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Jacob Vandergriff
Born: 1763, Johnson County, NC
Died: 13 July 1848, Mount Sterling, Gasconade County,
MO
Revolutionary War claim R.1089 - enlisted in Virginia Militia, Henry Co, VA on 31 May 1780;
By 1833, resident Grainger Co, TN - by 1844 in MO
Jane _
Born: 1767
Died: 1852, Gasconade County, MO
Revolutionary War claim R.1089 - Jacob served in the military on 31 May 1780 in Henry County, VA. He first enlisted in the Virginia Militia at Henry County,
Virginia on 31 May 1780, and served three months in Captain Harman Critz/Krits' Virginia Company. They marched against the Tories and pursued them as far as
the Yadkin River. He again enlisted about Christmas of the following winter, and served three months as a private in Captain Levi Jarvis' Virginia Company.
During this last tour of duty, he acted as guard for five hundred British prisoners.
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