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May 28, 2023 · Colonel Samuel Vance served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution. Samuel Vance is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A117402 . Almost certainly Samuel was a member of the militia prior to his qualification as lieutenant May 17, 1774.
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- Sarah (Byrd) Vance
of Tennessee personally appeared Samuel Vance who subscribed the following declaration and made oath that he was enlisted as a private soldier under Captain Andrew Caldwell of Washington County and State of Virginia in the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Campbell.
May 21, 2022 · 1 Biography. 2 Research Notes. 3 Sources. 4 Acknowledgments. Biography. Samuel Vance performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution. Samuel was born about 1726. Samuel is the child of John Vance and Elizabeth Colville . Children listed in DAR record [1] Sarah m Abraham Endsley. Elizabeth m James Word.
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- May 26, 1789
- Alice (Carr) Vance
Feb 1, 2014 · There are six Sons of the American Revolution who list Robert as their ancestor and there are no fewer than fifty Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) who list Capt. Robert Vance as their ancestor. About twenty descendants of Robert have been or are current members of the Vance Family Association.
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* please feel free to add your ancestor's profile to this project For an extensive list of Patriot participants, please see below or click here. A list of Loyalist soldiers is below.
In 1779 the British changed their plan because they were achieving no decided results in the North. Their plan now was the attempt again to subdue the Southern Colonies. The British forces gained control of all the important points of Georgia. The American forces made a desperate assault to take Savannah from the British but were repulsed with the ...
As Thomas Jefferson said it was the turning point of the war. This battle drove home to Great Britain the fact dawning with streaks of light that the patriots of America could not be conquered in a territory or wilderness spread-out over this great continent.
Colonel Campbell's Virginians, who fought so nobly and persistently throughout the action, met with severer losses than any other regiment engaged in the hard day's contest. Of the killed were eleven officers and one private. One lieutenant and one ensign who were mortally wounded, died a few days thereafter. One captain, two lieutenant and eightee...
A national monument has been erected by the U.S. government at the battle field of Kings Mountain in memory of all the American heroes who fought there.
The British made another attempt at the invasion of North Carolina and Virginia. This time under the command of the chieftain, Lord Cornwallis. General Washington came up and joining forces with LaFayette and Count Rochambeau besieged Cornwallis in Yorktown where he surrendered on October 19, 1781.
The result was that the sovereignty of Great Britain was at an end in the American colonies, the British flag trailed in the dust, and the American flag floating lawfully, and independently, and gloriously in the free air of America. The first settlers of the colonies, and others who followed, braved the seas to enjoy civil liberty and to worship a...
However, Lewis's list only contains 6 men from Rutherford (formerly Tryon) County under the command of Col. Ambrose Mills, who reportedly had mustered around a hundred soldiers for the Loyalist cause. These include MMaj. William Mills, Capt. Jonas Bradford and Capt. William Green; John Logan and Thomas Logan. It also lists the Rutherford County Reg...
The following list from a county document provides names of 112 men from that county who were declared treasonous and had their \"goods & chattles lands & tenements\" confiscated by the State of North Carolina, many of them posthumously, in 1782.
\"State of North Carolina, Rutherford County. At a County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions began and held for said county on the Second Monday of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Eight two, before the Worshipfull William Gilbert, James Whitrow & Jonathon Hampton and Other Justices asigned & Duly Commd. With full Power ...
Nov 24, 2021 · Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Samuel Vance Sr. born abt. 1706 County Tyrone, Ireland died 1778 Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United States including ancestors + descendants + 5 photos + 20 genealogist comments + questions + DNA connections + more in the free family tree community.
Sep 12, 2021 · A Patriot of the American Revolution for MARYLAND with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A134307. Life. If Samuel's supposed children are any guide, he married in Wrightstown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, had the first batch of children there, and then moved on to Bush River, Harford, MD, around 1765.
