Person:James Deakins (1)

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James Deakins
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Name James Deakins
Gender Male
Birth[1] 14 Nov 1754 King George County, Virginia
Marriage 1782 Westmoreland County, Virginia[April or July 1782]
to Martha Brand
Death[1] 20 Jul 1834 Fairfield, Franklin County, Indiana

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. :

Deakins, James - entered service at Westmoreland Court House, Virginia; born 11/14/1754 in Prince George County, Virginia; abt. 16 years after Revolutionary War moved to Tennessee, thence to Fairfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana, where granted Pension in 1834 & where he died 7/20/1834; married 4/1782 or 7/1782 to Martha Brand, Westmoreland County, Virginia, who was born 12/6/1765; widow granted Pension 1840 in Franklin County, Indiana; widow resided 1853 in Andrew County, Missouri, & granted Bounty Land Warrant there in 1855; children's births: John 7/20/1783, Alice 4/29/1785, William 6/28/1796, Marcha 11/30/1802, Elizabeth 11/17/1804, Nicholas 1/12/1807; affidavit made in 1840 by Mary Blackmore age 36 in Andrew County, Missouri, that she was daughter of soldier's daughter Alice; soldier's surname also spelled Deakans, Deakens; query letter in file states soldier's widow died in Andrew County, Missouri. F-W9833, R776.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).