That is interesting. I was not aware that Samuel appeared on the list of Rev.War soldiers. Was that a Georgia, North Carolina or South Carolina list. If you can let me know, I may do some digging on his military service. By the may be subscribed in list under more than one email address. I know I subscribed to it when you first started and since the our emails here campus have changed a couple of times, no matter, the info is always appreciated. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 6:01 PM Subject: [FRENCH-L] to Ron: Re: Elijah Clarke & Samuel French > Ron, I am remembering that Samuel French's name appears on a list of Rev. War > soldiers and is most likely our Samuel, as the others on the list are from > the same area of NC. I am a member of the DAR, however, I haven't bothered to > submit an Application on Samuel French because we cannot prove that he is > Gideon's father. All of us know that he is because of the fact that Gideon says > that he was born in GA, but the DAR requires proof for each generation. > > As for Elijah Clarke, I can't remember if Samuel was under him in the War, > however, Elijah Clarke was involved in the big Georgia land fraud that followed > the Rev. War. I can't remember all the details, but it seems that they gave > warrants for more land than they had available, and many soldiers arrived there > to find that someone else had laid claim to their land and / or that the land > was not fit for farming. Elijah Clarke and other insiders claimed millions of > acres for themselves and made fortunes selling that land. I do not know if > Samuel French was there because he had a Rev. War warrant. I believe that he > leased the land that he was on at first and then purchased. I wonder if the > reason that he didn't stay there long was because he was cheated. > > Julia > >