This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowden Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SRB.2ACE/12199.1 Message Board Post: Rick - The dates tie in with the info I received from the National Archives regarding Heber's military service in the Revolutionary War: Enlisted 2 Mar 1778 9 mos 12 th Mass Reg., Samuel Brewer, Col. Pvt Return of Men in Capt John Chadwick's Co., 6th Mass Battalion commanded by Samuel Brewer 10 Sep 1778 And a rather ambiguous Discharge - can't tell if he was wounded, etc. No date Casua(ts) Discharged Sum due 14 dol 12 nine Vol 170 page 9 But we still don't know if he was Loammi's father! Marti