At 09:38 PM 9/28/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Katherine Sevier was a hero(ine) of mine. In grade school I noticed many >books about heroic men, and began looking for some about heroic women (this >was in the late 1930's). The school librarian found me one, and Sevier was >one of the women depicted. Something to do with the gates to a fort during >an Indian attack, as I recall (dimly; I haven't thought of her for a long >time). Maybe you know more about her. You speak of Catherine "Bonnie Kate" Sherrill, (bonnie means "pretty") later to be the 2nd wife of John Sevier. She was outside the gates of Fort Watuaga milking a cow when the Cherokee attacked. She ran toward the fort with the Indians in pursuit. John Sevier shot the Indian closest to her. She was an athletic young woman and leapt up the side of the fort wall as high as she could. Sevier caught her hands and pulled her inside the fort. Later, after Indians killed his first wife, Sevier married Kate. John Sevier was the commander of the Watauga fort, and commanded them at Kings Mountain (He was later governor of TN 5 times). Robert Sevier was John's older brother and was a captain. Major Charles Robertson was 2nd in command to John Sevier, and was wounded at Musgroves Mill. Robert Sevier was married to Robertson's daughter, Keziah. Some dispute Robertson having been at KM, since Sevier was there, also, and one man out of five had been left at Watauga in expectation of an Indian attack (which occurred soon after their return from KM). Using Control-F, searching for kate, you'll find mention of "Bonnie Kate" here. http://www.bookrags.com/books/cnqsw/PART17.htm http://www.shookhistory.org/Jacob%20Shook%20the%20Pioneer.htm http://www.tngenweb.org/bios/s/sevier.html http://www.nps.gov/ovvi/tn/travelog.htm

An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- [go to website below. Click 1 to 20. When doc comes up, click doc. When next page comes up click "TEXT" a transcription of each doc. http://memory.loc.gov/cgibin/query/r?ammem/rbpebib:@field(AUTHOR+@band(Gt++Bri t++)) <<<<<get it all>>>>> <A HREF="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/rbpebib:@field(AUTHOR+@band( Gt++Brit++))">Rev. docs at Loc</A> Items 1 through 20 of 47 1 Camilla. His Majesty's ship the Camilla wants men, none but good seamen will be recieved [Philadelphia] Printed by James Humphreys, junr. in Market-street, between Front and second-street [1778]. 2 His Majesty's most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Friday, October 27, 1775. Philadelphia: Printed by Hall & Sellers. [1776]. 3 The address of the Lords and Commons to his Majesty, on the present state of America, &c. From the London Gazettee, of February 11. ... [Philadelphia] Printed by John Dunlap [1775]. 4 His Majesty's most gracious speech to both houses of Parliament, on Friday, October 27, 1775 ... [New York? 1775]. 5 The second section of the Articles of war. [also] The sixth section of the articles of war. The oath of fidelity. [New York: Printed by James Rivington, 1778]. 6 Salem, February 22, 1783. Capt. George Williams, jun, arrived from the West-Indies, via Portsmouth, has favoured us with the St. Lucia gazette of the 18th of January ... [Salem] Printed by S. Hall, 1783]. 7 His majesty's most gracious letter to his government of the Massathusets Colony in New-England ... Printed at Boston in New-England, by Richard Pierce for Benjamin Harris Anno Domini M DC LXXX IX. 8 His Majesty's most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Monday, March the 21st, 1714/15 [blank] Boston: Re-printed by T. Fleet and T. Crump. In Pudding-Lane. Sold by Nicholas Buttolph and Samuel Gerrish 1715. 9 The King's speech to both houses of Parliament, on the 30th of November, 1774. Together with their addresses to his Majesty. [Boston: Printed by Mills & Hicks? 1775]. 10 The Lords protest on the treaty of peace, union and friendship, between Great-Britain, France and Spain; concluded at Seville on the 9th of November last . Boston Printed: and sold by B. Eliot, in Kingstreet, and T. Fleet, in Pudding-Lane 1730. 11 Commissary General's Office. Philadelphia. Oct. 10. The farmers and others are desired and required to bring in and deliver at His Majesty's magazines in this City, what cattle, sheep, and forage they can spare, for which they will be paid at the following rates ... Philadelphia Printed by JamesHumphreys, Junr. [1777]. 12 Orders to be observed during the time of fires by the inhabitants .. [Stringent directions to be observed by the inhabitants and the military] Given at Head-Quarters in Boston, this eighteenth day of November, 1775. [Boston: Printed by John Howe, 1775]. 13 Philadelphia, December 8, 1777. Regulations under which the inhabitants may purchase the enumerated articles, mentioned in the proclamation of His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander in Chief. &C. &c. &c ... By order of His Excellency Sir William Howe. Joseph Galloway, Superintendent General [Philadelphia: Printed by James Humphreys, junr. 1777]. 14 London June 15 1727 . Whereas it hath pleased almighty God to call to his mercy our late Sovereign Lord King George of blessed memory . Given at the court at Leicester House this fourteenth day of June . London Printed Reprinted and sold [By Samuel Kneeland] in Queen Street Boston MDCCXXVII. 15 His Majesty's ship Liverpool, being hauled off from the wharf, it is expected and ordered, that every man absent from her, do immediately repair on board, or they will be apprehended at Defertes. Ten volunteer seamen wanted for the above ship Henry Bellew. Philadelphia: Printed by James Humphreys, Junior. in Market-street, between Front-and Second-street [1778]. 16 January 7, 1778. When the chimneys of the barracks of the different regiments want sweeping they are to apply to Christian Apple, at the corner of Race-Street, in Sixth-Street, who is employed by the Dy Barrack Master General, for that purpose. Philadelphia: Printed by James Humphreys, Junior in Market-street, between Front and Second-streets [1778]. 17 All gentlemen sailors, that are able and willing to serve His Majesty King George, the third, let them repair on board, His Majesty's frigate, the Pearl, John Linzee, Esq; commander where they will be recieved, and all encouragement given. God save the King. [Philadelphia] Printed by James Humphreys, Junr. in Market-street, between Fron and Second-streets, [Feb. 4th, 1778]. 18 [Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe K. B. General and Commander in Chief, &c. &c &c Proclamation [That punishment will be inflicted on anyone taking property unwarrantedly, offering it for sale or purchasing from soldiers] Given under my hand at Head-quarters in Philadelphia, this 7th day of November, 1777. W. Howe. [Philadelphia: Printed by James Humphrys junr. 1777]. 19 Copy of the fifth & sixth articles of the Treaty of neutrality in America, between England and France, in the year 1686. Late sent in orders to His Majesty's frigots attending the government of this Province, to be put in Execution to effect. [blank] Boston: Printed by B. Green, Printer of His Excellency the Gov. & Council 1715. 20 [Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander in Chief, &c. &c. &c. Proclamation [Requiring all persons who are or have been aiding the rebellion in Pennsylvania to take the oath of allegiance before the 25th day of October] Given under my hand, at Headquarters in Germantown this first day of October, 1777 Howe. [Philadelphia: Printed by James Humphreys, junr, [1777]. <A HREF="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/rbpebib:@field(AUTHOR+@band( Gt++Brit++))">Rev. docs at Loc</A>

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At the battle of Kings Mountain, Robert Sevier (brother of John Sevier, husband of the daughter of Maj. Charles Robertson, Keziah) was severely wounded. He wanted to go home with the other Wataugans. He was advised by the loyalist doctor at Kings Mountain (whom I believe to have been Uzal Johnson) that if he travelled prior to the removal of the lead fragments that he would die. Realizing that if he remained at KM that he would have been killed by local loyalists, he opted to try to reach home. He died and was buried in the Bright family cemetery on the Toe River, near presentday Spruce Pine NC. The irony is that Bright was a loyalist. I have tried for the last two years to locate this cemetery without success. I knew that on September 28 of each year that the Overmountain Victory Trail Association re-enactors, on their trek from VA to Kings Mountain SC, visited the cemetery and fired a volley over Sevier's grave. Last year, I was working at Cowpens NB park on that day and could not be present. This year, I was not working and made my way to Spruce Pine NC and then NE on highway 19E. I looked in vain for the OVTA re-enactors up US19E. I retraced my route and checked in with a lady in her 80s with whom I had talked two years ago. She told me that the OVTA had been by her place 3 hours earlier. She gave me directions to the cemetery where Sevier was buried (she had not known this two years ago). In order to reach the site, I had to follow a crude semi-road perhaps 1.5 miles down into the woods, crossing a very old one-way bridge. I took a relatively new Mazda mini-van on a road suitable for 4WD, thru mudholes, around plowed fields, and into the woods. We kept the windows closed to avoid briars. On the way in, I met the OVTA who re-enact the overmountain trek to Kings Mountain each year. They had already done their volley and were on the way out. Among their number was a 13-year-old home-schooler I had met last year, replete with period garb and his own black powder gun. I asked him if they were going to wade across Cherokee Ford (Broad River) as they had done last year. They had found that some spots were far deeper than expected, and he showed no enthusiasm for doing so again this year. But is a 2-week re-enactment trek from VA to SC not a great educational experience for a kid? I finally reached the cemetery in a wooded area. The small graveyard is in good condition, surrounded by a split-rail fence. An OVTA trail marker is by its entrance as well as a weatherproof description of who is buried there. Only Sevier's gravestone has any inscription. There is also a flat granite marker on his grave provided by the Sevier family. After taking a gps reading and taking a few digital pictures, we ate the lunch we had brought with us. My wife says it will be some time before she chides me again about taking her to an interesting place to eat out! For those to whom this is important the coordinates of Robert Sevier's grave are 35.930175, -81.996258. I can provide explicit instructions on how to get there to any to whom it is of interest. The site is on private property and requires checking in with a guard before proceeding into the woods. John Robertson

I just wanted to thank everyone who has helped me with my questions even though I believe I have thanked everyone personally I still hope I haven't forgotten anyone. You are a great bunch of people and I want everyone on the list to know I appreciated the response from many of you who each responded in a different ways to help me. I have gained a great deal of information on my questions of locations during the American Revolution. Joan, from BC, Canada

Have you seen this? I This just came out of my Ancestry.com letter. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/map.asp?ImageID-460 Thought you would be interested . Rhonda Houston

I recently posted an "Order of March" for the Battle of Brandywine (which was forwarded to AMREV-HESSIANS-L) based on Captain Johann Ewald's Journal (he commanded a company of Hessian Feldjaegers). Ed St Germain posted the following "Order of Battle" for the same event. My apologies to anyone possibly being mislead by my submittal. What I submitted was the "Order of March" in three divisions established the evening of 7 September as the army resumed marching. The afternoon of the 9th, the British having learned that Washington had taken up defensive position at Brandywine, the order of march changed to two divisions under Cornwallis and Knyphausen. After an allnight march, Knyphausen's force reasted at Kennett Square while Cornwallis continued before encamping. At 2:00am on the 11th, the two divisions marched off to do battle. I believe that neither my 7-9 September Order of March nor Ed's 11 September Order of Battle truly reflect "who was where" when the shooting started. I believe both reasonably portray the participants under Howe. I am, with apologies, your Humble servant Bob Brooks > Order of Battle: Brandywine > > British Army, General William Howe (15,006) > > LEFT DIVISION: MAJOR GENERAL CORNWALLIS > > 3rd Brigade, Major General Charles Grey (1,509) > 15th Regiment 367 > 17th Regiment 223 > 42nd Regiment (Highland) 597 > 44th Regiment 312 > > 4th Brigade, Brigadier General James Agnew (1,383) > 33rd Regiment 368 > 37th Regiment 308 > 46th Regiment 312 > 64th Regiment 395 > > Guards Brigade, Brigadier General Edward Matthew (867) > 1st Battalion 440 > 2nd Battalion 440 > > Light Infantry (1,130) > 1st Battalion 565 > 2nd Battalion 565 > > British Grenadiers (1,080) > 1st Battalion 540 > 2nd Battalion 540 > > Hessian Grenadiers (1,307) > Linsing Battalion 437 > Miningerode Battalion 430 > Lengerke Battalion 430 > > Hessian Jaegers 511 > > Artillery 200 > > 16th Dragoons 234 (2 squadrons) > > The total strength of Cornwallis' Division was 8,214 men. > > RIGHT DIVISION: LT. GEN. VON KNYPHAUSEN > > 1st Brigade (1,330) > 4th Regiment 356 > 23rd Regiment (Fusiliers) 353 > 28th Regiment 286 > 49th Regiment 335 > > 2nd Brigade, Major General James Grant (1,494) > 5th Regiment 307 > 10th Regiment 312 > 27th Regiment 324 > 40th Regiment 300 > 55th Regiment 251 > > 71st Highland Regiment (3 battalions 992) > > Hessian Brigade, Brigadier General Johann Stirn (2,162) > Lieb, Regiment (Guards) 598 > Mirbach Regiment 553 > Donop Regiment 544 > Combined Regiment 467 > > 16th Dragoons 119 (1 squadron) > Queens Rangers, 398 > English Riflemen 130 (Ferguson) > Artillery, 200 > > The total strength of von Knyphausen's division was 6,825 men

http://www.bermuda-online.org/seetown.htm 116 web files on Bermuda for educators, visitors and newcomers, there is also a newspaper here! Bermuda....Once a Penal Colony http://www.bermuda-online.org/sirgeorgesomers.htm Admiral Sir George Somers colonized Bermuda for Britain He brought the first settlers in 1609 and became the father figure of the Somers Islands http://www.anglican.bm/kcrh.html Old St. Peter's Church, the Parish Church located in the heart of St. George's, is reputedly the oldest continuously operating Protestant church in the New World, and is one of the oldest official buildings in the English-speaking world beyond the British Isles. http://www.flynwa.com/wg/Caribbean/Bermuda/P27343.asp St. George The Unfinished Church This church was begun in 1874 to replace nearby St. Peter's, the oldest church in Bermuda and the oldest Anglican church in the Western Hemisphere. When the foundations were being dug, the skeleton of a guard murdered while on duty a hundred years earlier was uncovered. He had disappeared one summer's night during the American Revolution when the colony's store of gunpowder was stolen and loaded onto American ships in exchange for food for Bermuda. Before this church was finished, a means to restore St. Peter's was discovered, and the new church was left to become a verdant, picturesque ruin. http://www.expedia.com/wg/Caribbean/Bermuda/p8105.asp Ask alot of questions/send some inquiries! http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/overseas.html Parish Register Copies in the Library of the Society of Genealogists as of December 1994 Bermuda 1784-1914 [WI/R6-7] Early Bermuda Records 1619-1826: SOUTHAMPTON CMB 1619-C.1700, Ext 1701-61 [WI/R8] PEMBROKE CMB 1645-1720 1820-40 [WI/R8] DEVONSHIRE CMB 1668-1706 1820-40, Ext 1707-37 [WI/R8] MOORE CMB 1743-76 [WI/R8] HOLIDAY AND FEVERYEAR CMB 1745-61 [WI/R8] RICHARDSON (Bermuda) CMB 1755-1802, (St. Eustatius) CMB 1772-8 [WI/R8] WARWICK (Christ Church) CMB 1771-1830 [WI/R8] EWING CMB 1791-1820 [WI/R8] KEITH C 1793-6 [WI/R8] HOARE (Southampton &Sandys) CMB 1808-52 [WI/R8] ST GEORGE'S CMB 1812-26 [WI/R8] Rhonda Houston -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Keene [mailto:wkeene1@netzero.net] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 9:44 PM To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [A-REV] Captain Robertson; Black Watch Searching for Captain Robertson of the Black Watch; the 42nd Highlanders Regiment. Captain Robertson, a United Empire Loyalist, was sent to India on military duty before 1783 and was never heard from again. It is presumed that he was killed in battle. His daughter Mary Ann, born in Long Island, NY in 1783, and his wife, name unknown, moved to the Nashwaak in New Brunswick, Canada, and settled there with other families of the 42nd Highlanders. Wayne wkeene1@netzero.net --------------------------------------------------------------- NetZero Platinum Only $9.95 per month! Sign up in September to win one of 30 Hawaiian Vacations for 2! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97 ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

Wayne, Start here and work your way down: http://www.genealogylinks.net/canada/nb.htm Was your Captain Robertson's first name Duncan or Daniel or John? http://www.rootsweb.com/~cannb/NB_Military_1783Blackwatch.htm BLACK WATCH (42ND REGIMENT VETERANS TO NEW BRUNSWICK IN 1783 by Roy Leverett Hales (who donated it to The Chignect Project 03/08/98 at 06:50 PM / old call #cwa-NB18-4) Used by the New Brunswick GenWeb Project with permission of The Chignecto Project. All of the Blackwatch vets who stayed in Canada were disbanded in Halifax in 1783. I have traced only three to date - Duncan Robertson, Donald Robertson and John Menzies - but all of these were disbanded at Halifax on 24 October 1783. We can't be certain at this point that the whole bunch were disbanded that day, but they were undoubtedly disbanded close to then. The bulk of the regiment, however, sailed on to Newfoundland, and then back to Scotland, probably by 1789. What follows in a list of these disbanded 42nd vets who went to New Brunswick. Esther Clark Wright lists many of the veterans from the 42nd who settled on the Nashwaak in her LOYALISTS OF NEW BRUNSWICK. During my 1997 trip to Tabusintac, John Robertson told me that most of the Nashwaak records burned in a fire. However a great number of the 42nd vets are recorded as receiving lots. Several 42nd vets, associated with Duncan - John Menzies (25, below); Donald Murdoch (28, below); Jon McLeod (70, below) - are not in Wright's text. I suspect that they left Nashwaak within a year, and never petitioned the government for their lands. To get a fuller picture of the regiments vets in NB I have compiled a muster. The muster shows 107 veterans from the 42nd in NB (108 if #95 Robert Stewart is correct). At this point I believe that: at least 80 of these settled on the Nashwaak river for a time I'm betting that at least 27 veterans made their way to the Miramichi, though many probably left there too. To give you a breakdown: (a) 22 are known to have settled in the Miramichi (b) 3 more are thought to have done so, (c) we do not yet know where Donald Murdoch and John McLeod were after they left Nashwaak, I suspect the Miramichi (d) a number of veterans from Nashwaak "disappear". (I stopped at Marysville -- where Duncan is said to have had his claim -- in 1997 and tried to find out something about the "loyalists" who settled there. They are mostly forgotten, the local histories I saw start with "Boss" Gibson who arrived in 1862. I could have found better histories in the University, but I think it is obvious that the Nashwaak settlement didn't have a lasting effect on the area -- 6 went on to the Tabusintac river (e) of the 27 vets who didn't settle at Nashwaak: 3 went to St John, 2 went to Sussex, 2 went to York county, 2 went to Kent , the greatest number are given lot numbers whose location I know nothing about. Something extra: http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/archives/nb/kingsnb.txt THE KING'S NEW BRUNSWICK REGIMENT 1793-1802 COLLECTIONS OF THE NEW BRUNSWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Volume I, Saint John, N.B., The Daily Telegraph Steam Book and Job Print, 1894. -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Keene [mailto:wkeene1@netzero.net] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 9:44 PM To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [A-REV] Captain Robertson; Black Watch Searching for Captain Robertson of the Black Watch; the 42nd Highlanders Regiment. Captain Robertson, a United Empire Loyalist, was sent to India on military duty before 1783 and was never heard from again. It is presumed that he was killed in battle. His daughter Mary Ann, born in Long Island, NY in 1783, and his wife, name unknown, moved to the Nashwaak in New Brunswick, Canada, and settled there with other families of the 42nd Highlanders. Wayne wkeene1@netzero.net --------------------------------------------------------------- NetZero Platinum Only $9.95 per month! Sign up in September to win one of 30 Hawaiian Vacations for 2! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97 ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

Hope this helps and a few resources below for you and others in their quest for information. Rhonda Houston http://bermuda-online.org/britarmy.htm British Army in Bermuda from 1776 to 1953 Regiments, units and why their bases here were significant in the colonial and North American history of Great Britain Regiments, units and why their bases here were significant in the colonial and North American history of Great Britain 1847 to 1851 - 1st and 2nd Battalions, 42nd Regiment (Royal Highlanders), then the Black Watch. Bermuda's Black Watch Well at the junction with the North Shore Road is named in tribute. It was dug in 1849. When the Governor of the period ordered British soldiers to seek a fresh water supply for the poor of Pembroke Parish and their cattle during a prolonged drought, the Black Watch was the first to volunteer and dug so thoroughly the facility still exists today. One of the officers was Captain G. W. MacQuarie, who lived in St. George's at what was then Rendell House, later the Redan Hotel, now Clyde's Cafe. Several of their members died in Bermuda and are buried at St. Peter's Church in St. George's. They include Ensign Maitland, Ensign Abercromby and beside them the grave of bandmaster Philip Goldbergh. In Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, a monument - still there - was erected in 1887 to mark the enrolment in 1740 of the Black Watch as the 42nd Regiment of the line. The "Watch" as it was known originally was first raised in 1667 by various Whig clan chiefs in Scotland "to be a constant guard for securing the peace in the Highlands and to watch upon the braes." The men wore dark tartan to distinguish them from Guardsmen or Red Soldiers - hence the name Black Watch. Britian's Land Forces Oldest Website http://regiments.org/milhist/regts.htm http://regiments.org/milhist/ http://regiments.org/ (1) Tracing Your West Indian Ancestors by Guy Grannum London: Public Records Office, 1995 ISBN 1-873162-20-0 price includes postage and handling, shipped surface mail from London This guide discusses a wide variety of records available at the Public Record Office for researching British West Indian ancestry. 92) Army Records for Family Historians by Simon Fowler, paberback London: Public Records Office, 1998 ISBN 1-873162-04-9 price includes postage and handling, shipped surface mail from London This is a comprehensive guide to tracing army ancestors from the reign of Elizabeth I up to the 1960s. (3) Militia Lists and Musters 1757-1876 (A directory of holdings in the British Isles) by Jeremy Gibson & Mervyn Medlycott Federation of Family History Societies price includes postage and handling, shipped surface mail from London This guide is arranged by county and provides information on the survival and location of militia lists and musters in the British Isles. (4) Records of the War Office and Related Departments, 1660-1964 by Michael Roper London: Public Records Office, 1998 price includes postage and handling, shipped surface mail from London This guide covers the period from the Restoration of Charles II to the establishment of the Ministry of Defence in 1964 and includes records of the Board of Ordnance, Military Intelligence, Military Aviation and relationships with other key government departments, including Treasury, Foreign Office and Cabinet Office. (5) Tracing Your Ancestors in the Public Record Office, 5th edition by Amanda Bevan London: Public Records Office, 1998 ISBN 1-873162-61-8 price includes postage and handling, shipped surface mail from London This fifth edition of the classic work is now published directly for the first time by the Public Record Office and has been revised and updated to include new accessions, better record descriptions, and illustrations of key sources. (6) Records of the Militia and Volunteer Forces 1758-1945 (2nd edition) by William Spencer, paberback London: Public Records Office, 1997 ISBN 1-873162-44-8 price includes postage and handling, shipped surface mail from London This guide covers the records of the militia and Volunteers, Rifle Volunteers, Yeomanry,Fencibles, Territorials and Home Guard with photographs and case studies of how to use the records. (7) Records of the Royal Marines by Simon Fowler, Peter Elliott, Coyners Nesbit & Christina Goulter London: Public Records Office, 1994 ISBN 1873162146 price includes postage and handling, shipped surface mail from London This is a comprehensive guide to records of the Marines worldwide beginning in the reign of Charles II. (8) Records of Merchant Shipping and Seamen by Kelvin Smith, Christopher T Watts and Michael J Watts London: Public Records Office, 1998 ISBN 1-873162-49-9 price includes postage and handling, shipped surface mail from London This new Readers' Guide fully explains and illustrates the complex registration records for both ships and men which commonly baffle the average user along with Crew Lists and Agreements now scattered throughout a number of repositories. It also includes fishermen and fishing vessels, the Royal Navy Reserve and War Service, and how to look for information about maritime disasters such as Titanic and Lusitania. -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Keene [mailto:wkeene1@netzero.net] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 9:44 PM To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [A-REV] Captain Robertson; Black Watch Searching for Captain Robertson of the Black Watch; the 42nd Highlanders Regiment. Captain Robertson, a United Empire Loyalist, was sent to India on military duty before 1783 and was never heard from again. It is presumed that he was killed in battle. His daughter Mary Ann, born in Long Island, NY in 1783, and his wife, name unknown, moved to the Nashwaak in New Brunswick, Canada, and settled there with other families of the 42nd Highlanders. Wayne wkeene1@netzero.net --------------------------------------------------------------- NetZero Platinum Only $9.95 per month! 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http://www.goshen.edu/mcarchives/personal_collections/Brenneman,Henry.html Take a look at this information. Rhonda Houston -----Original Message----- From: Ann Keegan [mailto:akeegan@c3net.net] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 11:46 PM To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [A-REV] Fw: Sedgwick Archives Jim, I think the book was written more for wit than fact, however it contains a couple pages of casualties and statistics that prove to be most accurate. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: Ann Keegan To: Nola Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 12:30 AM Subject: Re: Sedgwick Archives Hi, That book"The American RevolutionIn Notes and Quotes, and Anecdotes" was printed in 1975 and has only 73 pages it was printed in celebration of our country's 200th Birthday. the inside cover reads: Text by Lee M. White Antique art from Sedwick Archives 8704 Sodbury Place, Alexandra Va 22309 (703) 780-4645 Printed in U.S.A. by Prince Lithograph Co. 8900 Lee Highway, Fairfax, Va 22030 (703) 560-2100 I am sure it is out of print and it is a paper back. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: Nola To: akeegan@c3net.net Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 9:31 PM Subject: Sedgwick Archives Hello Ann, Malinda sent me your address, I ask her where I could find the book and where is Sedgwick Archives? is there a website? I am researching the Sedgwicks. Nola Miles Rogers Visit: Licking County USGenWeb-genealogical research site http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohlickin/ Ohlickin-ARCHIVES http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ohlickin My Hobbies,Professional,Ohio History and Genealogies Pages http://nolas.freeservers.com/index.html American Local History Network WEBSITE http://www.alhn.org/state/index.html LICKING COUNTY OHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY WEBSITE http://www.npls.org/pub_lcgs_web/lcgscal.htm ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

Jim, I think the book was written more for wit than fact, however it contains a couple pages of casualties and statistics that prove to be most accurate. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: Ann Keegan To: Nola Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 12:30 AM Subject: Re: Sedgwick Archives Hi, That book"The American RevolutionIn Notes and Quotes, and Anecdotes" was printed in 1975 and has only 73 pages it was printed in celebration of our country's 200th Birthday. the inside cover reads: Text by Lee M. White Antique art from Sedwick Archives 8704 Sodbury Place, Alexandra Va 22309 (703) 780-4645 Printed in U.S.A. by Prince Lithograph Co. 8900 Lee Highway, Fairfax, Va 22030 (703) 560-2100 I am sure it is out of print and it is a paper back. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: Nola To: akeegan@c3net.net Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 9:31 PM Subject: Sedgwick Archives Hello Ann, Malinda sent me your address, I ask her where I could find the book and where is Sedgwick Archives? is there a website? I am researching the Sedgwicks. Nola Miles Rogers Visit: Licking County USGenWeb-genealogical research site http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohlickin/ Ohlickin-ARCHIVES http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ohlickin My Hobbies,Professional,Ohio History and Genealogies Pages http://nolas.freeservers.com/index.html American Local History Network WEBSITE http://www.alhn.org/state/index.html LICKING COUNTY OHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY WEBSITE http://www.npls.org/pub_lcgs_web/lcgscal.htm

Ed; Noted that the 26th Regiment of Foot was absent; where were they? I believe the 26th was at the Battle of Philly. Regards, Wally ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed St.Germain" <Patriot1@americanrevolution.org> To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 11:48 PM Subject: Re: [A-REV] Re: Locations > Wally; > > Order of Battle: Brandywine > > British Army, General William Howe (15,006) > > LEFT DIVISION: MAJOR GENERAL CORNWALLIS > > 3rd Brigade, Major General Charles Grey (1,509) > 15th Regiment 367 > 17th Regiment 223 > 42nd Regiment (Highland) 597 > 44th Regiment 312 > > 4th Brigade, Brigadier General James Agnew (1,383) > 33rd Regiment 368 > 37th Regiment 308 > 46th Regiment 312 > 64th Regiment 395 > > Guards Brigade, Brigadier General Edward Matthew (867) > 1st Battalion 440 > 2nd Battalion 440 > > Light Infantry (1,130) > 1st Battalion 565 > 2nd Battalion 565 > > British Grenadiers (1,080) > 1st Battalion 540 > 2nd Battalion 540 > > Hessian Grenadiers (1,307) > Linsing Battalion 437 > Miningerode Battalion 430 > Lengerke Battalion 430 > > Hessian Jaegers 511 > > Artillery 200 > > 16th Dragoons 234 (2 squadrons) > > The total strength of Cornwallis' Division was 8,214 men. > > RIGHT DIVISION: LT. GEN. VON KNYPHAUSEN > > 1st Brigade (1,330) > 4th Regiment 356 > 23rd Regiment (Fusiliers) 353 > 28th Regiment 286 > 49th Regiment 335 > > 2nd Brigade, Major General James Grant (1,494) > 5th Regiment 307 > 10th Regiment 312 > 27th Regiment 324 > 40th Regiment 300 > 55th Regiment 251 > > 71st Highland Regiment (3 battalions 992) > > Hessian Brigade, Brigadier General Johann Stirn (2,162) > Lieb, Regiment (Guards) 598 > Mirbach Regiment 553 > Donop Regiment 544 > Combined Regiment 467 > > 16th Dragoons 119 (1 squadron) > Queens Rangers, 398 > English Riflemen 130 (Ferguson) > Artillery, 200 > > The total strength of von Knyphausen's division was 6,825 men. > > Best regards, > Ed > -- > For Revolutionary War information on the Internet, your first choice > should be AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG > > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.281 / Virus Database: 149 - Release Date: 18/09/2001

Searching for Captain Robertson of the Black Watch; the 42nd Highlanders Regiment. Captain Robertson, a United Empire Loyalist, was sent to India on military duty before 1783 and was never heard from again. It is presumed that he was killed in battle. His daughter Mary Ann, born in Long Island, NY in 1783, and his wife, name unknown, moved to the Nashwaak in New Brunswick, Canada, and settled there with other families of the 42nd Highlanders. Wayne wkeene1@netzero.net --------------------------------------------------------------- NetZero Platinum Only $9.95 per month! Sign up in September to win one of 30 Hawaiian Vacations for 2! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97

Does anyone know the genealogy of Major General Charles Grey ? I am particularly interested in whether he descended from the de Grey, Baron of Ruthin line. The Wright family of Westmoreland Co VA descended from that de Grey line (as well as the Washington line). Just wondering.........~malinda "Ed St.Germain" wrote: > Wally; > > Order of Battle: Brandywine > > British Army, General William Howe (15,006) > > LEFT DIVISION: MAJOR GENERAL CORNWALLIS > > 3rd Brigade, Major General Charles Grey (1,509) > 15th Regiment 367 > 17th Regiment 223 > 42nd Regiment (Highland) 597 > 44th Regiment 312 > > 4th Brigade, Brigadier General James Agnew (1,383) > 33rd Regiment 368 > 37th Regiment 308 > 46th Regiment 312 > 64th Regiment 395 > > Guards Brigade, Brigadier General Edward Matthew (867) > 1st Battalion 440 > 2nd Battalion 440 > > Light Infantry (1,130) > 1st Battalion 565 > 2nd Battalion 565 > > British Grenadiers (1,080) > 1st Battalion 540 > 2nd Battalion 540 > > Hessian Grenadiers (1,307) > Linsing Battalion 437 > Miningerode Battalion 430 > Lengerke Battalion 430 > > Hessian Jaegers 511 > > Artillery 200 > > 16th Dragoons 234 (2 squadrons) > > The total strength of Cornwallis' Division was 8,214 men. > > RIGHT DIVISION: LT. GEN. VON KNYPHAUSEN > > 1st Brigade (1,330) > 4th Regiment 356 > 23rd Regiment (Fusiliers) 353 > 28th Regiment 286 > 49th Regiment 335 > > 2nd Brigade, Major General James Grant (1,494) > 5th Regiment 307 > 10th Regiment 312 > 27th Regiment 324 > 40th Regiment 300 > 55th Regiment 251 > > 71st Highland Regiment (3 battalions 992) > > Hessian Brigade, Brigadier General Johann Stirn (2,162) > Lieb, Regiment (Guards) 598 > Mirbach Regiment 553 > Donop Regiment 544 > Combined Regiment 467 > > 16th Dragoons 119 (1 squadron) > Queens Rangers, 398 > English Riflemen 130 (Ferguson) > Artillery, 200 > > The total strength of von Knyphausen's division was 6,825 men. > > Best regards, > Ed > -- > For Revolutionary War information on the Internet, your first choice > should be AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library

Ann wrote: >Rations in the army during the Revolution were not quite up to home style eating. We agree here--- but then soldiers' food has never been known as 'homestyle'. >The daily rations, when available, consisted of bread, half pound of beef > and half pound of pork, or salt fish: milk, rice, peas or beans, butter, > and half a pint of vinegar. Methinks that would be 'homestyle' to a foot-soldier. Pork & salt fish would be extravagant-- also butter. Bread is a euphemism either for biscuits or flour. And I think the 'vinegar' was more often beer or brandy. The qualifier 'when available' gets Mr. White off the hook, though. What I've seen for what the quartermaster allowed per trooper is; l6 oz; beef ; 6.8 oz.peas; 18 oz. flour ; 1.4 oz. rice; 16 oz. milk; 1 qt. spruce beer; .1830 oz. Soap; .0686 oz. candle [note that this was a daily *allowance*-- not that it was always available through the Army-- but we foraged in the Rev-War, just as soldiers have foraged in every war. An apple tree in season, or an unwatched chicken is a welcome site to a soldier.] Washington wrote in 1777; "Our Soldiers, the greatest part of the last campaign, and the whole of this have scarcely tasted any kind of Vegetables, had but little Salt, and Vinegar, which would have been [a] tolerable Substitute for Vegetables, they have been in a great measures strangers to. Neither have they been provided with proper drink. Beer or Cyder seldom comes within the verge of the Camp, and Rum in much too small quantities." > at times biscuits captured 15 years before from the French, were served > after being softened by dropping cannon balls on them. He doesn't give any source for this tidbit, does he. Sounds to me like someone swallowed a 'war story'. There were few shortages of flour in the Colonies, so why would the army hold on to biscuits for 15 years? If for no other reason than to give 'my brother in law the merchant' some business, any food taken in that war would have been disposed of long ago. [though after the age of preservatives and tin, we were treated to WWII C-rations in Vietnam-- and they were just as good as the usual late 1950's vintages which we usually ate] >It is ironic that throughout the Revolution there was never a shortage of > food and clothing in the colonies. Is this direct quote from that book? If it is-- then toss the book.<g> There were shortages of all kinds in the colonies-- made worse by an inflation of over 2000%. In 1780, in relatively safe Braintree, MA, these were some prices of goods which Abigail Adams mentioned in a letter to John; "Corn is now thirty pounds, rye twenty-seven, per bushel. Flour from a hundred and forty to a hundred and thirty per hundred. Beef, eight dollars per pound; mutton, nine; lamb, six, seven, and eight. Butter, twelve dollars per pound; cheese, ten. Sheep's wool, thirty dollars per pound; flax, twenty. West India articles: sugar, from a hundred and seventy to two hundred pounds per hundred; molasses, forty-eight dollars per gallon; tea, ninety; coffee, twelve; cotton-wool, thirty per pound." Folks rioted in Philadelphia during Howe's occupation, and in Richmond. Both were complaining about the lack of food. There were refugees from all the occupied and besieged areas- so the 'safe areas' became overburdened with people & supplies became short there beyond the normal wartime shortages. > Soldiers went ragged and hungry because the Continental Congress > couldn't get the goods to camp. Bad roads and lack of drivers and vehicles > often delayed or prevented delivery. The Congress had to buy the goods first, and set up a whole system of supply. That they were able to build all of that in the few short years it took is a marvel to me. > Even more tragic was the fact that many farmers preferred to sell > their wheat and flour to the British for soild gold or silver coins. I don't think many farmers had much of a choice. If their area was occupied by the British, they would either sell their crops to the British or have them confiscated. If occupied by the Continentals, the same choices, except that the Continental's $$'s were worth much less. Those in neutral territory had to be careful because 'neutral' one week could be Continental or British the next-- and no-one could be sure which. They would do best to barter with their neighbors, or deal quietly with one side or the other. >The Patriots' paper dollars were of such doutful value that Washington himself > once exclaimed he couldn't get a wagon load of food for a wagon load of money. He's right on that count. 'Not worth a continental' was referring to the Continental Dollar. It took the Congress a few years to discover you couldn't just 'print more money' and become wealthy. >War profiteers in general were condemned by General Washington as men > with "a dirty mercenary spirit" >..strong words for the leader who almost never lost his temper. Actually, I've seen that quote attributed to Washington as referring to the Militia soldiers who were going home in droves [because their time was up] in the winter of 1776. He was referring to them as having a 'mercenary spirit' because they weren't as committed as he was. > >From:"American Revolution , Notes Quotes and Anecdotes" >A Sedgewick Archives book with text by Lee M. White p44 I think if this is a representative sampling of that book, it might be one of those 'fun to read-- but not all that accurate' books. I haven't seen it though, so this might just be a bad first impression for me. Jim

Wally; Order of Battle: Brandywine British Army, General William Howe (15,006) LEFT DIVISION: MAJOR GENERAL CORNWALLIS 3rd Brigade, Major General Charles Grey (1,509) 15th Regiment 367 17th Regiment 223 42nd Regiment (Highland) 597 44th Regiment 312 4th Brigade, Brigadier General James Agnew (1,383) 33rd Regiment 368 37th Regiment 308 46th Regiment 312 64th Regiment 395 Guards Brigade, Brigadier General Edward Matthew (867) 1st Battalion 440 2nd Battalion 440 Light Infantry (1,130) 1st Battalion 565 2nd Battalion 565 British Grenadiers (1,080) 1st Battalion 540 2nd Battalion 540 Hessian Grenadiers (1,307) Linsing Battalion 437 Miningerode Battalion 430 Lengerke Battalion 430 Hessian Jaegers 511 Artillery 200 16th Dragoons 234 (2 squadrons) The total strength of Cornwallis' Division was 8,214 men. RIGHT DIVISION: LT. GEN. VON KNYPHAUSEN 1st Brigade (1,330) 4th Regiment 356 23rd Regiment (Fusiliers) 353 28th Regiment 286 49th Regiment 335 2nd Brigade, Major General James Grant (1,494) 5th Regiment 307 10th Regiment 312 27th Regiment 324 40th Regiment 300 55th Regiment 251 71st Highland Regiment (3 battalions 992) Hessian Brigade, Brigadier General Johann Stirn (2,162) Lieb, Regiment (Guards) 598 Mirbach Regiment 553 Donop Regiment 544 Combined Regiment 467 16th Dragoons 119 (1 squadron) Queens Rangers, 398 English Riflemen 130 (Ferguson) Artillery, 200 The total strength of von Knyphausen's division was 6,825 men. Best regards, Ed -- For Revolutionary War information on the Internet, your first choice should be AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG

It's about six miles southeast of modern day Elmira, NY. 29 Aug 79 Joseph Brant set an ambush for the Sullivan expedition. Morgan's Riflemen in the advance guard spotted them, and the Americans outflanked them and charged bayonets. Col. Reid's 2nd NH was almost wiped out by a ferocious counter-attack, but was saved by Dearborn and a couple of NY regiments. The most famous thing to come out of the battle was an immortal journal entry of Lt. Wm Barton of NJ, relating the skinning of two indians from their hips down to make boots, one pair for the major and one for himself. Best regards, Ed -- For Revolutionary War information on the Internet, your first choice should be AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG

> Do you know what Regiments Howe had with him at Brandywine. Order of March based on Ewald's Journal. Doubtless it is not perfect. 1st DIVISION (Cornwallis): [crossed at Jeffries Ford] Advanced guard: (60) Hessian Foot Jaegers (Capt. Ewald) (15) Hessian Mounted Jaegers (Lt Hagen) (Company) 42nd Highland Regiment [Black Watch] (Capt McPherson) (Company) Light Infantry [1st LI battalion, detached from 17th Regt] (Capt Scott) MAIN BODY: Light Infantry: 1st Battalion 2d Battalion Pioneer Corp (25%) Grenadiers: English: 1st Battalion 2d Battalion Hessian: Battalion v. Minnegerode Battalion v. Linsing Battalion v. Lengerke ---------- 2nd DIVISION (Grant) Advanced guard: 16th Dragoons (2 Troops) MAIN BODY: Pioneer Corps (25%) 1st Brigade Artillery 1st Brigade Infantry (Vaughan): 4th, 23rd, 28th, 49th Regiments of Foot 2d Brigade Infantry (Grant): 5th, 10th, 27th, 40th, 55th Regiments of Foot Pioneer Corps (25%) 2d Brigade Artillery 3rd Brigade Infantry (Grey): 15th, 17th, 42nd, 44th Regiments of Foot 4th Brigade Infantry (Agnew): 33rd, 37th, 46th, 64th Regiments of Foot 5th Brigade (Leslie): 71st Regiment (three battalions) The war chest, ammunition, provisions & hospital wagons 3d Battallion, 71st Regiment [Fraser's Higlanders] -- covered right flank ---------- 3rd DIVISION (von Knyhausen): [crossed at Chadd's Ford] Advanced guard: Unknown MAIN BODY: Pioneer Corps (25%) 3d Brigade Artillery Brigade of Hessian Infantry (Stirn): Lieb-Infanterie-Regiment Regiment von Donop Regiment von Mirbach "Combined Regiment" [Remnants of three Hessian regiments captured at Trenton] 16th Dragoons (2 Troops) 40th Regiment of Foot 1st & 2d Battalions, 71st Regiment [Fraser's Highlanders] Queen's Rangers (Wemyss) Fergusson's Corps of Riflemen Bob Brooks

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