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Re: 27th and 13th Battalion of Kent County Militia

frostfreedet — 2012-11-08 21:30:13Z

"Served" is a word that does not necessarily apply in an obvious way to the County Militia.

The County Militia were all free, white able-bodied males aged roughly 16-60 (varies by time and place) who lived within a given County. These County residents were obligated to turn out for regular drill and nose-counting (the occasion for making most surviving militia rosters, which also often doubled as tax assessors' lists), which was not considered active-duty service.

The County Militia were organized within each County for defense within the County. Active duty service might include patrolling, guarding prisoners, sometimes garrisoning a local fort or blockhouse, or assisting with escort of supplies bound elsewhere. Most militiamen did not see any active duty. There were many areas where there just was not any military threat by British troops and/or their Tory sympathizers.

Few militia units were sent outside their home Counties for emergency joint action with State Troops and/or the Continental Army, but there were indeed exceptions in strategic areas (such as port cities) and on the Western frontiers.

There are two volumes of the published MD State Archives that have information about MD military during the Revolutionary War. If you go to the MD State Archives website and click to see all volumes, look for Vol. XVIII, which has some useful introductory material. I am sorry I don't recall what the other volume number is, but if you scroll down the list you will find it.

27th and 13th Battalion of Kent County Militia

Melz1331 — 2012-11-06 22:44:19Z

I am trying to find out more about Kent County and the American Revolution. Based on the MD Militia by Clements and Wright I have a ton of ancestors that served with the 27th and 13th Battalions of MD Militia in the American Revolution. However I can find nothing about either battalion (where they served- if they even left the county- dates, how the units were organized-etc).

Any suggestions?

Thanks so much.
Melinda

Re: Drusilla Townsend/John H. Shutch

tree1919 — 2012-04-29 23:00:21Z

I have found quite a bit of information on him since that time. Are you directly related to this line? Gloria

Re: Drusilla Townsend/John H. Shutch

ctsmithson — 2012-04-29 20:12:04Z

Hi,

Have you found any documentation since your posting on March 15th on Druscilla Towsend and John H. Shutch?

Thank you,

Chris Smithson
Past State Genealogist, MD Society SAR
ctsmithson@gmail.com

Drusilla Townsend/John H. Shutch

tree1919 — 2012-03-15 14:52:31Z

Researching Drusilla Townsend who married Edward Townsend abt. 1838. She was born abt. 1820 in MD. Her obit in The Sun archives says she is the daughter of Mary and Col. John H. Shutch, he of Revolutionary fame and the War of 1812. Obit also mentions that Drusilla was from "Carroll's Island which has been in the possession of her family for more than 100 years." I believe Carroll's Island was located in Baltimore Co. The censuses for Drusilla that I have found thus far show her living in Baltimore. The 1900 census in Baltimore shows Drusilla, widowed, living with her married daughter. It is noted in that census that Drusilla's parents were both born in Prussia. I have searched various sites including Fold3, familysearch.org, DAR and ancestry.com for the Shutchs with no luck. I suspect that name was spelled incorrectly in the obit. If anyone has any inform. I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

Re: Maryland's Revolutionary Dead and their Heirs

mylegacy2000 — 2012-03-08 22:45:18Z

Ok, thank you!

Re: Maryland's Revolutionary Dead and their Heirs

dsegelquist — 2012-03-08 22:41:56Z

Its the Pension rolls of Maryland put out by the Library of Congress.

Re: Maryland's Revolutionary Dead and their Heirs

mylegacy2000 — 2012-03-08 20:28:04Z

Forgot to ask: Where, specifically, is this information from, so that I may correctly source it?

Re: Maryland's Revolutionary Dead and their Heirs

mylegacy2000 — 2012-03-08 20:25:41Z

This was very helpful in that it proves that it is NOT my "Reason Hinton". Though, may very well be a relative, so I will keep the info for possible future use! Thank you so much for your time!

Re: Maryland's Revolutionary Dead and their Heirs

dsegelquist — 2012-03-08 20:21:02Z

I called this the Revolutionary Pension rolls when in fact both the Rev. war and the war of 1812, are both on the same roll. Rezin Hinton was in the war of 1812. But cuse in case this is your man I will give his info.

Rezin Hinton, was from Maryland, Baltimore county, was a private in the 38th., Infantry, of the War of 1812, died on August 22, 1814, his only heir recorded was Priscilla Hinton. His allowaance was $48., and received $240., was placed on the roll March 3, 1820, commencement of pension May 20, 1820, ending of pension May 20, 1824.

Re: Maryland's Revolutionary Dead and their Heirs

mylegacy2000 — 2012-03-08 17:22:10Z

Hello,

Could I please have the info you have on the following:

Rezin Hinton-1814--p.24

Thanks so much!

Re: American Revolutionary Soldiers/War Heroes From Southern Maryland

birdnird — 2012-02-23 22:14:47Z

I am interested in what you find from this. My relative Otho Brashear was Born: 1735 Prince George's, Maryland, United States. His son Reginald Brashear was a Captain in the War of 1812 and I am trying to determine if Otho was in the Rev. war or if Reginald started his military career during the Revolutionary war.

Fishkill Supply Depot, Fishkill, NY

wolf6pack — 2011-04-03 16:40:36Z

I belong to the Friends of The Fishkill Supply Depot, a not-for-profit group trying to preserve vestiges of the the Fishkill Supply Depot, a major supply depot for Washington's Army from 1776-1783 in Fishkill, NY.

In 2007, it was confirmed by an archeological study that hundreds of soldiers were buried there. They are in unmarked and mostly unknown locations in the area that was the Depot. We hope to correct this.

We are trying to collect the names of any soldiers who died at Fishkill and could possibly be buried there. Close to 2 dozen men have been identified so far. At last Fall's Revolutionary War Weekend, at dusk a moving tribute was led by the 5th NY reading off the names of those found to have died and are buried at the Depot. We would like to have more for the weekend event this year.

If you have discovered in a pension file that your ancestor spent time there on duty, was sick there, died there and was possibly buried there ---- PLEASE CONTACT ME OFF LIST !

We want to put names to the men buried there. We want to recognize those who served our country and were in Fishkill during the war. We would like to find living descendants of those brave men to help honor their sacrifice to our nation.

I have found mentions of men marching through Fishkill on their way to West Point and other strategic places in pension files. I have found men who were on guard duty at the burying ground at the depot.

We are trying to preserve the remaining open space from development. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. We hope this can be a nation wide effort.

http://www.fishkillsupplydepot.org/

Can you help us ???

Thank you,

Judy Wolf

Re: American Revolutionary Soldiers/War Heroes From Southern Maryland

WandaSimmons3959 — 2011-02-19 22:35:40Z

Hello FrostFeetDet,

Thanks for responding to my message. We have a study group located in Southern Maryland called the Local Charles County Family History Study Group and we meet at least once per month to discuss topics related to family history and that directly concern our families (over 500 of them)of/from the Southern Maryland area only.

Each meeting has a theme based topic and we gather additional information based on looking at it from different angles.

The information you've suggested to research will indeed be any plus to our themed topic "Wars And War Heroes Of Southern Maryland".

If you live near the area and would like to check out our meetings or learn more about our group, please feel free to contact me at: cbs196395@yahoo.com.

Thanks again for your response! Wanda

Re: American Revolutionary Soldiers/War Heroes From Southern Maryland

frostfreedet — 2011-02-19 21:41:08Z

If you are writing about the soldiers, surely you are starting with the Continental and Militia Regiments recruited from your target area. National Archives microfilm and already published books have a great deal of data, including extracts pointing to actual-records repositories.

So why would you want to hear from descendants?

American Revolutionary Soldiers/War Heroes From Southern Maryland

WandaSimmons3959 — 2011-02-18 23:54:27Z

Hello,

Anyone who has ancestors who served/fought in the American Revolutionary War please contact me at:cbs196395@yahoo.com.

The counties of: Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's and St. Mary's are were these soldiers would have called their home.

I am putting together a huge project and would like to include as much data as possible.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Thanks, Wanda

Re: Committee of Observation of Frederick County

Dianeshobby — 2010-04-07 01:51:16Z

Thank you very much. I have registered and I'm waiting for the password to arrive.

I'll post again once I check out the system.

My ancestor's name is Matthias Smitley but appears to be Smithly when I found it listed with his Company in the Maryland Historical Society publication. He was mentioned under the command of Captain Rodenbeiler (mispelling of Rodenpiller I believe). Even the Captain himself is hidden in the muster rolls because I can't find him either.

Diane

Re: Committee of Observation of Frederick County

frostfreedet — 2010-04-07 01:41:38Z

They were supposed to be created in each County, also called "Committee of Observation and Safety."

Since you don't give a name, I can only suggest doing a web search for the term and do a search in the MD Archives volumes on Revolutionary War records:

http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/htm...

Other than this, information on particular individuals should be sought in Frederick County Courthouse records (estate, Court, etc.) as well as in land records which you can access at www.mdlandrec.net -- you must register and get a password to use the site. These sources are genealogical, not about the Revolutionary War, and further inquiries about the individual should be on the surname or the County message boards.

Committee of Observation of Frederick County

Dianeshobby — 2010-04-06 14:28:12Z

Would anyone know where I might find information about a person listed on this committee? The ancestor I am seeking is not appearing on muster rolls or pension records yet he is listed as a sergeant in one of the companies that served from Sept. 1775 until Dec. 1776.

Any tips would be appreciated.

Diane

Re: Martin Weimer

frostfreedet — 2010-02-05 01:01:05Z

You do not say where this story is 'told'.

No Capt. Huber / Hoover / Huver / Hover is listed in F. B. Heitman's /Register of Officers of the Continental Army/, which does list some officers of State Troops and militia.

There is no Capt. by such a name listed in Clements and Wright's /The Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War/ (Family Line Publications, 1987). The book lists no Weimer/Wimer, and lacks any rosters from Cecil County, but does list commissioned officers.

You can search the rosters available in the published MD Archives in Vol. 18, here:

http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/htm...

It is possible that such a person was a militia Captain early in the war.

All free white able-bodied males aged roughly 16-60 (varies by time and place) were required to be available for militia duty for defense within the County. Many rosters survive that were written when men turned out for regular drill and nose-counting, but few militia units had any active-duty service. So often there is not much to say about County Militia other than that they existed.

I'd suggest going back to your source and asking for a first name for the Captain.

Martin Weimer

WGantt3847 — 2010-02-03 03:00:00Z

I am told Martin Weimer, who lived in Cecil Co, Maryland, served as a private in Captain Huber's Company 1776-1779 and then moved to Pennsylvania. Can anyone tell me about this unit and where I can learn more about Captain Huber`s Company? Thank you

Capt. Christian Myers

kloucks11 — 2009-02-18 19:17:10Z

Looking for info on parents and/or children of Capt. Christian Myers, possibly born 1750. According to bounty land records, warrant #1,487 was issued in favor of Christian Myers, a Captain in the late Maryland line, dated May 25, 1789. On May 7, 1808 said warrant was delivered to John Snyder, administrator on the estate of Christian Myers. The Register of Wills for Baltimore Co., MD stated in 1808 that Elizabeth Myers and John Snyder of that county were the administrators of Christian Myers, late of said county, deceased. I found a Baltimore City Commissioners meeting of May 31, 1813 which established the intersection of Bridge and High St.s, and mentions "the late Capt. Christian Myers' house." In the 1807 Baltimore Directory and Citizens' Register, I found Christian Myers, 32 Bridge Street, Old Town, occupation: dry goods store--is this Capt. Christian?

Re: Maryland's WAR OF 1812 dead and their Heirs

dsegelquist — 2008-11-20 07:03:39Z

Your statement is some what true, although if one was to do a little math one would see that both of this men and those on my list could have fight in the Revolutionary war too.
What I’m in error of is not being careful about how I stated my title. My info comes from the ( Pension rolls of the Unite States), which is the true title, and has both the Revolutionary and the war of 1812, pensioners together. I don’t know why I got to calling it the Revolutionary pension rolls, but I will start calling it by it’s true title.

Dennis Segelquist
Civilian & Military Surname Searcher
http://www.civilwarthosesurnames.blogspot.com

Re: Maryland's Revolutionary Dead and their Heirs

frostfreedet — 2008-11-18 02:14:03Z

You would not be the first, and certainly not the last, to make this kind of mistake. I have found it helpful to create family chronologies in a word-processing program. This makes it easier to see where data might be in conflict, and often helps sort out same-name people who were, say, in completely different places at the same time.

Good hunting,
Jade

Re: Maryland's Revolutionary Dead and their Heirs

SharonWalters77 — 2008-11-17 16:03:00Z

I don't know why I didn't pick up on that...I had a well-known researcher in the Baltimore area who gave me the information many years ago. Perhaps he meant brothers instead of sons. Perhaps I should be researching other Griffins from the Baltimore area who were in the Rev.

Thanks for your help!

Re: Maryland's Revolutionary Dead and their Heirs

frostfreedet — 2008-11-17 13:59:04Z

The Charles born in the 1750s (age 78 when pensioned) could not have had a child who served in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783.

Good hunting,
Jade

Re: Maryland's Revolutionary Dead and their Heirs

SharonWalters77 — 2008-11-16 22:02:06Z

Thank you so much. Charles was supposed to have had a son who was a doctor during the Rev. One son was killed and I believe he served in the Navy. If you have any information on other Griffins from the Baltimore area who served I would appreciated your help.

Sharon (Lawsonw1@verizon.net)

Re: Maryland's WAR OF 1812 dead and their Heirs

frostfreedet — 2008-11-16 03:16:29Z

Since these are men who "died in the United States service" and died around 30 years after the end of the Revolutionary War, your list has nothing to do with the Revolutionary War.

Why don't you post War of 1812 matters on the War of 1812 message board?

Good hunting,
Jade

Re: Maryland's Revolutionary Dead and their Heirs

dsegelquist — 2008-11-16 02:26:29Z

Your mail didnn't work for me. But to answer your question I get this info from the libeaey of Congress from the Rev. War pension rolls would you like a look up?

Re: Maryland's Revolutionary Dead and their Heirs

dsegelquist — 2008-11-16 02:13:52Z

I don't think I ever give your info to you so here it is I hope it helps?

Statement of the names, &c. of the heirs of non-commissioned Officers, Privates, &c. who died in the United States service who obtained five years’ half-pay in lieu of bounty land, under the second section of the act of April 16, 1816, and who resided in the Stale of Maryland.

State- Maryland.
County- Bltimore
Name- Michael Kelly
Rank-Private.
Service-Corps artillery.
Died-June 6, 1813.
Heirs-Louisa and John Kelly.
Allowance-$48.
Sums rec.-$240.
Placed on roll-Nov. 11, 1817.
Commencement of pension-Feb. 17, 1815.
Ending of pension-Feb. 17, 1820.

State Maryland.
County Bltimore.
Name-Charles Griffin.
Rank-Private.
Allowance-$30.
Sums rec.-$90.
Service-Maryland cont’l.
Placed on roll-May 21, 1833.
Commencement of pension-March 4, 1831.
Age-78.

Re: Maryland's Revolutionary Dead and their Heirs

ctsmithson — 2008-11-13 00:30:16Z

Hi --

Where are you getting this information from?

Chris Smithson
ctsmithson@verizon.net

Re: Denton Jacques

SMPilgrim — 2008-08-18 18:13:10Z

You might try the PA Land records. http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17-88WarrantRegis...

C160.104 in 1828 shows land owned by Denton Jacques in the Little Cove. This land was formerly owned by Andrew Dickerhoof who's buried a few miles south on the Licking Creek in Washington Co MD.

Foreman's book--History of the Little Cove might say something about the Jacques family also.

Steve

Re: Denton Jacques

frostfreedet — 2008-01-14 17:20:31Z

Celeste,

Bills of sale might be recorded in Deeds for the County in which the transaction took place.

If Denton Jacques is a son or relative of Lancelot Jacques, they did not initially settle in 'Western Maryland.' According to Frederick, Co, MD deeds a Lancelot Jacques was a merchant of Annapolis in the 1750s. In the 1760s he and a partner bought some land recorded in Frederick Co. that might have become part of Washington Co. when it was set off.

After the Rev. War one Denton Jacques and a Lancelot Jacques were acquiring grant land in present Washington Co, and a Denton Jacques was assessed taxes for 1783 in Washington Co. MD on 'sundry tracts' in various areas of the County.

I did not look at Washington Co. deeds indexes for Jacques family transactions during the war, but you can. They are available free on the internet in a site operated by the Maryland Archives. Go to www.mdlandrec.net and register; once you get a password after a few days you can look at the deeds indexes for all MD counties and deeds themselves for all but Washington Co.

Grants are indexed by the MD Archives at a site www.plats.net (username is plato, password is plato#, all lower case). You have to click through three pages to get to the search box: click the top line including the word 'condominiums' on the first, and on the next page click 'advanced search' under the boxes. Be sure to check a variety of spellings, these indexes were very peculiarly put together. In the three right-hand columns of your search results are links to the Archives' peculiar view of helpful information. The 2d and 3rd columns *from* the right usually have '0' but if you see one with a number that means images of the survey documents are accessible directly: click the far-right link to get to the page where you can download them.

Note that ownership does not denote residence on the land. You are looking for bills of sale, for deeds that may spell out contracts or partnerships, and deeds that may give a background story on why the transaction is taking place. You might find something indicating a sale related to war supplies.

The MD Archives' problems with getting the Washington Co. deeds' images posted is a dreadful story. But if you find something you want to look at in the indexes you can at least write the Archives for copies.

Also helpful is the series of published abstracts of Frederick Co. deeds by Patricia Abelard Andersen. Unlike the deeds indexes her abstracts have every-name indexes and lists of the places and tract names mentioned in the deeds. As you get familiar with the territory these can be very helpful. You can find these books by an internet search of the author's name.

The 1783 tax list for Washington Co. MD is available at the MD Archives' main site, scroll through the Volume listings toward the end (they make it impossible to find these lists using their search engine).

The MD Archives' online search engine might, however, be useful if you do name searches.

Good hunting,
Jade

Re: Denton Jacques

cskten — 2008-01-14 01:37:13Z

Thanks much for the reply. Will see what else I can find out.

Re: Denton Jacques

gaylemc80 — 2008-01-13 19:29:20Z

The DAR Index states proof of service needed for him. The dates you gave in your msg. would make him born after the Rev. War. The DAR has these dates: 1748 England, Death: 15 Apr 1818 Maryland Also they spell his surname slightly different--Jaques.

Denton Jacques

cskten — 2008-01-13 03:45:07Z

Trying to find any good documentation on Denton Jacques (1853-1901) that would be good proof to submit for a DAR application that Denton participated in the Revolutionary War. He and his 2 brothers came with an uncle to the colonies and they settled in western MD. They owned scads of land and Lancelot (the uncle) owned and operated a furnace where they smelted iron down into bar iron and, according to family tradition and some sources, munitions for the war. Denton eventually bought or inherited the furnace house and property and obtained as well the forge that was his brother's. I have no doubt that the stories are true, but DAR wants some accurate documentation for approval. Some bill of sale or discussion of the sale or whatever. All the old records have been removed from Washington Co. and gone to the archives. I don't even know if they are filed or just stored in boxes somewhere.
I found where a trunk of old family records was still in existence early in the last century, but nobody knows where they are.

I have the documentation for all my family line, but can't get past the original documentation of service.

If anyone has information that might be in the Maryland archives or can point me in the direction of how to get the records without spending a ton of money, I would be grateful or if someone has information which could be used for the DAR application as proof of the sale mentioned above, please drop me a note. Kind regards, Celeste K

Re: Maryland's Revolutionary Dead and their Heirs

SharonMWalters — 2007-09-07 00:08:12Z

I believe he had a sister Rebecca who married Charles Griffin. Charles and one or two sons also fought in the revolution, do you have any information on them? Thanx

Michael Kelly-1813--p.25

Re: Lt. Levin/Leavan Woollen, Sr,, of Taylor's Island

gaylemc80 — 2007-06-12 12:58:55Z

I see that I did look him up in the DAR Index! My last msg. on other site--I don't think I picked up other wife that shows here.

Re: Lt. Levin/Leavan Woollen, Sr,, of Taylor's Island

gaylemc80 — 2007-05-29 02:18:10Z

My former husband's grandfather was of French-Canadian descent on his father's side. For my in-laws I did what reseach I could but his last name poses a question because it became Walker when he came from Canada to New York. He married a gal whose father was from Scotland. One researcher suggested his former name might have been Welkeir with the ' over the second e. He was born January 1856 in Canada. His wife was Adeline Scott. I found some Canadian websites but I've only been told he probably came from Quebec and I know nothing of the French language-perhaps a few words is all. Also my former father-in-law Fred would joke about there being some natives in his family. I know Fred had almost black hair and so did two of his sons and one daughter. The other son was brown haired and resembled his mother Jennie's family who were the Longmires-pioneers of WA state. Her grandfather brought the first wagon train through the Cascade Mtns.
I've never heard of that search engine. I usually use Yahoo or Google.

Re: Lt. Levin/Leavan Woollen, Sr,, of Taylor's Island

jamesalfredmillerjr — 2007-05-29 01:04:20Z

Thanks, I'll do an internet search for them and their service. Try Copernic, at the free version "ganged" search engine general (about ten search engines); and go to the four genealogy special search engines, too. In addition to English, you can choose one more from German, Spanish, French, and Italian. I use French for my French and French-Canadian families. I omitted the free download site, as I do not believe that is allowed here?

Re: Capt. Stephen Jewett, III

jamesalfredmillerjr — 2007-05-29 00:56:03Z

His dad was War of 1812, Augusta, Maine, Capt. Stephen Jewett, III; I joinded the NCSAR on his forebears, Stephen Jewett, Sr., and Jr. Thanks.

Re: Stephen Jewett

gaylemc80 — 2007-05-28 18:38:03Z

There are several Stephen Jewetts listed in the DAR but none lived until 1838. If he served, he just hasn't been submitted for membership as yet.

Re: Lt. Levin/Leavan Woollen, Sr,, of Taylor's Island

gaylemc80 — 2007-05-28 18:32:10Z

This is what I found in the DAR Index. William's surname came up as Travis even tho I entered Travers.
TRAVIS, WILLIAM Ancestor #: A116248
Service: MARYLAND Rank: COLONEL
Birth: (CIRCA) 1740 DORCHESTER CO MARYLAND
Death: (POST) 1812 DORCHESTER CO MARYLAND
Service Description: 1) DORCHESTER CO MILITIA, BGEN HOOPER
Residence1) EASTERN SHORE - MARYLAND
SpouseNumber Name 1)REBECCA X

HOOPER, HENRY Ancestor #: A057741
Service: MARYLAND Rank(s): BRIGADIER GENERAL, PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: (CIRCA) 1718/20 DORCHESTER CO MARYLAND
Death: (POST) 1790 DORCHESTER CO MARYLAND
Service Description: 1) MIL;DEL TO ANNAPOLIS CONV;SIGNER OF ASSO 2) 1775;MEM COUNCIL OF SAFETY,COMM OF OBSER
SpouseNumber Name 1) ANNE ENNALLS
Neither mentions Battle of Guilford but not all info is entered.

Re: Lt. Levin/Leavan Woollen, Sr,, of Taylor's Island

jamesalfredmillerjr — 2007-05-28 17:43:24Z

Fantastic! Do you know if Col. Wm. Travers or Gen. Henry Hooper were Md. Cont. Line, or at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse? I'm a life member of the Jewett Family of America, and will look Rhoda up? My Stephen Jewett, IV, of Augusta, Maine; in 1838 was U.S. postmaster, Smithville (Southport), N.C.

Re: Lt. Levin/Leavan Woollen, Sr,, of Taylor's Island

gaylemc80 — 2007-05-28 17:20:47Z

There are two with his name listed but this is the one who served from Maryland and was a Capt.
LAKE, HENRY Ancestor #: A067898
Service: MARYLAND Rank: CAPTAIN
Birth: 1739 DORCHESTER CO MARYLAND
Death: 28 Nov 1804 DORCHESTER CO MARYLAND
Service Source: ARCH OF MD, VOL 9, P 429
Service Description: 1) MILITIA, COL WILLIAM TRAVERS, GEN HENRY
2) HOOPER
Residence
1) DORCHESTER CO - MARYLAND
SpouseNumber Name 1)RHODA JEWETT

Re: Lt. Levin/Leavan Woollen, Sr,, of Taylor's Island

jamesalfredmillerjr — 2007-05-28 16:55:09Z

Thanks! What does the DAR have on Lt. Levin Woollen, Sr's, commanding officer, Capt. Henry Lake, please? Was Capt. Lake in the 'New Market Blues", or in the Maryland Continental Line, or at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. N.C.?

After the Battle, our troops encamped at Speedwell Iron Works (remains still there), Little Troublesome Creek. In 1793/94, Levin built his log cabin at Woollen's Crossroads. A Confederate company was later enlisted there at the Woollen blacksmith and wheelwrights. This is near the iron works.

At the old downtown Greensboro, Southern Railroad train station; get on (Church St.?) and follow it untill it crosses the Guilford/Rockingham Cos. line. About two-three miles beyond, the road terminates at Woollen's Crossroads, a "T" intersection. Back-up 300-600 yards, the two Woollen log cabins were, or are; near the roadway on right. The blacksmith shop was across the road.

The stone chimney (built by a slave who built other chimnies in the area) had the date 1793/4 in it; the same date as on Levin's deed. The cabin's walls were solid (no gaps for chink'n) logs, about 1.5 feet square. One was still whitewashed inside when I last saw it 30 years ago. It had been lived in twenty years before that.

Woollen descenndats there, still had furniture from it. I asked N.C. to look at it, but the man in charge said there were no more cabins before the 1820's, and he said his interests were; and he showed me an old upper-class plantationn house. The head of Moravian Bethabra did see it, and from the log-end notchs; he told me something I've since forgotten.

Many Maryland families removed to the area after the Revolution, I remember one was a Goostree.

Re: Lt. Levin/Leavan Woollen, Sr,, of Taylor's Island

gaylemc80 — 2007-05-27 18:45:15Z

This is what the DAR has for one man with his name:
WOOLLEN, LEVIN Ancestor #: A130304
Service: MARYLAND Rank(s): LIEUTENANT, PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: 1744 DORCHESTER CO MARYLAND
Death: A 11- -1832 GUILFORD CO NORTH CAROLINA
Service Description: 1) CAPT HENRY LAKE, MILITIA; OATH
Residence 1) STRAIGHTS HUNDRED - DORCHESTER CO - MARYLAND
SpouseNumber Name 1)PRISCILLA X 2)REBECCA GORDON

Lt. Levin/Leavan Woollen, Sr,, of Taylor's Island

jamesalfredmillerjr — 2007-05-27 02:12:05Z

Lt. Levin Woollen, Sr., patrolled from his home on Taylor's Island, to New Market, Dorchester County, Maryland. Was Levin in the "New Market Blues"

"New Market Blues" of Dorchester County, Maryland

jamesalfredmillerjr — 2007-05-27 02:09:15Z

Were the "New Market Blues" in the Maryland Continental Line, three months? Did the "Blues" fight at the Battle of Guilford Couthouse, N.C.?

Re: James Mason Harrison of Calvert County Maryland

gaylemc80 — 2007-05-05 17:52:19Z

His son and wife WILLIAM / [1] MARY ANN NORMENT