Individual Details

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James R. Tinder was drafted by Captain C. Allen on July 31, 1814 into the first Regiment of the Virginia Militia at Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia. He was discharged at Fredericksburg, Virginia on December 14, 1814. Under the act of Congress September 28, 1850, James applied for Bounty land, and stated he was 56 years old, and had served in the militia commanded by Colonel Crutchfield. He was granted 80 acres of land, Bounty Land Warrant # 51,119.
With the Act of Congress on March 3, 1855 James applied again for Bounty Land at the age of 58. Witnesses on his application were M.C. Kirky and his brother George W. Tinder. He received Bounty Land Warrant # 17182 for 80 acres of land.
He was allowed a pension on an application executed 13 April 1871. In May 1879 James R. Tinder's widow applies for a pension. She states James substituted for his father Anthony Tinder Sr. at the age of 17. She states that James had been a farmer in Orange County, Virginia, and that he was 6 feet tall, brown eyes, black hair, and dark completion. They were married October 14, 1854 by A.H. Bennett, and her name was Emily Sanders prior to her marriage. That he was previously married to Elizabeth Shadrick, and that Elizabeth had died in March 1851. She states she now resides in Mine Run, Orange County, Virginia, but that they had resided in Culpeper County, Virginia for some time. Witnesses on her application were James Robinson and Benjamin Sanders. James died Feb. 27, 1879. She received a pension for $12.00 monthly, # 25541. She was dropped from the pension file on December 4, 1891, due to her death.

Maps found in Orange County, Virginia shows Union and Confederate lines of battle November 1863 on James's land. Properly the battle of Mine Run.
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Birth	1798	Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States
Military	31 Jul 1814	War of 1812
Marriage	9 Jan 1820	Orange County, Virginia, United States - Elizabeth SHADRICK
Marriage	12 Oct 1852	Emily SANDERS
Death	27 Feb 1879	Orange County, Virginia, United States
Family Search ID Number	L7JH-W3M

Spouse	Elizabeth SHADRICK (1797 - 1851)
Child	John Thomas TINDER (1824 - 1905)
Child	James Allen TINDER (1826 - )
Child	Jane Ann Frances TINDER (1827 - )
Child	Arthur R. TINDER (1826 - 1865)
Child	Sarah M. TINDER (1830 - 1859)
Child	Elizabeth T. TINDER (1832 - 1890)

Spouse	Emily SANDERS (1815 - 1891)
Child	Susan Ann TINDER (1853 - 1890)
Child	Talmon Dudley TINDER (1859 - 1929)
Child	Zabdid Benjamin "Zab" TINDER (1856 - 1939)

Father	Anthony TINDER (1770 - 1848)
Mother	Lucy ROBINSON (1779 - 1885)
Sibling	Priscilla TINDER (1801 - 1856)
Sibling	John A. TINDER Sr. (1803 - 1851)
Sibling	Thomas TINDER (1803 - 1881)
Sibling	Anthony M. TINDER (1805 - 1843)
Sibling	Robinson Chapman TINDER (1807 - 1854)
Sibling	George Washington TINDER Sr. (1809 - 1885)
Sibling	Ann TINDER (1812 - 1872)
Sibling	Catherine TINDER (1814 - 1861)
Sibling	Richard TINDER (1819 - 1877)
Sibling	Eliza Jane TINDER (1820 - 1865)

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