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BLACKBURN, BENJAMIN, age not given, a resident of Tuscaloosa county; private Lewis's Regiment; date of enrollment not given, payment to date from April 1, 1810; annual allowance, $60; sums received,$363.90; transferred from Tennessee from September 4, 1819; or April 24, 1816, rate increased to annual allowance of $96, under which the sum of $1,715.18 received to date of publication of list.由evolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. BRUTON, BENJAMIN, aged 73, and a resident of Tuscaloosa county; private and sergeant N. C. Militia; enrolled on April 23, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $53.33; sums received to date of publication of list, $133.32.由evolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. CLARKE, THOMAS, aged 79, and a resident of Tuscaloosa county; private N. C. Militia; enrolled on September 26, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $60; sums received to date of publication of list, $180.由evolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. CUNNINGHAM, ROBERT, aged 73, and a resident of Tuscaloosa county; private and sergeant, N. C. Continental Line and Militia; enrolled on June 5, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1871; annual allowance, $91.67; sums received to date of publication of list, $275.01.由evolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. Mrs. P. H. Mell in Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol. iv, pp. 537-541 has a full account of the life and services of this patriot. "Rev. Robert Cunningham lies buried near the central part of the old cemetery in Tuscaloosa. A stately marble shaft marks his grave; the epitaph which covers the four sides of the shaft is in Latin, showing among other things that he had been a soldier of the Revolution, and pastor of Presbyterian churches in Georgia and in Lexington, Kentucky. "These inscriptions are as follows: On the west face: Hie Sepultus Jacet ROBERTUS M. CUNNINGHAM, D. D. Belli Revolutionis i Ecclesiae Presb. Rep. Kentuckiensis Qui De Religione, de Patria Aetatis suae the north face: Uxor dilcctissima "The facts concerning the life of this distinguished man are mostly taken from Sanders' Early Settlers of Alabama, p. 197. The author says that the importance of historical societies is shown from the fact that very little information could be obtained for this biography from any source until he wrote to the Presbyterian Historical Society of Philadelphia, when he promptly received a circumstantial account of the events of his life. "Robert M. Cunningham, a son of Roger and Mary Cunningham, was born in York county, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1760. In 1775 his parents removed to North Carolina. Query 293 of the Historical and Genealogical Department of the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser states that Roger Cunningham and wife, -Sturgeon, removed from near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, just previous to the Revolutionary war. They had six children,由obert, William, James, Nelly, Mary and Margaret. There is little room to doubt that this is the same family as that of the subject of this sketch, and that his mother's name was Mary Sturgeon. "Robert served as a youthful soldier in the North Carolina contingent during the Revolutionary war, but it is not known to what regiment he was attached. At the close of the war he went to school to the Rev. Robert Finley, Mr. Robert McCulloch and the Rev. Joseph Alexander. In 1787, being 26 years of age, he entered the junior class in Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., and graduated in 1789. "On leaving college he returned to his parents and taught school while he studied theology. He was licensed to preach by the First Presbytery of South Carolina in 1792. Here he married his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Charles and Mary Moore, of Spartanburg District. A sketch of the life of Charles Moore is given in J. B. Landrum's History of Spartanburg, p. 189. He was a brave and faithful old patriot. Elizabeth died November 3, 1794, leaving a daughter who died young. "In the autumn of 1792 he went to Georgia and organized a church called Ebenezer, in Hancock county; he also preached at Bethany church. October 15, 1795, he married Betsy Ann, daughter of Joseph Parks, of Prince Edward county, Virginia, and by this marriage he had five sons, one of whom was the Rev. Joseph Cunningham, a minister of ability. October 14. 1805, he married as a third wife, Emily, daughter of Col. William Bird, of Warren county, Georgia, DARDEN,
GEORGE, aged 71, and a resident of Tuscaloosa county; private
Georgia Militia; enrolled on April 2, 1833, under act of Congress of June
7, 1832, payment to date from March 4,
1831; annual allowance, $27.77; sums received to date of publication of
list, $83.31.由evolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd
Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. GEESLIN, CHARLES (Geesling in the Census list), aged 90, and a resident of Tuscaloosa county; private N. C. Continental Line; enrolled on April 8, 1825, under act of Congress of March 18. 1818, payment to date from August 17, 1824; annual allowance, $96; sums received to date of publication of list, $916.93.由evolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv. Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Tuscaloosa countv, June 1, 1840, aged 99.佑ensus of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149. GRANT, JEREMIAH, age not given, a resident of Tuscaloosa county; private 6th Regular U. S. Infantry; enrolled on July 12, 1822, payment to date from April 12, 1820; annual allowance. $96; Acts Military establishment.由evolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. HARDIN, JOSEPH, aged 74, and a resident of Tuscaloosa county; private N. C. Militia; enrolled on October 29, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $26.66; sums received to date of publication of list, $t9.9$.---Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd*feong., 1st sess., 1833-34. HENRY, JAMES, aged 74, and a resident of Tuscaloosa county; private Virginia Militia; enrolled on April 23, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance. $36.44; sums received to date of publication of list, $109.32.由evolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. HOLLAND, CHARLES, aged 76, and a resident of Tuscaloosa county; private S. C. Militia; enrolled on July 2, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance,$80; sums received to date of publication of list, $240.由evolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc.514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. KEATES, THOMAS, aged 78, and a resident of Tuscaloosa county; private Maryland Continental Line; enrolled on January 10, 1827, under act of Congress of March 18, 1818, payment to date from October 18, 1826; annual allowance, $96; sums' received to date of publication of list, $708.64.由evolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. McGUIRE, ELIJAH, aged 77, and a resident of Tuscaloosa county; sergeant S. C. Continental Line; enrolled on December 12, 1827, under act of Congress of March 18, 1818, payment to date from October 12, 1827; annual allowance, $96; sums received to date of publication of list, $56.19.由evolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. MAYFIELD, SAMUEL, aged 75, and a resident of Tuscaloosa county; private S. C. Militia; enrolled on April 18, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $26.66.由evohtiionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. NEWSOM, RANDOLPH, aged 76, and a resident of Tuscaloosa county; musician N. C. Militia; enrolled on October 29, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $88; sums received to date of publication of list, $220.由evolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. OWEN, RICHARDSON. "At his residence in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on the 24th day of July, 1822, departed this life Col. Richardson Owen in the 78th year of his life. Col. Owen was born in Henrico county, Virginia, on the 14th of March, 1744. He emigrated to N. Carolina in 1762, where he was appointed Col. Commandant of Randolph county. During the period of the Revolutionary War he retained this command and was for some time in active service. He participated in many of the interesting and painful events with the Revolution. Near the close of the War he resigned this command and removed to Va. on New River where he found a brisk partisan war kept up between Whigs and Tories. "Devoted to the cause of liberty, he could not remain neutral in this conflict. The Tory party for a while appeared dominant and Col. Owen was selected as one of the victims of their cruelty; his vigilance and activity, however, enabled him to elude their grasp, but his whole estate (which was large) was swept away by them. They burned his house and plundered him of everything movable. Fired by patriotic feelings as well as individual resentment Col. Owen determined at once to crush this murderous band of unprincipled desperadoes. For this purpose he raised a volunteer regiment whom he commanded, and after many sharp conflicts he succeeded in killing, hanging and putting to flight these destroyers of his fortune and enemies of his country's liberties. He carried with him to the grave all those feelings which animated the American soldier in the times that tried men's souls. "Though he encountered many privations and sustained losses which he was ever after unable to repair, still he felt himself amply compensated in the acquisitions of that liberty for which he fought and struggled and which he long lived to enjoy. "Nature endowed him with a strong mind, which he retained to the close of his life. In his deportment through life his conduct was exemplary. For more than 20 years he was a member of the Methodist church and daily engaged in the pious duties of a Christian. "He faced death with confidence and without fear, leaving an aged wife, five sons and one daughter."涌bituary, written by Col. John I. Inge, Tuscaloosa, Ala., and published in the Tuscaloosa Republican, July, 1822. RAY, FREDERICK, aged 75, and a resident ot Tuscaloosa county; private Virginia State Troops; enrolled on April 23, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $36.66.由evolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv. Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. ROBERS'ON, JOHN, aged 74, and a resident of Tuscaloosa county; private Virginia Militia; enrolled on July 20, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $28.11; sums received to date of publication of list. $70.38.由evolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. ROGERS, EDWARD, aged 89, and a resident of Tuscaloosa; private S. C. Itate Troops; enrolled on August 12, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4 ,1831; annual allowance, $80; sums received to date of publication of list, $240.由evolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. WEBSTER, JOHN, "John Webster was born in Caroline county, Va., in 1743. Early in the struggle for independence he enlisted in the Continental army and served under General Washington. He was with the American army at Yorktown, and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis. In 1817 he came to Alabama and during the last ten years of his life he lived in Tuscaloosa with his son, John J. Webster. He died in Tuscaloosa, September 6, 1839, in the 97th year of his age.祐ee Tuscaloosa Flag of the Union, September 14, 1839. "It is shown by the records in Washington, D. C, that one John Webster served as a private in Captain Alexander S. Dandridge's troop, 1st regiment of Light Dragoons, commanded by Colonel Bland, Continental troops, Revolutionary War. He was 'appointed' July 20, 1777, to serve until December 1, 1778, and his name last appears on a pay roll for the month of November, 1778. It is also shown by the records that one John Webster served as a private in Captain Thomas Pry's company in a regiment of foot commanded by Colonel Moses Hazen Continental troops, Revolutionary War. He enlisted April 16, 1777, to serve during the war; joined the company June 17, 1777, and his name last appears on an account covering the period from June 1 to July 31, 1779. "It is further shown by the records that one John Webster served as a carpenter in Captain Low's company, Corps of Artificers, Continental troops, Revolutionary War. He enlisted April 3, 1777, to serve to January 1, 1778, and his name last appears as that of a clerk on the roll for the period from August 3, to November 27, 1778, with remarks appointed September 1, 1778. "It is hardly probable that these are one and the same individual."柚rs. P. H. Mell in Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol. iv, p. 568. Source: Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama; Author-Thomas McAdory Owen, 1911 - Transcribed by C. Anthony
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