Person:Robert Finley (33)

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Robert Finley
d.1845
m. Bef 1757
  1. Archibald Finley1757 - 1839
  2. Robert Finley1762 - 1845
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Name Robert Finley
Alt Name Robert Walker Finley
Gender Male
Birth[1] 23 Apr 1762 Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Death[1] 1845

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. :

Finley, Robert - born 4/23/1762 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; entered service 1778 while residing near Winchester [Frederick County], Virginia; resided after Revolutionary War in Fairfax County, Virginia; thence to Frederick County, Virginia, where granted Pension in 1835 when residing there for 7 years; affidavit then by Margaret (b. 4/1762), wife of soldier's brother Archibalc; query letter in file in 1915 from descendant Mrs. Helena Daily, Aurora, Illinois, states soldier's middle initial was "W", & he was born in 1750; query letter in file in 1940 from great great granddaughter Mrs. Emma B. Grubb, Franklin, Indiana, states soldier Robert W. [Finley] was born 1755-1760. F-S16797, R976.

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