Jesse Knighton was a Captain of Militia in North Carolina from 1779-1781. He served in the Rutherford County Regiment and ...

Doctor Daniel Wood is the best-known veteran of the American Revolutionary War buried in Adams County. A physician before the war, Wood was appointed surgeon in the regiment of Col. Aaron Burr. Daniel ...

William Manker was born Jan. 7, 1765 in Maryland about 30 miles from Baltimore. He was drafted for the Virginia militia in October 1781 while living in Berkley County, Va.

John Montgomery, born August 1764, Virginia, is mentioned in Gordon’s HISTORY OF HOPKINS COUNTY as “a soldier of the ...

A number of patriots who fought or rendered aid during the American Revolution made the decision to move to Southeast Missouri. They lived the rest of their lives here, having families, and are buried ...