Person:Robert Covington (6)

Watchers
Robert Covington
  1. Robert Covington1760 - 1847
  • HRobert Covington1760 - 1847
  • WMary Duncan1764 - 1841
m. 1782
  1. William A. Covington1783 - 1869
  2. Sarah 'Sallie' Covington1785 - 1851
  3. Elizabeth Covington1787 - 1820
  4. Milly Covington1790 - 1812
  5. Lucy Covington1792 - 1808
  6. Charles Covington, Sr.1794 - 1837
  7. Polly Covington1795 - 1845
  8. Coleman Covington1800 - 1871
  9. Robert Covington1802 -
  • HRobert Covington1760 - 1847
  • WAmy BurkAbt 1783 - 1856
m. 15 May 1843
Facts and Events
Name Robert Covington
Gender Male
Birth[1] 3 Jan 1760 Culpeper County, Virginia
Marriage 1782 Madison County, Kentuckyto Mary Duncan
Marriage 15 May 1843 Madison County, Kentuckyto Amy Burk
Death[1] 10 Aug 1847 Madison County, 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. 1, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Covington, Robert, entered service 1779 in Culpeper County, Virginia; born 1/1762; granted Pension 1832 in Madison County, Kentucky, where he died 8/10/1847; married there 5/15/1843 to Amy Burk/Buirke; widow granted Pension age 70 there in 1853 when affidavit there by John Buirke age 64 that he was present at marriage of soldier & Amy Buirke; query letter in file states soldier was born 1/3/1762 in Culpeper County, Virginia, & he died 3/8/1847 in Madison County, Kentucky; query letter in file in 1912 from descendant R.C.H. Covington, Richmond, Kentucky, who was also descendant of Revolutionary War soldier Daniel Maupin of Albemarle County, Virginia, who later resided in Madison County, Kentucky. R667.

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