{"id":33345,"date":"2018-07-06T09:16:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T13:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=33345"},"modified":"2018-07-12T09:50:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T13:50:34","slug":"revolutionary-war-veterans-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/revolutionary-war-veterans-part-5.html","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary War Veterans \u2013 Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Estimates are that 92,000 American and French troops fought 314,000 British troops, Hessian mercenaries and loyalists during the American Revolutionary War. Of that number 25,000 Americans died in the war and an estimated 25,000 more were wounded.<\/p>\n

Their stories were told in America\u2019s newspapers \u2013 especially in the veterans\u2019 obituaries, but also in other articles such as this marriage notice for \u201cCapt. Benjamin Fletcher, a revolutionary hero,\u201d and another for \u201cDr. Elisha Skinner, a revolutionary Patriot.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Haverhill Gazette (Haverhill, Massachusetts), 15 March 1823, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here are just some of their stories that you can find in GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>. We\u2019ve included the name of the newspaper and the exact page where you can find an article about that veteran.<\/p>\n

Edminister, Noah (1758-1856)<\/strong>
\nMaine, Massachusetts
\nBattles fought in: Bunker Hill
\nManufacturers’ and Farmers’ Journal<\/em> (Providence, Rhode Island), 7 January 1856, page 1
\nTimes-Picayune<\/em> (New Orleans, Louisiana), 12 January 1856, page 4
\nTimes-Picayune<\/em> (New Orleans, Louisiana), 13 January 1856, page 2
\nWisconsin Free Democrat<\/em> (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), 16 January 1856, page 4<\/p>\n

Ellerv, William (1728-1820)<\/strong>
\nNew York, Rhode Island, Vermont
\nAmerican Advocate<\/em> (Hallowell, Maine), 26 February 1820, page 3
\nBaltimore Patriot<\/em> (Baltimore, Maryland), 21 February 1820, page 2
\nCity of Washington Gazette<\/em> (Washington, D.C.), 21 February 1820, page 6
\nColumbian Centinel<\/em> (Boston, Massachusetts), 19 February 1820, page 2
\nConnecticut Journal<\/em> (New Haven, Connecticut), 22 February 1820, page 3
\nEvening Post<\/em> (New York, New York), 19 February 1820, page 2
\nNational Intelligencer<\/em> (Washington, D.C.), 24 February 1820, page 4
\nSpooner’s Vermont Journal<\/em> (Windsor, Vermont), 28 February 1820, page 3<\/p>\n

Elliot, Oliver (1735-1837)<\/strong>
\nMassachusetts
\nBoston Recorder<\/em> (Boston, Massachusetts), 7 April 1837, page 55<\/p>\n

Eustis, William (-1825)<\/strong>
\nMassachusetts
\nIndependent Inquirer<\/em> (Providence, Rhode Island), 10 February 1825, page 2<\/p>\n

Evans, John (1737-1834)<\/strong>
\nVirginia
\nBoston Traveler<\/em> (Boston, Massachusetts), 6 June 1834, page 2<\/p>\n

Everhart, Lawrence (1755-1840)<\/strong>
\nMaryland
\nBattles fought in: Brandywine, Germantown
\nPhiladelphia Inquirer<\/em> (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 7 August 1840, page 2
\nPublic Ledger<\/em> (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 7 August 1840, page 1
\nSun<\/em> (Baltimore, Maryland), 6 August 1840, page 4<\/p>\n

Fenton, John (1742-1842)<\/strong>
\nMississippi
\nCharleston Courier<\/em> (Charleston, South Carolina), 30 March 1842, page 2
\nNewark Daily Advertiser<\/em> (Newark, New Jersey), 2 April 1842, page 3<\/p>\n

Fisk, James (1762-1844)<\/strong>
\nIndiana, Massachusetts, Vermont
\nNew York Herald<\/em> (New York, New York), 9 December 1844, page 1<\/p>\n

Fletcher, Benjamin (1746-1823)<\/strong>
\nMassachusetts
\nHaverhill Gazette<\/em> (Haverhill, Massachusetts), 15 March 1823, page 3<\/p>\n

Floyd, William (1732-1821)<\/strong>
\nNew York, Pennsylvania
\nArkansas Weekly Gazette<\/em> (Little Rock, Arkansas), 13 October 1821, page 2
\nCherry-Valley Gazette<\/em> (Cherry Valley, New York), 14 August 1821, page 3
\nDutchess Observer<\/em> (Poughkeepsie, New York), 15 August 1821, page 2
\nEastport Sentinel<\/em> (Eastport, Maine), 25 August 1821, page 2
\nNational Aegis<\/em> (Worcester, Massachusetts), 15 August 1821, page 3
\nNew York Daily Advertiser<\/em> (New York, New York), 15 August 1821, page 2
\nOrange County Patriot; or The Spirit of Seventy-Six<\/em> (Goshen, New York), 20 August 1821, page 3
\nPittsfield Sun<\/em> (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), 15 August 1821, page 3
\nPlough Boy<\/em> (Albany, New York), 18 August 1821, page 7
\nSpooner’s Vermont Journal<\/em> (Windsor, Vermont), 20 August 1821, page 3
\nWestchester Herald<\/em> (Ossining, New York), 21 August 1821, page 3<\/p>\n

Ford, Jacob (1743-1837)<\/strong>
\nNew York
\nAlbany Argus<\/em> (Albany, New York), 11 August 1837, page 2
\nCentinel of Freedom<\/em> (Newark, New Jersey), 15 August 1837, page 3
\nCommercial Advertiser<\/em> (New York, New York), 9 August 1837, page 2<\/p>\n

Ford, John (1755-1860)<\/strong>
\nGeorgia
\nCongregationalist<\/em> (Boston, Massachusetts), 30 March 1860, page 3<\/p>\n

Foster, Lemuel (1763-1824)<\/strong>
\nNew York
\nDaily National Intelligencer<\/em> (Washington, D.C.), 11 September 1824, page 3
\nStatesman<\/em> (New York, New York), 10 September 1824, page 1<\/p>\n

Foster, William (1733-1825)<\/strong>
\nNew York
\nCayuga Republican<\/em> (Auburn, New York), 7 May 1842, page 2<\/p>\n

Frankford, Henry (1750-1840)<\/strong>
\nMaryland, Pennsylvania
\nBattles fought in: King\u2019s Mountain, Trenton, Brandywine and Germantown
\nBarre Gazette<\/em> (Barre, Massachusetts), 24 April 1840, page 2
\nChristian Freeman and Family Visiter<\/em> (Boston, Massachusetts), 24 April 1840, page 3<\/p>\n

Freneau, Philip (1752-1832)<\/strong>
\nNew Jersey
\nSpectator<\/em> (New York, New York), 31 December 1832, page 1<\/p>\n

Gallop, Robert (1760-1858)<\/strong>
\nNew York
\nBattles fought in: Fort Griswold, Stillwater and Bemis Heights
\nMilwaukee Sentinel<\/em> (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), 24 May 1858, page 1
\nSacramento Daily Union<\/em> (Sacramento, California), 1 July 1858, page 5<\/p>\n

Gardener, William (1751-1834)<\/strong>
\nNew Hampshire
\nNew Hampshire Gazette<\/em> (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), 6 May 1834, page 3<\/p>\n

Gates, John (1751-1825)<\/strong>
\nLouisiana
\nBattles fought in: Saratoga
\nDaily National Journal<\/em> (Washington, D.C.), 19 September 1825, page 3<\/p>\n

Gates, William (1755-1852)<\/strong>
\nNew York, Vermont
\nBattles fought in: Bunker Hill and Surrender of Burgoyne
\nNew Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette<\/em> (Concord, New Hampshire), 10 March 1852, page 2
\nTimes-Picayune<\/em> (New Orleans, Louisiana), 12 March 1852, page 2
\nTimes-Picayune<\/em> (New Orleans, Louisiana), 15 March 1852, page 2<\/p>\n

Geer, Ebenezer S. (1768 -1845)<\/strong>
\nMassachusetts
\nSpringfield Republican<\/em> (Springfield, Massachusetts), 12 March 1845, page 3<\/p>\n

Gibbon, James (1758-1835)<\/strong>
\nVirginia
\nBattles fought in: Stony Point
\nDaily Cleveland Herald<\/em> (Cleveland, Ohio), 15 July 1835, page 2
\nEastern Argus<\/em> (Portland, Maine), 11 July 1835, page 1
\nEvening Post<\/em> (New York, New York), 7 July 1835, page 2
\nLynchburg Virginian<\/em> (Lynchburg, Virginia), 9 July 1835, page 2
\nNorth-Carolina Standard<\/em> (Raleigh, North Carolina), 17 July 1835, page 3
\nTimes<\/em> (Hartford, Connecticut), 13 July 1835, page 3<\/p>\n

Gideon, George (1757-1826)<\/strong>
\nPennsylvania
\nPoulson’s American Daily Advertiser<\/em> (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 31 August 1826, page 3
\nUnited States’ Telegraph<\/em> (Washington, D.C.), 1 September 1826, page 3<\/p>\n

Godwin, John (1752-1833)<\/strong>
\nNew York
\nAlbany Argus<\/em> (Albany, New York), 12 November 1833, page 2<\/p>\n

Green, Jona S. (1760-1834)<\/strong>
\nMassachusetts
\nBoston Traveler<\/em> (Boston, Massachusetts), 1 July 1834, page 3<\/p>\n

Greenwood, Holmes (1765-1860)<\/strong>
\nNew York
\nNew York Herald<\/em> (New York, New York), 12 April 1860, page 10<\/p>\n

Griswold, Roger (1762-1812)<\/strong>
\nConnecticut
\nNewburyport Herald<\/em> (Newburyport, Massachusetts), 30 October 1812, page 3<\/p>\n

Grosvenor, Thomas (1742-1825)<\/strong>
\nConnecticut, Vermont
\nBattles fought in: Bunker Hill
\nAmerican Mercury<\/em> (Hartford, Connecticut), 2 August 1825, page 3
\nNorth Star<\/em> (Danville, Vermont), 16 August 1825, page 3<\/p>\n

Gunn, Abel (1754-1842)<\/strong>
\nNew York
\nRepublican Farmer<\/em> (Bridgeport, Connecticut), 1 March 1842, page 2<\/p>\n

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