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Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Benefits

Beginning as early at 1776, the Continental Congress recognized the benefit of extending pension and bounty land benefits to the men who fought for America’s independence from Great Britain. Initially aimed at creating enticements to recruit and retain the services of the men serving in the Continental Army and Navy, over time the scope of these acts were expanded to extend benefits to more of the veterans of the Revolution including men whose served in the state militias and privateers and, eventually, to their widows.To avail themselves of the benefits of these acts, the veterans and their widows were required to file applications detailing their services and other information about themselves and their families. These applications tell the compelling stories of the men and women who risked their lives and property to lay the foundation of the United States of America. Unfortunately, most of the documentation relating to the earliest of these acts (those pre-dating 1818) was destroyed by fires in Washington D. C. in the early part of the Nineteenth Century. The documentation that survives and the documentation from the later acts, however, provide a wealth of information of interest to both historians and genealogists.
Following is a list of Patriots that were award pensions and that the Patriot was associated with Rockingham County. This includes those that were born and served in Rockingham Co., those that were born in Rockingham Co. and served in another location, and those that moved to Rockingham Co. after serving in another location.
Henry Aleshidt
Christopher Ammon
Leonard Anderson
George Argubright
Jacob Argubright
Charles Armentrout
Henry Armstrong
Joshua Armstrong
Nicholas Baker
Philip Baker
James Barleys
James Bean
James Beard
Samuel Bell
Benjamin Berry
Adam Bible
Magdalene Bible
David Blizzard
John Boone
Richard Booz
Benjamin Bowman
Isaac Bowman
John Bredon
Enoch Breeden
John Breeding
Spencer Breeding
Peter Brown
William Bryan
Peter Bryant
Robert Bryant
John Burnside
Andrew Byrd
Charles Cameron
Arnold Carter
John Cash
William Cash
Jacob City
Samuel Clark
John Clemens
Peter Cogan
Jacob Conrad
William Critchfield
William Crow
Jacob Custard
Richard Custer
Leonard Davis
Robert Davis
Joshua Davison
Josiah Davison
Henry Dearing
Michael Deck
John Dickinson
John Dunn
Charles Dyche
Lewis Franklin
John French
James Fulton
Nathaniel Garter
Isaac Gibbons
Mary Gibbons
James Gilliland
Samuel Gilmore
William Going
William Good
William Grady
John Gray
James Grimes
John Guice
Christopher Hains
Henry Hammer
Isaac Hammond
Ezekiel Harrison
Gideon Harrison
Reuben Harrison
Philip Hartman
James Harvey
John Harvey
Lawrence Howdershell
Henry Huffman
Andrew Huling
John Hunter
Andrew Johnson
Christley Kapplinger
James Kelso
Charles Kemper
Jacob Kesler
Joseph Kester
Michael Kipps
Ditrich Kisling
Jacob Kisling
Teter Kisling
Philip Koontz
Zachariah Lee
John Lemmon
Thomas Lewis Sr.
Cichael Lore
James Magill
James Maiden
Roger Mallory
Henry Mallow
George Mallow Sr.
Joel Maxey
John McCoy
William McCoy
John McLaughlink
John McWilliams
Jacob Meadow
Josiah Meadow
Frances Meadows
Jacob Meadows
James Meadows
John Mefford
William Mitchell
Thomas Moore
John Morris
Michael Moyer
John Nicholas
David O'Roark
William Owens
George Painter
James Palmer
Joseph Parker
William Patrick
Thomas Pearson
John Pence Sr.
Christian Peters
John Peters
Christopher Poss
Henry Price
Conrad Rader
Henry Rader
Michael Rader
Lawrence Raynes
Zachariah Rexrode
John Rice
Jonathan Roach
David Rolston
Michael Rork
James Routon
John Rush
William Russell
Edward Rutledge
Mechior Segrist
Michael Sellers
John Sevier
John Shank Sr.
George Shepler
John Shirley
William Sims Sr.
John Sizer
Jacob Smith
Jacob Strayer
Mathew Tate
John Taylor
Peter VanPelt
Gideon Viah
Philip Waldron
Thomas Walker
William Warren
John Weaver
Henry Whetsell
Henry Whiteman
Richard Whitman
Michael Widener
Joseph Wiseman
Richard Wright
Layton Yancey
James Young
John Young

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