John and Betty lived their entire life in Montgomery Co.,Virginia.
John was left with his father's blacksmith tools upon his father's
death implying that this was a major activity of the family. John
died the same year as his father, but the way the bequestis
made in the will for the blachsmith tools suggests John was in
good health at the time of his father's death. In 1813, John was
commissioned as Ensign in the 75th Regiment, 19th Brigade &
30th Division. In 1815, he was recommended to the Governor to
be appointed Lieutenant in the Light Infantry Co., 75th Reg., 2nd
Bat. (court order book 18, Montgomery Co., VA). Betty
(Elizabeth) Trolinger was of the Trolinger family of Alamance
Co., North Carolina and later of Pulaski Co. VA. The names of
the daughters, "Betsy" & "Eliza" suggests that their mother
shared her "Elizabeth" name with both; one got the "Eliza" part
and the other got the "Beth" part.