Given below is a transcript I made of a letter from Captain Brevard recommending that my direct ancestor (Randel Shoemaker) and his brother John receive land in Tennessee in credit for their service in the Revolutionary War. Randel and John's father eventually applied for and received land, which I believe was on the order of 640 acres...I found the letter in the archives of the Sons of the American Revolution, here in Louisville, KY. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This may certify that Randel Shoemaker and his brother John Shoemaker were delivered to me at Frohocks House, near Salisbury, in May 1781 to serve in the Continental Army for twelve months as part of the quota of men of that description that was to be furnished from Rowan County. Those two brothers happened to fall in my company and John was with us in the battle of Eutaw Springs and was wounded (of) which wound he died in Camden. Randel, also in the battle, was sent on, with his wounded brother to Camden to the Hospital. On my return from the army with those twelve months men whose times had expired, I found Randel Shoemaker in Camden. He came on with the others and received his discharge. They were quite well conducting young men and Randel was a Sergeant of the line in the Company. Now I do conceive that if there is land coming to any of the Troops of this description that is of twelve months (service) that they Randel & John Shoemaker are as much entitled to it as any (troops) can be. Especially John, who lost his live in this violent struggle. Geven under hand the 26th day of October 1827. Alex. Brevard, Captain at the time in the Continental Army, North Carolina line Footnote at the bottom lof the letter: Any one who wishes to be particularly acquainted with the manner in which the Continental troops of North Carolina were arranged when the Shoemaker's were in Service know that North Carolina had then Six Regiments on the _____that all the Troops they had then in the field would not have amounted to one full regiment and they were called the First and Second Battalion & are under two_______ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ My distant ancestors who eventually settled this land in Tennessee fought for the North in the Civil War, while my great-grandfather from Iredell County, NC, fought for the South.... Just a little piece of Americana for anyone interested....by the way does anyone on the list know anything about the Frohocks House near Salisbury? Carl Shumaker