Revolutionary War Pensions
The records in this collection include entire pension files for soldiers and sailors who served in the Revolutionary War. Unlike selected service records, which were typically chosen subjectively for genealogical content, these records reveal more details about each veteran's history and service, as well as more information about his family, state of health, and life after the war. Continue…
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Fishdam Ford
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Cherokee Ford
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Kettle Creek
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Hinton's Fort
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That in the spring of 1778 he again was again drafted and went out under Captain Edward Thomas his cousin and march to the Delaware where the British burt the American Shipping which was Early in June when the corn was almost half leg high they having retreatd through a cornfield when he was nearly capture by the British
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Amelia Co VA
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Source Information
Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Original data from: The National Archives
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