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Facts and Events
Revolutionary War Pension Information
Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 3, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
- King, Charles - born 4/5/1750 in Hanover county, Virginia; resided there with father until of age; moved then to Botetourt County, Virginia; where entered service in 1774; received Pension Alleghany County, Virginia, 1833; died 3/18/1836; married 8/1787 Rebecca Bess (marriage Bond 8/21/1787); Botetourt County, Virginia; widow received Pension age 87 in Alleghany County, Virginia in 1839 when son John resided in Covington, that county; query letter in file states soldier had son James V (married abt. 1830, settled in Frederick County, Virginia& later moved to Fayette County, Ohio) & son Samuel V. F3W20334, R1486.
Biography
- From "Alleghany County Heritage Vol I p. 130", written by Arlynn L.R. King:
- Charles King was born April 3, 1750, in Hanover County, Virginia, moving to Botetourt County, Va., in the early 1770's. He had lived there a short time when, in the summer of 1774, he volunteered and served three months in Captain Given's Company against the Indians in Greenbrier County, Virginia. Charles also served with the Virginia troops in 1775 and ending at the battle of Yorktown. Charles was pensioned as a Revolution Soldier June 18, 1833, while a resident of Alleghany County, formerly part of Botetourt County, Virginia.
- Charles married Rebecca Bess, daughter of Christopher and Mary Bess, on August 21, 1787. They had only one son, John, born in 1788. Charles died March 18, 1836 and Rebecca lived to be over 87 years.
Notes
Some researchers have claimed that this Charles King had a second marriage to Nancy Ann Fox Napier, February 6, 1798 in Montgomery County, Virginia, but in the Revolutionary War Pension file, listed above, it appears that his wife Rebecca out-lived him. Probably a different Charles King that married Napier.
Citations
- http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/i/n/Bradley-King-OH/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0203.html
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