REV. war hero served from the start of the war until 1782 when he with his wife Elizabeth Bourne's family migrated to Jessamine county Kentucky. He was the son of Thomas Finnell and Anne Hansford of Orange county Virginia.Neither Reuben nor his wife could read or write so the spelling of his surname became corrupted as the education of the person entering it into records wasn't always the best. So from Finnell it became Finney. After Reubin's death Elizabeth never remarried, and in the late 1830's moved to Shelby county Missouri with her sons and daughters. She had applied for and received a pension from Reubins war service. Years later another family would join DAR using the very service records that Elizabeth had used many years before in her application for pension.From much searching the only Reuben Finnell I can find who did service from Virginia was this Reuben who enlisted along with his brother John Finnell. In 1777/78 their father Thomas applied for aid to support his two sons John and Reuben,home sick from the war, he received aid for Reuben, but not John.Elizabeth lived until 1845 in Shelby county Missouri with the family of her son John Finney, and close to her son Andrew Bourne Finney.Reubin lies in an unmarked paupers grave according to family legend.According to Elizabeth he was blind and bedridden for several years before his death and they lived on the public's charity.
REV. war hero served from the start of the war until 1782 when he with his wife Elizabeth Bourne's family migrated to Jessamine county Kentucky. He was the son of Thomas Finnell and Anne Hansford of Orange county Virginia.Neither Reuben nor his wife could read or write so the spelling of his surname became corrupted as the education of the person entering it into records wasn't always the best. So from Finnell it became Finney. After Reubin's death Elizabeth never remarried, and in the late 1830's moved to Shelby county Missouri with her sons and daughters. She had applied for and received a pension from Reubins war service. Years later another family would join DAR using the very service records that Elizabeth had used many years before in her application for pension.From much searching the only Reuben Finnell I can find who did service from Virginia was this Reuben who enlisted along with his brother John Finnell. In 1777/78 their father Thomas applied for aid to support his two sons John and Reuben,home sick from the war, he received aid for Reuben, but not John.Elizabeth lived until 1845 in Shelby county Missouri with the family of her son John Finney, and close to her son Andrew Bourne Finney.Reubin lies in an unmarked paupers grave according to family legend.According to Elizabeth he was blind and bedridden for several years before his death and they lived on the public's charity.
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