I am looking for information on my grandfather, Eddie F. Wilson. He was born in Nebraska and passed away in Compton, California, Sept. 22, 1957. Interment at Highland Cemetery in Lawton, Oklahoma, but he did have services in Morland or Marland Mortuary in Compton, Calif. I know that he was married at least twice. He had 2 children by his first marriage , my father, Vincent Muriel and a daughter Glayds. Any info will be appreciated. Faith Wilson Peperone 03:00 PM 5/11/2005, [email protected] wrote: >AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 93 > >Today's Topics: > #1 Albany Militia ["John F. Crossen" > <[email protected]] > #2 Lt. David Dewer(s), Loyalist ["John F. Crossen" > <[email protected]] > #3 Re: [AMER-REV] Lt. David Dewer(s), [[email protected]] > #4 Re: [AMER-REV] Lt. David Dewer(s), ["Bob Brooks" <[email protected]>] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe, send an e-mail message to: >[email protected] >In the body include only one word: unsubscribe >(Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > > > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 18:47:52 -0700 (PDT) >From: "John F. Crossen" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Albany Militia >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Hi Everybody! > >Still exploring various colonial lines in my family... >Came upon the following gentleman: > >Henry Sherman, father of my g-grandmother Deborah >Sherman Duers. > >He was apparently in the Albany Militia in New York. >What do you folks know about this unit? (Ed, I'm >thinking you may have something.) I'll go ahead and >Google and see what I find. > >Best, John > >"Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude and good company." > - Lord Byron (1788-1824) > >"One more shot for the honour of Down!" > > - Rollicking Rollo (1766-1814) > Hero of County Down, IR > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 18:52:34 -0700 (PDT) >From: "John F. Crossen" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Lt. David Dewer(s), Loyalist >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >One of my g-grandfathers is a bit of a cypher... David >Dewers (or Duers). Before his marriage to Deborah >Sherman of Dartmouth, Mass. in 1770, there is no >record of him. And his activity during the War is a >mystery. He and the Sherman family eventually settled >in Albany, NY. His father-in-law, Henry Sherman, was >in the Albany Militia. David either died or >"disappeared" before 1790. > >Now, I did locate a David Dewer(s) on a list of >Loyalist officers for the 71st Regiment. Could this be >him? He was a lieutenant. > >Hoping someone might be able to shed light on this >mystery-ancestor. > >Best, John > > >"Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude and good company." > - Lord Byron (1788-1824) > >"One more shot for the honour of Down!" > > - Rollicking Rollo (1766-1814) > Hero of County Down, IR > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ >Yahoo! Mail Mobile >Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. >http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail > >______________________________X-Message: #3 >Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 22:54:14 EDT >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [AMER-REV] Lt. David Dewer(s), Loyalist >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > > >You could also try Dewars. Scottiish name? Anne > >In a message dated 5/10/2005 9:53:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: > >One of my g-grandfathers is a bit of a cypher... David >Dewers (or Duers). Before his marriage to Deborah >Sherman of Dartmouth, Mass. in 1770, there is no >record of him. And his activity during the War is a >mystery. He and the Sherman family eventually settled >in Albany, NY. His father-in-law, Henry Sherman, was >in the Albany Militia. David either died or >"disappeared" before 1790. > >Now, I did locate a David Dewer(s) on a list of >Loyalist officers for the 71st Regiment. Could this be >him? He was a lieutenant. > >Hoping someone might be able to shed light on this >mystery-ancestor. > >Best, John > > >"Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude and good company." >- Lord Byron (1788-1824) > >"One more shot for the honour of Down!" > >- Rollicking Rollo (1766-1814) >Hero of County Down, IR > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ >Yahoo! Mail Mobile >Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. >http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail > > >==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== >List Mom for AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L: >Diana Boothe [email protected] > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors >at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=54 >29 > >______________________________X-Message: #4 >Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 07:49:13 -0400 >From: "Bob Brooks" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [AMER-REV] Lt. David Dewer(s), Loyalist >Content-Type: text/plain; > format=flowed; > charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >John -- > >>Now, I did locate a David Dewer(s) on a list of >>Loyalist officers for the 71st Regiment. Could this be >>him? He was a lieutenant. > >I am suprised that he is listed as a "Loyalist officer" because the 71st >Regiment of Highland Foot was a "regular" army regiment comprising two >battalions. Kmown as "Fraser's Higlanders" the regiment was formed in >Scotand in 1775-1776 and departed Greenock for America in late April 1776, >bound for Boston which had been evacuated by that time. Of the >approximately 2098 officers & men, 160 womenm and 16 servants of the 71st >Regiment who departed in 22 transport ships, about 500-550 were captured >at sea by US forces. A few over 100 men with another 100+ men belonging >to the 42nd Regiment ("Royal Highlanders" -- now known as the Black >Watch") taken at the the same time ended up dispersed throughout the jails >of western Virginia. The other 400+ POWs of the 71st Regiment were >interred throughout Mass. The 71st was stripped of its flank companies >and its 16 remaning infantry companies were involved in the Long Island, >Philadelphia, Savannah, and "Southern" campaigns. The 71st had one >battalion captured at Cowpens and the other battalion surrendered at >Yorktown. Of the flank companies, one company was captured at Stony >Point. In Oct 1777, replacement recruits just arrived at New York were >park of the storming of Fort Clinton where they performed in exemplary >fashion with heavy losses. > >I am not aware of any Colonialists being allowed to purchase commissions >in the 71st Regiment although I know that some of the commissioned >officers of the 71st Regiment commanded Loyalist units. If memory serves, >one was a cavalry troop called something like the Georgia Light Horse. > >Commissions in the 71st were by purchase. The only Dewar holding an army >commission as of 30 June 1780 was David Dewar, an Ensign in the 1st >Battalion, 71st Regiment with a date of rank in the regiment of 02 Nov >1778. He next held a commission as Lieutenant in the same regiment with a >date of rank of 05 Nov 1780. > >Again if memory serves, David Dewar's first date of rank (02 Nov 1778) >found the 71st enroute from New York to the Savannah River; however, it >may have been a day or two prior to the departure. This suggests that >David Dewar was already with the regiment serving as a "Cadwt" or >"Volunteer." Of course, David Dewar could have purchased his commission >in Scotland and didn't join the regiment for quite sme time. > >Bob Brooks

Has anyone filled DAR application thru Jesse HODGES, who served on the western territory under Gen RODGERS? He was from Goochland Co VA b 1760 to John and Deborah LEE HODGES; he died Dec 1838 according to his pension records. I am looking for his wife and children's names, thanks, Mary