Person:Alexander Ritchey (2)

Alexander Ritchey was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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American Revolutionary War Veteran

Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 4, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Ritchey, Alexander - born 6/29/1762 or 1764 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, moved with father Alexander to Botetourt County (area later Russell & Washington Counties), Virginia; entered service first in Scott County, Virginia; entered service 1776 in Montgomery County, Virginia to guard frontier from indians; resided after Revolutionary War to Russell County, Virginia, for abt. 17 years, thence to (place illegible) for 4 years, then to Powell's Valley, near Cumberland Gap, for 4 years, thence to Claiborne County, Tennessee, where he applied for Pension in 1855; pension application rejected, service not covered under current Pension laws. F-8784, R2051.

1.   Austin, J. William, and Rebecca H.R Austin. Related families of Botetourt County, Virginia. (Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield, c2000 (Baltimore : Genealogical Pub.))
   Pages 260-266.

   Captain Alexander Ritchey deposes in Clark County, Kentucky, May 16, 1793, son of Alexander Ritchey, blacksmith. In 1758, Alexander Ritchey, Sr., served in French-Indian Wars, in Lunenburg County, probably as a blacksmith for the army.