{"id":15389,"date":"2016-07-05T11:23:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T15:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=15389"},"modified":"2017-07-26T10:46:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T14:46:22","slug":"documenting-everyone-who-fought-in-the-revolutionary-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/documenting-everyone-who-fought-in-the-revolutionary-war.html","title":{"rendered":"Documenting Everyone Who Fought in the Revolutionary War"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newspapers contain hundreds of thousands of obituaries and articles about the troops that served in the Revolutionary War, such as this obituary for Col. Thomas Blackburn:<\/p>\n

\u2026Thomas Blackburn, one of those firm & unshaken patriots who fought and bled for that Independence which we now enjoy!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Obituary<\/a>
People\u2019s Friend (New York, New York), 27 July 1807, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a> have more than 7,000 of the nation\u2019s newspapers \u2013 from all across the country, back to Colonial times.<\/p>\n

Obituaries like this one not only tell us of the soldiers that were wounded in battle and later died \u2013 but looking closer, they contain clues that we can use to find out more about these American heroes.<\/p>\n

For example, this obituary says that Blackburn died at \u201cRip[p]on Lodge, his seat in Virginia.\u201d<\/p>\n

I quickly found that his home is still standing and that it \u201cis the oldest house remaining in\u00a0Prince William County,\u00a0Virginia.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Photo:<\/a>
Photo: Rippon Lodge in Prince William County, Virginia. Credit: WhiteKMJK; Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also found this excellent article that describes the history of Rippon Lodge, which was built by Thomas Blackburn\u2019s father Richard around 1747.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 24 April 1921, page 64<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This article also describes the tombstones in the family plot on the property.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 24 April 1921, page 64<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While documenting everyone who fought in the Revolutionary War, use GenealogyBank\u2019s newspapers not only for articles about them when they served, and their obituaries \u2013 but also articles about them and their families written long after they died.<\/p>\n

GenealogyBank is your go-to source for all things documenting Colonial America.<\/p>\n

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