Do a search of the Valley Forge "Muster Roll" at http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/QueryMSAccess.asp I counted 75 Lewis's of which there are 3 John's from Virginia and 1 Thomas but no James's. You may find the one you are looking for. Good luck, Tom Montague -----Original Message----- From: american-revolution-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:american-revolution-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jeanne Bedwell Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 2:24 AM To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION@rootsweb.com Subject: [AMERICAN-REVOLUTION] Alpheus Lewis I am looking for the Revolutionary War record of Alpheus Lewis, b. 26 Sep 1745 in Albemarle County, VA. In a 1942 Topeka newspaper article, his great-granddaughter Jennie Lewis Riner Aldrich stated that he was a member of a Pennsylvania regiment and spent the winter with Washington's Army at Valley Forge. No record has shown up yet for his service and he is not listed in the DAR Patriots Index. His son Thomas Lewis, b. 1779 in PA, received a land patent in Indiana in 1829. A grandson was named "James Alpheus Lewis," perhaps a clue that Alpheus enlisted under another name, such as James or John. jeanne bedwell List Mom for the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION mailing list: Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We have archives! Search for your AMERICAN-REVOLUTION information here..... http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AMERICAN-REVOLUT ION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most helpful site http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message