Bob, this one is a bit more specific: "..states that he enlisted 1777 in the Virginia 10th Regiment under Captain Shelton" from the pension app of a Thomas Brummett: http://www.geocities.com/brenfoster/Sold14.html Deb --- Bob Turbyfill <[email protected]> wrote: > Can anyone deduce which Virginia Regiment John Cason > enlisted in? His > pension file #8184 provides the following > information. > > He enlisted in Spotsylvania County, VA in February > 1777 for three years > under Captain Shelton in the regiment commanded by > Colonel Walker and > another undecipherable name. He also served under > Colonel Fleury in General > Wayne's division Virginia Line. He states he was > marched to Williamsburg > where the regiment was organized and from there to > Danbury near the city of > Philadelphia where the army went into winter > quarters. In the spring they > marched to New York and from there to the north. He > was in the storming and > taking of Stony Point in July 1779 where he > continued for two months. From > there they marched to the south to join General > Gates army. On his way > south at Fredericksburg, VA in February 1780, his > term of enlistment expired > and he was discharged. He served as a private. > > He was living in Anson County, NC when he filed his > application for pension > and died there in October 1834. > > Does anyone have an educated guess as to which > Virginia regiment he was a > member of? > > Thanks, > Bob Turbyfill > Augusta, GA > > > ==== 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 > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail