Private Jeremiah Virginia served with Col. Ebenezer Allen's Regiment, Vermont Republic Militia during the American Revolution.
Was a Revolutionary War Patriot, a Private serving in Vermont. [1]
Was a Veteran of the War of 1812, injured
Was born into slavery, sold many times, escaped to Vermont
Sources
↑ SAR https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/310977 citing U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835 for Jeremiah Virginia, The Pension Roll of 1835, 8th Vermont, Volume I, pg 946
U.S., Rev War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, M804, Roll 2461, # S19141, pg 452.
1791 Census: Slave Holders, Other Free Persons and Slaves - Addison County - Vermont > Orange County > Jeremiah Virginia [1]
The Vermont Historical Gazetteer: A Magazine, Embracing a History ..., Volume 2 edited by Abby Maria Hemenway - page 403 [2]
"United States Census, 1840," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHRB-Z6P : accessed 26 February 2015), Jeremiah Virginia, St Albans, Franklin, Vermont; citing p. 349, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 542; FHL microfilm 27,439.
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