Family Veterans

This is a follow-up to an earlier blog post on family veterans.

I've recently applied for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.   I'm using my ancestor Thomas Pinson.  He provided supplies.  I really wanted to use my ancestor George Belcher, who actually did serve in the Revolutionary War.

A year later, I'm now submitting a supplemental application for Patrick Porter.  Yay!  He actually served under Capt. Joseph Martin in Virginia.  He was also a juryman, commissioner of taxes, and furnished supplies.  His son, Samuel, also an ancestor, also qualifies as a soldier serving under Capt. Joseph Martin and Col. Evan Shelby.

Another ancestor that I qualify to submit a supplemental is James Alley.  He was a juror in 1779, a constable in 1780, and furnished supplies.

I am also looking at Moses Hurt (Sr), Crispin Shelton,  and Josiah Fugate.

Surnames A-Z: S Surnames

This idea of listing surnames over the coming weeks comes from The Olive Tree Genealogy Blog.  I think this will be fun.

Some of my surnames I have already posted information on . . . others I'm still working on.

Continuing the blog list of surnames for both mine and my husband's family that I'm doing genealogical research.  Maybe we connect, maybe not.

So . . . here are the S's:

Sampler - Kentucky
Saunders - England
Schacke/Shockey - Germany, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia
Schoefer - Germany
Schrauger - 
Scott - Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia
Secor - Indiana, New York
Sellen
Shelton/de Shelton - Virginia, Maryland, England, Bermuda, France
Shontz/Shantz - Pennsylvania, Switzerland, Ohio
Simpson - Virginia, Scotland
Skinner - 
Skipwith - 
Smith - Indiana
Smithers/Smothers - Maryland
Sparks - Kentucky, North Carolina
Sparr - Ohio
St John - 
Standley/Stanley - Virginia, Kentucky
Stauffer - Pennsylvania
Stead - Illinois, England, New York
Stennard - Virginia
Stovall - England, Virginia, North Carolina
Swinehart - Idaho, Washington, Kansas, Oregon, Indiana, Ohio, Germany