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A project for DAR members to meet each other, and for non-members to find ancestors that enable them to join. Use the related projects below to help focus your DAR research goals.* Geni Project - DAR Patriots * Geni Project - DAR Descendants * Geni Project - DAR Daughters * Search the DAR "The Daughters of the American Revolution is a charitable organization that requires members be women over...
Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery resides in Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York. This small burying ground's oldest resident is Gerret Wolfertse van Couwenhoven . Gerret was rumored to have been killed by Indians. However he met his end, Gerret died in 1645 and was buried in Flatlands. The last burials took place in the early 1950s. "By any measure, the Flatbush Reformed Dut...
A few Loyalists left the British colonies during the American Revolution then tens of thousands were deported after peace was concluded after the American Revolution (1783) Most did not remain in the locales to which they were sent. Histories are available detailing the numbers moved and how they swelled the temporary boom towns such as Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Populations of such regions plung...
This project is for Revolutionary War soldiers and patriots who primarily fought elsewhere and settled in Georgia after the war.==Columbia County==(Columbia County was created from Richmond County on December 10th, 1790. Columbia is Georgia’s 12th county and from her original boundaries were formed parts of Warren and McDuffie counties.)* Captain Thomas [Addison] Cobb (1722-1832), aged 110 . He...
The Sons of Liberty was a secret organization of landowners in the 13 American colonies. The society was formed to protect the rights of colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. Their motto was "No taxation without representation." Although others were used, in 1767 the Sons of Liberty adopted a flag called the rebellious stripes flag with 5 red and 4 white vertical stripes.Me...
This project is part of the Notables series. The Geni profiles included are of the signers of the Declaration of Independence on 4 July 1776. >> See the old wiki page for more information == Connecticut ==* Governor Samuel Huntington * Hon. Roger Sherman * William Williams * Oliver Wolcott
Bushwhacking was a form of guerrilla warfare common during the American Revolutionary War, War of 1812, American Civil War and other conflicts in which there were large areas of contested land and few governmental resources to control these tracts. This was particularly prevalent in rural areas during the Civil War where there were sharp divisions between those favoring the Union and Confederac...
This project is intended for all of those that served in the United States Continental Navy.The Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American Revolutionary War, and was formed in 1775. Through the efforts of the Continental Navy's patron, John Adams, and vigorous Congressional support in the face of stiff opposition, the fleet cumulatively became relatively substantial ...
Chatham Rural Cemetery resides in Chatham, Columbia, New York. In the picturesque Village of Chatham, the cemetery sits atop a hill and holds graves dating back to the Revolutionary War. Chatham Rural Cemetery Association oversees it's care and upkeep.
Minisink Battle Historical Society = The Battle of Minisink was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought at Minisink Ford, New York, on July 22, 1779. It was the only major skirmish of the Revolutionary War fought in the northern Delaware Valley. The battle was a decisive British victory, as the colonial militia was hastily assembled, ill-equipped, and inexperienced.Although British fo...
List of Known Maryland 400 Soldiers =On Aug. 27, 1776, the first major battle of the Revolutionary War was fought at Brooklyn, N.Y. Known as the Battle of Brooklyn or the Battle of Long Island, it was where Maryland would earn her nickname ‘‘The Old Line State.”Few are aware that the war could have ended that day had it not been for the ‘‘Maryland 400” who sacrificed themselves to allow the col...
Those who fought in the Battle of Ridgefield Ct.