Bluehawk Posted March 1, 2011 Share #1 Posted March 1, 2011 Joseph Elias Barron (1723-1793), my 8th great grandfather, has a record which states that he was a veteran of our Revolutionary War. I am interested in authenticating that. How does one go about such a thing? Here is all I know about his origins: * o Joseph Elias Barron * Birth * o 2 Sept 1733 in Mt Hope, Talbot, Maryland, United States * Marriage * o 1748 in Mount Hope, Talbot, Maryland, United States to Ann Walker Death * o 2 August 1793 in West Sinking Creek, Washington, Tennessee, United States Relatives * o John Barron Father o Sarah Stacy Mother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhunde.ret Posted March 1, 2011 Share #2 Posted March 1, 2011 Have you looked at ancestry.com? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted March 1, 2011 Share #3 Posted March 1, 2011 Joseph Elias Barron (1723-1793), my 8th great grandfather, has a record which states that he was a veteran of our Revolutionary War. I am interested in authenticating that. How does one go about such a thing? Here is all I know about his origins: * o Joseph Elias Barron * Birth * o 2 Sept 1733 in Mt Hope, Talbot, Maryland, United States * Marriage * o 1748 in Mount Hope, Talbot, Maryland, United States to Ann Walker Death * o 2 August 1793 in West Sinking Creek, Washington, Tennessee, United States Relatives * o John Barron Father o Sarah Stacy Mother Bluehawk, If I recall correctly, the Rev War pensions application files are on microfilm. If you have access to these, I would start there. Also I would contact the DAR and see if anyone has appllied for membership with him being the rev war ancestor. Also, have you tried ancestry.com to see what pops up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhunde.ret Posted March 1, 2011 Share #4 Posted March 1, 2011 Bluehawk,If I recall correctly, the Rev War pensions application files are on microfilm. If you have access to these, I would start there. Also I would contact the DAR and see if anyone has appllied for membership with him being the rev war ancestor. Also, have you tried ancestry.com to see what pops up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhunde.ret Posted March 1, 2011 Share #5 Posted March 1, 2011 military hits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share #6 Posted March 1, 2011 Have you looked at ancestry.com? That's how I found out about him. I've been working my whole family lineage on there for a little more than two months, every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share #7 Posted March 1, 2011 Bluehawk,If I recall correctly, the Rev War pensions application files are on microfilm. If you have access to these, I would start there. Also I would contact the DAR and see if anyone has appllied for membership with him being the rev war ancestor. Also, have you tried ancestry.com to see what pops up? Thank you. I haven't tried using their military records yet (duh :pinch: ) But, I will now. There has been so much information to process just to get the basic records (now more than 13,000 for our family) entered - so, am just starting to delve into details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share #8 Posted March 1, 2011 military hits... Huge help, thank you! I'll keep looking along that vein now. This has been an enormous undertaking, some branches going as far back as 2nd century BCE - so, am still learning how to use Ancestry.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share #9 Posted March 1, 2011 This is a copy of the document Ancestry.com showed under the title of "Tennessee soldiers in the Revolution", using the name "Joseph Barron" which was also his son's name - on which basis I started trying to tie down his service, if any. Question: Is it common for such a record (a Will, in this case) to be used as a link to a Rev War soldier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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