The West Virginians in the American Revolution
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This is a listing of all the Revolutionary War soldiers who lived, at one time or another, in what is now the State of West Virginia. Entries typically provide the soldier's name, age, date of birth, service record, date pension applied for and granted, place of residence, and names of wife, children, and comrades-in-arms. [R101408]
West Virginia Estate Settlements
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This is an index of wills, inventories, appraisements, land grants, and surveys up to 1850. It covers the thirteen counties that were formed before 1800, and it contains the names of about 25,000 residents, alphabetically arranged by the names of the principals in the estate settlements. [R101442]
West Virginia Revolutionary Ancestors
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This is a list of names of approximately 2,000 West Virginians whose Public Claims are on record in manuscripts at the Virginia State Library. Claims were registered for people who nursed the sick and wounded, fed the troops, furnished supplies, buried the dead, rode express, and manufactured firearms. This index to the Public Claims is particularly valuable, therefore, because it contains names of patriots whose services are recorded in no other place unless they rendered military as well as non-military service. [R101405]
