American Revolutionary War Ancestors

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Find out about your ancestor in the American Revolution. Members will assist each other with researching American Revolutionary War ancestors.
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  • Johnny Ray Thigpen

    My 5th great grandfather (on my grandfathers side) was John Thigpen, a Major in the Revolutionary War. He was wounded at the battle for Charleston and would later die on a British POW ship in Charleston Harbor.
    John was also/is my 4th great grandfather on my grandmothers side. My grandfather, George Benjamin Thigpen, married Alma Thigpen. They both share the same great/great great grandfather, Amos G Thigpen.
    Amos G Thigpen's father, Joseph Joshua Thigpen Sr also fought in the Revolutionary War. Joseph Joshua was the son of John Thigpen. I had 2 great grandfather's that fought in the War. A father and son. The father died at Charlston.
    Confused yet?
    Joseph Joshua Sr

    Dec 28, 2014

  • LaRose Seltzer

    While I have been working on my family tree for decades, I am just beginning my research into any ancestors that might have been in the Revolutionary War. Surnames include (but might have more) Rogers, Bethea, West, Bonham, Bennington, Tallifarro.  Any information to guide me to a starting point would be most appreciated.

    Jul 17, 2021

  • Vickey L Baggott

    Does any of y'all share any of these Revolutionary granddad's with me:

    Dr. Lewis Barton (NY), Michael Bassett (NY), Col. William Bryan (NC), Joseph Burton (SC), Joseph Clark, Sr. & Jr. (NY), John Cumbaa (N & S Carolina, VA), Solomon Dearman (NC), James & Thomas Doster (NC), Drury Fort (SC), Josiah Gale (NY), Enoch Grubbs (SC), Archibald Handley (VA), William Ingram (NC), John Lee (NC), Daniel McKinney (NY), Timothy Mead (NY), Barbara Osiander Epting (SC), John Adam Sawyer (SC), William Shanks (PA), Col. John Smith (NC), Hendrick [Henry] Staley (NY), Albert & Jacob Van Hoesen (NY), John Wright (VA), and/or William Young (NY).  I'd love to hear from you if we're "cousins". 

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