Where do I find John Chilton's Diary??? Will a Google Search work? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Logan McK. Cheek" <lmc3@rochester.rr.com> To: <american-revolution@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [AMERICAN-REVOLUTION] Service in 3rd VA Regiment Long shot -- but try John Chilton's Diary. If he was in the 3rd VA before 1778, he may be mentioned here. After 1778, you'd be out of luck with Chilton, as he was KIA. Logan > They Behaved Like Soldiers: Captain John Chilton and the Third > Virginia Regiment 1775-1778 - Michael Cecere. Captain John > Chilton's letters and diary offer insight into the more routine > aspects of life in the American army during the Revolutionary War, > along with detailed observations of his military experiences, the > marches, battles, hardships and frustrations. His letters are full > of inquires and instructions for his children, and express pride > and concern for the men of his company. Struggles in camp and on > the march, encounters with fellow officers and local inhabitants, > and the hopes and expectations of Chilton and his men are > highlighted. The Third Virginia Regiment was the first unit of > Virginia regulars to join General Washington's army in New York. > They served, with distinction, at Harlem Heights, Trenton, > Morristown, Brandywine, Germantown, and Valley Forge. Several maps, > a bibliography, and an index augment the text. (2004), 2006, 5½x8½, > paper, index, 146 pp. > $18.50 > C2479 > ISBN: 0788424793 On Aug 26, 2006, at 1:40 PM, HFTHusma@aol.com wrote: > I am concerned about the 3rd VA Regiment during the Rev. War. > > Gwathmey states that Sergeant Jacob SMOCK had service with the 3rd > and 4th > VA Regiments. I can find Sgt. Jacob SMOCK in the 8th VA at Valley > Forge (Dec > 1777-June 1778). Since the 8th was merged into the 4th VA in Sep > 1778, it is > logical that Jacob SMOCK serve in the 4th VA. > > Sgt. Jacob SMOCK with 3 years service in the VA Continental Line > received > Military Warrant #1022 for 200 acres which he registered in 1783, > but never > surveyed or patented. > > He was killed by Indians at Crab Orchard, KY soon after 1784 (last > tax year > in Hampshire Co., VA) while returning to VA from KY. > > > What I cannot find is any reference of his service with the 3rd VA > as stated > by Gwathmey. Any suggestions as to sources to be explored? > > Best regards, > Hugh > > > > > > > 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-REVOLUTION > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > 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 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-REVOLUTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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

Phyllis, Check with your public library, and cite the ISBN below. If they don't have it (and they probably won't) they can borrow it for you on interlibrary loan from whoever has a copy. You can also buy it from Heritage Books in Maryland <http:// www.heritagebooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc? Screen=PROD&Store_Code=HBI&Product_Code=C2479&Category_Code=> The author may sell copies directly, also. (This is NOT a commercial message!!!) Even if your guy is not mentioned, this book will give you a very good idea of the units comings, goings, and doings, at least through 1778. For anyone having any serious interest in the 3rd Virginia (two of my ancestors, Captain Nathaniel Ambler Ashby and Major Robert Powell both served in this unit) I found the Chilton's diaries indispensable. I used them to compile a 40 page monograph on Powell's life, primarily his war years. When I did the monograph, the diaries were only available in the original manuscripts from the Draper Collection of the Chicago Historic Society. Another book, now out of print, but for which many new and used copies are still floating around, is T. Triplett Russell and John K. Gott's Fauquier County in the Revolution (Warrenton, Virginia Publishing Co., 1977). Although ostensibly a history of the county's role in the American Revolution (it was written as a bicentennial local history project), it is for the most part a regimental history of the Third Virginia Continental Line. The value of this book is that it carries the history of the unit through to the end of the war. Unfortunately, your Jacob Smock does not appear in the index -- although that may have been an oversight. Logan On Aug 26, 2006, at 8:44 PM, Phyllis Fierke wrote: > Where do I find John Chilton's Diary??? Will a Google Search work? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Logan McK. Cheek" <lmc3@rochester.rr.com> > To: <american-revolution@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 1:16 PM > Subject: Re: [AMERICAN-REVOLUTION] Service in 3rd VA Regiment > > > Long shot -- but try John Chilton's Diary. If he was in the 3rd VA > before 1778, he may be mentioned here. After 1778, you'd be out of > luck with Chilton, as he was KIA. > > Logan > >> They Behaved Like Soldiers: Captain John Chilton and the Third >> Virginia Regiment 1775-1778 - Michael Cecere. Captain John >> Chilton's letters and diary offer insight into the more routine >> aspects of life in the American army during the Revolutionary War, >> along with detailed observations of his military experiences, the >> marches, battles, hardships and frustrations. His letters are full >> of inquires and instructions for his children, and express pride >> and concern for the men of his company. Struggles in camp and on >> the march, encounters with fellow officers and local inhabitants, >> and the hopes and expectations of Chilton and his men are >> highlighted. The Third Virginia Regiment was the first unit of >> Virginia regulars to join General Washington's army in New York. >> They served, with distinction, at Harlem Heights, Trenton, >> Morristown, Brandywine, Germantown, and Valley Forge. Several maps, >> a bibliography, and an index augment the text. (2004), 2006, 5½x8½, >> paper, index, 146 pp. >> $18.50 >> C2479 >> ISBN: 0788424793 > > On Aug 26, 2006, at 1:40 PM, HFTHusma@aol.com wrote: > >> I am concerned about the 3rd VA Regiment during the Rev. War. >> >> Gwathmey states that Sergeant Jacob SMOCK had service with the 3rd >> and 4th >> VA Regiments. I can find Sgt. Jacob SMOCK in the 8th VA at Valley >> Forge (Dec >> 1777-June 1778). Since the 8th was merged into the 4th VA in Sep >> 1778, it is >> logical that Jacob SMOCK serve in the 4th VA. >> >> Sgt. Jacob SMOCK with 3 years service in the VA Continental Line >> received >> Military Warrant #1022 for 200 acres which he registered in 1783, >> but never >> surveyed or patented. >> >> He was killed by Indians at Crab Orchard, KY soon after 1784 (last >> tax year >> in Hampshire Co., VA) while returning to VA from KY. >> >> >> What I cannot find is any reference of his service with the 3rd VA >> as stated >> by Gwathmey. Any suggestions as to sources to be explored? >> >> Best regards, >> Hugh >> >> >> >> >> >> >> List Mom for the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION mailing list: >> Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >> -- >> >> We have archives! 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