American Revolutionary War Ancestors

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Comment by Leeann Boone on September 17, 2009 at 6:12pm

I have ancesters that were in the Green Mountain Boys.

Comment by Marcia Loudon on September 17, 2009 at 5:08pm

Found the book I was talking about
http://www.archive.org/details/minutesofconspir00wighuoft

Minutes of a conspiracy against the liberties of America - Wightman, William

Hickey plot, 1776

Comment by Marcia Loudon on September 17, 2009 at 4:43pm

A cousin of my 4th great was involved in the NYC "scandal". I found a lot of information about the story in old newspapers. I think NEHGS site but many places have old newspapers. The best article was from a Philly paper also
"Summer Soldiers" by James C.Neagles is about Rev. War court-martials parts of it are downloadable from Google Books I have a book from England or Canada about the story written from their point of view. Need to find.
"My Person of Interest" was Gilbert Forbes.

Comment by Earl Cain on September 17, 2009 at 4:29pm

Christina and Kay,
I have some info that may be of interest. I have heard author, John Nagy speak about spies and mutinies, etc. Here is a link to look at. John Nagy may have some info for you. .www.booktour.com/author/john_a_nagy

Earl Cain

Comment by Kay Adkins on September 17, 2009 at 2:41pm

Great question, Christina! I'm afraid I don't know an answer, but I look forward to finding out. I understand there is a spy museum in Washington DC, but I don't know if they have historical information like that.

Comment by Christina Linda Wilson on September 17, 2009 at 11:53am

Where does one find information on spies? According to the DAR and other "family" sources, Stephen Yeoman was a spy in New York who was caught. There are several variations of what happened to him, but he survived and died in Fayette county, Ohio in 1829. Its the fact that there are variations on his punishment that make me wonder about the story in general.

Comment by Leighton E. McCormick on September 17, 2009 at 5:27am

My Gr-Gr-Gr-Great Grandfather William McCormick -- born 24 June 1755 in Scrabby Hill Parish, County Cavan, Ireland -- served three years during the Revolutionary War as a private under captain James Wilson, First Pennsylvania Regiment. He was discharged 16 January 1781, married Grissell Porter in December 1782, and died 5 March 1817 in Morris Township, Greene County, PA. He is buried in Old Bates Fork Cemetery in Greene County.

If anyone has connected information, I'd enjoy hearing about it!

Comment by Toni Feeney on September 17, 2009 at 4:15am

I am able to access HQ through my library. I have a library card through my library that subscribes to HQ. I can then use it from home by going to the website and using my card number barcode to logon to it. So check with your library to see if they offer the HQ database.

Comment by Dianne Welch on September 16, 2009 at 9:22pm

A friend gave me a link to Heritage Quest Online, but couldn't get on. Tried to get a password, but it said something about library use. Can anyone get on or just organizations. Dianne

Comment by Maya on September 1, 2009 at 10:11am

To Patty-
I'm afraid that the DAR database is for certain members of the DAR and not open to the general pucblic. Your local genealogy center may have DAR Patriot Books for you to look through.

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