
1840 Census
"A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services"
with their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence,
as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judical Districts
Under The Act For Taking The Sixth Census.
Washington: Printed by Blair and Rives, 1841.
Transcribed by K. Torp
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Names of Pensioners for |
Ages |
Names of heads of families with whom pensioners resided on June 1, 1840 |
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Brooke County |
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Joachim Wicoff |
90 |
Robert Moore |
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David Craig |
58 |
David Craig |
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Samuel Corey |
86 |
Elijah Corey |
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Daniel Corkle |
83 |
William McConnell |
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Samuel Ogden |
87 |
Samuel Ogden |
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William Baxter |
91 |
William Baxter |
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Patrick Gass |
70 |
Patrick Gass |
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Captain Oliver Brown |
88 |
Stephen Colwell |
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Samuel Miller |
85 |
Joseph Miller |
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Botetourt County (At one time encompassed present day WV counties of Logan, Raleigh, Fayette,Wyoming, Mercer and McDowell) |
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Francis Hunter |
79 |
Francis Hunter |
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Richard Litteral |
75 |
Richard Litteral |
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Henry Cartmile |
86 |
Henry Cartmile |
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John Camper |
92 |
John Camper |
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James Simpson |
83 |
Mary Simpson |
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John Hacket |
81 |
James R. Trainor |
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Michael Gwartney |
80 |
Zachariah Gwartney |
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Jacob Lemmon |
77 |
Jacob Lemmon |
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John Hewitt |
77 |
John Hewitt |
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Philip Crist |
82 |
Philip Crist, jr. |
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Berkeley County [At one time, encompassed present day Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan Counties] |
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Charles Young |
84 |
Charles Young |
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Catharine McKeeven |
84 |
Elizabeth McKeeven |
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Erasmus Gant |
81 |
Erasmus Gant |
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Paul Taylor |
90 |
Paul Taylor |
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Basil Lucas |
83 |
Basil Lucas |
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Henry Bedinger |
86 |
Henry Bedinger |
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Susan Shober |
70 |
Susan Shober |
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Braxton County |
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Jacob Fisher |
77 |
William Cutlip |
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Cabell County |
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John Everritt, sen. |
87 |
John Everritt, jr. |
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Asher Crocket |
81 |
Asher Crocket |
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Valentine Blose |
82 |
Isaac Blose |
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John Stephenson |
79 |
John Stephenson |
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Robert Rutherford |
77 |
Thomas Rutherford |
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Thomas Roberts |
78 |
Thomas Roberts |
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James Gellengwaters |
74 |
James Gellengwaters |
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John Lesley |
79 |
Milton Stratton |
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Adam Crom |
85 |
Adam Crom |
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John Adkins, sen. |
84 |
John Adkins |
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Peter Sullivan |
85 |
Aaron Sullivan |
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Thomas Chandler |
78 |
Thomas Chandler |
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Fayette County |
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Abraham Vandal |
80 |
E.D. Vandal |
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John Reins |
96 |
John Reins |
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William Richmond |
89 |
Shadrick Martin |
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Greenbrier County (encompassed current day Kanawha, Monroe, Mason, Cabell, Nicholas, Jackson, Wayne, Boone, Putnam, Roane, Webster and Greenbrier Counties) |
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Northern District: |
81 |
John Fryer |
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Eli Perkins, sen. |
82 |
Eli Perkins, jr. |
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Southern District: |
78 |
Berryman Jones |
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James McLaughlin |
58 |
James Scott |
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Thomas Perry |
89 |
Thomas Perry |
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Harrison County |
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Joshua Jones, sen. |
79 |
Joshua Jones, sen. |
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Job Goff, sen. |
79 |
Job Goff, sen. |
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Peter Knight |
81 |
Peter Knight |
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Jacob Harrow |
84 |
Jacob Harrow |
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Peter Johnson |
88 |
Peter Johnson |
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William Shingleton |
80 |
William Shingleton |
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John Waldo |
79 |
John Waldo |
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Pamela Kesyer |
76 |
George Keyser |
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John Latham |
74 |
John Latham |
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Susanna Roe |
77 |
James Roe |
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Leonard Cutzer |
81 |
Leonard Cutzer |
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William Martin |
78 |
William Martin |
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John Bennet |
61 |
John Bennet, sen. |
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John Nay |
91 |
Oliver Nay |
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Jacob Thompson |
80 |
Jacob Thompson |
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Elisha Griffith |
89 |
Charles McEntire |
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William Nichol |
84 |
Kezin Fowler |
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Edward Stewart |
81 |
Edward Stewart, sen. |
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Christopher Nutter |
80 |
Christopher Nutter |
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Rhodam Rogers |
84 |
Benjamin Harvey |
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Mary Lindsey |
76 |
Mary Lindsey |
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William Davis |
82 |
John Sutton |
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Jonathan Hughes |
86 |
Robert Stutler |
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Henry McWhorter |
80 |
Leonard S. Ward |
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Hardy County |
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John Rosebraugh |
101 |
John Rosebraugh |
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Adam Bullinger |
73 |
Adam Bullinger |
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Jacob Randall |
81 |
Jacob Randall |
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Cichman Ours |
85 |
Cichman Ours |
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John Ebills |
76 |
John Ebills |
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Christopher Goodnight |
78 |
Christopher Goodnight |
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Daniel Ketterman |
78 |
Daniel Ketterman |
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John Berry |
96 |
John Berry |
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Richard Redman |
84 |
John Martin |
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Hampshire County |
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George Little |
84 |
George Little |
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John Mailick |
78 |
John Mailick |
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John Queen |
85 |
Stephen Queen |
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Henry Powelson |
79 |
Henry Powelson |
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Asa Simons |
81 |
Asa Simons |
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John Peters |
86 |
John Peters |
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Christian Hass |
88 |
Peter Hass |
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Thomas Shores |
86 |
William Abernathy, jr. |
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Alexander Doran |
80 |
Joseph Doran |
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John Hansbrough |
75 |
John Hansbrough |
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Wilmore Male (colored) |
84 |
Wilmore Male |
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Henry Kump |
82 |
Henry Kump |
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Major William Heron |
78 |
William Heron |
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Daniel Taylor |
83 |
Daniel Taylor |
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Isaac James |
78 |
Isaac James |
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Jefferson County |
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Charlestown: |
90 |
John Avis |
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Sheperdstown: |
86 |
Daniel Folck |
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Jackson County |
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Thomas Good |
82 |
Thomas Good |
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Andrew Welch |
82 |
Andrew Welch |
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John McKown |
83 |
John McKown |
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Elijah Runnion |
78 |
Elijah Runnion |
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David Harris |
71 |
David Harris |
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Henry Raburn |
100 |
Weden Carney |
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Kanawha County |
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Benjamin Stone |
80 |
Benjamin Stone |
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Lewis County |
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John Waggoner |
90 |
Samuel Waggoner |
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John Rains |
83 |
William R. Sturcher |
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Jacob Hunt |
85 |
John Hunt |
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Philip Reeger |
73 |
Nathan Reeger |
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James Tenney |
75 |
James Tenney |
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Jacob Hyse |
83 |
Jacob Hyse |
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John Cutright |
87 |
Christpoher Cutright |
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John Davis |
86 |
Benjamin Shammon |
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William Powers |
75 |
William Powers |
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Joseph Wilson |
83 |
Dolpheas D. Holbert |
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Peter Cogar |
85 |
Adam Starcher |
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Phebe Cunningham |
80 |
Benjamin Hardman |
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Mason County |
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John Hereford |
83 |
John Hereford |
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Samuel Hayes |
59 |
Samuel Hayes |
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James Harrison |
85 |
George Chapman |
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George Lemastor |
43 |
George Lemastor |
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John Kersey |
78 |
John Kersey |
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Luman Gibbs |
75 |
Luman Gibbs, sen. |
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William Hawkins |
76 |
Nancy Hawkins |
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Robert Love |
78 |
Robert Love |
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Andrew Eckard |
80 |
Andrew Eckard |
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Monroe County |
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John Wright |
82 |
David G. Givins |
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John Foster |
80 |
John Foster |
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Flora Smith |
95 |
Thomas Pritt |
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James Jones |
79 |
James Jones |
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James Larkin |
96 |
Robert Young |
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John Hutchinson |
86 |
Isaac Hutchinson |
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James Boyd |
81 |
James Boyd |
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Nathaniel Garlen |
78 |
Nathaniel Garlen |
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Henry Arnott, sen. |
80 |
Henry Arnott, jr |
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Samuel Clarke |
76 |
Samuel Clarke |
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William Kirby |
81 |
Martin Kirby |
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Samuel Allen |
95 |
George Allen, sen. |
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Thomas Walker |
77 |
Thomas Walker |
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Monongalia County [At one time encompassed Harrison, Randolph,Wood, Lewis, Preston, Braxton, Barbour, Ritchie, Taylor, Marion, Gilmer, Doddridge, Wirt, Upshur, Pleasants, Tucker, Calhoun, Clay, Monongalia counties] |
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Eastern Monongalia County |
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Evan Morgan |
88 |
Evan Morgan |
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William Wilson |
84 |
William Wilson |
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Isaac Reed |
82 |
Isaac Reed |
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James Devars |
86 |
James Devars |
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George Keller |
81 |
John Keller |
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Western Monongalia County |
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James Collins |
85 |
James Collins |
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Charles Simkins |
82 |
Charles Simkins |
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Benjamin Chesney |
80 |
William Cole |
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James Scott |
75 |
James Scott |
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John Dent |
85 |
John Dent |
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Elisha Clayton |
84 |
Elisha Clayton |
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Asaph M. Colegate |
77 |
Asaph M. Colegate |
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Samuel Dudley |
77 |
Samuel Dudley |
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Robert Derrah |
71 |
Robert Derrah |
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Amos Morris |
77 |
Amos Morris |
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Zadoc Morris |
79 |
Zadoc Morris |
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Marshall County |
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David Ferrel |
75 |
David Ferrel |
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John Caldwell |
90 |
Ezekiel Caldwell |
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Morgan County |
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Nicholas Henry |
84 |
Peter Henry |
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Mercer County |
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Josiah Meadows |
83 |
Green Meadows |
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Ohio County |
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James Holliday |
86 |
James Holliday |
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Samuel Miller |
86 |
Joseph Miller |
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John Curtis |
89 |
James Darling |
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Pendleton County |
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Charles Borror |
83 |
Charles Borror |
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John Devericks, sen. |
78 |
John Devericks, sen. |
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William Eagle |
79 |
William Eagle |
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Michael Hoover |
88 |
Michael Hoover |
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Thomas Kinkead |
76 |
Thomas Kinkead |
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William Lawrence |
73 |
William Lawrence |
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Edward Morton |
75 |
Edward Morton |
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Zachariah Rexroad |
79 |
Solomon Rexroad |
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George Rymer, sen. |
90 |
George Rymer, sen. |
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Eli B. Wilson |
84 |
Eli B. Wilson |
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Pocahontas County |
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John Young, sen |
79 |
John Young, sen |
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Adam Abegart, sen |
80 |
Adam Abegart, sen |
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John Webb |
89 |
Martin Dilley |
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Preston County |
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Isaac Matthew |
84 |
Isaac Matthew |
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John Jennings |
90 |
Jonathan Jenkins |
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John Hartman |
84 |
John Hartman |
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Daniel Martin |
89 |
Daniel Martin |
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Dabney Ford |
89 |
Frederick K. Ford |
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Asa Wilson |
78 |
Asa Wilson |
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Nathan Ashby |
75 |
Elijah Hardesty |
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Abner Messenger |
81 |
Samuel Messenger |
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Randolph County |
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Mary Chenoweth |
78 |
John Chenoweth |
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John Neville, sen. |
75 |
John Neville, sen. |
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Henry Tansler |
79 |
Andrew Tansler |
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Jacob Kittle |
83 |
Jacob Kittle |
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Nancy Ann Hart |
83 |
Nancy Ann Hart |
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Tyler County |
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Thomas Weekley, sen. |
88 |
Thomas Weekley, sen. |
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William Bennet |
94 |
William Bennet |
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Sarah Wells |
85 |
Eli Wells |
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Jacob Lewis |
85 |
Jacob Lewis |
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Philip Miller |
83 |
Philip Miller |
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Samuel Wheeler |
80 |
Samuel Wheeler |
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Richard Dotson |
88 |
James Dotson |
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James S. Ferrell, sen. |
78 |
James S. Ferrell, sen. |
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Jeremiah Williams, sen. |
88 |
Jeremiah Williams, sen. |
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John Burden, sen. |
81 |
John Burden, sen. |
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Temperance Cochran |
79 |
Samuel Cochran |
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Wood County |
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Thomas Leach |
78 |
John Cooper |
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Bailey Rice |
85 |
Bailey Rice |
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Patrick Sumett |
83 |
George Sumett |
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William Cunningham |
76 |
William Cunningham |
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Moses Rollins |
76 |
Henry Rollins |