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    1. INSELL & SOLOMON SPENCE
    2. JUST IN CASE SOMEONE IS RESEARCHING EITHER INSELL OR SOLOMON SPENCE THE FOLLOWING IS A LITTLE INFORMATION I COPIED FROM MICROFICHE AT THE DALLAS LIBRARY. THERE ARE TWO CARDS ON INSELL THAT READ: SPENCE, INSELL NORTH CAROLINA (REVOLUTIONARY WAR) PRIVATE CARD NUMBERS 37185630 BOOK MARK R.P.436786 THE NEXT ONE READS: INSELL SPENCE PVT------------BRADLEY'S CO., NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT REVOLUTIONARY WAR DATE OF ENLISTMENT----20 JULY 1778 TERM---------9MO. CASUALTIES---------OMITTED OCT. 78 SOLOMON SPENCE PT. ------------------BLOUNT'S CO. NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT REVOLUTIONARY WAR DATE OF ENLISTMENT-------20 JULY 1778 TERM 9 MO. THE NEXT CARD READS: SPENCE, SOLOMON NORTH CAROLINA REVOLUTIONARY WAR PRIVATE CARD NUMBERS 37185616 BOOK MARK R.P. 436786 SINCE BOTH ENLISTED ON THE SAME DAY I WOULD GUESS THEY MAY HAVE BEEN BROTHERS, CERTAINLY RELATED IN SOME WAY. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE CARD NUMBERS OR THE R.P. NUMBERS MEAN . I ALSO FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THEY BOTH ENLISTED ON THE SAME DAY AND YET WERE PUT INTO TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES. NOTE THAT INSELL ENLISTED FOR NINE MONTHS PUT WAS (OMITTED) IN OCTOBER WHICH WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER HE ENLISTED AND THAT HIS (OMITTED) IS LISTED UNDER CASUALTIES. COULD HE HAVE BEEN WOUNDED AND DISCHARGED? JIM SPENCE

    01/28/1999 01:47:31