Person:John Anderson (301)

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

Anderson, John, Bounty Land Warrant; query letter in file states soldier married Mary, sister of Richard Clough Anderson & that Mary was a daughter of Robert Anderson (1712-1792) & Elizabeth Clough (1722-1779) of Goldmine, Virginia, further Mary's granddaughter [sic, s/b great-granddaughter] of Robert Anderson & Cecelia Massey of St. Peter's Parish; query letter in file mentions another John Anderson (died 10/13/1817), who moved to Scott County, Virginia, 1773, married Rebecca Maxwell (died 2/21/1824) & they had 8 children: William, John (married Elizabeth McNier), Audley, Isaac (married Margaret Rhea), Mary (married John Skellem), Elizabeth (married William Christian), Sarah (married Rev. Andrew Galbraith), & Jane (married Rev. John Heniger). R57.

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

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   Captain of the 5th and 3rd Virginia Regiment