Nancy-Jo, I would appreciate reference source to verify military service of Jonah HOPKINS. Our family lore states he was a "minute man in the American Revolution" but I have no documentation. Thank you for your kind offer of a look up service. Best Regards, Brenda Hopkins Clackamas, OR -----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >Sent: Aug 9, 2007 9:27 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [RIGENWEB] Minority Military Service - Rhode Island 1775 - 1783 > >Hello everyone, this information came to me in a pamplet I sent away for to >the Providence Public Library. The librarian sent me the pamplet titled, >Minority Minilary Service - Rhode Island 1775 - 1783. In writing to the >library, I was looking for a listing of who actually served, not the 1777 Military >Census of Rhode Island. My interest was in gaining pension numbers to send >away for files. > >The National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution appear to be >the ones who may have put this together in 1988, there may be copies at the >Rhode Island Historical Society but I'm not sure. > >Anyway, since I'm unsure of reproducing the list here, would anyone want a >lookup of this pamphlet? > >Here are the abbreivations used in the listing, > >1777 Chamberlain, Mildred Mosher, trans. The Rhode Island 1777 Military >Census, Rhode Island Geneallogical Socciey, Genealogical Publishing Company, >Baltimore, 1985 > >NARS36 Newman, Debra L. comp. List of Black Servicement Compiled from the >War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records. Special List No. 36, >National Archives and Records Service, General Services, Admnistration, >Washington, DC, 1974 > >BLWt Bounty Land Warrant, above publication. > >RIHT-10 Rider, Sidney S., An Historical Inquiry Concerning the Attempt to >Raise a Regiment of Slaves by Rhode Island During the War of the Revolution. >Providence, 1880. Abstract, Rhode Island Historical Society Tract No. 10, >NSDAR Library. > >'76 Cowell, Benjamin, Spirit of '76 in Rhode Island, A.J. Wright, printer, >Boston 1850. Index, Arnold, James N., Vital Reocrds of Rhode Island >1636-1850, Vol. XIII pp 92-298. > >MSS Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vols. >I-XVII, Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1896-1908. > >RIA Rhode Island Index of Revolutionary War Service i the Rhode Island >State Archives. > >LG Greene, Lorenzo, Some Observations on the Black Regiment of Rhode Island >i nthe American Revolution. The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXVII, No. >2, Washington, DC 1952. > >If this is not protected under copyright, perhaps I can post the names, but >if anyone would like a lookup, please keep the email with abbreviations >above. > >Just offering, > >Nancy-Jo Nunez >A Genealogy Enthusiast >...Member of Rhode Island Genealogy Society, New England Genealogical & >Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society, Santa Clara California >Genealogical Society. > > > > > >************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at >http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Brenda, thanks for writing.? Let me look at the pamphlet and get back to you ok?? The name isn't familiar, although the Hopkins name is familiar to me. Nancy-Jo Nunez A genealogy enthusiast Member of NEHGs, RIHS, CHS -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 9:36 am Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] Minority Military Service - Rhode Island 1775 - 1783 Nancy-Jo, I would appreciate reference source to verify military service of Jonah HOPKINS. Our family lore states he was a "minute man in the American Revolution" but I have no documentation. Thank you for your kind offer of a look up service. Best Regards, Brenda Hopkins Clackamas, OR -----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >Sent: Aug 9, 2007 9:27 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [RIGENWEB] Minority Military Service - Rhode Island 1775 - 1783 > >Hello everyone, this information came to me in a pamplet I sent away for to >the Providence Public Library. The librarian sent me the pamplet titled, >Minority Minilary Service - Rhode Island 1775 - 1783. In writing to the >library, I was looking for a listing of who actually served, not the 1777 Military >Census of Rhode Island. My interest was in gaining pension numbers to send >away for files. > >The National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution appear to be >the ones who may have put this together in 1988, there may be copies at the >Rhode Island Historical Society but I'm not sure. > >Anyway, since I'm unsure of reproducing the list here, would anyone want a >lookup of this pamphlet? > >Here are the abbreivations used in the listing, > >1777 Chamberlain, Mildred Mosher, trans. The Rhode Island 1777 Military >Census, Rhode Island Geneallogical Socciey, Genealogical Publishing Company, >Baltimore, 1985 > >NARS36 Newman, Debra L. comp. List of Black Servicement Compiled from the >War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records. Special List No. 36, >National Archives and Records Service, General Services, Admnistration, >Washington, DC, 1974 > >BLWt Bounty Land Warrant, above publication. > >RIHT-10 Rider, Sidney S., An Historical Inquiry Concerning the Attempt to >Raise a Regiment of Slaves by Rhode Island During the War of the Revolution. >Providence, 1880. Abstract, Rhode Island Historical Society Tract No. 10, >NSDAR Library. > >'76 Cowell, Benjamin, Spirit of '76 in Rhode Island, A.J. Wright, printer, >Boston 1850. Index, Arnold, James N., Vital Reocrds of Rhode Island >1636-1850, Vol. XIII pp 92-298. > >MSS Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vols. >I-XVII, Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1896-1908. > >RIA Rhode Island Index of Revolutionary War Service i the Rhode Island >State Archives. > >LG Greene, Lorenzo, Some Observations on the Black Regiment of Rhode Island >i nthe American Revolution. The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXVII, No. >2, Washington, DC 1952. > >If this is not protected under copyright, perhaps I can post the names, but >if anyone would like a lookup, please keep the email with abbreviations >above. > >Just offering, > >Nancy-Jo Nunez >A Genealogy Enthusiast >...Member of Rhode Island Genealogy Society, New England Genealogical & >Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society, Santa Clara California >Genealogical Society. > > > > > >************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at >http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.