Person:Adam Harpole (1)

Adam Harpole was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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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. :

Harpole, Adam - entered service 1774 in Augusta County, Virginia; resided after Revolutionary War in Pendleton County, Virginia, thence in 1792 to Sumner County, Tennessee, thence in 1801 to Wilson County, Tennessee where applied for pension in 1832 abt. age 77; Pension Application Rejected, less than 6 onths service; died there; son Samson resided at age 46 there in 1854 when father already dec'd; query letter in file states an Adam Harpold/Harpole of Augusta County, born 1734, died 1802 Harrison County, Virginia, married Margaret; query letter in file states an Adam Harpold came from Germany to America, was Revolutionary soldier, moved to South Branch of Potomac River, Virginia, & resided 1796 in Harrison County, Virginia. F-R4632, R1194.

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

   http://trees.ancestry.myfamily.com/tree/41739180/person/19671686730

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   Adam Harpoole [Junior]. Paid £8.15sh.6d for 117 days. He was born in 1755, the son of
   Adam Harpole, Senior, by his first wife Margaret (_______). Adam, Senior married his second wife Sarah Hoogteeling (who was previously the widow of Johannes Bogaert and Henry Thorn).108 After Point Pleasant he volunteered in 1777 in Captain Skidmore’s company again, and was “stationed in the Tiger’s Valley to guard against the Indians.” He was later enlisted in the Virginia Line in Hampshire County in 1781 and served two months in this tour. He had a written discharge at this time, but it was lost when his house burned. He lived after the war in Pendleton County, but moved in 1792 to Sumner County, Tennessee, and in 1801 to Wilson County, Tennessee.109 He was enumerated there over 45 in the 1820 census. He applied for a pension on 28 September 1832 when he stated that he had no written record of his birth but thought that he was then aged 77. Adam Harpale, “a soldier of the revolutionary war,” died a few days before 24 January 1838 according to a brief obituary in the Nashville Daily Republican Banner. 110
   
   http://www.skidmorefamilyhistory.com/OP34%20John%20and%20his%20companies.pdf