Person:Richard Gentry (4)

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Richard Gentry
d.13 Feb 1836 Kentucky
m. Bef 1755
  1. Richard Gentry1755 - 1836
  2. Simon Gentry1765 - 1845
  3. Nicholas Gentry1768 - 1858
  4. John Gentry1770 -
  5. Watson Gentry1771 - 1845
  6. William GentryAbt 1774 - 1862
  7. Mary GentryAbt 1776 - Abt 1810
m. 1792/3
Facts and Events
Name Richard Gentry
Gender Male
Birth[1] 27 Dec 1755 Lunenburg County, Virginia
Marriage 1792/3 Surry County, North Carolinato Justina 'Gestin' Hedgespeth
Death[1] 13 Feb 1836 Kentucky



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, Richard - born 12/27/1755 in Lunenburg County, Virginia; entered service 1780 in Union District, South Carolina, resided near Tiger River; granted Pension 1832 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, where he died 2/13/1836; married 1792/3 to Justine/Gestin, daughter of Ayres Hedgespeth, Surry County, North Carolina; widow granted Pension age 70 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, in 1839; query letter in file in 1930 from J.J. Gentry, Spartanburg, South Carolina, grandson of Samuel Gentry who was born abt. 1765 in Lunenburg County, Virginia. F-W8844, R1061.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).