The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant
Birth: 28 Apr 1758 Manakin Town / Goochland / VA Death: 23 Mar 1833 Fredericksburg / Spotsylvania / VA
Qualifying Service Description:
Lieutenant 1776-1781 in the 14th Regiment in Captain John Marks company and 10th Regiment of the Virginia Continental Line serving under William Davies in General Weedon's 2nd Virginia Brigade
Lt Adj VA PNSR
Additional References:
Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army, by Heitman, New Edition, Baltimore 1982, pg 385
Genealogical Abstracts of Rev War Pension Files, Volume II, by V. White, Waynesboro, TN 1991, pg 2229
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Pension S5730
DAR members #574829, #38747 , #136149 , #68862
DAR Patriot Index, National Archives Muster Rolls, VA court records
Pension #1555, Bounty Land WArrent #89 or 2666 acres
Abstracts of Revolutionary Pension Files by Virgil D. White, Vol 2, pg 163, 163A. 163 B, 163 C
Spouse: Mildred Washington Thornton Children: James; Elizabeth; Abraham; Willia; Catherine;
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