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About Rachel Martin
"Disguised as men, Grace and Rachel Martin, ambushed British officers carrying important documents one night. Returning home, they found the officers enjoying a meal their mother had prepared.
The women's bravery began when the Martin sisters were tired of how the British treated women and children. They sought this opportunity to help out. Knowing that a courier was bringing British documents to South Carolina, they set out to stop the courier and get the documents for the Patriots. Borrowing their husbands' clothes and pistols, they waited in the dark along the road the courier would be travelling. Upon hearing horses, they stopped the British officers, obtaining what they needed without firing a shot. They were in for a real surprise when they arrived home later that night. Luckily for them, men in the dark look different from women in the light."
from: http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/women_american_revolution...
Source: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Women_of_the_American_Revolution/...
- Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Jan 1 2018, 23:49:29 UTC
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Rachel Martin's Timeline
| 1763 |
June 19, 1763
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Cumberland County, Province of Virginia
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| 1790 |
1790
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| 1849 |
1849
Age 85
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Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States
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| 1850 |
1850
Age 86
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Martin Cemetery, Fairfield, Bedford County, Tennessee, United States
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