Revolutionary

My American Revolutionary War Ancestors

I've looked through the DAR site, http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search/?Tab_ID=1&Tab_ID_Sub=1&Action=Search, to see what ancestors, if any, were involved in the American Revolution. I knew of some, but I had no idea how many were connected in some way or another in the efforts of the American Revolution. Total: 27. Some signed an Oath of Fidelity, some furnished supplies. Samuel Bacot was a Prisoner of War, Jonathan Currier and William Jones both died in service. I've divided the list into groupins according to my grandparents' surnames.

 

LEE

 

David “Long” Lee                   A068506

b 1745 and d 11.23.1812, Johnston Co., NC

Militia

 

Bartholomew Gainey              A043108

b 1740 and d ~ 5.4.1820 Sampson Co., NC

Wilmington District

 

David Lee                                A131714

b 1749 and d ~Aug 1833, Johnston Co., NC

Furnished Supplies

 

Jesse Lee                                 A205387

b 3.16.1767 and d 11.6.1831, Johnston Co., NC

Militia, Wilmington District 1783

 

Westbrook Lee                                    A068801

b 12.4.1759 and d 3.4.1840

Served under Capt Francis Hill, Col Rutledge

and Lt Joab Blackmore

 

George Smith                           A105410

b 1730 Hanover Co., d 1799 Duplin Co., NC

1) Signer of Oath of Allegiance

2) Abjuration of Duplin Co.

 

Jean “John” Adams                 A000564

b 1763             France             d 1823 NC

Served under Gen DeLaFayette, Cont Line

 

 

HIGDON

 

John Benjamin Parrott             A088093

b 1730 Bertie, NC, d 1 Mar 1971 Dobbs Co, NC

Militia, Capt Kennedy and Paid for Services Rendered

 

William Tull                             A116880

b 4.12.1756, Dobbs, NC and d before 1.7.1820 Lenoir Co., NC

Served under Capt Jesse Cobb

 

Charles Butler, Sr                     A017592

b 1747 Duplin Co, NC and d 1811 Sampson Co., NC

Served under Capt Inloe, 5^th Regiment

 

Henry Overstreet                     A085088

b ~1735           d before 5.1795, Halifax Co., NC

Served under Capt Wood, and Col deMalmady, Cont. Line

 

Martin DeWitt                          A032456

b 7.9.1765 Culpeper Co., VA and d 3.4.1843 Darlington District SC

Served Cheraws District   surname also listed as Douthitt (!!)

 

Samuel Bacot                          A004456

b 3.3.1745 Charleston, SC and d 1797, Cheraws District, SC

Served under Gen Marion’s Brigade, Militia, 1782

Was a Prisoner

 

Thomas Thornton                    A133515

b 1738 and d before 8.12.1806, Sampson Co., NC

Oath of Allegiance to make Land

2) Entry Duplin Co., 10 Jul 1779

 

 

NEWELL

 

Nicholas French                       A042516

b 11.28.1747, Salisbury, Essex Co., MA and d 1.7.1826, Montville, Hancock Co, ME

Signer of Association Test, Canada 1776

 

Joseph Grow, Jr                                   A048014

b 3.13.1748, Pomfret, Windham Co., CT and d 3.19.1813 Hartland, Windsor Co., VT

Private, under Capt Elias Weld, rose to Corporal

Served under Capt Daniel Spooner, militia, Vermont

 

Joseph Grow, Sr                      A048012

b 10.16.1717 Andover, Essex Co., MA           and d 5.3.1787 Newbury, Orange Co., VT

Signed Oath of Fidelity, Hartland VT 1781

 

Elisha Stowell                          A110966

b 2.9.1740, Pomfret Windham Co., CT and d 2.21.1814, Hartland, Windsor Co., VT

Served under Capt Zebediah Ingalls, 11st Regt and also the Lexington Alarm

 

Jonathan Currier                   A028732

b 11.27.1735, Gloucester, MA and d 3.1778, Valley Forge, PA

Served under Captain Emerson, and Col Cilley

 

 

MORGAN

 

Richard Stith                            A110279

b 12.29.1731 Brunswick Co., VA and d before 7.27.1801 Brunswick Co., VA

Commissioner, 1^st Prov Law and Furnished Supplies

 

Richard Gaines, Sr.                  A043077

b 1726 King William Co., VA and d before 2.1.1802, Charlotte Co., VA

Furnished Supplies

 

Joseph Kellogg                                    A064460

bap 9.21.1746, Hebron CT and d 3.23.1823 Newfield, Tompkins Co., NY

Served under Capt Salmon White and Col Ezra May

Marched to Saratoga, sworn to at Hatfield, engaged Sept 20, 1777 and discharged 14 Oct 1777

 

William R Jones                     A062797

b 1745 VA and d 15 Mar 1781 Guilford Co Court House

Bedford Co Militia, under Col Charles Lynch’s Regt.

 

Johnannes Spanknable                        A107810

b 1747 Germany and d 12 Sep 1827, Palantine Montgomery Co, NY

Served under Col Klock, residence: Dillaborough, Fulton Co., NY

 

Job Judd                                  A068830

b 10.21. 1757, Farmington Hartford Co, CT and d 7.23.1846, Dearborn Co., Ind.

Served under Capt Smith and Major Shipman and 1) City Farmington, CT

 

Phineas Judd                            A063409

b 2.4.1715, Farmington, Hartford Co., CT and d 12.22.1790

Service Mullen CT, Town Meeting Recs Vol 11, pp 258-9

Oath of Fidelity, 1777

 

Daniel Andrews                                   A002593

b 1734 S Glastonbury, Hartford Co., CT and d 12.3.1818

Oath of Fidelity, 1777 and Selectman

                       

           

All Roads Lead Back...

Here's what I have found amazing. Most of my lines, since they've been in America long enough, eventually lead back to the same place. What I have found MOST amazing is that nearly every one of my major branches (one of my grandparent's), whether Lee or Higdon or Newell or Morgan have intersected if not once or twice, three or more.

Here is one find, today!

It's the Christ Church, Middlesex County, Saluda, Virginia. Here is the link:
http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?MarkerID=27001&Print=1
or click here:
Christ Church, Middlesex Co., VA

I found this because I was looking up the Parrott line (my paternal grandmother Louise Higdon's grandmother was Sarah Parrott). Sarah's ancestor was Richard Parrott. He was born 1616 in England and died 1686 in Virginia. I found "The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex Co., VA 1653-1812" here:

http://archive.org/stream/parishregisterof00chri/parishregisterof00chri_djvu.txt

and thought I'd scan it a bit. All of a sudden I'm seeing other names in there that look mighty familiar, Cock, Smith, Jones, Walker. Those are all names in my maternal grandmother Agnes Morgan's line. Both my grandmothers were interested in genealogy, noting where we come from. Agnes' mother told her grandson (my mom's cousin Albert) that he was the 13th cousin of the then King (George) of England. His teacher scolded him. Actually, it was likely true.

Here I find that both my grandmother's lines go back to the same church in the same time period. They weren't kin, but it was a kinship. Their ancestors worshipped together.

And I've found that my paternal grandfather's line intersected with my maternal grandmother's line. Agnes Morgan's line: the Bollings, Drury and Robert, hand land next to Hugh Lee, my paternal grandfather Paul Lee's direct line back.  

And my paternal grandfather's Paul Lee's line goes back to Quimby and Osgood, the same area where my maternal grandfather Arthur Newell's people lived in Massachusetts. Arthur's grandmother Mary Frances Grow's family was deeply rooted in early Massachusetts, too, in the same areas. Her ancestors, the Whipples were in the same area as Paul's mother's line. So both my grandfathers' mothers lines led back to the same place at the same time.

For now, here is a photo of Christ Church of Middlesex (Saluda) Virginia.
It's located east of Richmond, VA on the Chesapeake Bay.

Those North Carolina Counties, how they did change!!

I moved to Tallahassee expecting to discover more about my Higdon-Butler roots. And I have, but along the way, I discovered more of my Lee ancestors than I dreamed possible. One of the best parts about moving to Tally was discovering an 8th cousin, Vicki. Why all of these in the same paragraph? Because the Lees, Higdons, Butlers, AND Parrotts, Underwoods, Moores ALL once hailed from eastern North Carolina. Bertie County and Craven County, that is. Oh, that was in 1740.

And then, by 1746, Johnston County was created. And Duplin County.
Bertie and Craven were reduced.
So, even though my relatives hadn't moved, it seemed as though they did.
And it makes finding the land data and records a little more complicated.

By 1760, Dobbs County had been created (that's why the Parrots were there when originally, there had been paperwork on them in Duplin or Craven County.  Oh, and let's not forget Cumberland County (because one of my Lee ancestors had a stagecoach line through Johnston to Cumberland.

I could go on and on, but let's suffice for now that it helps to look up the county lines of the state your relatives once lived. Because they might have not moved after all, just the lines were redrawn!

Link for these maps (both NC and SC):
http://www.carolana.com/NC

Later this week, I'll add maps of Decatur, Thomas and Grady Counties of southern Georgia. Many of the families from eastern North Carolina moved down this way. They called southern Georgia the "New Carolina Settlement." I'll also add the titles of some very helpful books I've discovered.