Person:James Gentry (14)

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. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Gentry, James - entered service 1777 in Hanover County, Virginia, where born in 1757; granted Pension 1832 in Albemarle County, Virginia, where died 6/22/1851 leaving no widow but children: John, George, James, Dolly, Elizabeth, & Nancy; surviving children in 1851: John, James, Polly Harvey, & Betsey Harvey. F-S8555, R1061.

1. ↑ Crozier, William Armstrong (ed.), and The Genealogical Association. Virginia County Records. (Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey: The Genealogical Association)
   pg. 48.

   Revolutionary Pensioners
   
   A census of pensioners for Revolutionary or military services with their names, ages and places of residence, as returned by the Marshalls of the State of Virginia, under the Act for taking the Sixth Census, 1 June 1840.
   
   James Gentry, Fredericksville Parish, Albemarle Co., aged 82 years.