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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.…More
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Annotation added: in the state of Virginia
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Annotation added: in the county of Frederick
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Annotation added: 1755
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Annotation added: state how long he was Corporal
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Annotation added: Fincastle Co Va
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Annotation added: aged 78 (present age)
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Annotation added: Wythe County Va.
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Annotation added: Wythe Court House Va.
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Annotation added: Wythe in the state of Va.
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This file S6798 contains applications relating to two entirely different veterans. The application filed by the Dickey Dickey who was born in Chester PA in 1760 should be under file number S2522, not S6798.grawil said about this Image. (2 hours ago)
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Annotation added: David Dickey: this application relates to a different "David Dickey."...
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Annotation added: William Wheatley-Gr-Gr-Gr-Grandfather
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Annotation added: Colonel Donaldson
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Annotation added: Captain John Crawford
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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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