This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: waroper Surnames: Roper Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1898.8/mb.ashx Message Board Post: In my previous post "Revolutionary War Veteran George Roper (b abt 1762-65), of Illinois" (16 Apr 2014 8:49AM GMT), I refrained from re-posting the widely published date of death of Revolutionary War Veteran George Roper (b abt 1762-5 - NC, 04 Feb 1845 - IL), because I have NOT seen a Will or obituary which supports the published date, NOR have I ever seen a photo of an ancient grave marker which memorializes this date. My reticence in republishing the date wasn't so much because I suspected the date to be in error as in caution given the numerous unsupported assertions which wash around the Internet. However, upon a review of my notes, I have found that there exists support for the widely published date within the War Department's Pension Ledgers reflecting George ROPER's pension payments. The ledger, showing which payments were made to various Veterans tracked on that ledger page, shows various biennial payments to George ROPER from March 1833 through September 1844. Then there is an inline notation "Died 4th Feb 1845 paid 1st Qr 1845". The "4" in the year of death (1845) is overwritten by a large "X" seemingly indicating that George ROPER was dead and NOT to make further payments, but the indications as to WHEN his last payments were made makes it clear that the omitted decade was a "4" and that 04 Feb 1845 is the correct date of death, at least as concurrently reported to the War Department. These Pension Ledgers can be found online within the Ancestry.com Collection "U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872." Thus, I believe that this date (04 Feb 1845) may be validly taken as George ROPER's date of death even absent probate information or a grave marker. This is NOT so much new information as re-verification of the information about George ROPER's date of death which has been widely reported for some decades, but without specification of a primary source. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>