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Ancestors who have fought in wars |
| Samuel
Adams (1737) Revolutionary
War
He served in the Revolutionary War : Rev. War Record,
from Mass. Soldiers and Sailors, Vol. 1 pg. 72-73. Pvt. in Capt. Enoch
Noble's Co. Entered service Aug. 21, 1777 under a 3 month enlistment;
served until Oct. 21, 1777 (60 days); His company marched to Manchester,
VT. thence to Allington, thence to Stillwater, by order of General
Lincoln. He joined Col. Ashley's (Berkshire Co.) Regt. and marched to
Bolton Hills and there served until regularly discharged; also as Pvt.
in Capt. John Collar's Co. Col. John Ashley's Regt., entered service
July 19, 1779; discharged Aug. 27, 1779; service 1 mo, 9 days. Marched
to Conn. under command of Lt. Col Powell. |
| James
Crews (1758) Revolutionary
War
James and his brother, Gideon, enlisted in the
Continental Army on 9 May 1776 in Buckingham Co., Virginia. They served
for about a year as privates, in Captain Thomas Patterson's Company of
the Sixth Virginia Regiment. They then transferred to Colonel Morgan's
Virginia Regiment and served about a year and were in the battles of
Saratoga, Edge Hill and in many skirmishes. They both later received
pensions for their services. Gideon's was pension number S37371 and
James' was number S39387, allowed for 4 Jun 1818 in Knox Co. Tennessee. |
| Miles
Jones (1764-1812) Revolutionary
War
Private in Capt. Jeremiah Hicok's Co. Lt. Col. Sears
Reg. Enlisted 8/6/1781 discharged 11/18/1781. Service 3 mos. including 4
days travel home (84) mile. The Regiment was raised in Berkshire Co.
Mass for three months service Roll endorsed "Co. Elisha Porter's
Regt. Miles Jones pension-negative report. |
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William Frank Marshall
(1845-1909) Civil War He enlisted in Ohio. He was captured as a prisoner and later escaped and returned home to help his mother on the farm. He re-enlisted on February 23, 1864 in Ohio as a Private in Company I, 1st Calvary Regiment Ohio during which he took place in Sherman's March to the Sea. He was discharged on September 13, 1865 in Hilton Head, SC.
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| Jedediah
Turner (1733-1760) Revolutionary
War, French and Indian War
He was soldier in the French and Indian War (1758) and
a private in the Revolutionary War (between 1775 and 1783). |
| Asa
Turner (1765-1847) Revolutionary
War
In 1778 when he was 13, the Revolutionary War was
going on and he enlisted. He served several posts between 1778-1782. |
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John C. Wright
(1716-1789) Revolutionary
War John was a Quaker, but by the time of the Revolutionary war he apparently was fed up with being a pacifist. Even though he was then in his fifties, he immediately joined the celebrated American fighting group called Col. Thompson's Rangers as Pvt. John Wright. He was at the famous Battle of The Cowpens where an American army made up of rough frontiermen defeated an Army of elite British regulars under the command of Banastre Tarleton to win the first victory against Lord Cornwallis' army. |
| Daniel
Woodward (1653)
King Phillip's War
He was impressed for King Philip's War Nov. 1675, being then 22 yrs. of age. This war was one of the most devastating wars ever fought in America. |