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Pieces of Eight
Between 1818 and 1836, Congress passed a series of laws providing pensions to soldiers of the Revolutionary War, many of whom were in poor health and destitute. These veterans had…
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Supporting the Revolution
When Congress passed the Pension Act of 1832, for veterans of the Revolutionary War, they could not have known what a boon it would become to future genealogists. The narratives…
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Finding Your Path
We have an ancestor named Jesse Lee Hickman (father of Pleasant Hickman) who was a Baptist minister. But he didn't start out that way. Based on an account of his…
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Choosing Sides
Allow me to introduce you to our ancestor Pleasant Hickman, who was born around 1813 into a large family led by his Baptist minister father Jesse Lee Hickman. We know…
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Veteran of the Revolution
Our ancestor John Pipes Jr. was born in 1739 in Rockaway, New Jersey, approximately 40 miles west of New York. His father, John Pipes Sr., and mother Susan Hathaway, moved…