Patriot Biographies

Patriot James Adams was born about 1730. During the Revolution he served as a Captain in the South Carolina Militia, New Acquisition District Regiment which pulled recruits from the Waxhaw Settlement, South Carolina. He was married to Sarah Huff in Edgefield County, South Carolina and she died in Apr 1801. He died in Horse Creek, South Carolina between 14 Oct 1781 and 26 Apr 1782, when his will was proven

Patriot Nathan Anderson was born in Hereford, England about 1745. During the revolution he furnished supplies to the Revolutionary Army in Virginia. He married Martha Puryear in 1775 and he died in Louisa County, Virginia before 14 Oct 1822

Aaron Aorson was appointed a 1st Lieutenant in June 1775 in the 5th company of the 1st New York Continental Line Regiment. He served as a 1st Lieutenant during the 1775 invasion of Canada and at the at the siege of Quebec City. He took command of the 5th company on December 31, 1775, after Captain Cheesman and Colonel Montgomery were killed inthe assault on Quebec City. In November 1776, he was appointed Captain of the 5th company, 3rd New York Regiment, under Colonel Gansevoort in November, 1776 and served as a company commander at Fort Schuyler, New York, in 1777 during the siege by British and Native American forces. Aorson served as a company commander with the New York Continental Line during Colonel Sullivans 1779 expedition and campaign against the Six Nations in New York. He also served at Morristown, New Jersey in 1780. Aorson was reassigned to the 1st New York Regiment in 1781 and served as the brigade major in General James Clintons brigade at Yorktown. Aaron Aorsons final assignments were as a member of a detachment from headquarters at Newburgh, New York in March, 1783 and at New Windsor, New York in May, 1783

Patriot John Armistead was born about 1751 in Cumberland County, Virginia to John Armistead ( and Nancy Armistead. He married Elizabeth Oslen (1755-1801) in Buckingham, Virginia on 28 May 1769. During the Revolution, he served as a Private in the Virginia Continental Line, Captain Massie's Company, 6th Virginia Regiment commanded by Lt Col Charles SImms. He died about 1798 in Cumberland County, Virginia.

Richard Ashcraft was born about 1746, exact location not known) and died during 1792 in Chambers Mills, Washington County, PA. He married Elizabeth (Betsie) Carr during 1771, in Chambers Mills, Fayette County, PA. Elizabeth was born August 2, 1773, Westmoreland County, PA, and she died on October 16, 1848. Patriot Richard was an American Revolutionary War Spy and Indian Scout. Richard was the son of one of two brothers, Absalom or Elisha Ashcraft. He had brothers Joel, Jediah and Absalom Ashcraft. Richard served as an Indian scout in the western part of Pennsylvania along the Monongahela River with other Ashcraft relatives. Richard also served in the French and Indian Wars under Col. Bradstreet and Col. Bouquet. Richard served in Captain Basil Bowell's Company during the Revolutionary War. Richard Ashcraft died Feb. 1792 in Pennsylvania. He froze to death after his horse fell through the ice into a creek near his home near Chambers Mill. He was returning from Chambers Mill, probably on a trading expedition. Source (Daniel E. McClure, Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin Co., Kentucky. Martha Ashcraft Neal, The Ashcraft Family.) The town, Chambers Mill, is located about 5 miles south of the town of Washington in present-day Washington County, Pennsylvania. Reference; Frontier Defense in the Upper Ohio by Thwaite and Kellogg, Published by Wisconsin Historical Society, Page 23 --- "On July 19, 1777, James Chew took the Testimony of two Scouts, Richard Ashcraft and Thomas Carr - who on oath declared they saw tracks of Indians on the Head Waters of the Buffalo Creek, making toward the Monongahela River - Fort Pitt in Command of General Hand". Also, R.P. Vol. XIV, Page 64, from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Division of Public Records Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Same Record as above) Pennsylvania Census of 1790, Page 105. D.A.R. #435259, Nellie B. (Ashcraft) Boucher.

Patriot Isaac Ball, Jr. was born on 31 Dec 1747 in Brookfield, Massachusetts to Isaac Ball (1710-1789) and his wife Rachel Howe (1710-1779). He served during the Revolution as a Private, Captain Ichabod Dexter's company, Colonel Doolittle's regiment of the Massachusetts Militia, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. He enlisted April 24, 1775 and served in Captain Dexter's company, Colonel Woodbridge's regiment - muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775. Patriot Ball married Hannah Comins (Commings) on 3 May 1778 in Athol, Massachusetts and he died there about 1790

Patriot William Ball was born about 1738 in Northumberland County, Virginia to Edward Ball (1701-1742) and Sarah Owens (1706-1751). During the Revolution he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Fauquier County Militia. The name, William Ball appears in Culpeper County, Virginia records related to the 1775 provisional government of Virginia forming the Committee of Safety and designating the Culpeper District for the largest (Virginia) militia battalion of Minutemen made up of Culpeper, Orange and Fauquier Counties. Patriot William Ball and his wife, Hannah Smith, lived on Great Run in Fauquier County, Virginia. He died on 25 Oct 1807 and was buried in the family cemetery in Elk Run, Virginia. Sources: - An 18th Century Perspective: Culpeper Co., published in 1976 by the Culpeper County Historical Society, Inc. pgs 15-19; - "All Fine Fellows", -Maj Thoms. Marshall of Fauquier Co.; and - Wm Ball pgs 25, [33 will book D-1802]

Elias Barbee, a great-grandson of early Virginia planter Andrew Barbee, was born in 1763 in Culpeper County, Virginia. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the Patriot cause in the Virginia militia following in the footsteps of his five elder brothers, three of whom, with Elias, fought together at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781. Following the war, the family settled in Danville, Kentucky, and later Elias moved to nearby Green County where he farmed. In 1788, he married Elizabeth Slaughter of Culpeper County, Virginia. They had eight children. Elias was appointed to several local offices and was later elected to terms in both the Kentucky House of Representatives and the Senate. He served in the Kentucky militia as a major, colonel, and ultimately as a brigadier general during the Indian wars on the Ohio River frontier. A daughter of Elias and Elizabeth named Lucy was born deaf in 1799. Concerned for deaf children in the Commonwealth, General Barbee in 1822 (then in the Kentucky Senate) was instrumental in founding the Kentucky School for the Deaf located at Danville. It was the first state-sponsored school of its kind in the United States and is still in existence 187 years later. Elias Barbee died in 1843 at the age of 80.

Patriot Richard Bard served as a Private in Captain Joseph Cuthbertsons company, 6th Battalion, Cumberland County Militia under the call of July 28, 1777. He later served with the Ranging Company under Captain Walter McKinnie on the western frontier. He served as a Justice for the County Court from Peters Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; commission dated 1786. Bard was a member of the Pennsylvania Convention of 1787 that received the Constitution which had been framed by the Federal Convention. He was also a delegate to the Harrisburg Convention in 1788. The son of Archibald Bard (Beard), Richard Bard was born on February 28, 1736, in York County, Pennsylvania, and died February 22, 1799. He was buried in Church-hill graveyard near Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. He married Catharine Poe, daughter of Thomas Poe and Mary Potter, on December 22, 1756. Richard and Catharine Bard settled in Conococheague Valley on the Mill Place where he learned the trade of a miller. On April 13, 1758, the Mill Place was attacked and burned by Indians and their infant son, John, and other settlers were killed. Richard and his wife were among those captured and forced to walk across the mountains to western Pennsylvania. Richard escaped near Homer City, Pennsylvania, and returned home. He spent two years searching for "Kitty" (his wife) and found her in the Ohio Valley with a Delaware Indian tribe. She had been adopted as a sister to a Delaware warrior. Richard was able to buy her from the Indians for forty pounds. On their return, they settled in Franklin County where they raised ten children.

Patriot Zadock Barnett was born about 1750 in Pittsylvania County, VA, and died June 23, 1823 in ?Morgan County,?Georgia.? Records show he received a land grant from the State of Georgia after Oglethorpe County was created in 1793 from Wilkes County. During the Revolution his patriot service was providing supplies for the troops. He married (1) DOLLEY Abt. 1762 in Virginia. She was born 1746 in Virginia, and died Bet. 1810-1818 in Morgan County, Georgia. He married (2) ELIZABETH HENDERSON September 16, 1821 in Morgan County, Georgia. She was born about 1800 probably in Oglethorpe County. Children of ZADOCK BARNETT and DOLLEY are: i. MARY ANN BARNETT, b. Abt. 1765, Virginia; d. May 1860, Campbell County, Georgia. ii. JOHN W. BARNETT, b. 1774, Virginia; d. October 1870, Troup County, Georgia; iii. GEORGE BARNETT, b. Abt. 1775, Prob. Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. July 20, 1826, Morgan County, Georgia. iv. DORCAS BARNETT, b. Abt. 1778, Oglethorpe County, Georgia; d. Aft. September 24, 1870, Cherokee County, Alabama. v. SUSANNAH BARNETT, b. Abt. 1782, North Carolina; d. January 08, 1844, Chambers County, Alabama. vi. NANCY BARNETT, b. November 08, 1790, Morgan County, GEORGIA; d. February 08, 1882, DeKalb County, Georgia. vii. JAMES BARNETT, b. Abt. 1792; m. SARAH WEBB, October 06, 1822, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. viii. DOROTHY ANN BARNETT, b. Abt. 1794, Georgia; d. Aft. 1878.

Patriot John Barron was born on 25 Feb 1761 in Ireland to John Barron (1734-1817) and Elizabeth Ingram (1735-1809). He was six years old when the family settled in South Carolina. During the Revolution he served as a Private in the New Acquisition District Regiment under Colonel William Bratton of the South Carolina Militia for 42 days in 1782. He married Jane Duncan (1769-1854) probably in York District, South Carolina on 5 Feb 1801. He died on 9 Jun 1841 in York District, South Carolina and was buried in the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church cemetery, Rock Hill, York District

John Bates, son of Jacob and Molly (Clark) Bates was born in Hingham, December 4, 1748, moved to Attleboro, Massachusetts with his parents, but later settled in Dudley, now a part of Webster, where he died on December 12, 1834 and was buried in the old Bates cemetery located in Thompson, CT. He married Chloe Fuller (1747-1825) on February 17, 1770, in Attleboro and they had six children. She was a daughter of Noah and Mary (Cushman) Fuller, whose ancestors came from England in the "Mayflower." John Bates was a descendant of Clement Bates, an early settler of Hingham, Massachusetts, who arrived on the ship "Elizabeth" in 1635. The Bates' property, extending at one time the full length of Thompson Road from Connecticut to Webster, Massachusetts was purchased by John Bates during the years 1783/85. The original 18th century farmhouse where he lived still stands on Thompson Road and remains in the family to this day. The dwelling was expanded around 1825 with the attachment of a handsome Federal Style house which served the dual purpose of tavern and home for Johns son, Alanson. As the "Fox and Hounds Tavern" it was a stop on the stage coach line that connected Providence, Rhode Island with Springfield, Massachusetts. A remnant of this road, covered with grass and flanked by two old stone walls, still exists, passing in front of the house. John Bates served as a private in the Revolutionary War and was in Captain Jacob Ide's Southwest Company, Colonel John Daggett's 4th Bristol County Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia. In an order dated July 5, 1778 given by Captain Ide to Ephraim Newel, Town Treasurer of Attleboro he was to be paid for services on the alarm caused by the battle of Bunker Hill. Although the history is incomplete, a company of about sixty minutemen went to Roxbury on June 17, 1775 and remained there for a fortnight. Said one of them, While there a small party of us went around Cambridge side to look for the British, but soon the captain of a fort called out to us, that we had better not go in company, for the enemy would see us and fire at us; and sure enough, in a minute or two, a cannon ball came whizzing along close by us. He also marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of December 8, 1776 (service 12 days). Webster history records that in 1783, "to the shore of our beautiful lake [Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg] came John Bates and his family, and his parents. The Squire was an energetic man and a very prosperous one. Besides keeping a public house, he sold hides, lent money for mortgages and acted as High Sheriff, settling many disputes that arose about him.

Patriot John Beale was born about 1713 and lived his entire life in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He was the son of John Beale (1685-1745) and Jane Beall (185-1733). He married Mary Magdalene Hacket about 1735 in Prince George's County, Maryland. In 1778, he took the Oath of Fidelity and Support to the State of Maryland in 1778. He died on 7 Aug 1792 in St. Mary's County, Maryland

William Beattie, was born between the 4th of April or 5th of June in 1760 and died on or near his 100th birthday on 4/4/1860. He entered the Revolutionary War at the age of sixteen and fought in the battle of Kings Mountain as a Private in his brother David's Company. He married Mary Allison (1763-4/16/1830) on 4/7/1780 when he was nineteen and she was sixteen. In 1781 he was granted 350 acres on a branch of the Holston River. The Will of John Beattie is in Will Book One, page 160 Court House, Abingdon, Virginia. William was 30 years old when his father died on 8/18/1790. He inherited all that tract of land I now live on, with its appurtenances, together with all my farming utensils all my work horses, except my wife shall choose one of them, together with the residue of my household and kitchen furniture. William Beattie remained on this property at Glade Spring till his death. From Williams Will, he owned land in Rockcastle County, Kentucky which was to be sold and the proceeds given to his sons Fountain F., Josiah N., William, John and James G.

Patriot John Bettis was born in Tarboro, Edgecombe , North Carolina in about 1738 to Francis Bettis (1710-1752) and Mary Evans (1700-1774). He married Mary Wilson (1740-1827) in Cumberland, North Carolina in March 1760. During the Revolution he served as a Private in the South Carolina Brigade. He died before 28 Apr 1784 and was buried in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Trenton, Edgefield County, South Carolina.

Patriot Samuel Bingham(Bigham) was born before 1755. He served in the Revolution as a Private. He died between 1820 and 1830 in Bedford County, Tennessee and was buried in the Bingham Family Cemetery in Bedford County, Tennessee

Benjamin Bodge was born in 1756 in Windham, Maine, the son of John and Rebecca (Chute) Bodge. Benjamin married first, Susannah Hunnewell and, after her death, Elizabeth Gammon. Benjamin fathered five children with Susannah and six with Elizabeth. Benjamin was a farmer and remained in Windham. He died there on August 21, 1831 and is buried in Chase Cemetery in Windham. On November 17th 1775, Captain Henry Mowatt, with a flotilla of five ships, sailed into Casco Bay and anchored in Falmouth (now Portland) Harbor. On November 18th, the flotilla began a bombardment of the town. As a result of the bombardment, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Noys, commanding the Cumberland County Regiment of Militia, issued a summons to the local companies in the surrounding towns to send details from the companies. Captain William Knights of Windham immediately marched with a detachment of his company, where they occupied forts and guarded the shores in and around Falmouth. Benjamin Bodge served as a private in Captian Knights company guarding Falmouth for six days. After the war, Benjamin stayed in the militia, where he eventually rose to the rank of Major.

Patriot Joseph Bonner was born about 1760 in Sussex, Virginia. He served in the Revolution as a Private in Captain Nathaniel Foxs Company, 6th Virginia Regiment under Colonel Hendricks. He was married to Sarah Heath before 1780 and died on 6 Jan 1825 in Jones County, Georgia

Patriot William Bowden was born in North Carolina about 1740. During the Revolution volunteered as a Private in the South Carolina Line under Captain Nelson for 5 months and 11 days. He married Martha about 1776 in Surry in North Carolina. He moved from North Carolina to Georgia 1784, moved to Tennessee in 1818 and died on 25 Oct 1834 in Maury County, Tennessee

David Bright was a miller in Shaefferstown, Berks County, PA. He was the tenth child of Michael Brecht who emigrated to the U.S. from Germany in 1726. David, who changed his last name from Brecht to Bright to sound more American, supplied large quantities of flour for General George Washingtons troops about 20 miles from Valley Forge, where Washingtons army wintered in 1777-78. Had it not been for David Bright, General Washington may have lost many more troops that winter yet received his pay in Continental currency, which depreciated so rapidly that he was left bankrupt. The receipts from the quartermaster of Washingtons army for the flour were deposited in an old desk of Brights that was brought to Lewisburg, WV. These papers remained in the desk for many years until they were borrowed by a descendant of the Bright family from Baltimore to be included in a family history he was writing. David Bright then moved to Greenbrier County, VA about 1784. (The area is now in WV after it became a state in 1864.) He settled his family in what is even now a very rural area of WV, known as Frankford. In the early 1800s a granddaughter of Brights married into the Legg family whose roots in the U.S. can be traced back to the late 1600s. Information herein was gleaned from Looking on The Bright Side by Ora Bright Cox; Bedford, Indiana, 1972, private printing, page 3-10; pages 11-119; and also from the Historical Sketches of the Bright Family, written in 1900 by A. G. Green.

Patriot Benjamin Brooks was born on 11 Mar 1753 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. During the Revolution volunteered as a Private in the Pennsylvania Militia, Captain Pattersons Company. He fought at the Battles of Brandywine, 11 Sep 1777 and Germantown, 4 Oct 1777. He married Elizabeth Harkins at Camden New Jersey and she died in NJ sometime before 1813. Around 1817, he moved to Cameron County, PA, settling near his married children. In Pennsylvania, he married Mary Wood. He died in 1839 in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania and was buried in the Pine Street cemetery, Sterling Run, Pennsylvania

One of ten children five boys and five girls Jacob Brown was born on April 6, 1736. At the age of 23 he married Mary Jones, daughter of Ebenezer and Priscilla Jones. They had five children, two of whom died quite young; Mary b. March 10, 1760 m. August 6, 1778 Josiah Merriam; Elizabeth b. April 2, 1762; Jacob b. June 19, 1764 d. December 28, 1847; Ruth b. March 12, 1767 d. April 12, 1777; Elisha b. July 27, 1771 d. June 16, 1773']He was 39 years old on April 19, 1775 when he did good service on the day of the Concord fight, joining his brothers Abishai and Zachariah, as well as his cousins Jonas Brown (who was wounded) and Capt. David Brown (commander of the Concord company on that day, who after his brother Jonas was wounded and Capt. Davis of Acton had been killed, pursued the panic-stricken British towards Lexington) Other service seen by Jacob Brown over the subsequent years included: November 1776. Lieutenant of a Middlesex company marched to New York and New Jersey for service; December 5, 1776. 1st Lt., Capt. John Bridges (3rd) co., Col. Samuel Thatchers regt.; list of officers drafted from 3rd Middlesex Co., regt. and ordered to march to Fairfield, Conn. on or before December 16, 1776, as returned by Brig. Oliver Prescott at Groton, December 5, 1776; 1777. Captain; list of men who were paid money at time of taking of Burgoyne; August 13, 1779 1st Lt., 1st co., 3d Middlesex co. regt; list of officers of Mass. militia; commissioned November 6, 1776; reported as serving in place of Lt. Edward Wright; also, Captain, 1st co. 3d Middlesex co. regt; list of officers of Mass. militia; commissioned August 13, 1779; March 7, 1780 - Jacob Brown was listed as Captain in 3rd regt. of Militia co. 1, Concord; 1781 Captain Brown chairman of the Class #2 of the town of Concord; May 14, 1782 Captain Jacob Brown chairman of Class #2 of the town of Concord']His time of service over, Jacob returned to his home and affairs in Concord. He left an estate of over $7,000 when he died of old age on December 20, 1816. An inventory after his death included thirty-seven sheets, thirty-six pillow cases, nine table cloths, ten bed quilts, ten blankets and other household goods in proportion. Jacobs wife Mary had died the year before, on May 30, 1815. They lie side-by-side in the Old Hill Burying Ground in Concord

Patriot Thomas Brown was born in Prince William County 7 Sep 1760. During the Revolution served as a Private in the Virginia Militia in Captain John Britts Company. He married Anna Ash. He died in Aug 1844 in Reedsville, West Virginia and was buried in Reedsville Cemetery

Patriot Job Buckley was born on 23 Feb 1719 in Saybrook, CT, to John Buckley and Deborah Shipman. During the Revolution he served in the 7th Company of the Connecticut Militia under Captain Timothy Starkey in 1777 in response to the New Haven Alarm. He married Dorcas Conkling (1718-1770) in Saybrook, CT, on 23 Feb 1738. He died on 6 Sep 1786 in Saybrook, CT, where he was buried. His great-great-grandson, John Henry Buckley (1839-1904), served in the 45th Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War.

Patriot Bernard Buckner was born in Caroline County, Virginia, on 1 Sept 1748. [RECORD OF THE BUCKNER FAMILY WRITTEN BY MRS. JANE M. GRIFFIN daughter of Benjamin H. Buckner - dated November 27, 1884] Bernard Buckner was a soldier of the Revolution, who died a few years after the war, leaving his children too young to remember him. Just before the war commenced he married (1779) Miss Sarah Heape (1750-1818) of Scotch descent and located in Prince William's Parish, Beaufort District, South Carolina where her parents lived. He was a true patriot, going into the strife with earnest zeal. As Lieutenant he fought under General Francis Marion, suffering all the privations of his noble "Partisan Band". He returned home after peace was declared, to find his home in ashes and his family reduced to destitution. Patriot Buckner died on 19 December 1793 in Prince William Parish, Beaufort, South Carolina.

Patriot Pouncey Bunch was born about 1750 in Louisa County, Virginia to David Bunch (1722-1776) and Mary Jane Hughson (1729-1807). Pouncey and Elizabeth Bunch (1752-1822) married about 1772 in Louisa County, Virginia. During the Revolution, records show that he furnish supplies for the cause in Virginia, 1780-1781. He died before 9 Oct 1809 in Louisa County, Virginia.

John Burch, Jr. was born in 1758 in Prince Edward County, Virginia to John Burch, Sr. and his wife, Charity Woodson Burch. John Burch, Sr., his father, was Sheriff of Henry County. John Burch, Jr. farmed and owned land in Henry County, Virginia during the American Revolution. He served in the Virginia Militia as a Private. He was one of the Virginia Militiamen who marched to the assistance of General Nathanial Green at Guilford Court House, North Carolina on March 11, 1781 as a member of James Tarrants Company. By 1791 he married a second time to Sarah Phillips. Around 1791 he moved to Georgia., He had a least one son, Bazell Burch

Patriot Isham Burks was born in Botetourt Co in 1759 (formed from Amherst Co. VA in 1769). He enlisted in the year 1779 or 1780 in the Company of Captain Adam Wallace, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Abraham Buford and Lieutenant Colonel Haws, "in the line of the State of Virginia on the Continental establishment". While a soldier for COL Buford, he survived the battle referred to as the Waxhaw Massacre, in North Carolina. Isham served in the Virginia Continental Line and after the war became an early settler in Kentucky and Missouri. He died on 21 Aug 1839 in Boone Co, MO. In May 1780, Isham was a soldier in COL Buford's force consisting of 380 Continental infantry of the Virginia Line, a detachment of Colonel Washington's cavalry, and two six-pounders. Lord Cornwallis dispatched Lieutenant Colonel Banistre Tarleton with 170 British cavalry and 100 infantry set to pursue Buford. By mounting his foot soldiers behind cavalrymen, Tarleton rode 105 miles in 54 hours and caught up with Buford on Monday, 29 May 1780. The initial attack, however, was directed against the American right and rear and there was little protection for his infantry against a cavalry charge. The Virginians stood firm and turned the charge, but a few minutes later the evidence of the collapse of his rear made Buford realize that further resistance could only result in the slaughter of his men. He therefore hoisted a white flag and ordered his men to ground their arms. Tarleton chose to ignore the flag of surrender. The Americans were overrun by the Tory cavalry, who, "commenced a scene of indiscriminate carnage never surpassed by the ruthless atrocities of utmost barbarous savages...not a man was spared...for fifteen minutes after every man was prostrate [Tarleton's men] went over the ground plunging their bayonets into every one that exhibited any signs of life....". The Virginians lost 113 killed; 150 were so badly wounded they could not be moved, and altogether, 203 were captured. The story of "Tarleton's Quarter" spread throughout the rebellious colonies and he became a symbol of British brutality. Isham Burks survived, and continued to serve in the line of the State of Virginia on the Continental establishment after the battle until he returned to Virginia. He was then attached to the troops commanded by Colonel William Davis until his term of enlistment was up, when he was regularly discharged. After his discharge, Isham Burks lived in Botetourt County. In 1781, Isham Burks married Elizabeth Rowland. About 1782, Isham left VA for Burkesville, Mercer Co, KY. Isham left KY in 1818 or 1819 with "about 31 children and grandchildren", for Alabama and ended his life in Boone County, MO. Isham and Elizabeth Burks raised a large family. Their children were:      1. Charles b. 11 Oct 1780, Botetourt Co. VA, d. 20 Dec 1791, m. Anna Thurman 1804      2. Sarah (Sally) b. 15 Jul 1781 Botetourt Co. VA, m. George W. Sexton, 18 May 1789      3. Elizabeth (Betsey) b. 27 Feb 1786 KY, d. 17 Jun 1822 m. James Gilliland      4. Robert Rowland b. 6 May 1789 d. 20 Dec 1791, died in infancy      5. Nancy Ann b/ 23 Jul 1791 KY, m. Elias Fletcher 1808, Cumberland Co, KY      6. Isham, Jr. b. 8 Nov 1794, d. May 1840 m. Amy Young 11 Jul 1813      7. John, murdered in Alabama on the 23rd of July 1822      8. William, m. Sallie Frost      9. Mahala b. 3 Dec 1802, m. Rowland Frost      10. Wesley b. 27 May 1806, m. Agnes Wright in Boone Co, MO, 20 Dec 1827      11. James Payne b. 29 May 1808 Boone Co, MO, m. Martha Newman, Calloway Co, MO

William Burns was born in Ireland. He came to the United States as a young man and settled in Orange County, North Carolina. He served in the Revolutionary War as a drummer and fifer with the first North Carolina Regiment. He married Margaret Mitchell. In the winter of 1781 they moved to Georgia. When Franklin County was formed, he obtained a land grant and built a two-story log house, close to a spring, near where the town of Maysville now stands.

The Cale family (also spelled Kale, Kahl, Kail and Cail) family was of German origin. John Cale was born on April 19, 1726, in Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia). He married Elizabeth Pugh on July 25, 1751. During the Revolutionary War, Cale served under Colonel Abraham Bowmans in the 8th Virginia Regiment. Cale was one of the early settlers of western Virginias Capon Valley. He owned a good farm on the west bank of the Capon River adjacent to what was once called Kales Ford, not far upstream from Capon Bridge, West Virginia. Cale died on July 26, 1798, and is buried in the family burial ground on the land he once owned.

Stephen was the 1st of 3 children (2 sons and 1 daughter) born in Lyme, New London County, Colony of Connecticut, of Stephen Calkins (b. 1701) and his wife Sarah (1703-1774). Stephen's siblings were: Sarah (b. 1734), Turner (b. 1736), and Zurviah (b. 1743). Stephen came from Connecticut to Danby on the New Hampshire Grants (later Rutland County, Vermont) in 1768. At the 1st annual town meeting of the inhabitants of Danby, held on the 14th of March 1769, Stephen was elected one of three Selectman and one of three Committee Members to lay out highways. In 1773, since roads were increasing in number in the town, the number of Surveyors was increased from one to three. Stephen was one of those surveyors. On May 28, 1778, the names of the Officers of the State's 5th Militia Regiment were reported to the Vermont Governor and Council meeting at Arlington in Bennington County. Stephen was then Captain of the 12th (Danby) Company, 5th Regiment of Vermont Militia under the command of Colonel Gideon Warren. From November 6, 1778, to being discharge on November 13th, Stephen was the Captain in command of a Detachment raised from the 5th Militia Regiment to assist Major Benjamin Whitcomb's New Hampshire Rangers. who were then manning and in charge of the Fort at Rutland due to Colonel Seth Warner's Continental Regiment being removed into the State of New York. The 6th Regiment of Vermont Militia was established October 23, 1779 upon the reorganization of the 2nd and 5th Regiment's of Vermont Militia into 3 Regiment's. The Danby Company Captain Stephen Calkins Commanding was then reassigned from the 5th Regiment to the 6th Regiment of Vermont Militia under the command of Colonel Ira Allen. On March 26, 1780, Stephen and his Company of Militia were ordered out by Colonel Ebenezer Allen. Stephen and the men in his Company marched 70 miles and served 6 days during this call up in Rutland County, Vermont. Later the same year, on October 13th, Stephen and his Company of Colonel Ira Allen's 6th Regiment of Vermont Militia, marched in response to an alarm caused by a raid led by British Major Christopher Carleton into the Lake Champlain valley and beyond. Overall Stephen commanded his Company in the field 16 days and was paid for traveling 60 miles before finally returning from this alarm, October 30th. Soon after the War, Stephen built the 1st gristmill erected in the town of Danby. Stephen and his wife Rebecca Rowland (1740-1830) had 2 children (both sons): Richard (1762-1847) and Stephen (1782-1862).

Patriot Philip Callender Jr was born 3 Dec 1706 in Swansea, Bristol Co, MA and died 7 May 1779 in Huntington Twp, Luzerne Co, PA. In 1730 he was married Mehitable Church, daughter of Josiah and Thankful Church. After she died on 3 Aug 1738, he married Margaret Camp, daughter of Nicholas Camp and Anne Pullen, on 7 Feb 1739/40 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co, MA. During the Revolution, his patriotic service included:      - The Sheffield Declaration, also known as the Sheffield Resolves, was a Colonial American petition against British tyranny and manifesto for individual rights, drawn up as a series of resolves approved by the Town of Sheffield, Massachusetts, on January 12, 1773. The resolves were debated and approved by a committee of eleven local citizens, including Philip Callender. The Declarations first resolution was that Mankind in a state of nature are equal, free, and independent of each other, and have a right to the undisturbed enjoyment of their lives, their liberty and property, These words are echoed in the most famous line of Thomas Jeffersons Declaration of Independence three years later: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.      - Philip was also a Sheffield Town Selectman until his death in 1779

Philip Callender was born on 13 March 1747/8 in Sheffield, Berkshire County, MA and died 10 Mar 1818 in Huntington Twp, Luzerne Co, PA. He married Abigail Franklin, daughter of John Franklin and Kezia Pierce of Warwick, Kent Co, RI. During the Revolution, Philip Callender was a private in Captain Elijab Deming's Company, Colonel Asbley's Regiment, enlisting on 4 Jun 1778 and discharged on 15 Jul 1778. He is buried in Scott Cemetery, Waterton, Luzerne County, PA

Patriot Christian Carpenter was born about 1722 in Switzerland. He was a child when his family arrived in America on The Ship Pink Plaisance on 21 September 1732. They first settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Kiser in 1741 and they moved to North Carolina in 1742. During the Revolution, Patriot Carpenter was a member of the Tryon County, North Carolina Committee of Safety. He also furnished various necessary supplies to the Armies and Militia of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. He died before 24 Jul 1800 in Lincoln County, North Carolina and was buried in Big Gullies cemetery in Course, North Carolina

Patriot William Carr was born about 1752 in Halifax County, Virginia to John Carr (1720-1769) and Barbara Overton (1720-1794). During the Revolution he served as a Captain in the Virginia Militia from Halifax County. He married Tabitha Collins (1762-1833) about 1779. He died in Halifax County, Virginia before 28 Sep 1835.

During the Revolution Raleigh Carter was one of numerous patriots from Virginia who furnished supplies to the Continental Army, as reflected in the Court Records of Amelia County. As the owner of a large and successful plantation in Amelia County he was in a position to make this necessary contribution to win his country's freedom. Raleigh Carter was one of the sons of Thomas Carter, of Christ Church parish, Lancaster, Virginia, and his first wife Sarah Haynie. Raleigh was born in Lancaster about 1740 and died in Nottoway County prior to 1820, leaving numerous and prominent descendants. Raleigh Carter was married twice, first in Lancaster to Sarah Sharpe and next to Lucy Anne Crenshaw, daughter of William Crenshaw of Nottoway County. Between the date of his first and second marriages, in 1772, Raleigh Carter removed from Lancaster, to what was then Amelia County. In 1782 Raleigh Carter was a justice of the Amelia County Court, and doubtless continued as such until Nottoway County was formed. In 1792 he was High Sheriff of Nottoway. The family bible was burned during the Civil War and likewise most of the early records of Nottoway County, so that it is impossible to get a complete account of Raleigh Carter's children, and the date of his death. Raleigh Carter was the first of three generations of Carters to own Plentiful Level, a 1,690-acre plantation in Amelia County, Virginia.

Joel Chandler was born in Georgia about 1740 and was a patriot during the Revolution. During the war, while living Granville, County, North Carolina, he made an Oath of Allegiance to the State of North Carolina, in support of the cause of independence. He died in Granville County, North Carolina where his will was recorded in Nov 1800

Patriot William Chapman was born about 1753 in South Carolina. During the Revolution, Patriot Chapman performed Militia duty in Camden District, South Carolina, under Captain Aramanous Liles and Major John Pearson. He was at Russells Ferry and Four Holes under Colonel Winn and at Orangeburg under Colonel Thomson. He died in Fairfield County, South Carolina, where he signed his will on 9 Sep 1841

Patriot James Chitwood was born in Powhatan, Virginia on 21 Jun 1751. Served as a Private in the American/Colonial Revolutionary army in the infantry of the South Carolina Line. There is a plaque bearing his name in Huntsville, Tennessee. After the war, he formed a settlement called Chitwood in Campbell (now Scott) County, Tennessee. He married Martha White. He died on 4 Mar 1839 in Campbell County, Tennessee and was buried in Chitwood cemetery in Winfield, Tennerssee

Patriot James Clark was born on 12 Jan 1737 in Virginia. Records show he served during the Revolution as a Captain in the Culpeper County Militia, was granted a pension for this service. and that he furnished supplies for the troops. He married Mary Marston, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth (Towles) Marston. He died on 2 Jun 1789 in Virginia

Patriot William Clark was born on 26 Apr 1716 in Middlesex County, Virginia. He was the son of Edward Clark and his 3rd wife, Ann Christopher, who were married in Middlesex County. in 1706 [source: "Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex Co., Va." 1653-1812]. Patriot Clark married Ann James in Orange County, Virginia about 1736, where he had settled with his brother, John, at the base of Clark's Mountain. In 1745, William bought a plantation on Robinson River extending back to the base of Thoroughfare Mountain. During the Revolution he provided patriotic service as a private citizen, rendering material aid by providing bacon and rye for the use of the Army in 1780. By his will, dated Oct. 20, 1787, probated Dec. 17, 1787, Culpeper County, William Clark, Sr left his land to his son Joseph and personal estate to some of his children

Patriot Lot Colby was born In Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts on 25 Oct 1717 to Abraham Colby (1683-1738) and Sarah Buckman (1789-???). He married Anne Walker (1713-1769) in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire on 9 Sep 1738. During the Revolution he was one of the signer from Concord of the New-Hampshire Declaration for Independence - the "Association Test," as it was called. Each signer solemnly engaged and promised that they would, to the utmost of their power and at the risk of their Lives and Fortunes, with Arms, oppose the Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets and Armies, against the United American Colonies. He died on 2 Apr 1790 in Concord, New Hampshire.

Patriot Samuel Colby was born to Lot Colby (1717-1790) and Ann Walker (1717-1764) in Rumford, New Hampshire on 22 May 1740. He married Sarah Cummings1743-1818) in 1763. He served during the Revolution as a Private in Captain Livermors Company, 3rd Battalion of New Hampshire forces commanded by Colonel Scammell. He died in Concord, New Hampshire on 11 May 1797.

Patriot Cluverious Coleman was born was born in Abingdon Parish about 1740. In about 1760 Cluverious married Elizabeth Massey and they were the parents of 10 children. He first settled in Lunenburg County and then to Mecklenburg County, Virginia where he eventually owned 1200 acres of land. His acreage was on both sides of the Meherrin River and Laton's Creek, in the north central portion of Mecklenburg County that borders Lunenburg County. He acquired the land in Lunenburg County on 7 Apr 1761 from Thomas Brown. He the acquired more land in the area and was in business with William Green and Benjamin Whitehead. During the Revolution he served as a member of the Committee of Safety-Gentlemen of Justice 1775/6. He also provided a wagon, team and driver, and a dark bay horse for 35 days, as well as giving the Continental Army 110 lbs of flour. He died before 14 Oct 1799, probably in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

He was born in about 1755 in Virginia to Thomas Abner Connell (1742-1835) and Gemina Felton (1742-?). During the Revolution, he served as a Private in Colonel Elijah Clarks Regiment in the Georgia Militia. He married Penelope Poring Owsley (1763-1820) about 1780 in Wilkes County, Georgia. After the Revolution, he was listed on a certificate of Colonel E. Clark, dated 20 Apr 1784, entitling him to a bounty of land. He died before 8 Dec 1807 in Hancock County, Georgia

Patriot John Copeland was born in Ireland on February 12, 1747/48. He married Margaret Blakeley, the daughter of John Blakeley, Sr. and Rachel Orr, both who had emigrated from Ireland. Around 1755, the family left Pennsylvania and moved to Laurens County, South Carolina, near the town of Clinton. They belonged to Duncans Creek Presbyterian Church. During the Revolution, Patriot John Copeland served as a private and lieutenant in the militia under Captains William Jenkins, John Burton and William Copeland, Colonel Bratton and General Henderson during 1780, 1781, and 1782. John Copeland died on September 20, 1826 in the Duncan's Creek section of Laurens County, South Carolina. His wife, Margaret Blakeley, died on February 22, 1844. Both of them are buried in Duncans Creek Presbyterian Church cemetery, where his descendants put up a new gravestone in 1956. The inscription reads John Copeland, Sr. 1748-1826 and Margaret Blakeley 1758-1844. (Both born in Ireland) Served in the Revolutionary War in Col. William Bratton's regiment."

Patriot Gad Corse was born on 13 September 1723 in Deerfield, Franklin County Massachusetts. He married Mary Wright in December 1747 in Northfield, Franklin County, MA. In 1758 he served under Major John Hawk during the French and Indian War taking part in engagements at Ticonderoga, Fort De Quesne, and in the capture of the French Fort Frontenac on Lake Ontario. During the Revolutionary War, Gad Corse trained Captain Eldad Wrights Company of Minute Men from Northfield, MA in the arts of military exercise. He was appointed to lead a committee to receive money to procure arms and ammunition, of all those persons in the town of Northfield that were willing to contribute money to the war effort. After the war, he moved to Halifax, VT. He died on 31 July 1788 in Wilmington, Windham County, VT. Gad Corse was a tanner and shoemaker by vocation, and a patriot at heart

Patriot James Coulter was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland in 1748. He emigrated to America in the 1760s. During the American Revolution James Coulter served as a private in the Albany County (NY) militia under Colonel Van Woert. He may have fought in the victorious Battle of Saratoga in 1777, which many scholars regard as one of the turning points of the Revolution. James Coulter died in 1783 and is buried in Old turnpike Cemetery in Cambridge, NY

Abraham Covert served as an Ensign in the 3rd Regiment, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Militia. He was born in Somerset County, New Jersey but lived in Hunterdon County during the Revolutionary War. He first married Sarah Clawson and they had four children before she died in New Jersey. He then married Ariann (Coshun) Wykoff, a widow with three children. They had four more children, all born in New Jersey. In 1790, Abraham Covert moved his family including the step children to the Finger Lakes Region where he purchased 600 acres in what became the Town of Ovid, Seneca County, New York. The first Town meeting was held in his home and he held many of offices in the Town of Ovid over the next 25 years. He died in the Town of Ovid, Seneca Co, New York in 1815 and is buried in the Abram Covert Farm Cemetery with his second wife. Abraham Covert was a second cousin of Tunis Covert (see below) and a daughter from Abrahams first wife, Isabella Covert, married Rynear Covert, eldest son of Tunis Covert, another Revolutionary War patriot (see below).

Tunis Covert served as a Private in Capt. Conrad Ten Eyck's Company, Second Battalion, Somerset County, New Jersey, according to Stryker's Register of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War. He was born in Somerset Co., New Jersey and married Magdalene Van Heuglean in New Jersey. They had three sons and four daughters all born in New Jersey. Tunis Covert was a farmer and in the 1791 he purchased 600 acres in the Finger Lakes Region of New York. Two years later he moved his entire family to this land which became part of the Town of Ovid, Seneca County. He was very active in the affairs of the Town of Ovid, holding scores of appointed and elected offices. When the Town of Ovid was divided into a number of towns, the Town of Covert was named in his honor. There is also a village of Covert. His oldest son, Rynear Covert was a Colonel in the Seneca County Militia during the War of 1812. His youngest son, Tunis Covert, Jr. was called to active service during the War of 1812 and participated in some skirmishes near Buffalo, New York. Tunis Covert, Sr. died in 1825 and is buried in the McNeil (Gospel Lot) Cemetery along wife his wife and other members of his family.

Patriot Thomas Crain (Crane) was born in King William County, Virginia about 1755. He served during the Revolution as a Private in the Seventh Virginia Regiment for 12 months under Captain Bentley. He later served another 21 months in the Virginia Militia under Captains Millers, Richardson and Smith. He died in Mercer County, Kentucky on 10 Mar 1833

Thomas Ireton Cromwell was born in approximately 1746 in Baltimore County, MD and was married to Hannah Henrietta Smith. He was a 2nd LT, 1st LT, and Captain in the 4th Maryland Regiment from 14 Jan 1777 to 30 Oct 1779. This Regiment was engaged in the defense of Philadelphia, Battle of Monmouth, Greenes Campaign, and at Yorktown. It was disbanded on 1 Jan 1783 at Charleston, SC. He died sometime before 1 Feb 1799 in Anne Arundel County, MD. Many of his descendants still live in the county.

Patriot James Cunningham was born probably in Dublin, Ireland about 1741 to John Cunningham (1715-1758) and Mary Ursala Peterson-Bidert (1723-1797). The family came to America in about 1753. During the French and Indian War (about 1758) he and his parents were captured in a Shawnee Indian raid and he was held for seven years. During the Revolution he served as a Private and found at the Battle of Point Pleasant. After his service, he also provided supplies and services in support of the Army. He married Agnes Shawnee Moore (1741-1820) in Pennsylvania, moved to South Branch, Virginia, and settled at Old Fields, Hardy County, Virginia. He later moved to Upper Tract, then to North Fork,then to Crab Bottom and finally to Huttonsville. He died before 24 Sep 1810 in Randolph County, Virginia

Thanks to the hard work of people like Mr. C. Thomas Chapman, we have a very thorough knowledge of President James Madisons family. My intention is not restate but, to add some additional information about my ancestors who are part of his extended family Colonel William Daingerfield was the son of William Daingerfield Sr. and Apphia Fauntleroy. Further, Apphia Fauntleroy was the daughter of William Fauntleroy and Apphia Bushrod. Her father and mother were John Bushrod and Hanna Keene of Bushfield, located in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Many of you, who are familiar with Virginia History, know these surnames. Colonel William Daingerfield was in Command of the 7th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line at the beginning of the Revolution. The 7th was instrumental in the dislodging of Lord Dunmore (the last colonial governor) from Virginia. Colonel Daingerfield and the 7th were located at Little York when they were dispatched to Williamsburg. From there, they marched to Gloucester county Virginia on the Piankatank River. Once there, they discovered four English men of war and some smaller vessels at anchor. Three of the vessels were called Kingfisher, Roebuck, and Feay {sic: Fowey}. The enemy was fortified on the opposite side of the river on Gwynns Island. Colonel Daingerfield ordered a ditch to be dug and breastworks constructed to secure the troops. When the defensive perimeter was secure, he ordered an amphibious assault across the river on Gwinns Island to dislodge the enemy from their fortification. They landed in small boats and numbered about 500 men. The troops succeeded in landing on Gwinns Island and marched to the fortifications. Once there, they discovered that the defenders had boarded their vessels and sailed away. The 7th then marched to the Potomac River were they again came upon the ships of war. About two weeks after the 7th arrived, the troops on the Maryland side of the Potomac took two of the ships of war under cannon fire. As a result, the two ships were destroyed and the rest sailed away. Colonel William Daingerfield was one of the first nine Colonels appointed by General George Washington. I suspect that this occurred because William served as an Ensign and then Lieutenant with the General while both were members of the Virginia Regiment until it was disbanded in 1762. He was married to Mary Madison Willis whom was the daughter of John Willis, and Elizabeth Madison. He knew James Madison Sr. and was the Executor of Elizabeth Madison Beales Will. She referred to him as her Well beloved son in law Captain William Daingerfield . Colonel William Daingerfield and Mary Madison Willis Daingerfield lived at Coventry in Spotsylvania County, land that made its way to her from the Willis Family. Henry Willis, the founder of the city of Fredericksburg, was Marys Grandfather. Colonel Daingerfield passed away in 1781 leaving Mary to care for their eight living children Walter John Blair III

Edward Davies was born in Wales in 1745 and had arrived in Savannah by 1775. On 21 Jan 1776, he married Rebecca Lloyd of Charleston, SC. Edward Davies was Justice of the Commission of Beaufort District beginning on 30 Mar 1776 and was later a member of the Rebel Assembly when that body met in Savannah in 1776. Edward Davies was arrested by the British authorities and imprisoned on Cockspur Island, at the mouth of the Savannah River, from 30 Dec 1778 to 18 Mar 1779. He died on 9 Nov 1786 and buried in Savannah. His son William Davies was a member of the Georgia Senate, Mayor of Savannah, and a Judge in the U.S. District Court of Georgia.

Patriot Benjamin Davis was born in Virginia about 1753. During the Revolution he served as a Private in the 4th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army. He married Lydia Meador in Pittsylvania County, Virginia on 31 Jan 1800. He died in Pittsylvania County, Virginia on 22 Mar 1836 and was buried in the Davis Family Cemetery - Cherrystone Plantation

Patriot William Davis was born in Christchurch, Virginia on 29 Sep 1700. During the Revolution he provided patriot service for the Continental Army. He married Elizabeth Shelton in Christchurch, Virginia on 9 Oct 1728. He died in Christchurch, Virginia on 31 Jul 1791

Luke Decker was born in Hampshire County, Virginia, in 1760, into an old Dutch family that first settled in the New Amsterdam colony on Manhattan Island in the 1630s. When the British invaded New Netherlands and stole the Dutch territory and renamed it New York, the Deckers refused to sign the 1675 Oath of Allegiance to the King of England. Like many Dutch Americans, they were early proponents of separating from the British crown to form a new nation. Luke along with four of his brothers and their father John Decker fought for American independence in the Revolutionary War. Lukes commission as a militia officer with the rank of ensign was signed in 1778 by then-Virginia Governor Patrick Henry, the patriot leader famous for declaring, Give me liberty or give me death. After the war, in 1784, Luke and the Decker clan migrated to the wilderness south of Fort Vincennes and began clearing land, farming, serving in the local militia, and holding public office in the government of the old Northwest and Indiana Territories. In 1790, Luke and six other Deckers petitioned Congress for a land grant of 400 acres each in recompense for the many dangers they have encountered and losses they have sustained fighting Indians to make western expansion safe for more settlers. Congress bestowed 200 acres each. That land, coupled with additional estates built up by the family, became Decker Township in Knox County, Indiana. Over a period of three decades, Luke Decker was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas, an associate Circuit Court judge, an elected member in the Territorial House of Representatives, an elected member of the Legislative Council (the upper chamber of the Assembly), and justice of the peace. In 1801, he was a founding trustee of Vincennes University, established by his close friend, then-Governor (and later 9th U.S. President) William Henry Harrison, a fellow Virginian. Governors Arthur St. Clair (a Major-General in the Revolution and President of the Continental Congress), Harrison, and Thomas Posey all appointed Judge Decker to high office. In 1810, Luke was on Governor-General Harrisons war council that met with Shawnee Chief Tecumseh in a failed attempt to avoid armed conflict with the growing Indian confederation. In the lead-up to the War of 1812, Luke was wounded during the Battle of Tippecanoe as a colonel in command of infantry under General Harrison. Afterwards, Governor Harrison wrote to President James Madison praising Lukes performance in combat, and the Indiana House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring his distinguished valor, heroism and bravery displayed in the brilliant battle. Luke Decker, veteran of both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and a founder of the State of Indiana, died on March 25, 1825. He was buried in the family graveyard in Decker Township.

Patriot Joseph DeJarnette Jr was born in Spring Grove, Virginia on 9 Oct 1747. He married Edna George (1740-1777) in Caroline County, Virginia about 1761 and after her death he married Mary Saunders in 1778 and finally Elizabeth Pillarpillow on 7 Sep 1791. During the Revolution he served as a Lieutenant in the Virginia Militia [documented in the Roll of Caroline Men Who Qualified as Officer in the Militia During the War of the Revolution 1776-1783.] He died in Caroline County, Virginia on 31 Jan 1824 and was buried in the DeJarnette Family Cemetery in Caroline County, Virginia

Patriot Joseph DeJarnette Sr was baptized in Abingdon Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia on 3 Mar 1716 to Jean DeJarnette (1680-?) and Mary Mumford (1683-1765). He married Mary Pemberton (1720-1834) in Virginia about 1739 and established the "Spring Grove" Plantation 5000 acres from the Mattaponi River to Maracossic Creek in Caroline County, Virginia. During the Revolution he provided patriot service to the Continental Army. He died in Caroline County, Virginia before Jan 1791 and was buried in the DeJarnette Family Cemetery in Caroline County, Virginia.

Patriot Louis Frederic DeLesdernier was born February 14, 1752 in Halifax, Nova Scotia to Gideon DeLesdernier (1723-1808) and Judith Mary Madelon Martine (1730-1808). With his family of five brothers, he moved to Fort Cumberland about 1763 and in 1776, he joined Col. Jonathan Eddy in his attack on the British Garrison in the Fort. Being repulsed by the British, they retreated to the St. John River, and then moved on to Machias, Maine where Louis Frederic joined Capt. Bondrearis Company of Frenchman as a Lieutenant. He served under Col. John Allen as Lieutenant Department agent and Secretary aid-de-camp to Col. Allen, running the 300-man garrison established there. Their chief duty was garrison service and to hold the Indians true to their allegiance to the American cause, while the British used every artifice at their command to draw the Indians away. While at Machias, he married Sarah Brown (??1814), a daughter of fellow garrison member James Brown, on January 16, 1779. When the war was over, he moved to Passamaquoddy, and settled for a time on a small island in Lubec, then called Fredrichs Island and De Les Dernier Island. When the U.S. system of revenues was established in 1789, he was appointed as the first Collector for the District and when the first Post Office was established later in 1789, he was named as Postmaster. He married twice, having nine children in his first family and four in his second marriage to Sophia Fellows Clark (1817-1838). As the last survivor of his unit, he died in December 1838 as his sons home in Baileyville, Maine. A warm friend, Alfred A. Gallatin, 4th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1801-1814) under President Thomas Madison said of Louis Frederic, He is to me of all Americans, I have seen, the most zealous and full of enthusiasm for the Liberty of his country.

Patriot Charles Noel Romand de Lisle attended the Ecole Militaire in Paris, France, and received a commission of 2nd Lieutenant in Grenoble-Artillerie regiment on September 23, 1760. He was promoted to Lieutenant on January 1, 1763, and transferred to Martinique with a detachment from his unit. On November 27, 1769, he was stripped from the army due to debt and mediocre service. On October 1, 1776, he was in the American Colonies offering his services to General George Washington, who gave him a commission as a Major. He went to Georgia and South Carolina where he helped set up artillery defenses in the southern colonies. He was in command of the American artillery during the siege and attack on Savannah in 1778, which was lost because the British had previously received the plans for the attack from an American deserter. He was taken prisoner, and exchanged in June 1779. For four months from the end of 1779 to the beginning of 1780, he commanded the artillery forces under Admiral dEstaing. Later, he decided to return to France on the ship Les Deux Julies to take care of his deteriorating health. However, en route to Bordeaux, he died on August 16, 1784, and was buried at sea. He met and married Letitia Ingram about 1777 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but there is no record of him divorcing his first wife, whom he had married in Martinique. Letitia emigrated from Belfast, Ireland in 1773 or 1774. Letitia met George Hall, an officer on the boat that brought her to America, but she refused his advances because of his profession. After 1790 when he was no longer working at sea, he proposed to her again, and they were married. They had a daughter, Nancy Hall, born in 1797. In 1798, the family, including James de Lisle, moved to Belmont County, Ohio Children: James de Lisle, born about 1778, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Source to C.N.R.S. de Lisles American military service and biography:      1. Bennett, Charles E., and Donald R. Lennon: A Quest for Glory;      2. Major General Robert Howe and the American Revolution, Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press, p. 73;      3. Manuscript on the Lisle family written by the Rev. James Lisle (5-2) in 1913, original in the Family History Library in Utah, donated by Marianne Millheim;      4. Dictionaire des officiers de larm royale qui ont combattu aux Etats-Unis pendant la guerre dIndndance 1776-1783 by Capitaine Gilbert Bodinier, Chateau de Vincennes, 1982;      5. Biographies Meylanaises, by Pascal Beyls, Genoble, 2000; Ministere de la Defense, Republique Francaise: Statement of services for Romand de Isle

Patriot John Dickerson was born about 1754 in Warwickshire, England. During the Revolution he served as a Private in Captain Allen McLanes Company, Colonel Pattons Regiment, called the Delaware Blues, for six months. He then served as a Private for two years, nine months in the Virginia Line under Captain John Randolphs Company, Colonel Henry Lees Regiment. He is reported to have fought at the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and Stony Point. He married Catherine Ann (Round) Olendorf (1767-1863) about 1793 in North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio. He died on 9 Jul 1833 in Newport, Vermillion County, Indiana

Lt John Easley served in the South Carolina militia under Col. Roebuck in the Spartan Brigade during the Revolutionary War following the fall of Charleston, South Carolina to the British in 1780.
On June 18, 1781 Thomas Farrar, brigade major, gave a receipt to John Easley for “a bay mare impress for Public Service–Appraised to forty-five pounds to be paid in gold or silver or the value thereof in Continental money. By Order of General Pickins.”
Both Lt Easley and his son, Millington Easley were killed fighting the British before 1783.
In 1786 Ann Gowen Easley “also referred as the widow Easley” petitioned the government for mil¬itary pay for her deceased husband and son, requesting that the compensation be tendered to “Capt. John Gowen” her brother and shortly afterward promoted to the rank of Major.
And later received;
“John Easely, Lieutenant for Militia duty in Roebuck’s Regiment since the fall of Charleston, £44, 10 shillings. Received August 5, 1786 Full Satisfaction for interest for the within.
C. C. Schutt”
“Millington Easely, £14, 7 shillings and one penny, half penny. Received September 1, 1786 three years interest on the within Indent.
C. C. Schutt”
Apparently, the affidavit was written by Bayliss Earle, an old friend of the Gowen family who should have known how to correctly spell “Easley.” The resulting indents bore the fol¬lowing endorsements:
On December 22, 1786 John “Buck” Gowen signed a receipt for full satisfaction for compensation from the Commissioners of the Treasury “in the purchase of land for Ann Easley.” Ann Gowen Easley settled for land, feeling that getting payment from the hard-pressed government would be difficult and long in coming.

Patriot Robert Elliott was born in County Antrim, Ireland in 1763 and was brought to America by his parents settling in the Pennsylvania Colony, Westmoreland County. Patriot Elliott served his country during the Revolutionary War performing duty in service to the Westmoreland County Militia under the command of Ensign Charles Mitchell, and was part of the 7th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Continental Line in July 1782. On July 13, 1782, in one of the final battles of the Revolutionary War, Patriot Elliot participated in the failed defense of Hannastown, PA in Westmorland County, where the pioneer settlement of Hannastown was attacked and burned by the British 8th (The Kings) Regiment of Foot, allied by the Seneca Indians. After the war, Patriot Elliot moved to Butler County in 1796 where he and his large family planted the first fruit trees and orchards in the county. He was also a charter member of the Bull Creek Presbyterian church, which was the first church on the west bank of the Allegheny River in 1796. Patriot Elliot died in 1846 at 82 years of age

Benjamin Elston volunteered for the New Jersey Militia in October 1777 and served six months as a private in Captain Lanes Company. He then re-enlisted as a Minute Man for an indefinite period in the same Company, serving approximately 18 months in that capacity. According to his pension affidavit, he participated in the Battle of Springfield (New Jersey) in which the town was taken and burnt by the British and several smaller skirmishes. During the course of his service in the militia, he saw Generals Washington, Greene and Wayne with the troops. His father, David Elston, served as a sergeant in the same Company of the New Jersey Militia. After the war, Benjamin Elston was a farmer who moved first to North Carolina and later to Kentucky in search of betterland. He died in Kentucky at age 85. He and his wife, Elizabeth Long, had five children between 1790 and 1799. His widow received an annual pension of $20 for his service in the Revolutionary War. His son, John Elston, served in the Mounted Kentucky Volunteers during the War of 1812 and fought at the battle of the Thames River in Ontario, Canada, under the command of General William Henry Harrison (later elected 9th President of the United States).

David Elston was born in Elizabeth, Essex County, New Jersey, in 1740. From 1780-81, he served as a Sergeant in Captain Benjamin Laing's Company, 1st Essex County Regiment, New Jersey Militia. He died after 1810, probably in Henry County, Kentucky.

Abraham Faw was born 14 May 1747 in Benken, Switzerland, the only son of Jacob Pfau and Catherine Disslin. He immigrated to America with his family through Holland and England, landing in Philadelphia in 1749 and finally settling in Maryland in 1750. He died 25 Jun 1828 in Alexandria, VA. Abraham Faw was a patriot whose family had endured hardship by civil strife, land policy and craftsman guild domination of the economy in Switzerland. Nearly half their village immigrated together in groups, by design based on correspondences and recommendations from kinsmen back from America. Abraham was only two years of age when his family left Switzerland. They passed through Holland and London, England, where they were delayed by illness and the need to obtain the cost of passage to America and settled in Frederick County, Maryland.. He became a house builder, businessman, and politician in and around Frederick Town (now Frederick). Tradition has it that a local sign painter misunderstood the name Pfau and printed Faw. With characteristic Swiss frugality, Abraham kept the change in name which he then brought to prominence as a leader in the Revolution. His close friendship with Maryland's first Governor, Thomas Johnson gave him entree to society and business at a time when German commerce and politics were still held in check by law and culture. Patriot Faw served the Revolutionary cause in many capacities. In January 1775, Faw was appointed to the Frederick County Committee of Observation, charged to prevent any infractions of the Association and Resolves of the Provincial Congress. In 1777, the State of Maryland contracted with Faw to construct a proper powder magazine which, when completed, handled orders for powder from around the state. He was also engaged in the most important project during the war years in Frederick Town construction of the military barracks. Built just south of the city, the barracks were originally designed to prevent the quartering of troops in private homes. In December 1780, Frederick Town learned that the barracks would be used to house the "Convention Troops," British soldiers who had been surrendered at the American victory of Saratoga. Hessian troops who had been captured at Yorktown were also brought to Frederick in January 1782. Abraham Faw served in the County legislature from 1785-1789; was elected to the state legislature in 1787 where he served on the committee that passed - and he signed - Maryland's copy of the U.S. Constitution; and ran (unsuccessfully) as a candidate for the first U.S. Congress in 1788. In 1794 Faw moved to Alexandria, Virginia. He was appointed as a justice for Alexandria County, District of Columbia in 1806 and 1821, and also served as a commissioner for the same county in 1812 and 1818. He died 25 June 1828 in Alexandria, VA.

Patriot William Fergus was born in Chester, Pennsylvania about 1746. During the Revolution he provided patriot service to the Continental Army. He died in Madison County, Goergia on 3 Apr 1819

Nathan Field served as a Private in the Continental Army. Pvt. Field was sworn in by Capt. Elisha Hunt on 4 April 1779 in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. He then joined the 2nd Continental Artillery Regiment, and served for a year under Colonel John Lamb. During this time the regiment had the unique distinction of serving the guns at West Point.

Patriot George Fisher was born in Perkiomenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on 12 Jun 1739. He married Anna Barbara Eberhard on 12 May 1761. During the Revolution he served as a Private in the Pennsylvania Militia and was a member of the Commander-in-Chiefs Guard. He died in Perkiomenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on 11 Dec 1791 and was buried in East Greenville, Pennsylvania

Near the rocky coast of Wales, stand the ruins of the ancient and historic castle of Flint. Descendants from this area included Thomas Flint who emigrated to Salem, Massachusetts around 1640. Thomas Flints first son was Thomas, a farmer and carpenter reportedly much engaged in public service and was an active promoter in establishing the church at Salem. He eventually accumulated some 900 acres which he gifted to his sons. His son Samuel was born in 1683 and inherited his father's estate. Samuel, the second son of Samuel, was born April 9th, 1733 and died a hero at the Battle of Stillwater. Capt. Samuel Flint was in command of one of the seven companies from Danvers in Col Timothy Pickerings regiment which answered a call to arms on April 19, 1775 in response to the British plan to seize all stores of weapons and gunpowder accessible to the American insurgents, specifically at the Concord arsenal. When the British troops reached Concord at about 7 a.m., they found themselves encircled by hundreds of armed Patriots. Lieutenant Colonel Frances Smith, the overall commander of the British force, ordered his men to return to Boston and as the British retraced their 16-mile journey, their lines were constantly beset by Patriot marksmen firing at them Indian-style from behind trees, rocks, and stone walls. Rumored to have been slain, it was a joyful surprise when Capt. Flint returned to his family and friends. Unfortunately, he was slain leading his company on October 7, 1777 at the Battle of Stillwater, generally regarded as a turning point in the Revolutionary war. While British General John Burgoynes troop strength was nominally higher, he likely had only about 5,000 effective, battle-ready troops on October 7, as losses from earlier battles in the campaign had reduced his forces. Burgoyne attacked Bemis Heights on October 7 after it became apparent he would not receive relieving aid. In heavy fighting, marked by Benedict Arnold's spirited rallying of the American troops, Burgoyne lost 1,000 men while American losses came to about 500 killed and wounded including Capt. Flint and his first Lieutenant, Herrick of Beverly. By October 13 Burgoyne was surrounded at Saratoga, and on October 17 he surrendered his army, returned to England and was never given another commanding position in the British army. An officer once asked Capt. Flint where he could find him to which he replied stoically "Where the enemy is there you will find me." His friends received melancholy tokens, which they could not mistake;" these were his belt, perforated with a bullet and crimsoned with his heart's blood, also his sword and watch. Major Elijah Flint was the second son of Capt. Samuel Flint, and inherited the homestead. The third son, Capt. Hezekiah Flint was a mariner, who while commanding the schooner "Scynthia" in 1794, repelled an attack by Bermudian Privateers, captured them and returned to Martha's Vineyard, thus exemplifying the resolve of his father. Burial: Flint Burial Ground, Peabody, MA

Patriot Thomas Florence was born about 1752 in Prince William County, Virginia to William Obadiah Florence (1710-1799) and Lettice Whitescarver (1715-1786). During the Revolution he served as a Private in the Virginia Militia from Culpeper County. He married Isabella (---) about 1779 and then left Virginia and went first to North Carolina and then to Georgia where he acquired land in the Georgia Headrights, Wilkes County, in 1786. This part of Wilkes County eventually became Lincoln County where the 1800 census shows Patriot Thomas Florence owned 200 acres of land. He lived out his life in Georgia around the Goshen Baptist Church area of Lincoln County , he died on 27 Nov 1834 in Lincoln County, Georgia and may be buried at the Goshen Baptist Church

Patriot William Florence was born about 1715 in Virginia. He married Lettice (---) before 1734/35, probably in Virginia. During the Revolution he provided patriot service by furnishing supplies while residing in Culpeper County, Virginia. He died after 17 Dec 1792 in Wilkes County, Georgia

Colonel John Floyd of Amherst Co., Virginia served on the Kentucky frontier and was a founding leader of Louisville. Before the War, he was the Deputy Surveyor of Kentucky. Floyd surveyed land for many people, including 2,000 acres for George Washington. In 1776 Col. William Preston of the Lynchburg area asked Floyd to search out a suitable vessel for privateering. Floyd joined Preston and several other people in ownership, including Carter Braxton, the Virginia merchant and politician; Col. William Preston; Col. John Radford, Edmund Pendleton, and Dr. Thomas Walker, all of Virginia; and Robert Morris, the Philadelphia merchant. Appointed to the Privateer Phoenix to captain any captured prize ship found in the West Indian waters, and serve as the agent of the owners, he sailed from Virginia in 1777. They soon had a prize, and Floyd set out to sail her to Virginia. Instead, he was captured by the Royal Navy and imprisoned in Forton Gaol in Portsmouth, England. Brought to trial, he was released by the court, traveled to Paris, met with Dr. Benjamin Franklin there, was loaned 20 Louis dOrsand returned to Virginia. Understandably, he returned to the land and resumed surveying. He was involved with Daniel Boone in both exploration of the frontier and fighting Indians, as well as in the governance of the settlements in Kentucky. At 33, he was cut down by a Shawnee war party in April 1783. Buried in Kentucky near present-day Louisville, he left behind a beautiful young widow, Jenny Buchanan Floyd. She gave birth a week later to their son John Floyd, who would grow up to be a surgeon and major in the War of 1812, a U.S. congressman, and governor of Virginia. Floyd is remembered throughout Virginia and Kentucky with historic markers, and two counties are named for him, one in each of Virginia and Kentucky. His nephew, Sergeant Charles Floyd, participated in the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Patriot William Flynn was born in Lundenburg County, Virginia on 30 Oct 1760. During the Revolution he served as a Private in the Virginia Militia as follows: 1779 9 weeks under Colonel Peachy; 1780 6 month under Captain Doodale and Colonel Falkner; and 1781 6 months under Majors Duvall and Boyce, and Colonel Decks. Patriot Flynn was allowed a pension on account of the above service, certificate number 23327. He married first Elizabeth Adams about 1789 and second Nancy West in Greenwood County, South Carolina on 22 Aug 1794. He died in Edgefield District, South Carolina on 30 Aug 1837 and was buried in Old Star Fort Cemetery, Greenwood County, South Carolina

Patriot Asa Foote was born in Colchester, Connecticut on 4 May 1726. During the Revolution he served as a member of the Committee on Relief. He was married to Jerusha Carter in 1752 and he died in Marlborough, Connecticut on 11 May 1799 and was buried in Century Cemetery in Marlborough, Connecticut

Patriot John Forbes was born on 19 Mar 1757 in Benedict, Charles County, Maryland. During the Revolution Lieutenant Forbes served in the 3rd Maryland Regiment under Captain Belain Posey, Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Ramsey, and Colonel Mordecai Gist. This Regiment saw action at the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Camden, Guilford Court House, Eutaw Springs, and Yorktown. After the war he married Elizabeth Marshall (1765-1782) at Marshall Hall in Charles County, Maryland. He died on 31 Dec 1804 in Benedict, Charles County, Maryland

Patriot Nathaniel Foster was born on 6 June 1711 in Plymouth, Masschusetts to John Foster and Hannah Stetson. On 6 Feb 1734/5 he married Mercy Thatcher, daughter of Rev. Peter Thatcher (1 Oct 1688-22 Apr 1744) and Mary Prince (1 Aug 1688-1 Oct 1771), in Middleboro, MA. Mercy was born on 9 Apr 1714 in Middleboro, Massachusetts and died on 24 Dec 1746. He then married Abigail Billings on 25 Oct 1748 in Little Compton, Rhode Island. During the Revolution he served as a Private in the Massachusetts Line of Colonel Henry Knoxs Regiment. He died at Middleboro 6 April, 1793 in his 83 year

Patriot Gershom Foster was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts on 6 Jul 1754 to Nathaniel and Abigail Foster. During the Revolution he served as a Private in the Massachusetts Line of Colonel Henry Knoxs Regiment. He died in Brooklyn, New York before 27 July 1832

Patriot John George Sr was born in Middlesex County, Virginia before 3 Sep 1704 to Robert George (1666-1733) and Sarah Elliott (1668-1734). He married Mary Millicent Jordan (1704-1750) in Virginia before 17 Nov 1727 and later married Ursula Dudley about 1750. During the Revolution he provided patriotic service as a Captain in the Militia from Halifax County, Virginia. He died in Caroline County, Virginia before 13 May 1784

Patriot Mary (Sandidge) Gholston was born in 1721 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia to William Sandidge (1698-1746) and Ann Pullium (1704-1784). She married Anthony Gholston Jr. While living in Halifax County, Virginia, Mary furnished supplies, in the form of corn and fodder, to the Continental troops. She was married to Anthony Gholston. She died in Halifax County, Virginia after 15 Nov 1785

Patriot Johan George Gilbert was born In Montgomery County, PA on April 29, 1753.  He served as a Sergeant in the Third Company, Fourth Battalion of the Philadelphia County Militia.  He married Susanna Witman (1755-1839) in 1774.  He died in 1838 and is buried along with his wife in the New Hanover Evangelical Lutheran Churchyard in Gilbertsville, PA.  The name Gilbertsville derived from the large number of Gilbert family descended from Hans George Gilbert who relocated from Hoffenheim, Germany in 1750.

Patriot Edward Gisby was born about 1750 in Middleborough, Massachusetts. On 21 Jan 1776 he married Deborah Elmes. He married Deborah Elmes (1757-1822) in Middleborough, Massachusetts on 1 Jan 1776. During the Revolution, he served as a Private with the Massachusetts militia under Colonel Thomas Marshall, Colonel John Daggett, and Colonel Sprout from May 1776 to July 1778. He died in a shipwreck off Salt Island, Cape Ann, Massachusetts on 11 Jan 1796 and was buried in the Cemetery at the Green, Middleborough,?Massachusetts

Patriot John Gray was born in Fairfax County on 6 Jan 1764. After his father joined the army in 1777, John became the chief support of the family which had 8 children. Frequently the Grays had to depend on rabbits caught by John and his brothers as their only meat. At one time ,John worked a week at plowing for 2 1/2 bushels of corn. When his father was killed at The Battle of White plains, John volunteered in 1781 and served until the end of the war. He was present at the surrender of Cornwallis. He was mustered out at Richmond, Virginia at the close of the war and returned to field labor near Mount Vernon. His first days work after mustering out was for General Washington. At the age of 20 he married Nancy Dowell and moved to Morgantown. During the Indian War he lived at Dilleys Bottom and Fish Creek after which he moved to what was later Noble County, Ohio in 1829 and lived the rest of his life there. He married his second wife,Nancy Ragan at the flats of Grave Creek and again married Catharine in Ohio.He not only survived his 3rd wife but all except one of his children. He died on 29 Mar 1868 in Nobel County, Ohio and was buried in the McElroy Family cemetery in Brookfield Twp, Ohio

Patriot Phillip Gray was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island on 22 Jun 1750. He married Deborah Bailey (1751-1807) on 14 Apr 1768. During the Revolution he served as a Private in the Rhode Island Militia in Captain Cooks Company under Colonel John Cooks Regiment. He died in Tiverton, Rhode Island on 7 Sep 1801

William Henry Gregory was born in Amherst County, Virginia. During the Revolution he served as a private in Colonel John Luttrells Chatham County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia. He fought in the Battle of Lindleys Mill, 13 September 1781, and in other engagements. After the War, Gregory crossed the Appalachians to Tennessee where he settled in Smith County on the Cumberland River. He died there on September 30, 1852.

Robert Grier was born in Pennsylvania. He moved to Georgia just before the Revolution and served as Soldier from Georgia during the Revolution. After the war he was granted 287 acres in Washington County, Georgia. He died in Dallas County, Alabama. His son, Isaac, who was born in 1776, became the first Presbyterian minister born in Georgia.

Patriot Moses Hadley was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts on 14 Nov 1750. He married Rebeca Page (1753-1847), daughter of Samuel Page (1729-1810) and Esther Whittemore (1729-1757). During the Revolution he served as a Private in the New Hampshire Militia under the command of Captain Joseph Hammond. He died at Nottingham West, Rockingham County, New Hampshire on 9 Sep 1829).

Patriot Francis Ignatius Hagan was born ca 1754 in Fairfax County, VA. He enlisted at Hampton, Virginia in 1775, with the 3rd VA Regiment of the Continental Line. He served as a Private under Captain David Arell in 1777. It was noted in his obituary (Alexandria Gazetter, 17 Dec 1830) that he had entered service aht e commencement of the war aand served until its end. He applied for a pension 1 Apr 1818 in the District of Columbia. Patriot Hagan died in Alexandria at the age of 76 in Dec 1830 and was buried in Saint Marys Cemetery, Alexandria, VA. Sources: Gwathney, J.H., Historical Register, VA in Revolution 1775 to 1783, pg 336 Wardell, P.G., VA/WV Revolutionary War Records, pub 1988: 231 White, Virgil D., Genealogical Abstracts of Rev War Pension Files, Vol 2 pg 1469 VASSAR Graves Registration Submissions, Feb 2006

Samuel Hale was a soldier, patriot, statesman, peace officer, surveyor and community leader. He learned his military skills as a drummer in the 1st Company, 1st Regiment, Connecticut in 1758 and 1759 where he proved his mettle as a soldier while participating in the French and Indian War during the attack on Fort Carillon (Fort Ticonderoga). Following this service, he continued his association with his local militia unit in Suffield, Connecticut. At the age of 35 he again answered the call to duty when his unit responded to the Lexington alarm on 19 April 1776. Samuel marched with his unit for two days towards Lexington and Concord. Arriving too late for the action, he returned home and continued his endeavors in both the local militia and in public service throughout the remainder of his life. He served until the end of the Revolution as a member of several committees supporting soldiers families and in a number of positions of public trust including service as a constable, collector of taxes, grand juror, surveyor of highways and selectman. By the completion of the American Revolution, Samuel Hale had been elected as a Captain in the Suffield Militia. In 1803, he visited the Ohio Western Reserve as a representative of the Connecticut Land Company. He later relocated his family to what is now Suffield, Ohio, in Portage County where many of his descendants remain today. His grandson was a major participant in the Underground Railroad during the American Civil War, and his great grandson and children had major impact on the development of the Ohio education system and the state agricultural industry. One even developed the Hale Peach. Samuels great-great grand-daughter was instrumental in raising funds for the Washington Memorial Chapel and Bell Tower at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, which has the Hale name inscribed at its base.

Patriot Hugh Harris was born on 7 Jan 1755 while aboard a ship traveling to America from Ireland. His family settled in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. During the Revolution he served as a Corporal in Militia in North Carolina and was briefly captured at Camden, SC, but escaped. He married Martha Robison in Mecklenburg on 11 Jan 1780, died on 11 Aug 1825 and is buried at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Oliver Hartshorn was born on 1 November 1761 in Franklin, Connecticut. He served as a private in Captain Charles Meils Company of the Connecticut State Brigade. He was encamped at Valley Forge with General Washington. He died on 18 December 1810 in Lisbon, Connecticut.

Stephen Heard was born in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1740. Heard joined George Washington's Virginia Regiment and fought in the French and Indian War. Washington promoted him to Captain, and they remained life-long friends. Because of his service to England during the French and Indian War, Heard obtained a land grant of 150 acres some fourteen miles from the mouth of the Little River, an area that had not yet been secured from the Creek and Cherokee Indians. To offer settlers protection from Indian attacks, Heard and his brother Barnard constructed a fort. Completed in 1774, Heard's Fort served as a refuge for local inhabitants and later became the focal point for the town of Washington, the seat of Wilkes County, Georgia. At the start of the Revolution, Heard immediately joined the patriot cause despite its relative unpopularity and the British occupation of Georgia. By 1778 Tory activity in Wilkes County had intensified, especially after the quick fall of Georgia's two most important cities, Savannah and Augusta, to the British. The British occupation of Georgia emboldened Tories in the northeastern section of the colony to acts of violence, one of which resulted in personal tragedy for Heard. In his absence a group of Tories invaded his home and forced his wife (Jane Germany) and their adopted daughter out of the house into the snow. They subsequently died of exposure to the cold. Captain Heard, fighting under the command of Cols. Andrew Pickens and John Dooley, and Lt. Col. Elijah Clark, at the Battle of Kettle Creek on February 14, 1779, where a patriot force of 350 surprised and ambushed Colonel James Boyd's regiment of almost 600 Tories. The result was a complete rout of Loyalist forces; only 270 of them escaped the battlefield alive. Captain Heard distinguished himself by encouraging his men and leading them to points of danger as well as taking an active part in the engagement. Shortly thereafter, however, Heard was captured by Tories and taken as a prisoner to British-held Augusta, where authorities intended to hang him for treason. One local legend maintains that Heard would have been executed had it not been for the courage of his female slave Mammy Kate, who with her husband, Daddy Jack, traveled on horseback to Augusta to free her master. Kate convinced British sentries to let her visit Heard and give him food and clean clothes. Once in the cell, she hid Heard in a large laundry basket, which she covered with dirty linens, hoisted onto her head, and carried out of the prison. Captain Heard also was elected by Wilkes County to the state House of Assembly and served briefly as the Governor of Georgia in 1780-81 by appointment of the patriot executive council. During his term, the British, who had overrun most of the state, were in control of its principal cities, and the backcountry was in a state of anarchy. Heard's Fort functioned temporarily as Georgia's capitol, but raids by Tories and Indians forced Heard and the council to move about continually to avoid capture by the British. After the Revolution, Heard received approximately 6,850 acres in land grants. On one tract of this land, about thirty miles north of Washington, he built the stately home he called Heardmont. In 1790 the land on which the house was built was included in the large parcel ceded from Wilkes County to form Elbert County. He continued to be politically active, serving as a justice of Elbert County's court for many years. He was one of the delegates representing Elbert County in the Georgia constitutional convention of 1795, and he served on the committee that laid out the county seat of Elberton in 1803. He also remarried; his second wife was Elizabeth Darden, from Virginia. The couple had five daughters and four sons. In educating his daughters, Heard became one of the first and leading patrons of the Moravian School (now Salem College), an educational institution for women in Salem, North Carolina. On November 15, 1815, Heard died at Heardmont. He was buried in the family cemetery near the home. The monument above his grave bears the following inscription: "Sacred to the Memory of Col Stephen Heard. He was a soldier of the American Revolution, and fought with the Great Washington for the liberties of his country." Mammy Kate and Daddy Jack are buried in the same cemetery. Heard County, created in west central Georgia in 1830, was named in his honor.

He was born in Surry County, Virginia about 1750 to Thomas and Sarah Heath. He married Winnifried Cotton (1755-1827) about 1770 in Virginia. During the Revolution he served as a Private in Captain Foxs Company of the 6th Virginia Regiment under Colonel Hendricks. After the war he settled in South Carolina and then moved to Georgia and obtained a land grant in Burke County, 1787, and another in 1801. From Burke County he travelled to Wilkes County, Georgia and obtained a grant of land there in 1782. Afterwards he moved to Warren County, Georgia. He died before 4 Jan 1808 in Warren County, Georgia

Josiah Hendon was born in 1753 in Bladen County, NC. He was Captain of the Bladen County Regiment in the years 1775 and 1776 and fought at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge on February 27, 1776. This was the first major engagement of the Revolution to be fought in North Carolina. While the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge may not be as well known as the early battles of the Revolution fought in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania or the battles of the late war Southern Campaign in Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia, it was important in that it helped to hold North Carolina on the Patriot side during the early years of the Revolution and Captain Josiah Hendon was one of the men who contributed to this American victory. Josiah died in 1830 and was buried in the family graveyard near Elizabethtown, NC. The NCSAR held a grave marking ceremony at his grave in May, 2014. Many of his descendants still live in the area

Robert Hendry was born March 17, 1752, on the island of Arran, Scotland. He came to America about 1770 with his brothers James and William and settled in New Hanover County, NC. In 1778 he married Ann Lee of the Black River settlement. During the Revolution he served as a Soldier while living in New Hanover County. He is believed to have served under Light-Horse Harry Lee and been present at Cornwalliss surrender at Yorktown. He was commissioned as Justice of the Peace of Liberty County in 1802, serving periodically until 1824. Based on his service during the Revolution he participated in the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery. He is buried at Ft. Stewart in Liberty County, Georgia.

Patriot Lewis Hickle was born in 1730 in Kurtzenhausen, Alsace, Lorraine, France to Lorentz Hickel (1697-1738) and Eva Schultzin (1689-1738). During the Revolution he served as a Private in the Virginia Line. He married Elizabeth Huber. He died in Botetourt County, Virginia 21 Nov 1807

Patriot William Hooe was born in Stafford County, Virginia on 9 Sep 1743. During the Revolution he provided supplies and services to the Continental Army. He married Frances Pratt about 1769 and later married Susanna Pratt on 13 Nov 1782 in King George County, Virginia. He died in King George County, Virginia before 2 Mar 1809

Patriot William Hough was born about 1750 probably in North Carolina. He married Mary (---) in North Carolina and she died there after 13 Dec 1792. During the Revolution, he served as a Private in the North Carolina Militia and records from North Carolina show him as paying into the Comptroller's Office 3 pounds, 1 shilling on 5 Jan 1782. He died about 1792, probably in North Carolina

Patriot Samuel Humber was born about 1739 in Spears Ferry, Virginia to John Humber (1709-1781) and Betty Meeks (1716-?). During the Revolution, he provided patriotic service in Frederick County, VA by furnishing supplies to the militia. He died after 11 Jul 1804 in Tennessee and was buried in New Hope (Quaker Knob) cemetery in Green County, Tennessee

Patriot Zerubbabel Hunnewell was born in Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine on 15 Apr 1716 to Roger Hunnewell (1676-1720) and Mary Moore (1680-1750). He married Hannah (Cobb) Swett (1712-1791) in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine on 7 Feb 1754. During the Revolution he provided patriot service by serving as a member of the Committee of Correspondence and Safety, Windham, Massachusetts, in 1776, 1777, 1778, 1780 and 1783. He died in Windham, Cumberland County, Maine on 23 Aug 1803 and was buried at the Old Anderson-Hunnewell Cemetery, Windham, Maine.

Patriot Lawrence Hurdle was born in the Colony of Maryland in 1750. He served as a Private in the Maryland line from the year we declared independence in 1776 until 1782, one of the few who continued to serve throughout the entirety of the arduous war. Patriot Hurdle fought valiantly at the battle of Camden, South Carolina, and others. He took an Oath of Fidelity and Support to Government of Maryland on January 19, 1778. This Oath created a written record marking him as a rebel against Britain and ensuring retaliation if the Americans didnt win the War of Independence. His bravery didnt stop there: Patriot Hurdle served in the 7th Maryland Regiment throughout the War fighting in such critical battles as the Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania, (the longest single-day battle of the Revolution) and the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina. Patriot Hurdle was also wounded during the Battle of Camden, yet he was reportedly on hand to witness the British surrender to the Americans at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781, in the final major battle of the Revolution. He was discharged at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1782. Patriot Hurdle later married Nancy Wheeler in 1792, and had eight children. The State of Maryland granted him a pension on January 27, 1816. The law granting it said it was in further remuneration for those services by which his country has been so essentially benefitted. At the time of his death he was among the few Revolutionary War Veterans alive. Later in life, he was baptized at St. Mary's Church. He died on December 1, 1848, and reportedly said on his death bed I am not afraid of death, let it come. He was buried in St. Marys Cemetery, Alexandria, VA. Sources: - NSSAR Graves Registry: P-188773 - Gen. Pub Co., Rev War Pension Rolls of 1835, Vol 3: 514 - White, Virgil D., Genealogical Abstracts of Rev War Pension Files, pg 1781 - Pippenger, W.E., Alexandria Cemeteries, Vol V, pg 164

Samuel Jacob was born in 1734 in Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel County, MD: he was the grandson of John Jacob, one of the early settlers of Anne Arundel County who arrived there from England in 1665. His wife was Bethiah Olley. At the outbreak of the Revolution, he was commissioned on 9 Sep 1777 by the Maryland legislature as a First Lieutenant in Captain Boones company of the Severn Battalion. He was promoted to Captain on 23 Apr 1781 by Maryland Governor Thomas Sims Lee. His company was attached to the brigade of General Smallwood and saw active duty in Maryland and in southern Pennsylvania. Samuel also served as a Corporal in the French and Indian Wars in 1757-1758. He was also appointed Justice of the Peace in Anne Arundel County in 1778. Samuel died sometime before 1793. His father, RICHARD JACOB (sometimes spelled Jacobs) (ANC 59565) was also a recognized Patriot in that he took the Oath of Fidelity and Support in Anne Arundel County, MD in 1778.

Patriot William Jennings was born in New Kent, Virginia on 5 Jul 1702 to Robert Jennings (1686-1758) and Mary Garland (1687-1758). He married Mary Jane Pulliam (1704-1785) in Hanover County, Virginia on 24 Jan 1724. During the Revolution, he provided patriotic service by rendering material aid, Amelia County, Virginia. He died in Nottoway, Virginia before 5 Jun 1800 and was buried in the old Jennings cemetery of Hanover County, Virginia

Zachariah Johnston was born in 26 Sep 1742 in Augusta County, Virginia, to William and Ann Johnston. He attended Liberty Hall Academy and later was a trustee of Washington College. Johnston was a prosperous farmer by the time the American Revolution began. In 1776, he was appointed a captain in the county militia. Johnston's company actively patrolled against Indian uprisings, and, in 1781, participated in the Virginia campaign which led to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. He also represented Augusta County in the House of Delegates from 1778 to 1791, and served as chair of the House committee on religion and helped pass the "act for establishing religious freedom" in 1786. After he moved to Rockbridge County, Virginia, in 1792, he represented that county in the House of Delegates in 1792 and 1797-1798. An opponent of paper money, and a proponent of court reform and payment of British debts, Johnston supported the federal Constitution in 1788. As Augusta County's representative to the ratifying convention, he was influential in having his section of the state unanimously vote for ratification. In the 1790s, Johnston was interested in connecting Virginia's western rivers to the Potomac River. Johnston owned three plantations in Rockbridge County, one in Augusta County, and lands in Kentucky. He married Ann Robertson (d. 1818), and they had eleven children. He died 7 Jan 1800 in Rockbridge County