There is a John PRINCE in the war of 1812 from NC. I wonder how I could get any more info to find out if thisnis my John PRINCE. Pat Prince ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev" <brencher@elpasotel.net> To: <ncwake@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [NCWAKE] Total Eclipse of the Sun -- Wake/Johnston Co. NC > > Betty > I found this snippet of information > > Sir Edmund Halley is credited with making the first observations of Bailys > beads during the eclipse of 22 April 1715. They were also seen by > Maclaurin > from Edinburgh during the annular eclipse of 1 March 1737 and by Williams > from Revolutionary War America on 27 October 1780 (see Chapter 1) from > just > outside the path of totality. But it was Francis Bailys widely > disseminated > description of the phenomenon during the annular eclipse of 15 May 1836 > that led to their bearing his name thereafter. > http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~rhill/alpo/eclstuff/observeeclipses/chapter9.htm > > (bold type by me) (google search = "total eclipse" revolutionary war) > > However, I also found many documents relating to your James Hall in > Johnston N. C.( Rev War- Revolutionary War Pension) on Footnote.com. I > just subscribed for a month ($7.95) and thought I'd check. You may have > all this already, but it's worth looking at., I think. > > > > > >>Does anyone know what year the sun was totally eclipsed in the vicinity >>of Wake or Johnston Co. NC? Is there a web site that would give this >>information? >> >>I have the Revolutionary War Pension Application of James Hall of >>Johnston Co., NC. In it he says that he enlisted in the 10th Regiment of >>the NC line under Capt. Alsa High.(enlisted for period of nine months). >>He could not remember the exact year but said it was the year in which >>the sun was totally eclipsed--this was either in the county of Wake or >>the county of Johnston in NC. >> >>Part of his enlistment was under Captains Ramsey and Quinn. He was >>discharged in SC when his enlistment was up. He later re-enlisted but I >>don't know how long after his first discharge occurrred. He re-enlisted >>as a substitute for a fellow in Franklin Co. NC.. >> >>Does anyone know what year the sun was totally eclipsed in the vicinity >>of Wake or Johnston Co. NC? Is there a web site that would give this >>information? The pension application says the first enlistment was in >>the later stages of the American Revolution--that would make it in the >>late 1770s or early 1780s. >> >>Betty Pace >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>NCWAKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCWAKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >