>What Sherry wrote about our John Downing is true EXCEPT he was NOT a >Revolutionary War vet. At one point someone convinced the DAR he was the >John Downing who fought in Timothy Downing's Co. in PA but it has since >been proved that he wasn't. THAT John Downing is well documented and he >isn't ours. > > > >Cheryl Rothwell >clrothwell@mindspring.com >Logan County, ILGenWeb, coordinator >http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm >Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L@rootsweb.com >Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L@rootsweb.com > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > > Thank you Cheryl, for the Rev War information about our John Downing. I have for years wondered if this were accurate because of who instigated the ceremony at the cemetery in Logan County. Can you document that it was not this JOhn Downing? How was it proved that he was not? Sherry