John FORRESTER
C1766 - C 1859

• BIRTH: C1766, Virginia
• DEATH: C 1859, Habersham Co, GA

• REFERENCE: H of F, 1

• MARRIAGE: South Carolina

1.  William FORRESTER
2. +Hiram F. FORRESTER
3.  Malinda FORRESTER
4.  James FORRESTER
5.  John FORRESTER , Jr.

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                             _James FORRESTER , Sr._|
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 _James FORRESTER , Jr._____|
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|                           |_Ann ASHLEY ___________|
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|--John FORRESTER 
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|_Elizabeth (Gicie) GRICIE _|
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[663] SCMAR, Vol. XX, Summer 1992, No. 3, p.130The Revolutionary War pension claim file of John Forrester at the NationalArchives contains little information beyond the fact that the papers are missing. However, the lost file has been located in RG 233, Records of the U. S. House of Representatives, HR 36A-G19.1 John Forrester, National Archives, Washington, D. C.The genealogical information from that file follows. John Forrester was born in Virginia, c 1766, and died in Habersham County, Georgia, probably in 1859. He tried through the pension office, The United States Congress, and the U. S. Court of Claims to obtain a pension for Revolutionary War service. He failed, although the Congressional Committee on Pensions believed his claims. Part of his problems seems to have been his association with J. Hughes, who was caught pushing a fraudulent pension claim. For information on the descendants of John Forrester, see Forrester Genealogical Association, House of Forrester (2 vols., Albany, GA) vol. 2, p. 34-5, a copy of which is in the Georgia Department of Archives and History.The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral ResearchSCMAR, Volume XXNumber 3, Summer, 1992Notes from the Revolutionary War Pension Claim of John ForresterSCMAR, Vol. XX, Summer 1992, No. 3, p.130In an undated petition received in Congress on December 10, 1858, John Forrester, citizen of Georgia, states that he is about 100 years old. He served in Captain William Alexander's Company of Dragoons for about one year in South Carolina. He mainly nursed the sick and wounded near the end of the American Revolution.Forrester seeks a pension for himself, and for his wife, who is nearly his age.SCMAR, Vol. XX, Summer 1992, No. 3, p.130 14 July 1851, John Forrester of Habersham County, Georgia, age eighty-eight, seeks a pension for his Revolutionary War service. He signs by mark. W. B. Wofford attests to Forrest's character on 20 June 1851.SCMAR, Vol. XX, Summer 1992, No. 3, p.130 On 7 May 1853, John Forrester of Habersham County, Georgia, states that he resided in Spartanburg District of South Carolina when he was in Captain Alexander's Company of Sumter's Brigade of Cavalry and that he resided for some years in Greenville and Pendleton districts before moving to Habersham County. Charles Tankersley served in the same regiment (Brandon's) but in a different company. Charles' widow Catherine is drawing a pension. William Forrester (age sixty) has always known John and first knew him in Spartanburg District, S. C. and thathe resided later in Greenville, Pendleton, and Habersham. William signs by mark, 7 May 1853. Richard Tankersley (age 62) swears that he knew John Forrester in all of the places mentioned and that he often hear Charles Tankersley talk of himand Forrester serving together in the Revolution, including at the Battle of the Cowpens. Richard Tankersley signs by mark on 7 May 1853.SCMAR, Vol. XX, Summer 1992, No. 3, p.130 John Grant (age 68), Hiram Forrester (age 55), and James Forrester (age 51), all residents of Habersham County, believe the claims of John Forrester and remember him telling of burying the amputated leg of a man left to his care. Signed 10 July 1852.SCMAR, Vol. XX, Summer 1992, No. 3, p.131 Thos. P. Forrester, through his attorney and on behalf ofhimself and the other surviving children of John Forrester, request the pension money that should have been given to their late father. Filed in Washington, D. C., February 1860. R. W. Folger of Perkinsville [Pickensville?], S. C., July 19, 1856,writes to M. Thomson, Esq., on the subject of the claim of the heirs of Thos. Henderson. Hendersonwas a captain or lieutenant in the Revolution. Uponhis death, his widow drew a pension. A claim was made by Henderson's only living child, Ann Candler(?).