This is in regard to discussion between some of the members of this list about whether the Stephen who married Comfort Langham (Lanham) was the son of Caleb Osborne. of Rowan Co. N.C. I had believed that the info below stated that the Stephen in the Article was son of Caleb, but apparently I just thought that since he was in Rowan Co where Caleb lived and died that he was naturally the son of Caleb. I will try to get the PEnsion records from Archives for this Stephen. Maybe it will gi ve his parents. Wadene Bennett Some researchers believe that this Stephen is the one who married Comfort Lanham and moved to Scott County, Va. I believe that the Stephen who married Comfort Lanham is the son of Ephraim Osborne, brother or cousin to Caleb. I found the following item in the publication "The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal" Vol. IV #2 May 1978. page 128 " OSBORN, STEPHEN., aged 64 years, resident of Rowan County. Claim for Federal Pension under Act of 1818, Rowan County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, August Term 1819. HE enlisted at Stony Hill, Somerset County, NEw Jersey, in Capt. HOWEL'S Company of the 1st NEw Jersey Regiment. HE continued in regular service for over three years until January 1781, when he was discharged at Pompton, New Jersey by John N. CUMMINS, Commander of the 1st Jersey Regiment. He fought at the Battle of Short Hills, where he received a thigh wound, and the battles on Long Island and at White Plains. HE "is now in moderate circumstances not being worth more than the value of six hundred dollars...and seeing that he is now an invalid decrepid old man, with a family to support - he calls upon the bounty of his country for ...support.." /s/ Stephen (P) Osborn Affidavit of Levi KINNAMAN claims that "he has been acquainted with Stephen OSBORN for some years, that the said Stephen OSBORN has the reputation of being an upright - honest - man in his neighborhood, that he knows the said .. (OSBORN) .. to be in indigent circumstances.." /s/ LEVI (x) KINNAMAN Affidavit of Jonathan JONES states information similar to the above affidavit of Levi KINNAMAN. /s/ Jonathan (x) JONES. We need to send off for his pension records to see if there is any mention of his parents.