REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION ABSTRACT OF APPLICATION - GEORGE SPEAK Contributed by: A Mercer County Volunteer ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Name: SPEAK, GEORGE Pension #: S37435 State: VA Age: 59 Ap Date: 03 May 1819 SPEAK, GEORGE: Enlisted in the spring of 1777 for 3 years in Charles Co., Maryland .. a few months before his 3 years were finished he was captured in Charleston., SC held prisioner for 15 months exhanged Jul 1781. On 9 Aug 1821, now age 61: I have a wife, now old my children are grown and gone. I have been supported by other people for several years as I am cripled. Both my hands are paralized drawn. I now have very little property, 1 horse a cow. Affiant 1: Basey, William William Basey: 3 May 1819, age 58 years..long have known him, served in the same company know when he was ordered South taken prisoner.