THOMAS LAIDLEY SERVED IN ARMY AND NAVY

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Thomas Laidley was born with the last name Laidlaw on
Jan. 1, 1756 in Ayrshire, Scotland. He died March 17, 1838
and is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington. 
 He came to America in 1774 landing in New York.
 He later moved to Lancaster, Pa.
 

He served in the Revolutionary War and changed his
name to Laidley to distinguish himself from his own
 kin who were Loyalist. Laidley served with the
Pennsylvania miitia and Pennsylvania navy
as a private, captain and commander. 

During the war, he served under General George Washington

at Trenton and commanded a boat on the Delaware River
when Philadelphia was occupied. On June 18, 1778, he
 married Sarah Osborne in Philadelphia.  She was
born Oct. 12, 1762 and died March 25, 1844.
Sarah is buried in  Spring Hill 
 near her husband.

Laidley came with Albert Gallatin to Monongalia County and
 bought a large tract of land. He lived in Morgantown until
 late in life when he and his wife came to Cabell
County. They had two sons, James Grant
Laidley and John Osborne Laidley.

James practiced law in Parkersburg and was the
 grandfather of George S. Laidley, who for
 many years was superintendent of
schools in Kanawha County.

John was also a lawyer and lived in Barboursville. 
 He was in the War of 1812 and served with
Captain Kennedy’s artillery company
 near Norfolk, Va.

John represented Cabell County in the General Assembly
and was prosecuting attorney from 1817 to 1860. He
 was a member of the Virginia Convention of
1829-30. He was a Democrat
 but a Union man.

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