West Virginians in the American Revolution; By Ross B. Johnston; 320 pp.; Paperback; Published: 1939-47; Reprinted: 2005; ISBN: 9780806307626; Item # CF3055D

The Revolutionary War soldiers identified in this work lived at one time or another in what is now the State of West Virginia, their military duties having been discharged in the service of other states, notably Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland. The data given for each soldier typically includes the name, age, date of birth, service record, date pension applied for and granted, place of residence, names of wife and children, and, in support of the pension claim, comrades-in-arms.