What a great list of Revolutionary War veterans – in Mercer County, Kentucky!  This must have been the area that many veterans moved to after the war.  About 25 veterans are buried at the Old Mud Cemetery, 8 are buried in New Providence Church Cemetery, and I’m sure there are many others throughout the county!  That would be a good project – to make a complete list of Revolutionary War veterans for Mercer County!  We are blessed with such a rich history!

This is a list of Mercer County Pensioners for Revolution and Military Services as returned under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census in 1840.

Name of Pensioner . . . . . . . . . Age in 1840

• Samuel Hackney – 79
• Mary Pipes – 81
• Henry Sparrow – 79
• William Kelly – 84
• Timothy Corn – 84
• James Rains – 82
• Leonard Taylor – 83
• Matthew Colter – 81
• George Gabbard Sr. – 79
• Henry Hamner – 81
• Lewis Webb – 83
• Henry Deshazer – 81
• John Sneed – 86
• Christian Snail – 89
• Rebecca Verbyck – 83

• Cornelius O. Vanarsdale – 80
• Edward Willis – 78
• Ebenezer Cary Sr. – 83
• Charles Brown – 88
• Robert Jones – 78

• John Comingore – 90
• Elias Fisher – 87

• Peter Huff – 85
• John Grant – 85
• Jane Shelton – 82
• Claiborne Bradshaw – 83
• John Rice – 78
• Susanna Jordan – 79
• Mary Wilson – 76
• Elizabeth Moore – 75
• Martha Sandefer – 83 (living with Jackson Roberts)
• Thomas Grahm – 78

• Thomas Kyle – 83
• Edward Houchins – 80
• Philip Board – 80
• James Galloway – 84
• Sarah Bohon – 76
• Isaac Follis – 77
• Reuben Smithy – 85
• John Polter Sr. – 79 (living with John Polter)
• Charles Hart – 81

Note:  Women pensioners were widows of veterans.