There is a thread on this subject at http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/199709/msg00343.html George Basden wrote: > Might very well be true. There was a Steve Cooper, Poore that was the > first black to fight in the War. He fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. > I really cann't remember his name now but the Postal Service issued a > commerative stamp about him in the early 1950's. > > George > gebasden@worldnet.att.net > http://www.basden.com > > ---------- > > From: Tip4U@aol.com > > To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: DD 214 > > Date: Sunday, June 21, 1998 10:23 PM > > > > Is it true that an African American signed the Declaration of > Independence and > > if so what was his name? >