Judging from your age 16-19 and b 1760 dates, one would think he was with G R Clark taking ILL,and Ind ,but was with Clark in one of 2[?] expeditions vs Indians north of the Ohio. However,you likely have noted that a Col Crockett's sw Va men replaced Clark's in Ill-in. Men are known of those groups of 1778-80 era. I think Clark's Vincinnes expedition cs Indiand was 1781. [Old man's memory] On Sun, 20 Aug 2000 10:53:28 -0700 Lynda Davis-Logan <GeneaBug@prodigy.net> writes: > Posted on: Hampshire County, WV Query Forum > Reply Here: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Hampshire/1348 > > Surname: CROCKETT, BLANKENSHIP > ------------------------- > > We're looking for the parents of James 'Asher' Crockett. On his > Revolutionary > War pension application papers, Asher, says that he was born in 1760 > in > Hampshire Co., VA. He further states that he ran away from a cruel > master > when he was 16 and joined George Washington's troops in New Jersey. > He mustered out at the age of 19 and returned to Hampshire Co. where > his > old master tried to reclaim him (as he was not yet 21). He then > re-enlisted > and used the name James Anderson to avoid detection. > Does anyone recognize any of this information?? > > Asher did not get married until he was 40 years old. By that time he > was > in Montgomery Co., VA where he married Sarah Blankenship. They then > moved > on to the Kanawha/Cabell Co. area of VA/WV. > > Asher says that he was with George Rogers Clark in KY. I'm assuming > that > was between 1782 and 1800 sometime. > > Would love to find Asher's parents. Why was he bound out?? . . .to > learn > a trade, was he an orphan or was he a 'minority' as stated on the > Battle > of Cowpens website that is maintained by the National Park > Service??? > > Any and all information will be appreciated and will gladly share > what > little we know about Asher. > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.