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    1. Benjamin SPERRY & other families - CT, Wayne CO, VA & Lawrence CO, KY
    2. I have found an interesting and informative Revolutionary War Pension Request originated by Benjamin SPERRY, b. 1762, Waterbury, CT, who immigrated by way of Montgomery and Wythe Counties, VA, and settled in Wayne CO, VA (WVA) about 1800. Benjamin SPERRY is the father of Rhoda SPERRY, b. bef April 1795, who married James VINSON, b. 1790, who was probably the earliest VINSON immigrant into Wayne CO, VA. The Pension Request was originated in 1850 when Benjamin was 88 years of age and provides a chronological, comprehensive recount of his service in the Revolutionary War in Connecticut and New York. It also contains the names of some other residents of Wayne CO, VA, and Lawrence CO, KY, in November 1850, as follows: William Ratcliff Esq, Justice of the Peace, Wayne CO, VA Rev Thomas Kirk John Wellman Esq Thomas Copley Esq George F. Hatcher, Louisa, Ky Adam Crum (an old soldier) Elias Watts I will provide a full transcript from the original handwritten document to anyone interested or who desires. It is a lengthy document but should be acceptable to most email servers. Please advise if a copy is desired via email! Jim Wright Huntington, WV

    11/15/2004 06:07:41