This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sabromavage Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.spartanburg/5339/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm looking for additional documentation on one family line. James LETT is supposed to have been born in North Carolina, fought in the Revolution from there, and then moved to South Carolina, where he died. I have found information on his service and his death, but nothing at all to connect him to the family he is supposed to have headed who lived in Wilkes and Greene counties, GA before moving to Indiana. ANY help connecting this man to Georgia would be greatly appreciated, as would any additional information on his life in South Carolina. [source: Revolutionary Pension #S.38912] James Lett was aged 73 years when he applied for a pension in 1822. He stated then that he had no family then to support. The veteran, James Lett, died in Spartanburg County, South Carolina on the 20th of November, 1838. He enlisted for service in Fayetteville, North Carolina and served seven years as a private under Captain Clement Hall in the North Carolina Regiment of Colonel Archibald Lytle. He was in the Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina and was there wounded in the foot (left foot) and in the head. He was in several other battles which he did not name. After the Revolution, James Lett removed to Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The pension was allowed him. [source: SOUTH CAROLINA - FEDERAL PENSION REPORT 1835 Report from the Secretary of War in obedience to resolution of the Senate of the 5th and 30th June, 1834, and the 3rd of March, 1835 in relation to the pension establishment of the United States. Washington, printed by Duff Green, 1835; Copied and Indexed by William Navey, P.O. Box 251 Holly Ridge, NC, 28445-025] JAMES LETT Spartanburgh District Private North Carolina Continental Line $96.00 Annual Allowance $1,143.16 Amount received February 12, 1823 Pension started Age 85 [source: "The Greenville Mountaineer" Dec 7,1838 in South Carolina] OBITUARY Died at his residence near the village of Spartanburg on Nov 20 1838: MR. JAMES LETT, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. The deceased had attained the age of nearly 100 years and retained his mental faculties and much of his muscular powers and hardihood up to the time of his death. At an early stage of the Revolution, he attached himself to a Rifle Corp. and continued in active service until the end of the war....Thus another ripened leaf has fallen from the tree of liberty. But a few more remain and a few more days will sink the last from the view of a grateful country. Source John Paisely pension application- http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/peasleyp42gmt.txt] John Paisley as substitute for LETT--a long read, but it is a secondary source for Lett's service. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

have you tried the NC State Archives? They have alot of the early records on line. I found one of my relatives & his revolutionary war data there. I also found some data on him at the NARA,..which was even more surprising On 7/7/07, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: sabromavage > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.spartanburg/5339/mb.ashx > > > Message Board Post: > > I'm looking for additional documentation on one family line. James LETT is > supposed to have been born in North Carolina, fought in the Revolution from > there, and then moved to South Carolina, where he died. I have found > information on his service and his death, but nothing at all to connect him > to the family he is supposed to have headed who lived in Wilkes and Greene > counties, GA before moving to Indiana. > > ANY help connecting this man to Georgia would be greatly appreciated, as > would any additional information on his life in South Carolina. > > [source: Revolutionary Pension #S.38912] > James Lett was aged 73 years when he applied for a pension in 1822. He > stated then that he had no family then to support. The veteran, James Lett, > died in Spartanburg County, South Carolina on the 20th of November, 1838. He > enlisted for service in Fayetteville, North Carolina and served seven years > as a private under Captain Clement Hall in the North Carolina Regiment of > Colonel Archibald Lytle. He was in the Battle of Eutaw Springs in South > Carolina and was there wounded in the foot (left foot) and in the head. He > was in several other battles which he did not name. After the Revolution, > James Lett removed to Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The pension was > allowed him. > > [source: SOUTH CAROLINA - FEDERAL PENSION REPORT 1835 > Report from the Secretary of War in obedience to resolution of the Senate > of the 5th and 30th June, 1834, and the 3rd of March, 1835 in relation to > the pension establishment of the United States. > Washington, printed by Duff Green, 1835; Copied and Indexed by William > Navey, P.O. Box 251 Holly Ridge, NC, 28445-025] > > JAMES LETT > Spartanburgh District > Private > North Carolina Continental Line > $96.00 Annual Allowance > $1,143.16 Amount received > February 12, 1823 Pension started > Age 85 > > [source: "The Greenville Mountaineer" Dec 7,1838 in South Carolina] > OBITUARY > Died at his residence near the village of Spartanburg on Nov 20 1838: MR. > JAMES LETT, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. The deceased had attained > the age of nearly 100 years and retained his mental faculties and much of > his muscular powers and hardihood up to the time of his death. At an early > stage of the Revolution, he attached himself to a Rifle Corp. and continued > in active service until the end of the war....Thus another ripened leaf has > fallen from the tree of liberty. But a few more remain and a few more days > will sink the last from the view of a grateful country. > > Source John Paisely pension application- > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/peasleyp42gmt.txt > ] > John Paisley as substitute for LETT--a long read, but it is a secondary > source for Lett's service. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > Spartanburg County researchers are encouraged to visit the USGenWeb > Spartanburg County website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~scsparta/. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCSPARTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Nancy Johns Is there a CHANCE that the FINDLAYs,PURLSEYs, SMITHS and THOMSONs are BORING