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Soldiers of the Revolutionary War
ADAMS, BRYANT, a resident of Montgomery county; private, particular service not shown; enrolled on September 26, 1834, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832; payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $30, transferred to North Carolina, letter August 29, 1836.--Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile.
BREWER, BARNET, aged 71, and a resident of Montgomery county; private Virginia Militia; enrolled on June 15, 1834, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $20.--Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Macon county, June 1, 1840, aged 77.--Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.
CAFFEY, JOHN, The Alabama Journal, Montgomery, August 28, 1826, contains the obituary of John Caffey:
"Died, at his plantation, in the vicinity of Montgomery, on Saturday, the 19th, inst. (Aug. 19, 1826), of bilious fever, Mr. John Caffey, in seventy-fifth year of his age.
"Mr. Caffey was born on the eastern shore of Maryland. At an early period of the revolution he enlisted under the command of Washington and La Fayette. After the struggle for independence was over he settled in Guilford county, N. C., where he had the confidence of his fellow citizens. He moved to this town in 1817 and was esteemed for his peaceful and neighborly conduct. Mr. Caffey had long been an exemplary member of the church, and when sensible his last moments were approaching, he surrendered his spirit with praises of God on his lips and an entire possession of his understanding."
He was the son of Michael Caffey on North Ireland, who migrated to New Jersey early in the 18th century. His wife was Mary Buchanan of Virginia. Mr. William Hardwick Ruth, a great-great-grandson now (1910) resides in Montgomery.
His remains lie in an old family burying ground on the Woodley road, near the city of Montgomery. He was the firend of Lafayette, and when that distinguished patriot visited Montgomery in 1825, one of the old veterans to greet him was John Caffey.--See Blue's Montgomery Directory 1878, and Archives of Maryland, Vol. 18, p. 27 and 643.
COURSON, JAMES, aged 72, and a resident of Montgomery county; private S. C. Continental Line and Militia; enrolled on January 19, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832; payment to date from March 1831; annual allowance, $80; sums received to date of publication of list $240.--Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.
FLEMING, SAMUEL, aged 85, resided in Montgomery county, June 1, 1840.--Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.
GILMORE, GEORGE, a resident of Montgomery county; private, particular service not shown; enrolled on March 22, 1837, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $20.--Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile.
Source: Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama; Author-Thomas McAdory Owen, 1911
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