Person:Andrew Elder (16)

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Andrew Elder
m. 22 May 1806
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Name Andrew Elder
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1748 Chester County, Pennsylvania
Marriage 22 May 1806 Grainger County, Tennesseeto Elizabeth Snyder
Death? 30 May 1834 Grainger County, Tennessee

Andrew Elder was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Elder, Andrew - entered service 1776 in Botetourt County [prior to 1770 was Augusta County], Virginia; born 1748 in Chester County, Pennsylvania; resided after Revolutionary War in Washington County, Virginia, thence to Sullivan County, Tennessee,, thence to Grainger County, Tennessee, where applied for pension 1855 age 85 when resided there for 20 years, & Pension Application Rejected, insufficient proof of service; died 5/30/1834; mmarried abt. 1804-05 to Elizabeth Snyder, widow applied for pension abt. age 80 in Grainger County, Tennessee, 1841 & Pension Application Rejected; widow applied for pension again there in 1852 & Pension Application Rejected; soldier's brother Matthew died in Revolutionary War service & buried at Basking Ridge, New Jersey. F-R3278, R908.