Hi Richard,

I found your Robert:

GOODWIN, ROBERT Ancestor # A045857
Birth Date: 1739
Birth County/Parish: YORK CO
Birth State/Country: VIRGINIA
Death Date: 12 May 1789
Death County/Parish: LOUISA CO
Death State/Country: VIRGINIA
Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Service State/Organization: VIRGINIA
Spouse(s): JANE TULLOCH

What this means is that at least one woman has joined DAR using this man as her patriot ancestor. See the information below about ordering a copy of one application paper from our headquarters that one woman used to join DAR.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORDERING APPLICATION RECORD COPIES
Effective on March 1, 2006, the former Registrar General’s Record Information Office was divided into the Registrar General’s Data Processing Office and the Library Copy Services Office. Full information on these changes is available on the DAR Library page of the NSDAR’s website: www.dar.org. Click on Copy Services for details. Application papers of active, deceased, resigned, or dropped DAR members must now be ordered from the Library Copy Services Office for a fee of $10.00 per paper. The staff may need to perform considerable research to fill your request, so it would be helpful if you could provide as much information as possible to help them with this search. This $10.00 fee is for the searching and copying. If the requested paper is not available, the fee is not refundable. You will be notified if a problem arises with your order or if a paper is not available for some reason.

MAIL ORDERS
Please complete one copy of the “Request for Record Copy” form for each paper you wish to order. Include a check in the proper amount ($10.00 per paper) made payable to “Treasurer General NSDAR” with your order. If you are requesting a copy of more than one application or multiple copies of one application, you may pay with one check for the total amount. Mail the order to Library Copy Services, DAR, 1776 D Street NW, Washington, DC 20006-5303.

FAX ORDERS You may also order record copies by fax using the same form. Payment may be made with Visa, MasterCard, or
Discover Card. Fax orders to (202) 777-2372. Faxed orders will be processed in order of their receipt along with mail order requests.

LIMITATIONS TO COPIES OF APPLICATIONS
The Daughters of the American Revolution, through the DAR Library’s Copy Services Office, provides copies of previously verified applications and supplemental applications, when available. DAR does not guarantee that the information found on any application is the most current or that it is now accepted by the DAR Genealogy
Department. The copies are sent as another tool for use in your research. Please note: DAR does not have information on every patriot serving during the American Revolution, only those established by our members.

When is a paper not available for copying? When a member has requested that her papers not be shared. Members may no longer close their papers, but we still honor that request for those active members who did close their papers before the policy change in 1985; when the paper has errors in lineage or service that cannot be corrected. We cannot send copies of such papers; when the time frame for the requested information occurs before April 19,
1775 or after November 26, 1783. There are some exceptions for certain events in 1774; when a DAR member has not established an ancestor as a patriot, thereby creating a paper; when a patriot has only been established through a grave marking or a commemorative marker; or when a paper is requested through a specific child that has not been established by a DAR member.
A paper may contain little or no information because: Older forms may be incomplete because certain information was not required or provided at the time the paper was prepared. DAR does not assume responsibility for the completeness of any application, so please be aware of this situation before ordering. Short form applications (twopage forms) may not contain full lineage, reference, and service information, because they only go back from a member a few generations and then tie in with another earlier paper that traces back to a Revolutionary War patriot ancestor. We only send copies of short form applications when the request is made for a specific member’s name or for a specific national number.

MAIL THIS FORM TO:
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution DAR Library - Library Copy Services
1776 D Street NW, Washington, DC 20006–5303
Phone: (202) 879–3251 • Fax: (202) 777–2372
E–mail: copyservices@dar.org

REQUEST FOR RECORD COPY
(PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY)
Mail Orders
Along with the completed copy of this form, please include a check in the proper amount ($10.00 per paper) made payable to “Treasurer General, NSDAR” with your order. The staff may need to perform considerable research to fill your request, so it would be helpful if you could provide as much information as possible to help them with this search.

Fax Orders
Record copies may also be ordered by fax, payable by Visa, MasterCard or Discover Card. Fax orders to (202) 777-2372.
Faxed orders will be processed in order of their receipt along with requests received by mail.

Type of Credit Card: ❑ Discover ❑ MasterCard ❑ Visa
Card No. 3-Digit Security Code
Expiration Date __________________________
Authorized Signature
Your Name
Street Address
City State Zip Code
Daytime Phone ( ) E-mail

Please send me the latest long form application filed on:
Patriot/Ancestor Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
State of Service
Spouse Name
Child’s Name
Do not send a paper through other children of the patriot.
I understand the fee is non-refundable.
Signature
Date of Request

I could not attach the form itself, but I did give you all the information you need to supply that is on that form. It has been suggested that you extend your lineage three generations so that staff might match your lineage as closely as possible. So do supply the spouse - which you already know - and the child, grandchild and great grandchild through whom you are descended.

If you have any questions about this process to get a record copy, let me know. The advantage to having a record copy is that you can see the lineage and documentation to support it on these applications. Should you wish to join SAR or any females of the same lineal descent wish to join DAR, having a record copy could speed the application process. If you need a contact from either organization, just let me know the city and state of your residence and we'll see someone gets in touch with you.

So to get back to your original questions - Yes he served but I have no idea if he was wounded. Again, a record copy might confirm this because part of the application is to provide the service rendered. You also might try for a pension or military service record to confirm if he was wounded.

Good luck with your research.

Mary

This free lookup on the DAR Patriot Index was provided as a community service by volunteer members of the Daughters of the American Revolution.