8/1/2000
By Nancy Hendrickson
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In August 1780, Private David Faulkenberry battled the British at Hanging Rock, SC. Fifty-three years later, he received a $33.33 annual pension for his service. By then, the details of the fight were lost in the backwaters of his memory.
Searching out Faulkenberry's history has been as challenging as his own recollections of the battle. The clue that led me to his pension file — and, I hope, an avenue to his earlier years — was found in an afternoon's foray on the USGenWeb Project <www.usgenweb.org>.
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