"You're right, Barry. I've learned that Joseph served in in Capt. Norney's command in the Pennsylvania Militia and, later, a sergeant in Capt. Alexander Colley's Company . . . how do I find histories of those units? " Search the Archives of AmRev-L, Link is below. Members may be able to help. Barry Barry Wetherington ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark E. Dixon" <mark.dixon@att.net> To: "Barry Wetherington" <cbarrfly@comcast.net> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 8:52 PM Subject: Re: Joseph Levering (1748-1822) Philadelphia -- listed DAR Patriot Index "sergeant" served RevWar (presumably PA) > You're right, Barry. I've learned that Joseph served in in Capt. Norney's > command in the > Pennsylvania Militia and, later, a sergeant in Capt. Alexander Colley's > Company. > > Having identified the units in which Joseph Levering served, though, how > do > I find histories of those units? I'm more familiar with the Civil War > military in which the regiment was the main unit of organization, with > regiments being subdivided into companies but also being part of brigades > and corps. > > I appreciate your help. > > Mark > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barry Wetherington" <cbarrfly@comcast.net> > To: <american-revolution@rootsweb.com>; <mark.dixon@att.net> > Cc: "BarryCast" <cbarrfly@comcast.net> > Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 9:57 AM > Subject: Joseph Levering (1748-1822) Philadelphia -- listed DAR Patriot > Index "sergeant" served RevWar (presumably PA) > > >> "Joseph Levering (1748-1822) of Philadelphia -- is listed in the DAR > Patriot >> Index as a "sergeant" who served in the Revolution (presumably in a >> Pennsylvania unit). " >> >> Mark; >> >> Go through the PA soldiers online alphabeta card index, mentioned in > the >> Archives of this List, Archives Link as generously included in the List >> TagLines (see below for instrucs): >> > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AMERICAN-REVOLUTION >> >> (Here 'tis:) >> When you navigate to the surname you seek, (see further below) you > can >> view actual PA RevWar card record images for each listed Surname soldier, >> often more than one record for each soldier, which also helps to >> establish >> proper identities/ units/ spellings, etc. >> >> PA State Archives: >> There is much here, but follow my path to get where we are going - > (then >> come back to investigate everything else.) >> http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/ >> http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/ >> http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp >> > http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=ArchiveIndexes&ArchiveID=13 >> >> > http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=ArchiveIndexes&ArchiveID=13 >> Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File Indexes >> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ >> Please select the first letter of the indexes you would like to review (I >> have >> done it for you for the many surnames below). >> >> PS: Insure you enter the full line of each of these Links, ie paste the >> 2d >> line (begins view+...) immediately after the first line. For example, > there >> will be no space between: >> '. . . asp?' & 'view . . . ,' ie, the right connection connects the 2 >> lines directly [Correct]. >> >> Here is another view of the center of the full Link connection: >> . . . . . state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=ArchiveItems&ArchiveID= . . . . . >> (note no spaces between letters in the center) >> >> OK, Lets do it! (3 search results below) >> >> > http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=ArchiveItems&ArchiveID=13&FID=490291&LID=490390&FL=H&Page=5 >> Heer >> >> > http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=ArchiveItems&ArchiveID=13&FID=592439&LID=592520&FL=V&Page=3 >> 4 cards for von Heer (Bartholomew) - Light Dragoons (Hessian Bodyguards >> to >> Gen'l >> Washington) >> >> > http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=ArchiveItems&ArchiveID=13&FL=B&FID=426358&LID=426457 >> Barlet" >> >> Again, Thanks SO much Ingrid, >> >> >> Also, FYI: DAR online indexes (was Help with name) >> PS: See DAR discussion below also. bw >> >> Everyone, >> >> The references that are shown in Mr. ...'s email are not to the DAR > Patriot >> Index. They are from the DAR's Genealogical Records Committee National >> Index, which is online. These references are not related to the Patriot >> Index or to Revolutionary War service. The GRC reports, which this index >> provides access to, are typescript volumes containing Bible and cemetery >> records along with many other types of sources from many time periods. >> The >> DAR has been compiling them since the 1910s, and there are now over >> 18,000 >> of these volumes in our library. >> >> The index is a work-in-progress and new entries are added frequently as >> we >> receive new indexes from the volunteer members who are performing this >> valuable work. Also, that reference to "AK" is indeed to an Alaska >> volume, >> not an Arkansas one. We are careful to use the correct postal codes for >> entries in our index. The book in question was prepared by a member in >> Alaska but the contents of it are Chatham County, North Carolina court >> records from 1843. The book is shelved in our North Carolina section. >> This >> illustrates one of the main reasons for the indexing project -- materials > on >> one state may appear in volumes compiled by DAR members from another > state. >> In the near future we plan to have the index references linked to the >> cataloging record of the book, so researchers will be able to identify >> the >> exact volume referenced by the index. >> >> In the DAR Library's portion of the DAR website (www.dar.org) one finds > the >> link to the GRC National Index on the left side. On the same page as the >> index search screen is a link to "GRC Index Overview," which explains >> what >> this index is. It also explains how to get copies of the pages referred >> to >> through our Search Service. The information and order form for the Search >> Service may be obtained by scrolling to the end of the "Overview" and >> clicking on the link. In the next few years we hope to scan the text of >> these volumes and link them to the online index in some way, but that is > not >> imminent or completely planned out. Consequently, short of visiting our >> library in Washington, D.C., the only way to obtain copies is through our >> Search Service or by hiring a private researcher. >> >> The DAR Patriot Index is not available online. The latest printed version > of >> the index is 2003, three red volumes. ALL EARLIER EDITIONS SHOULD BE > THROWN >> AWAY!!! [not shouting; just emphasizing]. In lieu of an online version of >> the index, the DAR offers a free online Patriot Index look-up service. On >> our website, www.dar.org, click on the word "Membership" in the middle of >> the page. On the right side of the next page is "DAR Patriot Lookup >> Service." Volunteer members will check names and send a reply shortly > after >> receipt. I have checked the 2003 version of the index and there are no > Mhoon >> entries; they've probably been merged with Moon because of the > similarities >> of pronunciation and spelling. I should add that the Patriot Index is not > a >> listing of all participants on the American side during the Revolutionary >> War, just those whose descendants in the DAR have established them in our >> records. Absence from the Patriot Index does not necessarily mean, >> therefore, that a person was not a soldier, sailor, patriot, etc. >> >> The DAR is making major strides at the present time to make more > information >> available to researchers through our webpage. I hope this information >> will >> help everyone understand what is and isn't available on it. More is on >> the >> way as our project develops over the next few years. >> >> Eric G. Grundset >> Library Director >> DAR Library >> 1776 D St., N.W. >> Washington, DC 20006-5303 >> 202-879-3313 (phone) >> 202-879-3227 (fax) >> egrundset@dar.org >> .................................... >> >> Barry Wetherington >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <american-revolution-request@rootsweb.com> >> To: <american-revolution@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 3:01 AM >> Subject: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Digest, Vol 1, Issue 7 >> >> >> > >> > >> > Today's Topics: >> > >> > 1. Pennsylvania Revolutionary veteran: Where are service >> > records? (Mark E. Dixon) >> > 2. Re: Pennsylvania Revolutionary veteran: Where areservice >> > records? (Tom Montague) >> > >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> > Message: 1 >> > Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:32:07 -0400 >> > From: "Mark E. Dixon" <mark.dixon@att.net> >> > Subject: [AMERICAN-REVOLUTION] Pennsylvania Revolutionary veteran: >> > Where are service records? >> > To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION@rootsweb.com> >> >> > Hi, List >> > >> > I've just been told that an ancestor -- Joseph Levering (1748-1822) of >> > Philadelphia -- is listed in the DAR Patriot Index as a "sergeant" who >> > served in the Revolution (presumably in a Pennsylvania unit). >> > According >> > to the person who passed this information along, the Patriot Index does >> > not reference the particular unit or regiment. >> > >> > Can anyone tell me where to find this information? I am interested in >> > learning what Levering did during the war. >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > Mark E. Dixon >> > Wayne, PA >> > >> > ------------------------------ >> > >> > Message: 2 >> > Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:58:14 -0400 >> > From: "Tom Montague" <tommontague@cox.net> >> > Subject: Re: [AMERICAN-REVOLUTION] Pennsylvania Revolutionary veteran: >> > Where areservice records? >> > To: <american-revolution@rootsweb.com> >> > Message-ID: <000001c6c8cc$3d057810$f2230044@Simon> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> > >> > Mark, >> > >> > A couple of ways you might find the information you're looking for are > to >> > either requesting military records from the National Archives >> > (http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/military/) or from the DAR >> > themselves >> > at >> > http://www.dar.org/. >> > >> > >> > Good luck, >> > Tom Montague >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: american-revolution-bounces@rootsweb.com >> > [mailto:american-revolution-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mark E. >> > Dixon >> > Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 4:32 PM >> > To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION@rootsweb.com >> > Subject: [AMERICAN-REVOLUTION] Pennsylvania Revolutionary veteran: >> > Where >> > areservice records? >> > >> > Hi, List >> > >> > I've just been told that an ancestor -- Joseph Levering (1748-1822) of >> > Philadelphia -- is listed in the DAR Patriot Index as a "sergeant" who >> > served in the Revolution (presumably in a Pennsylvania unit). >> > According >> > to >> > the person who passed this information along, the Patriot Index does >> > not >> > reference the particular unit or regiment. >> > >> > Can anyone tell me where to find this information? I am interested in >> > learning what Levering did during the war. >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > Mark E. Dixon >> > Wayne, PA >> > List Mom for the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION mailing list: >> > Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> We have archives! 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