Thurmon, This is very possible. I have noticed that at the time of the Rev War that many people served for others. Espeically salves and indentured servents. Since the names are so close though I have a feeling he was serving with an alias. I will look and see what I can find this week while I am in DC. I will only be ordering records this week and viewing them in two. Liesa > > From: Thurmon E King <thurmonking@juno.com> > Date: 2004/02/17 Tue AM 01:30:13 GMT > To: SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SACKETT-L] Skene Douglas Sackett > > Hello Sackett Searchers: > > I recently ran across something that caused me to think of the question > of Skene D. Sackett's service in the Rev. War. Weygant says that he > entered the service under the name Skene Douglas in order to avoid > detection by his uncle. > > My question is: Would it be possible that his time of service was FOR [or > in place of] someone named Skene Douglas? > > I read of one situation where one man served in place of another and > later the one who was replaced filed for his pension and got it even > though he never actually served. And the one who actually served was not > eligible for a military pension. > > Thurmon > TSFA Historian > > > ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb blocks HTML formatting in email messages. Be sure to set your > email software to text only before posting a message to the list. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >