Last revised: 09 Jan 2010
Loftus Pullins
(Oct 1764 - aft. Oct 1781)
“The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on
file in the Revolutionary War Pension claim, S.14240, based
upon the military service in that war of Loftus Pullins.
Loftus Pullins (as he signed) was born in October 1764, in
Augusta County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not
shown. He enlisted in August Co., Virginia in December,
1780 and served three months as Private in Captain thomas
Kicklin’s Company, colonel Sampson Mathers’ Virginia
Regiment; he enlisted in1781, exact date not given, served
three months in Captain William Kincaid’s Company, Col
Samuel Vance’s Virginia Regiment, was at the seige of
Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis, after which guarded
prisoners to Winchester Virginia.
After the Revolution, he moved to kentucky, where he
resided for about forty years, the most of the time in
Madison county, that state, when he was allowed pesnion on
his application executed September 10, 1832, whild residing
in said Madison County.
There are no Family data.
In order to obtain the date of las payment of pension the
name of person paid and possibly the date of death of
soldier, you should address the Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city and
cite the following data: “Loftus Pullims, Certificate No.
T687, issued May 11, 1833, rate $20.00 per annum, commenced
March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency...”