John Blankenbaker's Germanna History Notes

Note 1120

Before Judith Bourn Zimmerman had died in 1844, two of her children, and a son-in-law, applied to Virginia, from Green Co., IL, for bounty land on the service of the late Frederick Zimmerman.  The claim was rejected.  (See Rev. War Land Grant Claims, Box 58, Virginia State Archives.)

In 1855, Morton Zimmerman applied for a pension.  At this time the only living children of Frederick and Judith Zimmerman were Sally, William, and Morton.  Heirs of the deceased children were:

1. Jane P. Jennings:
   1. Benjamin (Berryman?),
      
   2. Maryanne (m. Morton McCarver),
      
   3. Huldah (m. Simpson S. White),
      
   4. Theodore.
      
2. Fanny Dinwiddle:
   1. James (m. ____ Prophet),
      
   2. Elen,
      
   3. William.
3. Augustus Zimmerman:
   1. John Barnett,
      
   2. Ambrose Dudley,
      
   3. James,
      
   4. Frederick A.,
      
   5. Riland T.D.
4. Nancy Coiner:
   1. Martin,
      
   2. James B. (m. Catherine ____),
      
   3. Elizabeth,
      
   4. Robert,
      
   5. Archibald.
5. Judith Combs:
   1. Georgeann (m. Green Seay).

In sending this information along, Gene Dear noted that descendants had added minor extensions to the basic pension data.

I believe that this exhausts the data that I have on the Rev. War soldiers.  As you have noted, Gene Dear supplied much of the information.  Over the course of time, he supplied several items.

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I do not believe that I have any Rev. War ancestor from the Germanna community; however, I offer a story of a Rev. War ancestor of mine.  Not only was he at Yorktown, but his wife, who had gone to war with him, was at Yorktown also.  How many of you can say you had a G...Grandmother at Yorktown when the British surrendered?
(20 Mar 01)