{"id":16941,"date":"2016-09-29T11:44:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T15:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=16941"},"modified":"2016-09-29T11:47:01","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T15:47:01","slug":"multiple-newspaper-articles-about-revolutionary-war-ancestor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/multiple-newspaper-articles-about-revolutionary-war-ancestor.html","title":{"rendered":"Multiple Newspaper Articles about Revolutionary War Ancestor"},"content":{"rendered":"

GenealogyBank is your best source for documenting your Revolutionary War ancestors.<\/p>\n

For example, when Marjorie Cathleen (East) Goodenough (1926-2015) died her obituary noted that:<\/p>\n

Marjorie also enjoyed her family heritage. She shared many family stories, and is descended from Revolutionary War soldier James Potter Collins who was also an early Texas pioneer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"An<\/a>
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, Texas), 16 January 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I wanted to learn more about who James Potter Collins was \u2013 so I looked deeper into GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was easy to find more articles about him, like this long article that describes his experiences in the war \u2013 and the personal journal that he wrote in 1836 \u201cto write the story of his experiences as a soldier in the Revolutionary War.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), 12 July 1961, page 25<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Several other descendants mentioned him in their obituaries \u2013 like Charles Mitchell Carpenter (1874-1954), a great-grandson of the patriot ancestor.<\/p>\n

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State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), 5 April 1954, page 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another descendant, Mrs. Leroy T. Corkern, gave a presentation at a local Daughters of the American Revolution club meeting, about Collins\u2019s journal and other artifacts passed down in the family.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), 13 February 1980, page 20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These are great clues to find other cousins, as well as actual documents and artifacts that have been preserved and passed down in the family.<\/p>\n

What a find!<\/p>\n

You want to mine GenealogyBank for every article about your Revolutionary War ancestors.<\/p>\n

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