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This is a listing of known Warren County Veterans.
Revolutionary War
Reuben Finnell,
born 1750 in Culpepper County, VA.
A minuteman and Private in Captain Richard Taylor's Company,
1st Virginia Regiment. Enlisted August 1776,
discharged August 1779.
This Regiment, commanded by Col. Isa Reed aka,
Captain Tarlton Payne's Company.
Reuben Finnell enlisted for 3 years, pay
$6 3/4 per month. Muster Rolls May 1777-1779.
Was at Valley Forge; dated March 1778, through-May 1778.
Sept 1778, Light Infantry. Returned to Virginia.
Was in military manuvers in White Plains Sept/Oct. 1778.
He lived in Chester Gap for some
time
and raised a large family on a farm near Front Royal.
My ancestors have a long history in Warren County,
my Great, great grandfather being born there and operating
a Mill on Happy Creek.
submitted by: Diane Ford