This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Snow Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FaIBAIB/1164.1 Message Board Post: I am related to Silas.According to the DAR,he was a LT.in the Continental Army,was captured at his house and was supposedly ransomed by Caesar Rodney,a signer of the Dec.of Ind.He was born about 1718,died in 1793 and was married to Eliz.Paxton.My grandpappy,William,who married Rebecca Milligan,was a direct descendant of Silas.William's daughter,Martha Jane Snow,was my paternal grandmother.I ,too,would like to know about Silas' war service.If you should find any answers,please tell me where to look and I'll begin to dig.