Histories

Military Record: 118 days Lord Dunmore's War in 1774, Benjamin Harrison's Payroll

Norton Gum served in Lord Dunmore's War under the command of Capt. Benjamin Harrison, and also was sworn in by Isaac Lincoln as Constable of Rockingham Co. in 1783. Norton Gum died in 1789 at his homestead on Linville Creek in Rockingham Co., Va.

Norton Gum, b: abt 1748 served in last colonial war before the American Revolution (Lord Dunmore’s War) in a Rockingham Co unit under Capt Benjamin Harrison

Pg 330 Norton Gum’s names appears on the payroll of Capt Benjamin Harrison in 1774 in Lord Dunmore’s War
Pg 352 Jehu Gum is on the payroll of Capt. Benjamin Harrison in 1774, Lord Dunmore’s War, when Jehu had served in the company for 119 days. On the same payroll were his brothers: Abraham, Claypool and Norton