I believe that after the Revolution all men disabled in combat (whatever
that was) were eligible for help from the new govt. - pensions, of sorts.
In 1818 Congress provided pensions for indigent veterans(and they REALLY had
to be poor). In 1832, all surviving vets were so entitled. Finally, in
1836, any widow who had been married to a vet before or during the war also
gained a pension.
Paul
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From: "Linda E. Hughey" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:06 AM
Subject: RE: Fw: [VA-ROOTS] What is a Monteith?
> Well, now that we are on the subject of identifying articles. My 4x great
> grandfather, Captain William DeWitt of South Carolina was reimbursed for
> articles that he used during the Revolutionary War by the State of South
> Carolina. One article was a silver "Cutteau", I would assume that this is
> some type of sword? I have Google this word and looked at the Webster
> dictionary with no success. Can you help?
> Linda
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Paul Drake <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Paul Drake <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fw: [VA-ROOTS] What is a Monteith?
> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:06:28 -0600
>
> > Johnson 1755 says "a vessel in which glasses were washed". In
Fitzhugh's
> > inventoried items, I have little doubt but that it was of silver or
> perhaps
> > pewter.
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> > From: "Charleen Oerding" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 11:27 PM
> > Subject: [VA-ROOTS] What is a Monteith?
> >
> >
> > William Fitzhugh (1651-1701), the Immigrant of Stafford Co., VA was a
> very
> > wealthy man when he died.
> > His will, made in 1700 disposes of 58 pieces of massive silver table
> > service, besides spoons--including 19 plates, 3 bread plates, 8 dishes,
a
> > set of castors, a "Monteith", 7 candlesticks, 2 pair of candle
snuffers,
> > with stands and a chocolate pot, and it is believed that he had already
> > given many pieces to his children.
> >
> > Now what the heck was a Monteith?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Charleen
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