Fentress County TN Archives Military Records.....Shortridge, Andrew
Revwar - Pension
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ANDREW SHORTRIDGE
Andrew Shortridge applied for revolutionary pension in August, 1834, while he
resided in Fentress County, Tennessee. He was born in Scotland in 1756 and came
to America with his parents when he was an infant. He enlisted in Petersburg,
Virginia, in 1781 in Captain Gardner s Virginia company. At the close of the
tour he re-enlisted in Captain Armistead's company, Colonel Gall's Virginia
regiment and served in Albermarle County, Virginia. Alter the Revolution he
lived in Frederick and Russell Counties, Virginia, and then moved to Pulaski
County, Kentucky, where he lived 18 years. He moved to Fentress County,
Tennessee, in 1827. He died there February 26, 1846. He married about April,
1789. Nancy Garrison at the home of her father in Tazewell, Virginia. She was 15
years of age in August, 1789, four months after her marriage. She applied for a
widow s pension in 1853 in Fentress County, where she died. They had ten children.
Additional Comments:
From:
SOME TENNESSEE HEROES
OF THE
REVOLUTION
Compiled From Pension Statements
PAMPHLET NO. III
by Zella Armstrong
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