When we first started our genealogy research in 1965, I picked up a book at our library about the American Revolution, and I saw several pages in there that told how Lieut. James Matson took his men around the base of Breed's Hill, and then up to the top and it told about the skirmishes in which they were involved. At the time I thought this could NOT be our James Matson, for whom we were researching because there was so much about him in that book. Since then I have found out it was our ancestor James Matson, of Pennsylvania, Virginia and finally Bourbon County, Kentucky. But I can't find that book again or any thing about his Revolution experiences, except for his records in the PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES, which are fairly extensive, and in HISTORICAL REGISTER OF OFFICERS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY DURING THE WAR OF REVOLUTION by F. B. Heitman, which says this about him: Matson, James (Pa.) 3rd Lt. of Thompson's Pa. Rifle Battalion, 25 June 1775; 2nd Lt. 13th Aug. 1775; 1st Lt. 1st Continental Infantry 1st Jan. to 1st Dec. 1776; Taken prisoner at Fort Washington 16th Nov., 1776. His name is listed in the book where prisoners who were held on the ship OLD JERSEY are indexed. We could almost make a monthly diary for him when he gets to Bourbon County, Kentucky but it's his early life about which we are devoid of information. If anyone can furnish ANY information about his service in the Revolution, we would be most appreciative. Thank you very much for anything you can furnish me. Betty Roach Scheidler