{"id":30285,"date":"2018-04-02T11:06:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T15:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=30285"},"modified":"2018-04-04T10:29:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T14:29:58","slug":"genealogybank-revolutionary-war-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/genealogybank-revolutionary-war-central.html","title":{"rendered":"GenealogyBank: Revolutionary War Central"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No other online source has the depth of coverage of colonial newspapers that you can find in GenealogyBank\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/explore\/newspapers\/all?utm_source=social&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&s_referrer=social&s_siteloc=blog&s_trackval=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&kbid=69919&pq=1&prebuy=no&intver=&CCPRODCODE=\">Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is your go-to source for documenting the lives and stories of your Revolutionary War ancestors. You can read about the battles they fought in and follow them day by day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30287\" style=\"width: 943px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/montage-0402-2018-revolutionary-war-articles.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30287\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/montage-0402-2018-revolutionary-war-articles.png\" alt=\"A montage of newspaper articles about the American Revolutionary War\" width=\"943\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/montage-0402-2018-revolutionary-war-articles.png 943w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/montage-0402-2018-revolutionary-war-articles-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/montage-0402-2018-revolutionary-war-articles-768x368.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 943px) 100vw, 943px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: GenealogyBank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Digging into the old newspapers, I have found thousands of articles about these dedicated soldiers. Beginning today through July 4th I am writing a series of articles featuring different Revolutionary War soldiers. I will post them on our Facebook page and also give details here on our Blog page.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s remember and honor our Revolutionary War veteran ancestors.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30291\" style=\"width: 978px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A103709D225B248A8%40GB3NEWS-11A1023584BCBCF0%402393483-11A10235AF1BE408%402-11A1023669F79F30\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/new-hampshire-gazette-newspaper-0112-1841-amos-barnes-obituary.png\" alt=\"An obituary for Amos Barnes, New Hampshire Gazette newspaper article 12 January 1841\" width=\"978\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/new-hampshire-gazette-newspaper-0112-1841-amos-barnes-obituary.png 978w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/new-hampshire-gazette-newspaper-0112-1841-amos-barnes-obituary-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/new-hampshire-gazette-newspaper-0112-1841-amos-barnes-obituary-768x347.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: GenealogyBank, New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), 12 January 1841, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/tree\/person\/details\/LK38-WFT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amos Barnes<\/a> died in 1840 newspapers remembered him \u2013 giving the details of his life, his family and his service to the nation in a detailed obituary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He died 6 December 1840 in Conway, New Hampshire<\/li>\n<li>He had served as a lieutenant and was a Revolutionary War pensioner<\/li>\n<li>He was 83 years old<\/li>\n<li>His funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Wides, based on Job 7:16<\/li>\n<li>He was born in Groton, Massachusetts, the youngest of 11 children<\/li>\n<li>His father died in the French &amp; Indian War<\/li>\n<li>At age 6 the family moved to Concord, New Hampshire<\/li>\n<li>At age 18 he enlisted in the Army<\/li>\n<li>He marched to Mystic, Connecticut<\/li>\n<li>June 1775 \u2013 he was in the Battle of Bunker Hill<\/li>\n<li>He marched to New York; then to Canada; then to Mont Independence<\/li>\n<li>December 1776 \u2013 he was with George Washington in Newtown, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li>December 1776 \u2013 Battle of Trenton<\/li>\n<li>His enlistment over, with an honorable discharge, he returned home to Concord, New Hampshire<\/li>\n<li>Re-enlisted January 1778, serving with George Washington in Valley Forge<\/li>\n<li>Served as Orderly Sergeant for the next two years<\/li>\n<li>June 1778 \u2013 Battle of Monmouth<\/li>\n<li>Winter 1779 \u2013 Valley Forge<\/li>\n<li>1779-1780 \u2013 Sullivan campaign<\/li>\n<li>January 1780 \u2013 discharged, returned to Concord, New Hampshire<\/li>\n<li>November 1787 \u2013 moved to Conway, New Hampshire<\/li>\n<li>17 July 1790 \u2013 married Polly Eastman, \u201csecond daughter of the late Richard Eastman, Esq. who, with several children, still survive\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Described as \u201ca very intelligent, industrious and honest man through life\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Served in \u201cthe last war [War of 1812], in defence of free trade and sailor\u2019s rights\u201d<\/li>\n<li>He was a Jeffersonian Republican, \u201ca firm supporter of Gen. Jackson and Mr. Van Buren\u201d<\/li>\n<li>He voted in the last election<\/li>\n<li>Late in life \u201cwith intense anxiety and fervent prayer\u201d he turned to a deeper faith in Christ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Compact and filled with the details of his life, his obituary \u2013 like all veterans\u2019 obituaries \u2013 makes us pause and remember his life and his service to our country.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t wait for your hero ancestor\u2019s story to be told \u2013 post his story in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/27-colonial-newspapers-to-trace-your-early-american-ancestry.html\">27 Colonial Newspapers to Trace Your Early American Ancestry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/tracing-your-colonial-revolutionary-ancestry-in-newspapers.html\">Tracing Your Colonial &amp; Revolutionary Ancestry in Newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/revolutionary-war-ancestors-life-stories-are-in-old-newspapers.html\">Revolutionary War Ancestors\u2019 Life Stories Are in Old Newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article about finding the stories of your American Revolutionary War ancestors in the pages of GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12713],"tags":[1902,12,2719,2020],"class_list":["post-30285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genealogy-research-tips","tag-american-revolutionary-war","tag-genealogy","tag-genealogy-search-tips","tag-newspaper-archives"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/illustration-0810-2016-washington-crossing-the-delaware.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}