In honor of the 4th of July, I am reposting this from last year. Does your tree go back to colonial times? If so, have you tried to find revolutionary war ancestors? When I first started researching my tree, I looked for a Crawford that served. Unfortunately, I still haven't been able to get my …
Category: Revolutionary_War
Revolutionary Ancestors
Were any of your ancestors in the colonies prior to the American Revolution? If so, have you tried to identify ancestors who may have fought in the Revolutionary War? Since I am a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), I already knew that one of my ancestors provided patriotic service during the …
Revolutionary Pension
Do you have multiple people in your file with the same names? If so, were they born in the same year and died in the same year? Well, I have TWO men named James Crawford who were born about 1758 and died in 1836. Over the years, I have seen records for one man attached …
Following a Lead
Do you ever find yourself going off on a tangent with your genealogy research? I know Thomas MacEntee has referred to this as following the lure of a 'bright and shiny object.' The recent Facebook post by the 8th Virginia Regiment group about James Curry has proven to be one of those 'bright and shiny …
Pension Application
James Curry of Ohio Ohio RollJames CurryCol. Bowman CaptainVAIn the Army of the United States during the Revolutionay WarInscribed on the Roll of Ohioat the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commencethe 1st of May 1818Certificate of Pension issued the 25th of Jan 1819and sent to Burns ParishColumbus, Ohio image 305James Curry Captfourth VA …
Family Legends
Do you have family stories that get told again and again. In my family, most of those stories were more recent and easily proven. A couple that come to mind were stories of the flooding when my parents were married and my brother's premature birth. These are the stories I grew up hearing. As I've …
True or False?
Do you have ancestors living in the colonies prior to the revolutionary war? Have you applied to the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) or Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) for those ancestors? If so, have you ever encountered a warning that 'future applicants must prove correct service'? This happened to me when I …
Captain Love’s Company of Militia
On my way home from the Northeast Kansas Library System's monthly board meeting, I stopped in Topeka to use the library and archives at the Kansas State Historical Society. One of the books I used was Montgomery County, Virginia: The First 100 Years. [Text by Judge C. W. Crush; Index by Mrs. Frances Terry Ingmire. …