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Family history is one of my hobbies. With the advance of technology there are many opportunities to search and retrieve historical documents than there were just five years ago. In my search for family history I found several ancestors who served during the Revolutionary War. The following images are an application for pension for William Lockhart of Hampshire County (West) Virginia.
The pension papers describe how he entered the militia, and during the battle of Brandywine was captured and taken prisoner. He escaped and went home, and then served again in the militia.
His pension papers also describe where and when he was born, as well as where he lived, where he served, and who he served with.
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2 comments:
I can't read the handwriting. Did it say why he was denied?
I intend to transcribe it, to the best of my ability.... not sure but I think they denied it because while he did do some service for the army, he was not enlisted. He had been militia, and it was disbanded. So as he helped the army he was not really part of it (or so I gather). The letter states that he was not on the rolls. So that means if they could not get any more affidavits stating that he was in the military and for more than a couple of weeks, then he really wasn't in the military. In this file there is only one other person who gave an affidavit and it wasn't much to read.
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