Person:Adam Painter (4)

Information on Adam Painter

Adam Painter served four short tours with the Virginia Line in the Revolutionary War. In his Revolutionay War Pension Application, dated 31 December 1832, he stated that he was in no battles, but he was with Washington outside of Philadelphia, on the Schulkill and Delaware Rivers. He received a pension. His pension application confirms that "he was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia in about 1735 or 1736 from the best information he can collect", was captured by the Shawnee, spent two years with them, was tortured and released. He further states that he lived in Culpepper County, Virginia before the War and in Washington County, Tennessee after the War. [Source:Revolutionary War Pension Application of Adam Painter]

Sources

History of Shenandoah County, Virginia

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