How to Search for Revolutionary War Ancestors Using Battles as Keywords
By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 3, 2017
An article about Peter Brier, who participated in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutionary War... (Read More)
Tag: American Revolutionary War
A Revolutionary War Ancestor with a Very Important House Guest
By Thomas Jay Kemp on July 26, 2017
An article about Joseph Appleby, whose home in Dobbs Ferry, New York, was used as George Washington’s war headquarters in 1781... (Read More)
Nine-Fingered John
By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 24, 2017
An article about Revolutionary War veteran John Peters, based on his obituary published in 1832... (Read More)
Multiple Newspaper Articles about Revolutionary War Ancestor
By Thomas Jay Kemp on September 29, 2016
An article about finding newspaper articles about your Revolutionary War ancestors in GenealogyBank’s Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)
Revolutionary War Veterans’ Marriages
By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 11, 2016
An article showing how newspaper marriage notices for veterans long after the American Revolutionary War still mentioned the groom’s service in that war... (Read More)
Documenting Everyone Who Fought in the Revolutionary War
By Thomas Jay Kemp on July 5, 2016
An article about the life of Revolutionary War veteran Col. Thomas Blackburn, based on his obituary in the newspaper “People’s Friend.”.. (Read More)
Nathaniel Hayford’s Story – Veteran of the Battle of Bunker Hill
By Thomas Jay Kemp on June 28, 2016
An article about the life of Revolutionary War veteran Nathaniel Hayford, as reported in his obituary... (Read More)
Battle of Lexington: We Were There – Get All of Our Stories
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 19, 2016
An article about the Battle of Lexington during the American Revolutionary War, based on obituaries of veterans who fought in that battle... (Read More)
My Name Is Capt. Samuel Payson, and I Fought at the Battle of Lexington
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 5, 2016
An article about Capt. Samuel Payson, Revolutionary War veteran who fought at the Battle of Lexington... (Read More)
