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Conrad Radeer, private, Vo; State Troops, She •age 78. . wife;Jose Rogers, private, Delaware militia, age bor, ,75- ShJames Rogers,.prlyate, Delaware militia,age Afrro ..r 1 vl V1 - \ \TJames Ronton, private, Va. militia, age 72. aDavid Rolstone, private, Va. militia, age 73. tendLawrence Raynes, private, Va. militia, age anc* 74. . daueMelchior Segrist, private, Penna. militia, anan age 79. hGeorge Stepler, private, Va. militia, age 75.John Taylor, private, Va. militia, age 77. hoinMatthew Tate, private, Va. militia, age 73. I TlHenry Whetzell, private-, Va, militia, age 76. ne*®When the census of 1840 was taken anilia-enumeration of all Revolutionary pensioners then living was made, and these lists byStates and counties were published, bv Act r j^ot Congress, in 1811. This enumeration shows that in the year 1810 the followingRevolutionary pensioners were still living* r i*i ^ tt . manin Rockingham county, Va.;Elizabeth Brown, aged 83.Andrew Huling, aged 79.Philip Koontz, aged 95,4James Meadows, aged 81.Henry Hammer, aged 84.Leonard Dayis, aged 79.Francis Yancey, aged 70. ~William Bryan, aged 78, ^Agnes Vanpelfc) aged 77.David Ralston, aged 79. • (whJdagdaline Bible, aged 75. EMary Gibbons, aged 80.Philip Hartman, aged 83.Matthew Tate, .aged 87.James Palmer, aged 77.The names of women in the above state-Cret was paH • AcJs Nefimenfc indicate that they were widows of deceased Revolutionary soldiers.No Revolutionary pensions were granted except for actual service, which must have been for a period of at least six months, andstrict proof was required to establish their* jright to a pension. They were required, among other things, to file a written statement setting forth fully the service.perform? ed by tfiem, and the writer read with much interest the application of Jacob Kisling, his great-grandfather, who; was pensioned under the Act of UB32. He was a young soldier*4 *i . ' « ' *in the Revolution, entering the service before attaining his majority, and served two tours of duty during the invasion of Virginia by the British in 1781. Hiswompany was commanded by Captain George Houston,who resided about one mile south of Massa-■ ' « * -netta Springs, and William Nalle was colonel• *•••..of his regiment. Colonel Nalle evidently resided m East Rockingham, near Elkton, because Jacob Bear, in his will written In 1789, refers to a portion of his land as adjoining, - . _■ ..... v , •that of W illiam Nalle. The regiment servedin the final campaign against the British; and• • . * 7. . # lt;was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, in 1781.Yours truly,.Charles E. Kemper.. • ■ / ^ . sWashington, D. C..Dee, 22.chhehehiisCOhaschaantfaardr1bupaanfulstr
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Harrisonburg Rockingham Register
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Fri, Jan 09, 1903
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