I am looking for suggestions for reading material about a general overview of battles in the American Revolution. I wonder if one has been written that does not necessarily take one side or the other. Regards, Rose Staples
In a message dated 3/25/02 4:06:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: Diane, I would check the following site: //sandiego.citysearch.com/profile/86960 or if that doesn't go thru check sandiego.citysearch.com and ask for information on the Maritime Museum. There is a blurb about the Maritime Museum and the Star of India ship that is docked there. I think they are the people who could answer your question. Good luck. Annie Los Angeles Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 06:27:58 EST From: Huguenaute@aol.com To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <160.aef0215.29d063be@aol.com> Subject: Re: [A-REV] CA Rev War MAYRANT John Paul JONES Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My ancestor served with John Paul JONES as midshipman and is mentioned in many of his biographies and descriptions of the naval battle re SERAPIS; I understand there is a bell/monument of some sort from a MAYRANT namesake ship in San Diego. [seems there were 2 ships named after my ancestor John Mayrant] I'd like to know if there's a website where monuments/ historical markers are pictured. Diane in Portsmouth ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-D-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-xh02.mx.aol.com (rly-xh02.mail.aol.com [172.20.115.231]) by air-xh03.mail.aol.com (v84.10) with ESMTP id MAILINXH32-0325190646; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 19:06:46 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by rly-xh02.mx.aol.com (v83.45) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXH23-0325190614; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 19:06:14 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id g2Q004T31054; Mon, >>
My ancestor served with John Paul JONES as midshipman and is mentioned in many of his biographies and descriptions of the naval battle re SERAPIS; I understand there is a bell/monument of some sort from a MAYRANT namesake ship in San Diego. [seems there were 2 ships named after my ancestor John Mayrant] I'd like to know if there's a website where monuments/ historical markers are pictured. Diane in Portsmouth
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As for provisioning the Continental Army (below), this was a hallmark of Revolutionary Connecticut. The book, Connecticut: The Provisions State, by Chester McArthur Destler, details the mighty effort made by this colony/state, under the leadership of its wartime governor, Jonathan Trumbull. Receiving Contintental money was a patriotic act in itself, especially as inflation spiraled ever higher and the money became more and more worthless. Chester, CT: Pequot Press, 1973; Publication of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut. Anne > Eliakim Stow was a zealous Revolutionary patriot. He rendered all the > > material that could be spared from his farm and, from principle, > > received Continental money at par for everything he had to sell for the > > army." >
Thanks for the links and ideas, group! I have also located this link for service in Massachusetts, complete with bibliography. http://www.dar.org/cgi-bin/natsociety/service_right.cfm?TP=Show&ID=103 One of my goals is to establish Eliakim Stow as a patriot for DAR. He is not in their Patriot Index. I have many other patriots on my tree...see my list: http://www.geocities.com/cuppfamily/patriots.html I checked the Kelley Family History, Anne Sennish is correct, Eliakim Stow died 1797...this is some stock we come from, Anne! Debbie Cupp JMJJF@aol.com wrote: > > Debbie: what ideas are you looking for? I am a direct descendant of Eliakim > Stow. My dog-eared copy of the Kelley Family History says Eliakim Stow, of > Middletown, Connecticut, was born in 1707 and died in 1797, not 1789. I > suppose the Stows came originally from Massachusetts, like everyone else then > in Connecticut. On the other hand, this might be a different Eliakim Stow. > Does this help? Anne Sennish > > > Looking for a reference that lists claims in Massachusetts, Hampden > > County. > > > > Have this quote from Kelley Family History, 1897 > > > > "Eliakim Stow was a zealous Revolutionary patriot. He rendered all the > > material that could be spared from his farm and, from principle, > > received Continental money at par for everything he had to sell for the > > army." > > > > Eliakim Stow b. 1707, d. 1789 Hampden Co, MA. Lived there at least from > > 1761. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237
Debbie: what ideas are you looking for? I am a direct descendant of Eliakim Stow. My dog-eared copy of the Kelley Family History says Eliakim Stow, of Middletown, Connecticut, was born in 1707 and died in 1797, not 1789. I suppose the Stows came originally from Massachusetts, like everyone else then in Connecticut. On the other hand, this might be a different Eliakim Stow. Does this help? Anne Sennish > Looking for a reference that lists claims in Massachusetts, Hampden > County. > > Have this quote from Kelley Family History, 1897 > > "Eliakim Stow was a zealous Revolutionary patriot. He rendered all the > material that could be spared from his farm and, from principle, > received Continental money at par for everything he had to sell for the > army." > > Eliakim Stow b. 1707, d. 1789 Hampden Co, MA. Lived there at least from > 1761. > > Any ideas? >
Well, Here's some ideas where American Colonial Documents for Massachusetts can be found and where they are held in both the Canadian and the US public libraries and archives as well as within England's PRO: Massachusetts (Colony). General Court, House of Representatives. "Journals of the House of Representatives" 55 vols., 1715 - 1779, Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1919 - 1990. Massachusetts (Colony). "Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay", 5 vols. (in #6), Boston: W. White, Printer to the Commonwealth, 1853 - 1854. New Plymouth Colony. "Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England" 12 vols. (in #10), Boston: Press of W. White, 1855 - 1861. Many records of militia and volunteer units are preserved in county record offices, but those collected centrally are now in the PRO. Within the PRO there are two places where information provides muster rolls for militia units in the colonies of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island from 1759 to 1763: T-64 information various' 1547 to 1930, and T-64/22. Then, there are two others with finding aids within the PRO (WO-28) with the title 'Headquarters Records, 1746 to 1909' and one which holds lists of men who served in provincial volunteer forces in North America during 1746 to 1747 and 1775 to 1783 (WO-28/4-5). Some militia lists have been published by local history societies. Jeremy Sumner Wycherley Gibson's "Militia Lists and Musters 1757 - 1876: A Directory of Holdings in the British Isles" by Jeremy Gibson and Mervyn Medlycott, 3rd ed. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., inventories militia lists at the county record offices and lists publications by county. William Spences's "Records of the Militia and Volunteer Forces 1758 - 1945" (London: PRO Publications, 1997) is also indispensable for researching British militia lists. My source is: "Genealogical Research in England's Public Record Office: A Guide for North Americans" by Judith Prowse Reid and Simon Fowler. ISBN # 0806316322 This book not only shows you how to use the PRO, it also tells the genealogist where to look for the same information that the PRO has, here locally within any Canadian or US archive/library...There are finding aids and explanations for everything having to do with the PRO and shows the researsher where to find what the PRO has ON THIS CONTINENT!! Rhonda Houston ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Looking for a reference that lists claims in Massachusetts, Hampden County. Have this quote from Kelley Family History, 1897 "Eliakim Stow was a zealous Revolutionary patriot. He rendered all the material that could be spared from his farm and, from principle, received Continental money at par for everything he had to sell for the army." Eliakim Stow b. 1707, d. 1789 Hampden Co, MA. Lived there at least from 1761. Any ideas? Debbie Cupp
Looking for a reference that lists claims in Massachusetts, Hampden County. Have this quote from Kelley Family History, 1897 "Eliakim Stow was a zealous Revolutionary patriot. He rendered all the material that could be spared from his farm and, from principle, received Continental money at par for everything he had to sell for the army." Eliakim Stow b. 1707, d. 1789 Hampden Co, MA. Lived there at least from 1761. Any ideas? Debbie Cupp
This listing/book is out of print but there are 20 copies presently available for about $100 each. I'm sure libraries have this copy within their walls via interlibrary loan. Here is the newest one available at what I'd consider a agreeable price for purchase online: The Historical Atlas of the American Revolution Ian Barnes Charles Royster Retail Price: $50.00 Our Price: $40.00 You Save: $10.00 (20%) Readers' Advantage Price: $38.00 Join Now Format: Hardcover, 223pp. ISBN: 0415922437 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: July 2000 From the Publisher "The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states." (from The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776) By the mid-1700s substantial differences in life, thought, and interests had developed between the British North American Colonies and the mother country. A distinctly American way of life was rapidly developing. In a few years a new nation would be born and the reverberations from the ensuing conflict would be felt throughout the Western world. Detailing the entire history of the struggle for independence, from Colonial governments to the early days of the American Republic, The Historical Atlas of the American Revolution uses full-color maps and vivid illustrations in two-page spreads to tell the story of the founding of the United States of America. The book focuses in large part on the land and sea battles of the Revolutionary War, but attention is also paid to the society at large and the international impact of the war for independence. Coverage includes: The French and Indian War George Washington in the West Native Americans before the War of Independence Lexington and Concord Saratoga Battle of the Chesapeake Battle of Guilford Courthouse Battle of Yorktown Spanish Operations in the South and West African Americans in the new republic The Constitution Foreign Policy after the War The Emergence of King Cotton This large, beautifully illustrated, historically authoritative book explores these momentous events in an eminently readable and visually stunning manner. The book's consulting editor, renowned historian Charles Royster, also contributes a foreword. From the Critics From School Library Journal Adult/High School-Clear, colorful maps and a thorough, yet concise text make this a work to be considered wherever colonial American history is studied. Although the emphasis is on the Revolution, the scope is much broader-from settlement to 1820. Chronologically arranged, each chapter opens with an overview, followed by readable double-page spreads on the time periods, specific battles, pertinent individuals or peoples, and other relevant issues. Maps are large enough to show troop movement. Legends are clear with dissimilar symbols. Portraits, illustrations, and other graphics are clearly identified. A concluding section provides brief biographical sketches. An excellent presentation of the era.-Claudia Moore, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information. Rhonda Houston -----Original Message----- From: John R. Bassie [mailto:bassitec@tecinfo.com] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 8:16 PM To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [A-REV] Atlas of American Revolution I am responding to the request for maps of the American Revolution. Today, while in the public library, I found the following book which looked very interesting and iformative. (I did not have time to look at it closely.) The book was: Atlas of the American Revolution Rand McNally and Company by Kenneth Nebonzahl & Don Higginbotham, 1974. ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237
Amos Goodwin Militia Regt under the command of Col Tho Farmer, 1715, Woodbridge and Piscataway men Ref: First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge, 1666-1714, Monnette, 1930 (Vol 2, page 219) Looking for more information on this Amos Goodwin. Any suggestions appreciated very much. Hurrol Goodwin hurrol@usa.net
http://www.concord.k12.nh.us/schools/kimball/Classes/MITCHELL/revolt.htm
http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp lists Mosses Goodwin, Rev War, Bedford Co, PA, Pvt, 1st Bn, Capt Thomas Paxton Co, 1780-1783 timeframe Looking for more information this Mosses Goodwin. Any comments or suggestions greatly appreciated.
Amos GOODWIN, a Jerseyman from Middlesex. Revolutionary War rank of Private. According to NJ Adjutant General Official Roster (1871) of State (NJ) Troops and Militia. Looking for more information on this Amos GOODWIN. Any suggestions appreciated very much. Hurrol Goodwin hurrol@usa.net
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Haller, Manager of Archives and Records for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and author. - Wednesday, March 13: "Backcountry Farmers in Time of Revolt" Ken Anthony, History Department, UNCGreensboro. - Thursday, March 14: "A Successful Battle May Give Us America", Cornwallis, Tarleton, & the Nature of Command" John Maass, Historian and author. - Friday, March 15: "Nathanael Greene's Warfare in the South, 1780-1781" Dr. Ira Gruber, Professor of History at Rice University, and author. All lectures begin at 7 PM and are free to the public. Call 336-288-1776, ex. 228, to reserve seating (max. 120). WEEKEND EVENTS Saturday, March 16, 2002. 8:30 AM to 7:30 PM. - All day. Living History, 4th Brigade of Guards, Von Bose Regt, 33rd of Foot & 3rd Foot Guards at British Camp. THP. Camps close at 4:30 PM - All day. Living History: Colonial Life & Hearth Cooking at Historic buildings. THP. Buildings close at 4:30 PM - All day. Living History: Soldierâs Life in Camp. Battlefield Site. 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Living History. Craftsmen & Sutlers. GCP. Close at 3:00 PM - All Day. Living History. 4th Brigade of Guards, Von Bose Regt , 33rd of Foot & 3rd Foot Guards at British Camp. THP. Camps close at 3:00 PM - All Day. Living History. Colonial Life & Hearth Cooking at Historic Buildings. THP. Buildings close at 4:30 PM - All Day. Living History. Military & Civilian Life at Tour Stop 6. GCHNMP. - All Day. The History Channel Time Machine Tour. Interactive Mobile Museum Exhibit. GCHNMP. - 10:00.AM. Small Arms Demonstration at Militia Camp, Stop 6. GCHNMP. - 10:00 AM. 18th-Century Music played by Ken Bloom, Visitor Center. GCHNMP - 10:30 AM. A Guided Battlefield Walk begins at Visitor Center. GCHNMP. - 11:00 AM. Military Muster for Young Recruits! Militia Camp, Tour Stop 6. GCHNMP. - 12 NOON. A Guided Battlefield Walk begins at Visitor Center. GCHNMP. - 12:15 PM. Meet Nathanael Greene. Visitor Center. GCHNMP - 12:30 PM. Music by the Guilford Court House Fifes & Drums. Visitor Center. 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All activities close Locations for the above scheduled events: GCHNMP is Guilford Courthouse National Military Park At New Garden and Old Battleground Roads Visitor Center at 2332 New Garden Road THP is Tannenbaum Historic Park At New Garden and Battleground (US220) Roads GCP is Greensboro Country Park Via Jaycee Park on Pisgah Church Road For more information call: 336-288-1776 (GCHNMP) or 336-545-5315 (THP). (For all re-enactment & participant information call THP) NOTE: All outdoor activities are dependent upon good weather. In case of rain or severe weather, programs may be cancelled or conducted elsewhere. Call for information.
Thanks for mentioning this book. I was able to find it yesterday March 6, at my small local library. I highly recommend it, too. Dee. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grundset, Eric" <egrundset@dar.org> To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: March 05, 2002 8:13 AM Subject: RE: [A-REV] Men of color serving in regiments with white men? Those regiments are mentioned within a number of these. Last year I mentioned the NSDAR's 2001 publication African American and American Indian Patriots of the Revolutionary War as a source for this type of information. We have identified and documented some 3,000 names. Copies are available from the DAR Store for $12.00 postpaid (same address as the library, listed below). Eric G. Grundset Library Director DAR Library 1776 D St., N.W. Washington, DC 20006-5392 202-879-3313 egrundset@dar.org <mailto:egrundset@dar.org> -----Original Message----- From: Rhonda Houston [SMTP:rfhouston@mindspring.com] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 12:29 PM To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [A-REV] Men of color serving in regiments with white men? Those regiments are mentioned within a number of these. (1) William Cooper Nell. The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution ... The colored patriots of the American Revolution : with sketches of several distinguished colored persons : to which is added a brief survey of the condition and prospects of colored Americans, by Nell, William Cooper. http://docsouth.unc.edu/nell/nell.html (2) (One of the top two, I'd say for information!) The Revolution's Black Soldiers ... equal footing with whites. The code ... of the fighting, and the ... of the American Revolution From Newspapers ... Cooper. The Colored Patriots of the ... http://americanrevolution.org/blk.html (3) Historic Context for the African American Military Experience: Preface, Foreword, and Introduction SF 298 Preface The Cultural Resources Research Center at the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL) in Champaign, Illinois, has been involved for over a decade in all facets of cultural resource management and historic http://www.denix.osd.mil/denix/Public/ES-Programs/Conservation/Legacy/AAME/a ame1.html (4) Middle Passage and Enslavement (Pay particular attentioin to the "Secondary Print" area!! ... on blacks and whites throughout the Union ... C. The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution. New York ... Americans during fighting in the ... http://arkedu.state.ar.us/africanamerican/slavery.htm (5) Petersburg, Virginia Volunteers 1812-1813 Narrative history of the Petersburg, Virginia Volunteers in the War of 1812. Annotated with sources and other links. http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/pete1812.htm Rhonda Houston ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ______________________________
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002 20:09:11 EST, you wrote: >I just looked up the Heritage Quest website and found that, yes, they are >selling for $19.95 the "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant >INDEX" NOT the entire NARA file. You still have to go to NARA to get that. The index is available on 1 CD; AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com The complete files are available [from NARA, your FHC, and Heritage Quest, as well as other places] on 2,670 reels of microfilm; http://www2.heritagequest.com/qsearch/sr1.asp?s=M804 Jim
I just looked up the Heritage Quest website and found that, yes, they are selling for $19.95 the "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant INDEX" NOT the entire NARA file. You still have to go to NARA to get that. Annie Lloyd
Rhonda > I wonder what mode of travel in 1782, these 50 men had > had once they boarded this barge, going from one point to > another? I previously posted the Dec 1782 deposition of Zadock Botfield, 1st Lieut of the FEARNOUGHT, wherein he wrote: "... . I saw our men Confused in rowing some giving way aHead & Others backing water I called to them & told them to give way all together & not to be so Confused and as for leaving my Station I never left It till we where Oblidged to make our retreat & all Sails Set...." This makes it clear that the FEARNOUGHT had the capability to either row or sail. The Maryland navy also had galleys (a.k.a. "row galleys" with two masts, lateen rigged) so the "barge" may be what the British called a half-galley; i.e., a single masted, lateen-rigged vessel. I have not been able to find a detailed description of the Maryland barges -- I can identify seven: DEFENCE, EXPERIMENT, FEARNOUGHT, INTREPID, PREVENTER, REVENGE, and TERRIBLE, although EXPERIMENT may be a smaller vessel than the others. The fiasco in Dec 1782 involved the FEARNOUGHT, TERRIBLE and DEFENCE with the Captain of the TERRIBLE and the 1st Lieut of the FEARNOUGHT brought under inquiry. Agreed that this Board will on Monday next proceed to an enquiry into the Conduct of Captain Dashiell of the Barge Terrible in the late Action with the Enemys Barges-Ordered that Notice be given to Captain Dashiell and that the Officers of his Barge, and of the Barges Fearnought and Defence be directed to attend on that Day.- Agreed that this Board will on Monday the 30th of Decemr Instant proceed to an enquiry into the Conduct of Lieut Botfield of the Barge Fearnought in the late Action with the Enemy's Barges-Ordered that Notice be given to Lieut Botfield-and that the Officers of the Barges Fearnought, Terrible and Defence be directed to attend on that Day.- [7 Dec 1782] > What kind of transportation would one have suspected they > would have had when getting to the barge, and then, once > at their destination to leave the barge to travel on to their > next destination??? The Maryland barge was a warship not a troop transport. The men were her crew. > If one was a foot soldier, obviously one would use their > feet to travel, but what about those that rode horses? Do > you think there would have been a source of transportation > waiting for these soldiers on the otherside during war time?? Maryland troops were transported on water by hired or state owned vessels. Horses would be transported as deck cargo, usually amidships. Most of these trips would be a day or less in duration. The Bristish Naval Board had a few specially built horse transports used for bringing horses from England to New York. When the British send its expedition from New York to seize Savannah GA in November 1778, they sent two "horse sloops" with them. One of these vessels was taken in Port Royal Sound by Captain D. DeSaussure in the Beaufort Pilot Boat. There were 19 horses belonging to the Artillery onboard as deckcargo plus horse handlers and a couple of Provincial officers (one with his wife). The nomenclature of vessels during the AWI frequently could mean completely different things in different locales. For example, the Connecticut "armed boat" usually was a whaleboat with a cannon in the bow. The SPY, FIREBRAND and FOX, three armed boats, were commissioned 11 July 1782 by the Continental Congress, each had one cannon and ten men. The three were collectively bonded for $20,000. The Virginia navy armed boats LIBERTY (Captain Richard Barron) and PATRIOT (Captain James Barron) were fast, tops'l sloops. The Virginia Naval Committee was known to send newly commissioned vessels to Portsmouth to race the LIBERTY or PATRIOT as a benchmark of the new vessels' sailing qualities. Bob Brooks
Bob: The basic difference between a barge and a row galley was the hull. Barges had flat bottoms, and hence were at the mercy of the wind. Row galleys had a keel and rounded hull, hence more maneuverable. Best regards, Saint -- For Revolutionary War information on the Internet, your first choice should be AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG