Since he doesn't die until 1868 there should be two times that he must list the state he was born in for the census taker. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Buettner" <buettner@hiwaay.net> To: <american-revolution@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 9:52 PM Subject: Re: [AMERICAN-REVOLUTION] suggestions > Thank you Joanne, We all need to hear,stop & do what you suggest! As I > live in AL may I suggest 2 books on GA research: "Gone to GA" sorry, > don't > know author, but if someone is interested I'll go local library & find > out. > Another is "GA Research: a Handbook...." by Robert S. Davis, Jr. and Ted > Brooks. May order from GA Gene Society > <www.gagensociety.org/publications.htm> $38.00 non-members. I plan to > order > one tomorrow. Barbara, Cullman, AL > > -----Original Message----- > From: american-revolution-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:american-revolution-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of qvarizona > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 8:32 PM > To: american-revolution@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AMERICAN-REVOLUTION] suggestions > > > Joanne, > > It may be that you really are putting the cart in front of the horse. > If I were you, I wouldn't be concerned at this time about a possible > RWV. Why not concentrate on finding your Peter Fossett's family > first? It's possible, of course, that you could go through the back door > so to speak, and find find several Fossetts who were RWVs, and MAYBE, if > you were extemely lucky, one of them filed a pension application and > listed > the names of his > descendants, but the chances of this are extremely unlikely. > > Why not concentrate first on the county where Peter was born. > By "concentrate", I mean learn everything you can about it, who > were the families living there? Were there any Fossetts? Try every > imaginable spelling. If you find Fossetts/Faucetts/Fawcett, et al, track > each one down > until you know where they lived, who their neighbors were, etc. What was > the leading > religion practiced? By this time, your search will almost take over by > itself, and you'll know where to go next. > > If you can't find any Fossetts it's going to be a bit harder, but still > not impossible. > By now, you'll probably have a good idea where the people in Greene Co. > Georgia > came from. Check out every single clue --big or little. At least when > you do find your family, you'll be able to recognize them when you get > around to checking military histories. > > I could go on, but I think you get my message. As the descendant of > several proven > ancestors who were RWVs, I don't mean to minimize the pride and gratitude > I feel for their > contribution to our country, but it is NOTHING in comparison to first > finding them and proving my descent. > > Another Joanne > ..................... > > Joanne Thorne <cybergranny@nc.rr.com> wrote: > I have tracked my grgrgrandfather, Peter Early Fossett b. 23 Feb 1817 in > Greene Co Ga. Records state that he was orphaned at an early age. I have > no clue who his parents are, where they came from or what may have > happened > to them. > Since I have no given name, how or where would one begin to search for a > possible Rev War ancestor? > Thanks for any suggestions. > Joanne Yeager Thorne > > List Mom for the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION mailing list: > Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > We have archives! 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