Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:19 PM Subject: History I have the disc which lists most of the Americans who fought in the American revolution and I have been doing research for the Daughters of the American Revolution group. So I have been going thru it (thousands of names & 200 single spaced pages). From time to time I have noted the present of women on this list, most were simply camp followers, followering their husbands. A few have been listed as cooks, wagoneers etc. but today I came across with a special listing which I have never seen before: Mrs. Elinor Jones Barbour Mathews, wife of James Mathews(who was a private in Maine Service) is listed as LADY PATRIOT IN MAINE SERVICE.. I wonder what she did to desire this title and to be listed as a Soldier in the American Revolution. She is buried in cemetery on road to Fogg's Landing, South Thomaston, Knox, Maine. Gordon Crooks.