Riddick & Lapina Family Web Site

Current research project - Verify gggg-grandfather was a Revolutionary War militia officer

I recently attended the NGS annual conference in Raleigh, NC and learned about the Revolutionary War pension files now on line at Footnote.com. I did a quick search and found a reference to a Capt. Christopher Riddick from Nansemond and Suffolk Counties in Virginia. The pension file actually belonged to another veteran who was applying for benefits after the Congress passed a law in 1832 offering benefits to militia soldiers from the War.