Revolutionary War Ancestry: Our Top 6 How-to Posts
By Tony Pettinato on June 26, 2015
This blog post highlights some of the past articles we’ve published on the GenealogyBank Blog about researching Revolutionary War ancestors... (Read More)
Tag: American Revolutionary War
GenealogyBank’s Detailed Revolutionary War Burial Lists
By Thomas Jay Kemp on June 25, 2015
GenealogyBank has a strong collection of Revolutionary War records. We have thousands of newspapers that were published before, during and after the war that permanently recorded the troops that served: their battles during the war, and their accomplishments throughout the rest of their lives. The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) was founded in... (Read More)
A Native American Revolutionary War Veteran’s Final Request
By Thomas Jay Kemp on June 10, 2015
When I am gone, beat the drum and fire the guns. ~ Captain and Chief Tishomingo As we get closer to July 4th, we think back on the stories of our American ancestors who fought for our freedom in the Revolutionary War. This old newspaper obituary tells us about the story of one of... (Read More)
Linus Lounsbury, Revolutionary War Veteran
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 22, 2015
I found this obituary for Linus Lounsbury, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, by searching in GenealogyBank’s Historical Newspaper Archives. He died on 15 July 1836. He was a pensioner. He was in the Siege of Fort Johns in Newfoundland, Canada – 17 September 1775 to 3 November 1775, and was in the... (Read More)
Bloody News: Battles of Lexington & Concord Begin April 1775
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 1, 2015
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp showing how newspapers broke the news of the Revolutionary War’s Battle of Lexington on 19 April 1775... (Read More)
Alabama Revolutionary War Veteran Dead at 106
By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 9, 2015
In 1853, centenarian William Wicker passed away in Pike County, Alabama. He was 106. This American Revolutionary War veteran had been one of the first settlers to move to Alabama after its introduction into the union on 14 December 1819. Wicker enlisted into the military at 17, along with his father Robert Wicker. They... (Read More)
Revolutionary War Soldier Andrew Wallace – Dead at 105
By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 22, 2015
In 1772 at the age of 42, Andrew Wallace shipped off for North America from Scotland – and just a few years later he was fighting in the American Revolutionary War for his new country. According to this old soldier’s obituary, Andrew “was engaged in some of the most memorable battles of the Revolutionary... (Read More)
Revolutionary Patriot George Shell Fought Two Wars Simultaneously
By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 16, 2015
When Revolutionary War patriot George Shell died in 1818, newspapers in Maine, Massachusetts, and New York carried the news – but they each gave him a single-line obituary. However, Revolutionary War veteran George Shell deserved much more; the man fought two wars simultaneously, as detailed in this longer obituary found in another old newspaper.... (Read More)
John M’Donogh – Loyal American Patriot ’till Death
By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 9, 2015
Deemed an upstanding citizen by the Salem Gazette, two-time American war veteran John M’Donogh passed away, losing a long fight with disease on 19 March 1809. M’Donogh is noted for serving directly under a young General George Washington during the French & Indian War. M’Donogh fought during British General Braddock’s failed expedition in 1755... (Read More)
