Garrard-Breckinridge County KyArchives Military Records.....Robertson, James November 28, 1927
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension

James Robertson Revolutionary War Pension, 1834


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Series: M805; Roll: 696; Image: 166; File: S15620
State: VA
[Letter from pension file]


November 28, 1927

Miss Amanda R. Dean
Glen Dean, Kentucky

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim S.15620 it appears that James Robertson was
born in Albemarle County, Virginia, date not stated.

In 1779 he moved to Kennedy's Station in what was later Garrard
County, Kentucky, where he lived four years. 

He enlisted in the spring of 1780 and served until the fall of
1782 at various times, as Indian Spy and private, about two years
in all, under Captains John Kennedy, George Adams, John Woods,
Lieutenant Joseph Kennedy, and Colonel Benjamin Logan in the
Virginia Troops; was in two expiditions against the Shawnee
Indians on the Miami River and across the Ohio River, under
General George Rogers Clark, and was in engagements with them.

He was allowed pension on his application executed February 18,
1834 while a resident of Breckenridge County, Kentucky aged
seventy-five years. It is not stated whether he was ever married.

This Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of 
the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been
made to the United States on account of his services. A careful
search of the records fails to show such claim on file on account
of the services of John, John William, and Robert Randolph. In 
order to identify any particular soldiers named John Nichols and
Thomas Landrum, who may have received pension or bounty land from
the United States, as much as possible of the following data is
essential: approximate dates of birth and death, place of residence
at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.

The citation made by you relative to bounty land do not pertain
to the records of this Bureau.

For information in regard to land that was granted by the State
of Virginia, it is suggested that you apply to the Librarian,
Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia.

                               Respectfully,

                               Winfield Scott
                               Commissioner





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