One of David’s sons, Abraham, married a granddaughter of Daniel Boone (Tabitha Callaway) in 1810. Abraham and five of his sons fought for Texan independence in the 1830s. Another of David’s sons, Jacob, died in the defense of the Alamo.
Louis Blanchette (St. Charles)
Louis Blanchette was a fur trader born in Quebec who became the founder of the city of St. Charles, settling there along the Missouri River in 1769. This was soon after the French lost their territory east of the Mississippi River to the British and had given the land west of the Mississippi to the Spanish. As a member of the St. Louis Militia Infantry Company, Blanchette fought at the Battle of St. Louis in 1780. While Spain was not formally allied with the USA, it had made common cause with the Americans by declaring war on the British and giving some assistance on the frontier. Thus, the British and their native allies attacked St. Louis, but were repulsed by the defenders. Blanchette went on to serve as the local commandant of the region until his death in 1793.
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