re: How many Sons of the Revolution are PT posters?

Through my great grandmother on my father's side. Col. Joab Houghton.
Brief Life History of Joab

Col. Joab Houghton was the son of Thomas Houghton (English decent) and Maria Mershon (French Huguenot decent) born on July 10, 1725 and died on October 17, 1798 in Hopewell Township, New Jersey.
He was a Revolutionary War Soldier and member of the New Jersey General Assembly. He was a brave officer, greatly beloved by his men, and served with distinction all through the war.

Colonel Joab Houghton raised the first volunteer company from New Jersey for the Revolutionary War with a rousing speech memorialized on a plaque in Hopewell, New Jersey.

"On Sunday morning, 22 Apr 1775, a messenger arrived at the Meeting House in Hopewell, New Jersey, bearing news of Lexington and Concord and asking for volunteers. Joab Houghton mounted the horse block in front of the Meeting House and asked: "Who will go with me to Boston?" Every man stepped forward to form the First New Jersey Volunteer Company with Joab Houghton as Captain.

"Houghton was commissioned a Captain in the First NJ Regiment 19 Oct 1776, promoted to Lt. Col. on 9 Oct 1779 and transferred to Col.

Houghton fought with Washington at the Battles of Long Island, Harlem Heights, and Hoyt Plains in NY. In his home state of NJ, he fought under Washington's command at Princeton, Germantown, and the Monmouth Court House. (He did not, as some Internet sites suggest, join forces in crossing the Delaware, but remained on duty in Hopewell.

Officially, no; in reality, yes.

Cheers

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Ancestor served in the Galvez Expedition.

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The Spanish definitely don't get enough credit for helping us during the war. Critical assistance.

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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.

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Super cool, my 9th maternal grandfather was present for the Battles of Trenton and Princton with with 7th Virginia regiment. He son was later present and at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown and was listed as guarding British prisoners in his Revolutionary War pension application.

Captain John Douglass (5th great-grandfather) - 11th Pennsylvania Regiment

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Captain Douglass was born in 1747. Soon after the Battle of Lexington he began his military service. On June 3, 1776, the Continental Congress resolved “that a flying camp be immediately established in the middle colonies.” The definition of the Flying Camp Battalion is a Reservist or a Home Guard. Their duties were to serve and protect citizens of the state in case of an invasion. They acted like a police force guarding barracks and government buildings. For its part, Pennsylvania was called upon to provide a force of some 6,000 men. Delegations of one officer and two enlisted men from each of Pennsylvania’s fifty-three associated battalions met in Lancaster, on July 4, 1776, for the purpose of selecting this force. Captain Douglass was appointed Captain in the Flying Camp, Company G, on July 3, 1776 by order of the Pennsylvania State Convention. He served in the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, taking part in the Battle of Brandywine where his regiment took heavy loses and wintered in Valley Forge. He resigned on December 7, 1777. In 1805 he was appointed an alderman of Philadelphia and was elected High Sheriff of the city and county in 1825. His office was located in the west wing of Independence Hall. He married Ann Jones at Christ Church on August 10, 1772. Ann Douglass died on September 22, 1826. Captain Douglass died on July 8, 1840 at the age of 94 years old. The notice in the Philadelphia Public Ledger on July 10, 1840 is headed “Another Revolutionary Character Gone!”

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Doesn't count. He was white.

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Such a tired argument. There were many white SLAVES, no matter what false narratives people want to put on it. And to top it off more often than not black slaves were looked at as more valuable, due to being more heat-hardy than their counterparts of primarily European descent, and therefore treated better.

I highly recommend folks read “They Were White and They Were Slaves”. It’s very informative and, unlike most drivel that claims to be historical non-fiction these days, includes source references for every claim made in it.