{"id":68,"date":"2020-10-05T11:06:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T15:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2026-01-20T09:32:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:32:58","slug":"patriots","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/family-history-and-genealogy\/patriots\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some of our amazing ancestors who arrived at Jamestown or on the Mayflower, served in the Revolutionary War, Indian Wars, Cherokee War, Seminole Wars, War of 1812, Confederate, Union, WWI, WWII, Korean War, as Tavern keepers, &#8217;49ers, Mayors, Senators, Postmasters, Huguenots, Doctors, and Ministers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ANCIENT PLANTERS (1):<\/strong><br>Thomas Willoughby (c1598-1657)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPOUSE&#8217;S ANCIENT PLANTERS (4):<\/strong><br>John Chew (1590-c1652)<br>John Clay (1587-bef 1664)<br>Cheney Boyce (c1586-c1643)<br>William Spencer (c1600-aft 1637)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JAMESTOWN ANCESTORS (7):<\/strong><br>William Churchill (1649-1710) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Churchill_(burgess)\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Churchill_(burgess)<\/a> <br>John George (c1603-1679) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_George_(Virginia_colonist)\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_George_(Virginia_colonist)<\/a> <br>Haute Wyatt (1594-1638)<br>Daniel Llewellyn ( -1663\/4)<br>Ann (____) Price Llewellyn (c1603\/4-by 1666)<br>Thomas Willoughby (c1598-1657)<br>Robert Wynne (c1622-1675) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Wynne_(Virginia_politician)\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Wynne_(Virginia_politician)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPOUSE\u2019S JAMESTOWN ANCESTORS (17):<\/strong><br>Robert Booth (1616-1657)<br>Cheney Boyce (c1586-c1643)<br>John Buckner ( -aft 1634)<br>John Chew (1590-c1652) &amp; his wife, Sarah<br>John Clay (1587-bef 1664)<br>Richard Craven (c1595-c1665)<br>Henry Duke ( -1713\/14)<br>Francis Eppes (c1597-c1674)<br>Francis Eppes (c1627-c1678)<br>Thomas Gaskins\/Gascoigne (c1601-1665)<br>Henry Hart (c1595-c1648)<br>Stephen Hopkins (1580-1644) (<a href=\"http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/hopkins-stephen\/\">http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/hopkins-stephen\/<\/a>) <br>Robert Sheppard (1604-1653)<br>William Spencer (c1600-aft 1637)<br>Daniel Tucker ( -1625)<br>Robert Williamson ( -1670)<br>Haute Wyatt (1594-1638)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPOUSE\u2019S MAYFLOWER PASSENGERS (10):<\/strong><br>John Alden (<a href=\"http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/alden\/\">http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/alden\/<\/a>) | FAG 15<br>Mary Brewster (<a href=\"http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/brewster-mary\/\">http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/brewster-mary\/<\/a>)<br>William Brewster (<a href=\"http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/brewster-william\/\">http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/brewster-william\/<\/a>)<br>Constance Hopkins (<a href=\"http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/hopkins-constance\/\">http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/hopkins-constance\/<\/a>)<br>Stephen Hopkins (<a href=\"http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/hopkins-stephen\/\">http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/hopkins-stephen\/<\/a>)<br>Giles Hopkins (<a href=\"http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/hopkins-giles\/\">http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/hopkins-giles\/<\/a>) | FAG 8635<br>Priscilla Mullins (<a href=\"http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/mullins-priscilla\/\">http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/mullins-priscilla\/<\/a>)<br>William Mullins (<a href=\"http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/mullins-william\/\">http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/mullins-william\/<\/a>)<br>Thomas Rogers (<a href=\"http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/rogers-thomas\/\">http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/rogers-thomas\/<\/a>)<br>Joseph Rogers (<a href=\"http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/rogers-joseph\/\">http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/rogers-joseph\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FOUNDERS OF WINDSOR (8):<\/strong><br>Thomas Dewey<br>Edward Griswold<br>Thomas Gunn<br>Thomas Holcombe<br>William Phelps (c1593-1672) | <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Phelps_(colonist)\">Wikipedia<\/a><br>William Thrall<br>Frances (_____) Clark Dewey Phelps<br>Robert Winchell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HUGUENOT ANCESTORS (2):<\/strong><br>Jacques Billebeau (c1674-by 1720) | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmdb.org\/m.asp?m=21141\">Manakin Town<\/a>, VA (near Powhatan, VA)<br>Matthew Jouett (c1688-1744) | Louisa County, VA | FAG 150841028<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPOUSE&#8217;S HUGUENOT ANCESTORS (1):<\/strong><br>Jean Girardeau (c1665-1720\/21) | St. Andrew&#8217;s Parish, Berkeley, SC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOTS (50):<\/strong><br>Abednego Adams (1721-1809) | provided supplies, Virginia | SAR P101162<br>Francis Adams (1749-1811) | ensign, Virginia | SAR P100378<br>William Bennett (c1749-1825) | private, Virginia | SAR P113438 and 113456, DAR A009335<br>Lemuel Black (c1759-1825) | Oath of Allegiance, 1777, Virginia | SAR P331417 | <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2020\/10\/followinglemuelblack.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2020\/10\/followinglemuelblack.pdf\">research timeline<\/a><br>Thomas Black (c1732-1800) | Ensign, 1775, Virginia | Oath of Allegiance, 1777, Virginia | Captain, 1777, Virginia | Provided supplies to wife of solider, 1777, Virginia | Security for a tax collection, 1780, Virginia | Filed public claims, 1782, Virginia | SAR P331418 | <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2020\/10\/thomasblackwill1801.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2020\/10\/tracingthomasblack.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2020\/10\/tracingthomasblack.pdf\">research timeline<\/a><br>Benjamin Bohon (c1737-c1785) | provided supplies, petition for recovery 1777, Orange Co Virginia<br>Walter Bohon (1762-1828) | paid tax, Orange Co Virginia 1783 | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2024\/11\/walter-bohon-timeline.pdf\">research timeline<\/a><br>Nathaniel Bullock (c1740-1802) | DAR A016886<br>Benjamin Carter (c1726-1789) | DAR A019882<br>James Culbertson (c1726-c1791) | provided supplies, North Carolina | DAR A209165<br>Robert Culbertson (1750-1840) | private, North Carolina | SAR P142024, DAR A028430 | FAG 19429446 | <a href=\"https:\/\/revwarapps.org\/s21722.pdf\">pension<\/a><br>Joseph Deadwyler (c1760-1830) | private, North Carolina | SAR P145907 | FAG 67441782<br>Thomas Dodson (1707-1783) | provided supplies, Virginia | SAR P149000, DAR A032939<br>Nathaniel Ely (1737-1823) | second lieutenant, Massachusetts | SAR P154477<br>Benjamin Finnell, Sr. (c1750-1802) | provided supplies, Virginia | SAR P328446<br>William Finnell (c1725-1800) | provided supplies, Virginia<br>Andrew Gaar (1685-aft 1782) | provided supplies, Virginia | DAR A133883, SAR P163336<br>John Adam Gaar (1711-bef 1793) | paid supply tax, Culpeper Co VA | DAR A042811, SAR P163337<br>Michael Gaar (c1740-1795) | provided supplies, Virginia | DAR A042814, SAR P163339<br>Francis Gibbs (1734-1810) | provided supplies, Virginia<br>James Goolsby (c1720-c1797) | provided supplies, Virginia<br>John Hawkins (c1720-1784) | militia, South Carolina | SAR P332465<br>Thomas Hopper (c1749-c1845) | private, Virginia | SAR P184841, A206609<br>Miles Jennings (c1730-1798) | public service, Virginia | SAR P328593, DAR A131628<br>Presley Carr Lane (1764-1819) | paid for substitute, Virginia | SAR P232954 | FAG 57112775<br>Jacob Lester (c1725-1793) | provided supplies, Virginia<br>Solomon Lewis (1750-1843) | private, North Carolina | SAR P236158 | pension<br>James McAfee (1707-1785) | provided supplies, Virginia | SAR P243765<br>Samuel McAfee (1748-1801) | captain, Virginia | SAR P243771, DAR A074358 | FAG 7779483<br>Martin Nalle Jr. (1740-1788) | lieutenant, Virginia | SAR P254803<br>Martin Nalle Sr. (1707-1788) | provided supplies, Virginia | SAR P254804<br>Obediah Overton (c1745-1811) | provided supplies, Virginia | SAR P264048<br>Humphrey Peake (1732-1785) | provided supplies, Virginia | SAR P327879, DAR A086893 | FAG 15037800<br>Samuel Perry (c1735-aft 1797) | paid tax, Henry Co Virginia 1782 &amp; 1783 | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2020\/10\/tracingthomasperry.pdf\">research timeline<\/a><br>Thomas Perry (1768-1844) | paid tax, Henry Co Virginia 1783 | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2020\/10\/tracingthomasperry.pdf\">research timeline<\/a><br>Thomas Philpot (1712-1787) | state oath, Granville Co NC<br>Benjamin Rogers (c1722-1802) | public service, Virginia | SAR P281047<br>John Rogers (1757-1822) | private, Virginia | SAR P281172<br>James Rylee, Sr. (1755-1835) | private, North Carolina | SAR P279291, DAR A096834 | FAG 159747775<br>Young Shortt (c1732-1795) | provided supplies, Virginia | SAR P331642<br>Adam Simmons (c1739-1807) | provided supplies, Wake Co NC 1780 &amp; 1781 | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2025\/05\/adam-simmons-timeline.pdf\">research timeline<\/a> <br>Dianah (Herbert) Simmons (c1720-bef 1790) | provided supplies, North Carolina<br>James Thomas (1751-1836) | private, Virginia | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2022\/05\/james-thomas-timeline.pdf\">research timeline<\/a><br>John Threlkeld (c1725-1802) | provided supplies, Virginia | SAR P304763<br>Thomas Walker (c1719-c1793) | provided supplies, Virginia | DAR A119684<br>Joseph Williams (1721-1792) | patriotic service, North Carolina | DAR A201107 | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2022\/06\/joseph-williams-timeline.pdf\">research timeline<\/a><br>Mathew Jouett Williams (1749-1818) | provided supplies, Virginia | SAR P327130 | DAR A217440 | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2022\/06\/joseph-williams-timeline.pdf\">research timeline<\/a><br>John Wilson (c1725-1800) | petit juror, South Carolina<br>Elisha Winchell, Jr. (1757-1844) | private, Connecticut | SAR P322343 | FAG 45816672<br>Lewis Davis Yancey (1689-1784) | provided supplies, Virginia | SAR P325751 | DAR A129369 | FAG 113091607<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPOUSE\u2019S FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR PATRIOTS (2):<\/strong><br>Vines Collier (c1735-c1795) | Lieut., Virginia | FAG 39257827<br>Jasaniah Post (1746-1809) | Conn. (1758-1760) | FAG 7423518<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPOUSE\u2019S REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOTS (48):<\/strong><br>Ezekiel Akin[s] (c1755-aft 1820) | private, SC | DAR A000862<br>Daniel Alden (1720-1790) | civil service, CT | SAR P102094 | FAG 60005633 | DAR A001012<br>David Barnes (c1735-1814) | Sergeant, MA | DAR A006301<br>William Basquen (1756-1816) | SC State Calvary | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/11\/william-basquen-timeline.pdf\">Research Timeline<\/a><br>Jeremiah Battle(s) (1720-aft 1790) | Sergeant, MA | DAR A007565<br>Alexander Andrew Bowers (c1725-bef 1813) | patriotic service, SC | DAR A012750<br>Lewis Bradberry (c1763-aft 1840) | Henry Co VA militia, 1781 | DAR A216012<br>James Bridges (c1755-1820) | DAR A014264<br>John Buckner (c1740-c1820) | patriotic service | DAR A131179<br>Purchase Capen (1746-1827) | Maritime Guard, CT<br>Micajah Clark (1749-1838) | Capt., NC | DAR A022564 | FAG 51162366<br>Vines Collier (c1735-c1795) | patriotic service | DAR A024444 | FAG 39257827<br>Robert Davis (1750-c1825) | civil service, NC | SAR P144918 | DAR A030613<br>Jacob Dennard (1750-1810) | Lieutenant | DAR A031800 | SAR P146942<br>David Dickinson (1756-1812) | patriotic service | DAR A034080<br>Aaron Eaton (1737-1815) | SAR P152593 | FAG 12183021<br>Elisha Hubbard (1744-1814) | Lieutenant, MA | SAR P186822 | DAR A059222<br>Peter Hubbard (1754-1826) | private, MA | SAR P186952 | DAR A059355<br>Samuel Hubbard (1714-1783) | patriotic service, MA | SAR P186969 | DAR A059377<br>Jonathan Hutchinson (1712-1796 ) | Civil Service, CT | DAR A061386<br>Gideon Hogg (1720-c1793) | patriotic service, VA | SAR P183056 | DAR A132655<br>Henry Hyrne (1734-1785) | SAR P189417 | DAR A059796<br>Thomas King (1746-c1806) | <br>Philip Lewis (c1740-aft 1820) | patriotic service, NC | DAR A210834<br>Matthew Marshall (1748-c1794) | 3rd Lieut. | DAR A073915<br>Meshack Matthews (c1758-1819) | Refugee, Georgia | DAR A075553 | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2024\/10\/meshack-matthews-timeline.pdf\">Research Timeline<\/a><br>Archibald McCravy (1741-1838) | soldier, NC | DAR A075835<br>John Melton (1742-1800) | patriotic service | DAR A203099<br>Zachariah Melton (c1720-c1792) | patriotic service | DAR A077332<br>Glen Owen (c1755-c1839) | DAR A085216<br>Thomas Owen (c1730-c1805) | patriotic service | DAR A085287<br>Benjamin Oliver (1752-1840) | private, NC | DAR A135133<br>Edward Powell (c1720-c1798) | patriotic service | DAR A091988<br>John Powell (c1745-1796) | Captain, VA | DAR A092022<br>Jeremiah Rich (c1746-1781) | patriotic service | DAR A21605<br>Moses Rogers (1721-1795) | DAR A098138<br>Jesse Ross (c1766-1852) | DAR A098459<br>Isaac Sebastian (c1755-c1792) | DAR A101251<br>Stephen Sebastian (1733-c1785) | DAR A101253<br>William Scarborough (c1753-abt 1730) <br>William Shannon (1756-aft 1840) | Solider<br>William Shelton (c1749-c1794) | patriotic service | DAR A207776<br>John Sherman (c1715-c1784) | Oath of Allegiance, NC | DAR A006020<br>Andrew Smoke (1753-1834) | SAR P293507<br>Thomas Townsend (1753-1836) | DAR A115748<br>Douglass Watson (c1742-c1797) | DAR A122472<br>Jacob Wise (1759-c1845) | DAR A126813<br>John Yates (c1720-1778) | oath of allegiance, VA | DAR A207777<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TAVERN KEEPERS (4):<\/strong><br>Thomas Black (c1732-1800) | Donegal Township, Lancaster County, PA | SAR P331418 | <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2020\/10\/thomasblackwill1801.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2020\/10\/tracingthomasblack.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2020\/10\/tracingthomasblack.pdf\">research timeline<\/a><br>Nathaniel Ely (1605-1675) | Springfield, Hampden County, MA | <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nathaniel_Ely\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nathaniel_Ely<\/a><br>Matthew Jouett (c1688-1744) | Louisa County, VA<br>William Carr Lane (1737-1770) | Loudoun County, VA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPOUSE&#8217;S TAVERN KEEPERS (2):<\/strong><br>Stephen Hopkins (c1581-1644) | Plymouth, MA (<a href=\"http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/hopkins-stephen\/\">http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/hopkins-stephen\/<\/a>)  <br>Edward Bangs (c1591-1677) | Eastham, MA, 1657<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DOCTORS (1):<\/strong><br>William Rogers (1777-1836) | FAG 8051981<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPOUSE&#8217;S DOCTORS (1):<\/strong><br>Joshua Riley Ellis (1836-1901) | FAG 36215844  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPOUSE&#8217;S COURT JUSTICES (1):<\/strong><br>Edmund Bohun (1645-1699) | SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edmund_Bohun\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edmund_Bohun<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MINISTERS (2):<\/strong><br>William Rogers (1777-1836) | FAG 8051981<br>James Rylee, Sr. (1755-1835) | FAG 159747775<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPOUSE&#8217;S<\/strong> <strong>MINISTERS (4):<\/strong><br>William Brewster (c1566-1644) (<a href=\"http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/brewster-william\/\">http:\/\/mayflowerhistory.com\/brewster-william\/<\/a>)<br>Joshua Wells Eaton, Deacon (1792-1865) | FAG 6970440<br>Walter Ballard Mason (1810-1860) | Milford (Baker Co.), GA<br>Benjamin D. White (1811-1871) | Houston Co GA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INDIAN WARS OF 1791 (1):<\/strong><br>Lemuel Black (c1759-1825) | <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2020\/10\/recordsofexecutivecouncil.pdf\">Col. Thomas Freeman&#8217;s Battalion in Wilkes County, Georgia<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2020\/10\/followinglemuelblack.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2020\/10\/followinglemuelblack.pdf\">research timeline<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STATE SENATORS (1):<\/strong><br>Presley Carr Lane (1764-1819) | Pennsylvania 1795-1818 | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.state.pa.us\/cfdocs\/legis\/BiosHistory\/MemBio.cfm?ID=4906&amp;body=S\" target=\"_blank\">Senate history<\/a> | FAG 57112775<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPOUSE&#8217;S STATE SENATORS (1):<\/strong><br>Isaac Collier (1769-1848) | Georgia Representative 1830-1831, Georgia State Senate 1832-1833 | FAG 4000077883<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHEROKEE WAR OF 1838 (2):<\/strong><br>Nathaniel Hix (1800-1874) | Gen. Daniel&#8217;s Company of Stokes&#8217; 1st GA Militia | FAG 91830250 | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/03\/script-for-nathaniel-and-joanna-hix.pdf\">Script<\/a> |James McElreath (1802-1886) | Bearden&#8217;s Mounted Infantry, Ga. | FAG 5674937 | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2026\/01\/script-for-james-and-rachel-mcelreath.pdf\">Script<\/a><br>Warren Norris (c1803-1889) | McCleskey\u2019s Co., 2 (Col. Turk\u2019s) Georgia Militia | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2022\/05\/warren-norris-timeline.pdf\">Research Timeline<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WAR OF 1812 (7):<\/strong><br>Henry Allen (1793-1877) | Capt. Burrell Pope&#8217;s Co., Georgia Militia | pension<br>French Haggard (1791-c1865) | Bunch&#8217;s Reg&#8217;t., East Tennessee Militia | Clark&#8217;s Battalion, East Tennessee Militia | Brown&#8217;s Reg&#8217;t, East Tennessee Vols. | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/04\/script-for-french-and-elizabeth-haggard.pdf\">script<\/a> |<br>John Hix (c1775-1863) | Capt. Bacon&#8217;s Company, East Tennessee Militia<br>Samuel Hopper (1777-1867) | 2 Reg&#8217;t (Jenkins&#8217;), Georgia Vols. and Militia | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2024\/05\/samuel-hopper-timeline.pdf\">Research Timeline<\/a><br>George Washington Lane (1790-1841) | 1 Corps d&#8217;Elite (Randolph&#8217;s), Virginia Militia | FAG 5674841<br>John McAfee (1775-1833) | 5 Reg&#8217;t (South&#8217;s), Mounted, Kentucky, Volunteers<br>William Gibbs Overton (1797-1870) | 1 Corps d&#8217;Elite (Randolph&#8217;s), Virginia Militia | FAG 5082153<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPOUSE&#8217;S WAR OF 1812 (4):<\/strong><br>Francis C. Dickerson (1775-1832) | Private, 14 Reg\u2019t (Mitchisson\u2019s) Kentucky Militia | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2024\/10\/francis-dickinson-timeline.pdf\">Research Timeline<\/a><br>Absalom Hopson (c1788-aft. 1860) |<br>Moses Prescott (1791-1862) | Private, Capt. Joseph Walker&#8217;s Co., SC Militia<br>Bryant White (c1770-aft 1823) | Private, 3 Reg&#8217;t (Wimberly&#8217;s) Georgia Militia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GOLD RUSH \u201849er (1):<\/strong><br>George Washington Lane, Jr. (1828-1884) | FAG 5674888 | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/09\/script-for-george-and-amanda-lane.pdf\">Script<\/a> |<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>POSTMASTERS (3):<\/strong><br>George W. Lane (1791-1841) | Centreville, VA (1825-1826)<br>George Washington Lane, Jr. (1828-1884), Assistant Post Master | Palmyra, MO (1871-1884) | FAG 5674888 | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/mmblack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/09\/script-for-george-and-amanda-lane.pdf\">Script<\/a> |<br>Elias Winchell (1786-1856) | West Springfield, MA (1824-1836), Greenfield, MO (1838-1848), West Springfield, MO (1848-1853) | FAG 58653141<br>Jerome B. 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