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Pension Records, People, The War Years (1775-1783) April 28, 2021 April 26, 2021

The Revolutionary War Service of James Noble

by Michael J. F. Sheehan

When old Revolutionary War soldiers applied for their military pensions in the first and second quarter of the nineteenth century, they generally reported the…

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