Revolutionary
War Soldiers
BLANKENSHIP, REUBEN, aged 69, and a
resident of Shelby County; private, Virginia Militia; enrolled on
May 24, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to
date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $23.31. Revolutionary
Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess.,
1833-34. He resided in Coosa County, June 1, 1840, aged 73. Census
of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149. He was buried at Poplar Springs
church in that county.—D. B. Oden, of Childersburg, Ala., in
Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol. iv, p.
533.
CASEY, WILLIAM, aged 77, and a resident of
Autauga County; private, S.C. Militia; enrolled on March 7, 1834,
under act of Congress of June 7, 1832; payment to date from March
4, 1831; annual allowance, $40. Revolutionary Pension Roll, in
Part 3, Vol. xiii, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.
He resided in Coosa County, June 1, 1840, with M. B. Casey, aged
89. Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.
ROWE, JOSHUA, aged 79, resided in Coosa
County, June 1, 1840, with Daniel Rowe. Census of Pensioners,
1841, p. 149.
TEAL, LODERICK, —There is an old man named
Loderick Teal, living in Coosa County in this State, who is active
and lively and is 113 years old. He served in the Revolutionary
war. — Huntsville Advocate, Nov. 2,
1853.
TRUITT, WILLIAMS. Williams Truitt lies
buried at Teller's ferry on Lynch's creek. His daughter married
William Chancellor, son of Jerry Chancellor. The Chancellors of
Coosa County are descendants. These facts were furnished by D. B.
Oden, Childersburg, Ala. See Transactions of the Alabama
Historical Society, Vol. iv, p. 567.
Source:
Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama; Author-Thomas McAdory Owen,
1911 - Transcribed by C. Anthony
