Lawrence Taliaferro Dade


General Lawrence Taliaferro Dade of Bell Forest, , who married Anne Mayo on May 4, 1815 in Henrico Virginia. Anne was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Bland Mayo.

Lawrence Taliaferro Dade was born to Captain Francis Dade and Sarah Taliaferro in 1785. Captain Francis Dade and his cousin Baldwin Dade were patriots of the Revolutionary War serving in the 3rd Continental Light Dragoons. Both were survivors of the winter encampment in Valley Forge and the vicious British attack known as the Baylor Massacre at Old Tappan, New Jersey.

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