To: Verginius Rufus
One of my Revolutionary War ancestors was also in a Virginia militia company (from what is now West Virginia) and was at Yorktown when the British surrendered. He died in 1830 and though his widow tried for years to get his soldiers pension the government turned her down.
17 posted on
03/22/2013 11:43:58 AM PDT by
Inyo-Mono
(NRA)
To: Inyo-Mono; Verginius Rufus; afraidfortherepublic
One of my Revolutionary War ancestors was also in a Virginia militia company Hey, mine too! He hailed from the Pearisburg area.
19 posted on
03/22/2013 12:47:48 PM PDT by
VeniVidiVici
(Obama's vision - No Job is a Good Job)
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