Are we sure we're talking about General George Washington. Colonel William Washington was captured at the Battle of Eutaw Springs, remained a prisoner in SC for the remainder of the war, married a Charleston lady and stayed there. See Chapter XVI of Volume II of Lossing's "Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution," http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wcarr1/Lossing1/Chap48.html Bill Carr Town of Malta Saratoga County, NY Lossing's Field Books of the Revolution and War of 1812 at http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wcarr1/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce & Nancy Creighton (by way of John Robertson <jr@jrshelby.com>)" <bcreighton@accesswave.ca> To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 12:58 PM Subject: [A-REV] re: Zepheniah Williams and Nathan Pushee/Pushie > Hi. > > I am wondering if you can lead me in the right direction. I have tried > Ancestry.com mad the Olive Tree (this is where I got your mailing address), > but no luck. > > I am looking for military/war records of 2 gentlemen. > > 1. Zepheniah Williams who enlisted into the Revolutionary war in Maryland > (approx. 1778). He fought under Gen. Washington (as most probably did). He > became a prisoner of war in Charleston, South Carolina. Sent to Jamaica > (West Indies) approx. 1783. Then he was taken by the British to Nova Scotia > in 1788 where he settled and married and had children. There is no > indication of him or his children returning to the US. There is mention of > his grandchildren returning, though (dates unknown). > > 2. Nathan Pushie who enlisted into the Revolutionary War (approx. 1776). He > fought under Gen. Washington, also. But, in his obituary it says that he > personally saved Gen. Washington's life, awarded the medal of bravery and > became his personal bodyguard until Nathan became prisoner of war (unknown > dates at this time) and sent to Prince Edward Island (approx. 1783), then > settled in Nova Scotia. > > > I have documents that say both Zepheniah and Nathan were Gen. George > Washington's bodyguards until the battle in Charleston, SC. How can I find > out if this is true or not? Is there any documentation of awards of bravery > at that time or any personal records of Gen. Washington that may state > information on these 2 people? > > Any information would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks for your time > Bruce Creighton > > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >