Person:John Fisher (130)

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

Fisher, John B. - born 3/11/1768; no Revolutionary War Service; entered service 1792 in Botetourt County, Virginia in Wayne's War against Indians; married 10/14/1801 to Mary Lefredge, Bedford County, Virginia, where he resided to 1803, thence to Montgomery County, Kentucky where granted Pension in 1834; moved to Larue County, Kentucky, where Pension increase in 1843; resided there in 1853; married (2) Mary Brown who died in 1856; he died 8/27/1870 in Hodgenville, Kentucky; married (3) 12/23/1857 there to Juliet Redman (license 12/21/1857 Larue Co.); widow applied for Pension abt. age 56 there in 1878 for husband's War of 1812 service, claiming soldier was granted Bounty Land Warrant #26257 for that service and Pension Application Rejected; widow granted Pension age 58 in Hodgenville, Key in 1880 for husband's Indian War service. F-W31209, R980.

- John B. Fisher was only married TWICE. His first wife was Mary Lefredge Brown, whom he married 14 October 1801 in Bedford County, Virginia and his second wife was Juliet Redman, whom he married on 23 December 1857 in Hodgenville, LaRue County, Kentucky.

1.   United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33).

   Name: John B Fisher
   Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Montgomery, Kentucky
   Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
   Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
   Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
   Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [b. 1775 of before]
   Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
   Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [b. bet. 1776-1794]
   Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
   Free White Persons - Under 16: 8
   Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
   Total Free White Persons: 11
   Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 11

2.   United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704).

   Name: John B Fisher
   Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Montgomery, Kentucky
   Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
   Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2
   Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
   Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1 [b. bet. 1761-1770]
   Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1 [b. bet. 1781-1790]
   Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
   Persons Employed in Agriculture: 9
   Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
   Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
   Total Free White Persons: 8
   Total Slaves: 1
   Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 9

3.   United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).

   Name: J B Fisher
   Age: 82
   Birth Year: abt 1768
   Birthplace: Pennsylvania
   Home in 1850: Hamiltons, Larue, Kentucky, USA
   Gender: Male
   Family Number: 93
   Household Members: Name Age
   J B Fisher 82
   Mary Fisher 68
   Jullutt Fisher 23
   Lewis Fisher 21

4.   United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).

   Name: J R Fisher
   [J B Fisher]
   Age: 75
   Birth Year: abt 1785
   Gender: Male
   Birth Place: Pennsylvania
   Home in 1860: Larue, Kentucky
   Post Office: Hodgenville
   Dwelling Number: 377
   Family Number: 369
   Occupation: Farmer
   Real Estate Value: 1440
   Personal Estate Value: 1500
   Household Members: Name Age
   J R Fisher 75
   Juliet Fisher 37
   Emily Porter 42

5.   United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132).

   Name: John B Fisher
   Age in 1870: 97
   Birth Year: abt 1773
   Birthplace: Pennsylvania
   Dwelling Number: 47
   Home in 1870: Hodgenville, Larue, Kentucky
   Race: White
   Gender: Male
   Occupation: Retired Farmer
   Male Citizen over 21: Y
   Personal Estate Value: 500
   Real Estate Value: 300
   Household Members: Name Age
   Julia Fisher 53
   John B Fisher 97
   Juliet Fisher 48

6. ↑ Fisher families of Penna-Virginia-Kentucky. (unknown, 1964).