Joseph Minzies. He enlisted as a Private at Salisbury, NC in 1781 and served 18 month's in Capt. Edward Yarbrough's Company in the 3rd Regt. of NC troops. He was placed on the pension roll on Aug 28, 1830, transferred from KY. He was on the 1840 census of pensioners at the age of 95 living with a Daniel Miner. His widow, not named, drew a pension, # W-2148. Joseph was born 9 Apr 1755, and died 14 Apr 1849 in Franklin Co., IL. His 2nd wife was Margaret Karnatser. [also called Minns/Mings, there are Mings in Franklin now.] Ref: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Revolutionary War Pension Images Page 1

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