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

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! 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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! Search for your AMERICAN-REVOLUTION information here..... http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AMERICAN-REVOLUT ION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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-REVOLUT ION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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

Joanne, in case you can "back into" your line, here are a couple of Fossetts who are DAR ancestors: John Fossett, Maryland, married Susanna Ellis, served as private in Capts. Lyman and George Richards in the Continental Line. Henry Fossett, married Anna Clark, servec in Maine, lived in Massachusetts. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanne Thorne" <cybergranny@nc.rr.com> To: <american-revolution@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 6:35 PM Subject: [AMERICAN-REVOLUTION] suggestions >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! 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 >