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Subject: Benjamin SPERRY & other families - CT, Wayne CO, VA & Lawrence CO, KY
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 12:29:15 EST

I have found an interesting and informative Revolutionary War Pension Request
originated by Benjamin SPERRY, b. 1762, Waterbury, CT, who immigrated by way
of Montgomery and Wythe Counties, VA, and settled in Wayne CO, VA (WVA) about
1800.

Benjamin SPERRY is the father of Rhoda SPERRY, b. bef April 1795, who married
James VINSON, b. 1790, who was probably the earliest VINSON immigrant into
Wayne CO, VA.

The Pension Request was originated in 1850 when Benjamin was 88 years of age
and provides a chronological, comprehensive recount of his service in the
Revolutionary War in Connecticut and New York. It also contains the names of some
other residents of Wayne CO, VA, and Lawrence CO, KY, in November 1850, as
follows:

William Ratcliff Esq, Justice of the Peace, Wayne CO, VA
Rev Thomas Kirk
John Wellman Esq
Thomas Copley Esq
George F. Hatcher, Louisa, Ky
Adam Crum (an old soldier)
Elias Watts

I will provide a full transcript from the original handwritten document to
anyone interested or who desires. It is a lengthy document but should be
acceptable to most email servers. Please advise if a copy is desired via email!

Jim Wright
Huntington, WV

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