Revolutionary War Veterans
& Patriots
of Caldwell Co., Ky.





Source : Kentucky Pension Roll of 1835 - Report from the Secretary of War
If you have names of veterans not listed, please submit them


Joseph M'Connell   ........ Ky. vol. militia
Moses Archer    ........ 7th reg. U. S. inf.
Justinian Cartwright    ........Virginia Line
William Farmer   ........ N. Carolina line
Aaron Freeman    ........N. Carolina line
William Gholson    ........Virginia line
James Jennings    ........ S. Carolina line
Matthew Lyon    ........N. Hampshire line
William Porter    ........Virginia line
Henry Thomas    ........Virginia line
Elijah Veach    ........ Virginia line
Thomas Williams   ........ Delaware line
Peter Waterfield    ........Virginia line
William Asherst    ........Virginia militia
William Armstrong    ........ N. Carolina line
William Blackburn    ........Virginia militia
Thomas Beck    ........ Maryland line
John Blick    ........Virginia State troops
Tracey Cooper    ........Penn. navy
Spencer Calvert    ........Virginia line
James Clinton    ........Virginia line
Joseph Dunn    ........N. Carolina militia
Nathaniel Davis    ........Virginia line
William Ford    ........ Maryland militia
Soloman Freer    ........S. Carolina line
Michael Freeman    ........N. Carolina line
Joseph Guess    ........N. Carolina militia
Major Groom    ........Virginia line
John Hart    ........N. Carolina line
John Hamilton    ........Virginia militia
John Huey    ........Penn. militia
John McNabb    ........S. Carolina militia
Hugh McVay    ........Virginia militia
Benjamin Ogden    ........N. Jersey line
James Scott    ........ Virginia Militia



RW veterans who filed for pension from Caldwell Co., Ky.

  • William Armstrong ...... view page
  • William Asherst/Ashurst/Asher ...... view page
  • Thomas Beck ...... view page
  • William Blackburn ...... view page
  • Arthur Brown ...... view page
  • Spencer Calvert's Revolutionary War Pension Application ...... view page
  • William Derrington ...... view page   (William Derrington died in Caldwell Co., Ky.)
  • Joseph Dunn ...... view page
  • William Farmer ...... view page
  • Aaron Freeman ........ view page
  • John Hart ...... view page
  • Longshore Lamb ........ view page
  • Hugh McVay......view page
  • James Orr ........ view page

    RW Patriots from Caldwell Co., Ky.

  • Ebenezer Morse's RW Patriot service record ...... view page



  • Revolutionary War Veterans found in DAR Records

  • John Flint view page




    Other Caldwell Co., Ky. Rev. War Veterans

  • John Elder ...... view page
  • James Hawthorn ...... view page
  • Robert Leeper ...... view page



    Below is a list of Revolutionary War soldiers that was compiled by Olive Eldred and Nancy Beck
    for the General John Caldwell Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
    Their Revolutionary War service has been proven, although they did not draw pensions.
    These men lived or died in Caldwell Co., Ky.

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    Reuben Bowers
    John Carner
    Peter Cartwright
    James Elder
    John George
    Wells Griffin
    Jordon Harris
    William Henderson
    Benjamin Kevil
    Zachariah Matlock
    Edward Maxwell
    William Prince
    John Ramey
    James Shaw
    Robert Smith
    James Wadlington






    Below is a list of Revolutionary War Veterans named in Clauscine R. Baker's
    "First History of Caldwell County, Kentucky" that are not found on the other lists.

    William Wadlington
    Francis Prince
    Edward Mitchusson
    John Holland ---- (Drummer)
    George McDowell
    John Jones ---- NC
    Charles Kelly ---- NY
    John McLaughlin
    Louis Blackburn



    From the 1840 Caldwell Co., Ky. census list of pensioners

    Judith Freeman ( wife of Aaron Freeman)



    More Revolutionary War Pension Statements
    9213 Transcriptions in this database




    Page by Peggy D. Gilkey