In the "DAR Patriot Index," volume 3, p-z, published in 2003, page 2087: William Pendleton, Sr.: born Mar. 23, 1704, RI, died Aug. 23, 1786 in RI, married (x) Lydia Burroughs, (x) Mrs. Mary (McDowell), Cheeseborough, RO, RI. The abbreviation "RO" stands for Recruiting Officer. He is credited with Revolutionary War Service. Frances Hall

Hoping someone will have an educated guess for this one. I have an ancestor who lived in Montgomery County, VA. Someone by his name served in either or both of these: Lee's Legion and the 7th VA Continental Line, and was a Sergeant. Thomas Whitlock from Montgomery County, Va. I do know that he isn't the one in the records from from Halifax Co Va. Judging by his place of residence could he have been in the 7th Va ? or Lee's Legion ? Montgomery VA was near the NC border then. Thanks! Debbie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Debbie wrote: " Hoping someone will have an educated guess for this one. I have an ancestor who lived in Montgomery County, VA. Someone by his name served in either or both of these: Lee's Legion and the 7th VA Continental Line, " Debbie you hit on a big issue here. That is identification of soldiers found in primary sources. I have THREE cases in my family where for 50 years soldiers with certain names were identified as being my ancestors but on further research the soldiers turned out to be someone else. One example: there is a Henry Flesher in the 12th VA regiment, well documented. For many years people thought that this soldier was my ancestor Henry Flesher the pioneer settler of Weston, WV. On closer inspection the soldier turned out to be my Henry's nephew. But you wouldn't believe some of the old genealogy letters going around back in the '30s that really sounded authoritative and like they were written by professional historians. But they identified the wrong guy. Sometimes it is rough when a soldier's documented record is found to figure out exactly WHICH person of the same name (if there are more than one) the soldier was. With Cornelius Bogard we got real lucky - he signed a pay receipt for his commander and the signature is a perfect match to the signature of the one who permanently settled here in the Tygart Valley. But without that signature we would never have known which of four or five Cornelius Bogards the soldier was. Just a heads up - check IDs of soldiers.