Person:Abraham Weitzel (1)

Abraham Weitzel was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Military Service

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

Weitsel, Abraham - born 8/6/1760 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; moved at age 11 to Shenandoah County, Virginia, where he entered service 1780 in Virginia company; applied for Pension 1832 in Augusta County, Virginia; Pension Application Rejected, less than 6 months service; brother Peter made affidavit there then; Christian Fauber made affidavit there then per County Clerk of Court Jefferson Kinney; surname also spelled Weitzel. F-R11288, R2523.

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's:

• Vol. 2 - Abraham Weitsel's Declaration, October 223, 1832; Born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, August 6, 1760; at the age of eleven he removed to Shenandoah County, Virginia, where he resided during the Revolution, when he removed to Augusta County; was drafted early in 1780, and marched to Culpeper under the command of Captain All, where the troops were disbanded; shortly afterwards he was again drafted and marched to Falmouth under the same Captain, and there discharged. In 1781, he was again drafted, and marched about the first of July to the headquarters of General Stevens at Tinkling Spring, about ten miles above Williamsborg; was attached to the Second Regiment of Virginia Militia; the Major's name was Welch. Peter Weitzel deposes that he knows that his brother Abraham served as he has declared.

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