Benjamin LeMasters

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Benjamin LeMasters

Birth
Charles County, Maryland, USA
Death
16 Dec 1836 (aged 86)
Gilboa, Nicholas County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Gilboa, Nicholas County, West Virginia, USA
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Husband of Rebecca Ann (Martin) LeMasters. Son of Isaac and Nancy Anne (Scott) LeMasters.

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN, Served from 1776 - 1779/80?

Benjamin Lemasters was recuited into the 1st Virginia Regiment by a Lt Culp and took the oath on 1 October 1776. He enlisted for a three month period and joined a company commanded by William S Lewis of Staunton, Virginia. He served at: White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Morristown (promoted to Sgt and re-enlisted), Brandywine Creek, Germantown, Fort Mifflin, Valley Forge, Monmouth Court House, Camp Robinson, Bound Brook, and Sandy Hook. Benjamin Lemasters' last muster was recorded on 7 May 1779.

Pension was granted in Nicholas County VA/WV in 1833, Cert # 16923.

Read the following book about the life and family of Benjamin Lemasters:

Benjamin Lemasters of Nicholas County, West Virginia : his ancestry, his war record, his descendants / by Ronald V. Hardway

86 yrs 6 mos 1 day

On stone name spelled LAMASTRES

See Video Here
Husband of Rebecca Ann (Martin) LeMasters. Son of Isaac and Nancy Anne (Scott) LeMasters.

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN, Served from 1776 - 1779/80?

Benjamin Lemasters was recuited into the 1st Virginia Regiment by a Lt Culp and took the oath on 1 October 1776. He enlisted for a three month period and joined a company commanded by William S Lewis of Staunton, Virginia. He served at: White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Morristown (promoted to Sgt and re-enlisted), Brandywine Creek, Germantown, Fort Mifflin, Valley Forge, Monmouth Court House, Camp Robinson, Bound Brook, and Sandy Hook. Benjamin Lemasters' last muster was recorded on 7 May 1779.

Pension was granted in Nicholas County VA/WV in 1833, Cert # 16923.

Read the following book about the life and family of Benjamin Lemasters:

Benjamin Lemasters of Nicholas County, West Virginia : his ancestry, his war record, his descendants / by Ronald V. Hardway

86 yrs 6 mos 1 day

On stone name spelled LAMASTRES

See Video Here

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BENJAMIN LAMASTERS
DIED Dec-16-1837
AGED 86y. 6m. &, 10d.

ON PLACK
Revolutionary Soldier
Benjamin Lemasters
Born Died
1756 1837
Borderland Chapter, D.A.R.

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