For a fictional treatment, see "Oliver Wiswell," by Kenneth Roberts (possibly the premier American historical novelist of the last century). The book looks at the Revolution from the Loyalist viewpoint and deals extensively with the siege at 96. WDC -- Bill Carr Town of Malta Saratoga County, NY Lossing's Field Books of the Revolution and War of 1812; http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wcarr1/ List Administrator for RootsWeb's DUSTIN mailing list. Coordinator for Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut page; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wcarr1/

See http://www.nps.gov/nisi/ for more on old 96. It was quite important in the Southern Campaign. BJA ----- Original Message ----- From: "gsrf02627" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [AMER-REV] Old Ft 96 which is in Newberry SC >I think the poster wants to know what Old Ft 96 is. It appears the message > on previous post has been deleted in your reply. BTW, what is Old Ft 96? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Armstrong" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 4:51 PM > Subject: Re: [AMER-REV] Old Ft 96 which is in Newberry SC > > >> What is what? >> >> Best Regards >> >> David Armstrong >> Elkins, WV >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 7:16 AM >> Subject: [AMER-REV] Old Ft 96 which is in Newberry SC >> >> >> > What is this? >> > I know very little about computers and how they work >> > >> > Thank You, >> > Lennis >> > >> > >> > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== >> > To unsubscribe from the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION list, send the command >> > "unsubscribe" to >> > [email protected] (if in mail mode) or >> > [email protected] (if in digest mode.) >> > >> > ============================== >> > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your > ancestors >> > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >> > > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe from the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION list, send the command > "unsubscribe" to >> [email protected] (if in mail mode) or >> [email protected] (if in digest mode.) >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.1/28 - Release Date: 6/24/2005 >> >> > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > List Mom for AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L: > Diana Boothe [email protected] > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

Does anyone have any information on: William V. Atkinson/Atkins/Adkins, b. 3/28/1689 Henrico County, Va., d. c 1764 Richmond, Henrico County, Va. Married to Elizabeth Parker, d/o Richard & Mitha Parker. Was he in the American Revolution? If so, could you please supply me with any information of his service? In DAR Friendship, Marilyn Hash Clere

If anyone is interested, there are photos of today's "Olde Fashioned 4th of July Ice Cream Social", at Riverside's Heritage House, complete with musketry and 18th century dance exhibitions, posted at: http://www.resbons.com/Heritage2005 Best regards, Ed For Revolutionary War Info on the Internet, your first choice should be: www.AmericanRevolution.org

If your library has access to Heritage Quest, you can download Revolutionary War info from there, particularly if they applied for a pension. I can use the number on the back of my library card to access it from home. The SC Department of Archives and History has records online which include land records. The URL is http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/ From their home page, click on "Records Indexes to Key Series Available Online." As an example, here is a will I found: Date: 1790/04/11 Description: MARCK, JOHN BALTHASER OF ABBEVILLE COUNTY, WILL TYPESCRIPT (MSS WILL: ESTATE RECORD BOOK 1, PAGE 25; ESTATE PACKET: BOX 109, PKG 3032) (2 FRAMES). Names Indexed: MARCK, JOHN BALTHASER//MARCK, HENRY/STEFFEL, JAMES/BRISKY, ELISABETH MARGARETHA/BRISKY, NICOLAUS//GABEL, HERMAN/MARCK, PHILIPINA/FROLICH, CHARLES FRIEDRICK/TIMMERMAN, PHILIPE/TIMMERMAN, PHYLIS/ Locations: ABBEVILLE COUNTY//MILE CREEK/CUFFYTOWN CREEK Type: WILL (TYPESCRIPT)// Topics: // Monya Fayette Co. AL list manager ASTON surname list manager MUSGROVE surname list manager THOMPSON surname list manager Researching: ANDERSON, ANDERSEN (Norway), ASTON, BISHOP, DODSON, FYLLINGSNES (Norway), GRANT, HARRIS, HOWELL, JORDAN, LESLIE, McDILL, McDONALD, MILLIGAN, MORTON, MUSGROVE, OWEN, PEDEN, SOUTH, STANFORD, THOMPSON and WEBSTER On Jun 26, 2005, at 10:25 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Do you know where I could find death records or military records for > Ninety > Six? > I was there last fall and I wish I'd had time to do some more > checking. I > feel this > is where my gr gr gr gr grandfather Nicholas or (William Nicholas > Briskey/brisky) > and his family we're. He and his brother Charles we're in the American > revolution > they we're french and decided to stay and fought in the American Army. > They > are in the wills and bonds book. But I'm trying to find where they > homesteaded > and where they are burried. Being disabled I can't afford to hire > anyone. So > any > help is greatful. They ended up being a very historical family and his > son > ended > up with plantation in Alabama and slaves. And they also lived in Troup > GA > for a time. > Where his son received a land grant. 1832. I found marriage of > Nicholas in > 1789 May. > Charles died in Charleston just after the American Revolution of > typhoid no > one seems > to be able to find records. They we're baptist. > Thank you > Sandel > [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > Seattle > Surnames; Briskey,Brisky (Misspelled in retype of census of 1790 as > Brishey), LaBriskey, > Brisque,Briscoe, Demastus,Sutton,meadows,hodnett, moore, > McIntosh,Leverett,Mark/Merck (States, SC, GA, chambers County Al, > Washington State, TX and > france) > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > List Mom for AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L: > Diana Boothe [email protected] > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Do you know where I could find death records or military records for Ninety Six? I was there last fall and I wish I'd had time to do some more checking. I feel this is where my gr gr gr gr grandfather Nicholas or (William Nicholas Briskey/brisky) and his family we're. He and his brother Charles we're in the American revolution they we're french and decided to stay and fought in the American Army. They are in the wills and bonds book. But I'm trying to find where they homesteaded and where they are burried. Being disabled I can't afford to hire anyone. So any help is greatful. They ended up being a very historical family and his son ended up with plantation in Alabama and slaves. And they also lived in Troup GA for a time. Where his son received a land grant. 1832. I found marriage of Nicholas in 1789 May. Charles died in Charleston just after the American Revolution of typhoid no one seems to be able to find records. They we're baptist. Thank you Sandel [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Seattle Surnames; Briskey,Brisky (Misspelled in retype of census of 1790 as Brishey), LaBriskey, Brisque,Briscoe, Demastus,Sutton,meadows,hodnett, moore, McIntosh,Leverett,Mark/Merck (States, SC, GA, chambers County Al, Washington State, TX and france)

Fort Ninety Six is in Greenwood County, SC close to the town of Ninety Six which was a colonial trading village prior to the Revolutionary War. Newberry County is adjacent to Greenwood County. The closest town of any size is Greenwood, SC. Monya Fayette Co. AL list manager ASTON surname list manager MUSGROVE surname list manager THOMPSON surname list manager Researching: ANDERSON, ANDERSEN (Norway), ASTON, BISHOP, DODSON, FYLLINGSNES (Norway), GRANT, HARRIS, HOWELL, JORDAN, LESLIE, McDILL, McDONALD, MILLIGAN, MORTON, MUSGROVE, OWEN, PEDEN, SOUTH, STANFORD, THOMPSON and WEBSTER On Jun 26, 2005, at 7:08 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Old Ft 96 is where they fought in American Revolution its in the > country in > little place > called Newbury SC. But when I was there I found out there is also a > small > town there > by the name of Ninety Six where some lived. I wish I could have spent > more > time there. > Ft was very historic in the American Revolution. I keep hitting brick > walls > trying to find > my gr gr gr gr grandfather Briskey/Brisky. Lived in the area. Trying > to find > out where he > and his wife Merck/mark are burried and his military in revolution. > Good luck > Sandel > [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > Seattle > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION list, send the command > "unsubscribe" to > [email protected] (if in mail mode) or > [email protected] (if in digest mode.) > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

I think the poster wants to know what Old Ft 96 is. It appears the message on previous post has been deleted in your reply. BTW, what is Old Ft 96? ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Armstrong" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [AMER-REV] Old Ft 96 which is in Newberry SC > What is what? > > Best Regards > > David Armstrong > Elkins, WV > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 7:16 AM > Subject: [AMER-REV] Old Ft 96 which is in Newberry SC > > > > What is this? > > I know very little about computers and how they work > > > > Thank You, > > Lennis > > > > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION list, send the command > > "unsubscribe" to > > [email protected] (if in mail mode) or > > [email protected] (if in digest mode.) > > > > ============================== > > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > > > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION list, send the command "unsubscribe" to > [email protected] (if in mail mode) or > [email protected] (if in digest mode.) > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.1/28 - Release Date: 6/24/2005 > >

Old Ft 96 is where they fought in American Revolution its in the country in little place called Newbury SC. But when I was there I found out there is also a small town there by the name of Ninety Six where some lived. I wish I could have spent more time there. Ft was very historic in the American Revolution. I keep hitting brick walls trying to find my gr gr gr gr grandfather Briskey/Brisky. Lived in the area. Trying to find out where he and his wife Merck/mark are burried and his military in revolution. Good luck Sandel [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Seattle

What is what? Best Regards David Armstrong Elkins, WV ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 7:16 AM Subject: [AMER-REV] Old Ft 96 which is in Newberry SC > What is this? > I know very little about computers and how they work > > Thank You, > Lennis > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION list, send the command > "unsubscribe" to > [email protected] (if in mail mode) or > [email protected] (if in digest mode.) > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

thank you

What is this? I know very little about computers and how they work Thank You, Lennis

I should have clarified that. The bottom part was an e-mail from Warren Skidmore who wrote the recent book "Lord Dunmore's Little War" and has bios of all of them. Heritage books published it and it is in print. Best Regards David Armstrong Elkins, WV ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven J. Zuraff To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 10:45 PM Subject: captains in Dunmore's War David, I saw the posting reproduced below, in which you mentioned having done the biographies of the captains in Dunmore's War. When was that and which captains were you researching? Steve Z. From: "David Armstrong" < [email protected]> Subject: tories Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:01:18 -0400 Hi Warren Yes, I agree that this area was full of Tories. Before the war they would have been the politically conservative (like Ward's statement that the US owed England a debt). During the war many were double agents. I have a pay roll of Guy Carleton's Indian Dept. in 1776 and Simon Girty and Alexd. McKee are on it. This was two years BEFORE they "escaped " to Detroit. I also have a contemporary letter that says Girty made a run from Detroit back to the settlements to pick up a bundle of letters from a hollow tree, so there was comminication going on between this area and Detroit. I have been able to explain all of the behaviors of Timothy Dorman and am ready to write something about him. Also, as far as I am concerned my ancestor, Jacob Brake was a full-blown Tory who intended to link up with Cornwalis. Given the horrible situation Virginia was in at the time Morgan recommended clemency for if it had happened at any other time Brake would have danced on a rope. I think Buckhannon was a center of conservative (i.e. "Tory") politics as Dorman, Brake and the Schoolcrafts can all be found there and Simon Schoolcraft DID get a land grant in Canada. Best Regards David Armstrong Elkins, WV One of the things I kept bumping into when I did the biographies of the captains in Dunmore's War were stories about the Tories -- who were more numerous than I suspected. Almost every county seemed to have had a pocket of Loyalists. Alas the INLAND Virginians did not go to Canada, nor did they put in bills for their losses to the British government -- which makes them so much harder to identify than the contingents on the seabords in New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, etc.

Might check Old Ft 96 which is in Newberry SC. There's actually a small town there and a town Ninety Six pull up on line and perhaps write to city clerk for information. Good Luck I keep hitting brick walls on my Briskey/Brisky family. Sandel [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Seattle

In a message dated 6/25/2005 1:00:43 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) I am looking for information on Joshua H Newberryin War of 1812 SC Sidney Johnston & Jesse E. Newberry in the Civil War any informantion greatly appreciated Thank You, Lennis

Sir, According to the National Archives' muster rolls of the 15th VA (redesinated the 11th VA in Sept 1778) for the period 1777-1778, Daniel MULLINS was at Valley Forge. How does one get Daniel added to the Valley Forge roster/muster rolls? Transcribed extracts follow: National Archives Record RWS File 942 (Roll 410700) Daniel MULLINS, 15th VA Regiment. Dates Regiment Commander Unit Cmdr Purpose Location May 77- Mar 1778 15th Regt Major G. B. Wallace Capt J. Harris sick Valley Forge Mar-6 Apr 78 15th Regt Major G. B. Wallace. Capt J. Harris pay Apr 1778 15th Regt Major G. B. Wallace. Capt J. Harris pay 7 Jun 1778 15th Regt Major G. B. Wallace enlist 3 yrs Valley Forge Jul-Aug 78 15th Regt Col. D. Morgan Capt T. Wills sick White Plains More records thru Dec 1779 Best regards, Hugh HOFFMAN <[email protected]>

Hi Warren Yes, I agree that this area was full of Tories. Before the war they would have been the politically conservative (like Ward's statement that the US owed England a debt). During the war many were double agents. I have a pay roll of Guy Carleton's Indian Dept. in 1776 and Simon Girty and Alexd. McKee are on it. This was two years BEFORE they "escaped " to Detroit. I also have a contemporary letter that says Girty made a run from Detroit back to the settlements to pick up a bundle of letters from a hollow tree, so there was comminication going on between this area and Detroit. I have been able to explain all of the behaviors of Timothy Dorman and am ready to write something about him. Also, as far as I am concerned my ancestor, Jacob Brake was a full-blown Tory who intended to link up with Cornwalis. Given the horrible situation Virginia was in at the time Morgan recommended clemency for if it had happened at any other time Brake would have danced on a rope. I think Buckhannon was a center of conservative (i.e. "Tory") politics as Dorman, Brake and the Schoolcrafts can all be found there and Simon Schoolcraft DID get a land grant in Canada. Best Regards David Armstrong Elkins, WV One of the things I kept bumping into when I did the biographies of the captains in Dunmore's War were stories about the Tories -- who were more numerous than I suspected. Almost every county seemed to have had a pocket of Loyalists. Alas the INLAND Virginians did not go to Canada, nor did they put in bills for their losses to the British government -- which makes them so much harder to identify than the contingents on the seabords in New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, etc.

RW Researchers: Captain Robert GAMBLE served as a Company Commander in the Corps of Light Infantry under BG Anthony Wayne during the period Jun 1779-Dec 1779. The Corps of Light Infantry (LI) was temporarily organized during this period in 1779 into four LI regiments using the LI Companies of the various line regiments then in the Main Army. Captain GAMBLE served in the 1st LI Regiment (Febiger's) of the LI Corps. According to the Orderly Book kept by Capt. GAMBLE during the fall of 1779 while assigned to the LI Corps he continued to command a company in the 1st LI Regiment. At the time of the Stony Point battle, 15-16 July 1779, the company was made up of men from the 7th and 8th VA Regiments . This document (Orderly Book) is identified as that of Captain Robert GAMBLE of the 2nd VA Regiment (Febiger's). I cannot find any substantiation of an association of GAMBLE with the 2nd VA Regt. GAMBLE, however, was in the 1st LI Regiment which Colonel Febiger commanded during the LI Corps' existence. The 1st LI Regiment was made up of 8 Companies, six of Virginians and two of Pennsylvanians. According to General Orders dated 12 June 1779, the following was the composition of the VA contingent: 2nd. & 5th. Virginia regiments to......furnish one and an half comp. of L. Infantry-62 men 11th & 7th. to.....furnish one company of Light Infantry-41 men 4th & 6th. to......furnish two companies of Light Infantry-82 men 2nd. St. Regt. & Gist's to....... furnish one company of Light Infantry-41 men 1st. St. Regt. & 1st. to ....... furnish half a company of Light Infantry-21 men In addition each LI company was to have two officers. _________ In 1781 Captain Robert GAMBLE served in the 8th VA as reported in a soldier's pension application. My problem is determining what was Captain Robert GAMBLE's parent VA regiment at the time he was temporarily assigned to the LI Corps of June 1779. GAMBLE doesn't seem to have been at Valley Forge in Feb 1778 (Oath of Allegiance). Any insight out there? Best regards, Hugh <[email protected]>

thank you Lennis

My uncle John Sleeth was in the 3rd VA Continental Light Dragoons, Col. George Baylor. Sleeth was in Caderwaller Jones' troop. Does anyone have ancestors in this unit or any information on it? Thanks in advance. Best Regards David Armstrong Elkins, WV