Henry Franklin, born '1790 
John Burroughs, born 1789 
Daniule Quarles, born 1790 
Thomas Austin, born 1766
RUCKER
The Ruckers descended from Peter Rucker who died in Orange County in 1763. 
Peter's son, John, was Captain in the Continental Militia for Orange County in 1740. 
Ambrose, son of John, was Captain in the Revolutionary War.
Ambrose Rucker, Jr., born 1763, married Elizabeth Lucas, moved to Bedford County. 
Anthony, son of Ambrose, Jr., was born 1793, died 1858, married Margaret Hardy. They 
lived and reared their family near Hendricks Store in Bedford County. They are buried in 
the graveyard on the property near Routes 122 and 655, (currently Wuergler property). 
Joseph Hardy Rucker, born 1830, died 1908, married first, Brown, no children, second 
married Frances Susan Poindexter, daughter of William Dabney and Eliza Watts. Children 
were Lillie J., died as infant, Lizzie married Louis McDaniel, Josephine married L.L. 
Lewis.
Samuel Leonidas Rucker, Sr. MD, son of Joseph Hardy Rucker, (genealogy found in 
Moneta section).
LYNCH
Three brothers, Thomas, George and Charles Lynch migrated from Galway, Ireland to 
America. George settled in North Carolina, Thomas in South Carolina, and Charles 
settled in Virginia. Between 1733 and 1750, Charles had extensive land holdings in 
Albemarle County. He married Sarah Clarke and had children, Charles, John, Christopher 
and Sarah. In 1750, Charles acquired 1,060 acres of land on the James River opposite 
present Lynchburg. He died in 1753, and his wife, Sarah, who was a Quaker, built a 
Quaker Meeting House on the land at "Lynch's Ferry", on the James River. Charles 
Lynch, Jr. was clerk of the South River Meeting House but felt he should fight for his 
country so joined the Army and became a Colonel in the Revolutionary War. Charles, Jr., 
1736-1796, married Anna Terrell. During his lifetime, he was a soldier, Justice of the 
Peace, and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.
When Charles, Jr. was Justice of the Peace, he was a strict disciplinarian and was 
responsible for the term, "Lynch's Law", and from this the word came "lynch", meaning 
"to hang".
Charles Lynch's brother, John, had the honor of having Lynchburg named for him.
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