{"id":3814,"date":"2013-06-11T16:28:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T16:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=3814"},"modified":"2018-01-18T11:34:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T16:34:35","slug":"piecing-together-the-clues-about-a-revolutionary-war-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/piecing-together-the-clues-about-a-revolutionary-war-soldier.html","title":{"rendered":"Piecing Together the Clues about a Revolutionary War Soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the fun parts of genealogy is piecing together the clues we discover during our research and learning more of the story of our ancestors\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an interesting look, relying on old newspapers<\/a> and U.S. government records<\/a>, at the lives of Sargent Huse and his widow Huldah.<\/p>\n

He first caught my eye when I ran across this interesting name in an 1818 obituary: \u201cCaptain Sargent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Sargent<\/a>
New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), 27 January 1818, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

OK. So he was a captain, and his first name was Sargent. Given his age (dying at 78 in 1818), he was most probably a captain in the Revolutionary War. Let\u2019s see what GenealogyBank can tell us about his military service.<\/p>\n

\"information<\/a>
Thirtieth Report of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Resolution. March 1, 1926, to March 1, 1927. December 17, 1927. Serial Set Volume No. 8848; Report: Senate Document 48. Page 128.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Great genealogical find. This report tells us that Huse was born in 1740, died 26 January 1818, and was buried in the Town Cemetery in Greenland, New Hampshire. This old government record further tells us that he:<\/p>\n