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re: How many Sons of the Revolution are PT posters?
Posted on 7/3/26 at 11:41 pm to Riverside
Posted on 7/3/26 at 11:41 pm to Riverside
Ok great. I will check that out. Would you know anything about how to search a family members military records? Both of my granddads served during Korea. I know what they did in the military and what countries they were located in. I would like to find out more information about what units they served with exactly and maybe what bases they were stationed at here in the states before going overseas. I know where one of them was for a short period but I I would like to find out their total histories if possible.
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Posted on 7/3/26 at 11:45 pm to Bass Tiger
My great however many grandfather Christopher de Graffenried from Bern, Switzerland landed in the new world 9.11.1710 and established what is still today New Bern NC. By all accounts he was a huge douche, which clearly passed down through generations 
Posted on 7/3/26 at 11:50 pm to Bass Tiger
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God Bless the USA and those who gave all for the birth of a nation
Yet for some reason some people want the same structure Cuba has. This shite hole:
We can never allow this to happen, America.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 11:50 pm to RollingwiththeTide
For those records, it appears you have to send the National Archives a formal request - either online or by mail.
LINK
LINK
Posted on 7/3/26 at 11:54 pm to Riverside
Ok cool. They talked about being in the military some but they never gave me a complete breakdown. I know one was stationed in Oregon for a short while at a base that is no longer in operation. The other grandad used to talk about buying a new caddy before going to boot. He loved that car I think lol.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 11:59 pm to Bass Tiger
My maternal grandmother was very involved in DAR and did our lineage.
This guy is my distant cousin
This guy is my distant cousin
Posted on 7/4/26 at 12:01 am to DarthRebel
You have a pretty famous distant cousin. Must be weird carrying around money with a picture of a relative on it distant or not lol.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 12:02 am to Bass Tiger
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Go to Familysearch.com, you can make an account to do genealogy research and it's free. It's not as meticulous as some other genealogy websites but it's pretty good for being a free service and it uses the same Mormon records that many genealogy websites use.
Its quite a good option.
The ancestry DNA test is totally worth it in my opinion.
Thats how I found out Noble Wimberly Jones is one of my direct ancestors.
I matched with people through him via my mothers father's father's mothers side.
Totally unknown branch of the family tree until then.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 12:11 am to Narax
It’s gonna be my luck I look all this up and I turn out to be kin to Benedict Arnold.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 12:28 am to Bass Tiger
Yep. My Grandmother was a DAR member. My daughter is also a member.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 12:39 am to Bass Tiger
I'm not a member of the organization, but I do have many ancestors who fought in the Revolution. Three off the top of my head:
Abraham Van Doren (GFx6) - Somerset County Militia (New Jersey)
Michael Hargan (GFx5) - 1st Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Army - for his service, he was given a land grant in Kentucky. What was once his farm is now within Fort Knox. Hargan is buried in a cemetery there.
John Bankston (GFx5) - Served in the Wilkes County Militia (Georgia) during the Revolution. During the War of 1812, he served in the 12th and 13th Consolidated Regiments of the Louisiana Militia at the Battle of New Orleans.
On the night of January 3-4, 1777, following the Battle of Princeton, George Washington stayed at the home of John Van Doren (GFx7) in Somerset County, New Jersey.
Arthur Middleton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, is a first cousin, eight times removed.
Abraham Van Doren (GFx6) - Somerset County Militia (New Jersey)
Michael Hargan (GFx5) - 1st Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Army - for his service, he was given a land grant in Kentucky. What was once his farm is now within Fort Knox. Hargan is buried in a cemetery there.
John Bankston (GFx5) - Served in the Wilkes County Militia (Georgia) during the Revolution. During the War of 1812, he served in the 12th and 13th Consolidated Regiments of the Louisiana Militia at the Battle of New Orleans.
On the night of January 3-4, 1777, following the Battle of Princeton, George Washington stayed at the home of John Van Doren (GFx7) in Somerset County, New Jersey.
Arthur Middleton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, is a first cousin, eight times removed.
This post was edited on 7/4/26 at 12:41 am
Posted on 7/4/26 at 2:08 am to Bass Tiger
I have a ton of old colonial ancestry. My surname line goes back to 1650 as far as I can trace. My surname ancestor came over as a "Cavalier" because he was banished after the English Civil War.
On my mom's side, I am George Washington's cousin.
As someone else said, if you are southern you likely have colonial ancestry. A lot of people in the north and midwest are more recent migrants (Germans, Italians, Irish, Poles, etc.) but the South has stayed more isolated for longer.
On my mom's side, I am George Washington's cousin.
As someone else said, if you are southern you likely have colonial ancestry. A lot of people in the north and midwest are more recent migrants (Germans, Italians, Irish, Poles, etc.) but the South has stayed more isolated for longer.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 3:24 am to Bass Tiger
Yes. I have 9 documented soldiers in total from both sides. The most prominent was Garland Lane who started in the 6th Continental and was selected to be in Washington’s CIC Guard in 1780. Stormed the last British redoubt under Hamilton at Yorktown and was present at Cornwallis surrender. He was later awarded a land grant at Woffords Station in NE GA in 1792. Has a plaque in Banks County put up by descendants commemorating his service.
Richard Brooks Hooper
David Crenshaw
James Chitwood
David McCraken
Richard Baker
Alexander Moss
William McEntire
Johnathan Osborne
Richard Brooks Hooper
David Crenshaw
James Chitwood
David McCraken
Richard Baker
Alexander Moss
William McEntire
Johnathan Osborne
Posted on 7/4/26 at 3:31 am to AUstar
My surname GF was from Argyleshire, Scotland and fought on the side of the crown. He was taken POW at the Battle of Dunbar by Crowell’s army. He was shipped to America as an indentured servant in 1651 aboard The Unity along with 150 others. His descendants were settled in Western NC by the mid 1700s. Most Scots ended up there along with a later wave of Scots/Irish.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 5:13 am to Bass Tiger
Present
Posted on 7/4/26 at 5:57 am to Robin Masters
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So I have that going for me, which is nice.
Bill Murray reference.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 6:01 am to Bass Tiger
I have over 40 ancestors with service in the Revolution.
Many of them were scouts and militia on the frontier in what is now northern WV and western PA.
Many of them were scouts and militia on the frontier in what is now northern WV and western PA.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 6:47 am to RollingwiththeTide
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Must be weird carrying around money with a picture of a relative on it distant or not lol.
She made it clear to stress distant.
A much closer relative was the helmsman that got Washington across the Delaware on Christmas of 1776. Her family roots were here well before the American Revolution.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 6:53 am to Bass Tiger
Ichabod Case .. Revolutionary Soldier, battle of Long Island etc
This post was edited on 7/4/26 at 6:54 am
Posted on 7/4/26 at 7:24 am to GruntbyAssociation
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Yeah, I have some ancestors who were Tories.
This guy in particular never lived in the colonies. He ended up being a fairly famous general and his brother an admiral in the British Navy.
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