Revolutionary War Soldiers
Franklin County, Kentucky
The following is a listing of soldiers that once lived in Franklin County, Kentucky. This list does not suggest the soldiers applied for a pension or died in Franklin County, only that they once resided in this county. Name, rank, birth and/or death dates, place of service, pension and/or Bounty Land file numbers are included.
Sources & Background
Kentucky Pension Roll of 1835: Report from the Secretary of War in relation to the pension establishment of the United States 1835. Report in obedience to resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June 1834 and the 3rd of March 1835 in relation to the pension establishment of the United States, Washington. Printed by Duff Green - 1835.
Excerpt from "History of Kentucky", by Judge Lewis Collins, Vol. 1: Those living in Kentucky, including those who moved there after the war, as of 1840. As Judge Lewis Collins said, “It is evident from their age some were too young to be in the Revolutionary war, except drummers or wagon boys: while a few others were probably in the Indian Wars soon after the Revolution”. Some names are of widows who are receiving pensions. There were also veterans who refused a pension.
The following list of Franklin County Revolutionary War Soldiers was compiled from both sources listed above.
| Soldier Name & Details |
|---|
| EDWARD ATKINS, Private, Virginia Line, 12196 |
| RICHARD APPERSON |
| ABRAHAM BAILEY, Private, Virginia Line, S16319 |
| WILLIAM BASSETT, SR., Private, b. 1755 England, Continental Light Dragoons, New Jersey |
| CARLISLE BELL, SR. |
| THOMAS BELL, Private, b. 1760, Albemarle County, Virginia, Virginia Line & War of 1812, S30859 |
| JOSEPH BELT, b. November 30, 1751, Maryland |
| JAMES BISCOE, Seaman, b. 1757, Maryland, Virginia Navy, W8250 |
| JOHN BLAKEMORE, b. 1762, Frederick County, Virginia, 1392 |
| JAMES BLEDSOE, Virginia Line, R3672 |
| WILLIAM BOND, SR., Private, b. 1732, d. March 22, 1827, Virginia Line & Georgia, W8370 |
| JOHN BROWN, Private, b. 1757, Augusta County, Virginia |
| JOHN CASEY, Private, b. 1747, Virginia Line, S30308, 779-100 BLW |
| JOHN CAVENDER, Private, b. 1751, d. August 13, 1826, Virginia Line, S35818 |
| JOHN CHALFANT, b. 1758, Pennsylvania, R1829 |
| ROBERT CHURCH, b. 1752, Bedford County, Virginia Militia |
| MATTHEW CLARK, SR., b. Spotsylvania County, Virginia |
| BERNARD CLEMONS/CLEMENTS, Private, b. 1740, Charlotte County, Virginia, Virginia Line, W9792 |
| ROBERT COLLINS, 8th Virginia Regiment |
| JAMES COWARD, b. January 1761, Orange County, Virginia, Colonel Parks Virginia Troops |
| JOHN COX, b. 1750 Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Captain Walls Company, Washington County Militia |
| SAMUEL COX, b. Prince William County, Virginia, Loudoun County Militia |
| ROBERT CRAIG, b. 1756, Pennsylvania Continental Line, W8641 |
| ANTHONY CROCKETT, Lieutenant, b. November 19, 1756, Prince Edward County, Virginia, Virginia Line, S10492 (buried DAR Lot, Frankfort Cemetery) |
| HENRY CRUTCHER, b. 1740 Essex County, Virginia |
| JOHN CRUTCHER, Private, b. 1740 Charlotte County, Virginia, Pennsylvania Line, W6773, 160-55 BLW |
| MATTHEW CUMMINGS, Private, b. 1734, Virginia Line |
| JOHN DALE, b. Richmond County, Virginia, 6th Virginia Regiment |
| SILAS DOUTHITT, Private, b. 1763, Hampshire County, Virginia, Virginia Militia, S16368 |
| CORNELIUS M. FENWICK, b. 1760 Maryland |
| WILLIAM FENWICK, Private, b. 1758, d. June 18, 1833, Maryland Militia, S1638 |
| DANIEL FITZGERALD, Private, b. 1757, Virginia Line, S31028 |
| WILLIAM FORSEE, Private & Sergeant, b. June 24, 1758, Cumberland County, Virginia, Virginia Line, S31038 |
| JOHN GANO, Chaplain, b. 1736 New Jersey (buried DAR Lot, Frankfort Cemetery) |
| LAWRENCE GORDON, Private, b. May 15, 1762, North Carolina Militia, S31071 |
| FRANCIS GRAHAM |
| CHRISTOPHER GREENUP, Lieutenant, b. 1750, Loudoun County, Virginia, Continental Line |
| WILLIAM GUNTER, War of 1812, 368 |
| WILLIAM HALL, b. Scotland |
| JAMES HAYDEN, b. 1763, Virginia, S30466 |
| ELISHA HAWKINS, SR., Private, b. 1752, d. November 24, 1833, Virginia Line, S31103 |
| MOSES HAWKINS, b. October 4, 1750, Virginia Line |
| ROBERT HEDGES, Private & Sergeant, b. 1760 Prince William County, Virginia, Calvary Virginia Line, W11327, 31276-160-55BWL |
| WILLIAM HICKMAN, b. 1747 King and Queen County, Virginia |
| JOHN HOLLIS, Private, b. 1744, d. December 27, 1826, Pennsylvania Line, S35435 |
| ROBERT HOLTON, b. Maryland |
| LEVI HOUSE, Pennsylvania & Virginia Line, R5265 |
| JAMES HUNTER |
| HARRY INNES, b. 1752 Caroline County, Virginia |
| JOHN C. JACKSON, Private, b. 1755 Amelia County, Virginia, Virginia Militia, S2648 |
| JOHN JACOBS, b. March 26, 1763, Virginia Line, W0971, 41581-160-55BLW |
| MATTHEW JOUETT, Virginia Line, 1126-300-15 BLW |
| JOHN C. KEETON, Private, b. March 24, 1763, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Virginia Militia, S13614, 26475-160-55 BLW |
| THOMAS KEETON |
| GEORGE KING, b. 1754, Virginia Line, S31189 |
| NICHOLAS LAFON, b. King & Queen County, Virginia |
| EDWARD LANE, b. Orange County, Virginia |
| AUSTIN LAWLER |
| JOHN LONG, Private, b. 1750, d. February 7, 1820, Orange County, Virginia, Virginia Line, S36047 |
| ALEXANDER McCLURE |
| SENECA McCRACKEN, b. 1757 |
| JOHN McDONALD, b. December 26, 1764, Culpeper County, Virginia, Virginia Line, W9186 |
| JAMES McGUIRE, Private, d. August 28, 1838, Virginia Line |
| JOSHUA McQUEEN, Sergeant, b. 1747, 9th Regiment, Virginia Line |
| WILLIAM McQUIDDY, b. 1752 Culpeper County, Virginia (buried Frankfort Cemetery, RW soldier on tombstone) |
| GEORGE MADISON, b. 1783, Augusta County, Virginia |
| JOHN MAGILL, SR., Private, b. 1759 Augusta County, Virginia, Virginia Line, S31230 |
| JOHN MAJOR, b. King & Queen County, Virginia, 2nd Regiment, Virginia Troops Valley Forge |
| HUMPHREY MARSHALL, Captain & Lieutenant, b. 1761, Fauquier County, Virginia, Virginia State Troops, S31234 |
| JOSEPH MARSHALL, Continental Line |
| JAMES MONTGOMERY, 2666-160-55 BWL |
| JOHN MONTGOMERY, b. 1767, Indian War under Anthony Wayne |
| GEORGE MUTER, Virginia Line (buried DAR Lot, Frankfort Cemetery) |
| CHARLES NEAL, b. 1763, Virginia Line, W9587 |
| JOHN OLIVER, Private, b. 1756 Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Virginia Line |
| CHARLES ONION, b. Anne Arundel County, Maryland |
| JOSEPH PARKER |
| THOMAS PATTERSON, b. Buckingham County, Virginia (died in service) |
| THOMAS PAXTON, b. 1760 |
| MESHACK PEARSON, Private, b. 1754, Virginia Line, S35555 |
| BENNETT PEMBERTON, #7408 Ohio Warrant |
| BENJAMIN PENN, Private, b. 1753, Maryland Militia, W8510 |
| MOSES PERKINS, North Carolina Militia, R8109 |
| VIRGIL POE, Private, b. 1742 Caroline County, Virginia, Virginia Line, S35565 |
| THOMAS QUIRK, A1343 |
| JOHN M. READING, Private, b. 1760 Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Line, W579 |
| SAMUEL READING, Major, b. 1752, 2nd Regiment New Jersey Line |
| GEORGE RICHARDS, Private, d. August 15, 1827, Virginia Line, S35621 |
| PATRICK HENRY ROBERTS, Private, b. 1755, Virginia Line, W164 |
| JOHN ROBERTS, Surgeon, b. 1744, Virginia Line, S4792 |
| JAMES RUSSELL, b. Rockbridge County, Virginia, Virginia Artillery |
| ISAAC SARCEY, b. Virginia, Private, 2nd Virginia Regiment |
| FRANCIS L. SATTERWHITE (invalid pension) |
| JOHN S. SATTERWHITE, Private, b. 1739, d. March 7, 1829, Virginia Line, S33642 |
| PHILEMON SAUNDERS, b. 1763 Fluvanna County, Kentucky, Virginia Line, S31347 |
| THOMAS C. SCROGGIN, Private, b. 1764 Somerset County, Virginia, Maryland Militia, S16524M |
| RICHARD SEBREE, Private, b. March 29, 1752, Orange County, Virginia, Virginia Line, S14424 |
| MEDLEY SHELTON, Private, b. 1745, Virginia Line, W8717 |
| FRANCIS L. SLAUGHTER (invalid pension) |
| JOHN STEEL, b. January 25, 1761, Hampshire County, Virginia, Virginia Line, S17706 |
| JOHN STEPHENS, SR., Private, b. January 30, 1760, Orange County, Virginia, Virginia Line, S31392 |
| JOHN R. STORY, Private, b. 1764, Culpeper County, Virginia, S30721 (Pension refused) |
| GEORGE SWINGLE, b. December 11, 1757, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Maryland Militia, S4914 |
| SAMUEL SYEVE |
| JAMES TAYLOR, Private, b. 1763 Culpeper County, Virginia, Virginia Line, W1954 |
| JOSEPH TAYLOR, 25874 (invalid pension) |
| RICHARD TAYLOR, Indian War Spy, Pennsylvania Militia, 25876 |
| RICHARD TAYLOR, Seaman, b. 1749, Virginia, S25873 |
| THOMAS TAYLOR, b. January 23, 1765, King & Queen County, Virginia |
| BENJAMIN TOWSON |
| HEDGEMAN TRIPLETT, Lieutenant, b. 1760, Culpeper County, Virginia, Virginia Line, S11572 |
| THOMAS TUNSTALL |
| CHARLES TYLER, Private, b. 1759, Virginia Line, S37494 |
| JOSEPH VANCE |
| JAMES WARE, b. 1744 |
| WILLIAM WARE, Virginia Line, 1353 |
| PHILLIP WEBBER, Virginia Continental Line, W616, 2662-160-55BLW |
| AMBROSE WHITE, Private, b. 1753, Bedford County, Virginia, Revolutionary Army, S31471 (invalid pension) |
| ALEXANDER WILSON, SR., b. 1755 (buried DAR Lot, Frankfort Cemetery) |
| NODIAH WOODRUFF, b. 1763, New York Militia, R11822 |
| SAMUEL WOODS, JR., b. 1738, Virginia Line, S35743 |
| PHILEMON YANCEY, Private, b. 1753 Culpeper County, Virginia, Virginia Line, S1274 |
| ROBERT YANCEY, b. 1750 Albemarle County, Virginia |
Sources
- County Files - FRANKLIN, Kentucky Historical Society Library
- Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, by Virgil D. White (published by: National Historical Publishing Company, 1992)
- The History of Franklin County, Kentucky, by L. F. Johnson (published by: Roberts Printing Company, 1912; reprint 1874)
- Revolution War Soldiers, Franklin County, Kentucky, by Sandi Gorin