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Oldham County Pensioners

True, John

THIS IS AN ABSTRACT OF THE APPLICATION FOR PENSION - - - JOHN TRUE - VIRGINIA

The above named soldier was living in the county of Oldham, state of Kentucky, when he applied for pension on the date of November 19, 1832, aged 79 years.
He was born in the county of Culpepper, state of Virginia.  He enlisted in the county of Spotsylvania, state of Virginia in the spring of 1780.
Ann Epperson made affidavit Nov. 8, 1832, in Jefferson County, Kentucky, that she was acquainted with John True, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, during the Revolutionary War, and that she knew he served in the army.
True died April 2, 1835, and his widow, Margaret True, died on April 22, 1855.
He had a brother, Larkin True, who was a resident of Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky in 1832.  He had a son, John True, Jr., whose wife was Maria W. True.