Captain John Givens

1719 - 1812  (93 years)

• Name	John Givens  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Title	Captain
  Birth	1719	Monaghan County, Ireland   [2, 3]
  	(Ulster, County Monaghan, Ireland)
  Gender	Male
  DAR/SAR	Daughters of the American Revolution # A045493; Sons of the American Revolution # P-328093
  		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
  		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution
  Military Service	Abt 1776	Virginia, USA   [2]
  	Virginia Militia - Revolutionary War: Captain; Served under his Uncle, General Andrew Lewis in the battle of Point Pleasant and he served with the Augusta Militia during the Revolution/Colonial Virginia
  		Military Poster-Revolutionary War
  Death	1 Apr 1812	Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church, Fort Defiance, Augusta, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  		Church -Augusta Stone (Fort Defiance) Augusta Stone Church is a Presbyterian place of worship located in Augusta County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the unincorporated community of Fort Defiance. The church was one of two meeting houses established by The Congregation of the Triple Forks of the Shenandoah in the year 1740. Augusta Stone and sister meeting house Tinkling Spring…
  Burial	Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fort Defiance, Augusta, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	Captain John Givens
  		Burial-GIVENS John Captain John Givens - Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fort Defiance VA + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59187524/ john
  		Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery (also known as Old Stone Church Cemetery, Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery) Fort Defiance, Augusta, Virginia Find a Grave: #1996311
  Person ID	I26525	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Mary Margaret Sitlington,   b. 1729, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 1797, Augusta, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	1745	Augusta County, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Anne Givens,   b. 1 Jun 1744, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 28 May 1819, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F11618	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1719 - Monaghan County, Ireland Marriage - 1745 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Military Service - Virginia Militia - Revolutionary War: Captain; Served under his Uncle, General Andrew Lewis in the battle of Point Pleasant and he served with the Augusta Militia during the Revolution/Colonial Virginia - Abt 1776 - Virginia, USA Death - 1 Apr 1812 - Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church, Fort Defiance, Augusta, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~l HOOD-M (SAR) Hood Ancestor - Sons of the American Revolution

  
  

  Arms Icons & Insignia » Slide Show		Military Poster-Revolutionary War
  		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
  		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution

  
  

  Burials

  Burial-GIVENS John Captain John Givens - Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fort Defiance VA + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59187524/ john

  
  

  Places

  Church -Augusta Stone (Fort Defiance) Augusta Stone Church is a Presbyterian place of worship located in Augusta County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the unincorporated community of Fort Defiance. The church was one of two meeting houses established by The Congregation of the Triple Forks of the Shenandoah in the year 1740. Augusta Stone and sister meeting house Tinkling Spring…

  
  

• Sources

  [S1076] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Deaths, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2001;). Death date: 19 November 1790 Death place: Augusta, VA [S7402] Find a Grave: GIVENS John 1740-1812, Capain. John Givins (Veteran). BIRTH: May 1740 DEATH: 1 Apr 1812 (aged 71) BURIAL: Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fort Defiance, Augusta, Virginia PLOT: John Givins MEMORIAL ID: 59187524 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59187524/john-givins [S509] Sons of the American Revolution - Members. Birth date: 1719 Birth place: Ireland Death date: 1790 Death place: Augusta, Virginia U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S3118] Ancestry.com, U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;). Residence date: Residence place: VA, United States U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783