Margaret Corbin By 00florencia00 Nov 12, 1751 Margaret Cochran Corbin is born Jul 3, 1772 Margaret Corbin marries John Corbin Jun 26, 1776 The state of Pennsylvania gave Corbin $30.00 to help with her expenses in recognition of her bravery Nov 16, 1776 Margaret Corbin goes into the battlefield in Fort Washington with her husband Jul 6, 1779 The Continental Congress awarded her with a lifelong pension equivalent to half of the amount a man would receive Aug 19, 1782 Corbin remarried a fellow wounded soldier, who died a year later Jan 16, 1800 Margaret Corbin dies