SMARC: Revolutionary War - Information about the people of Our Tri-State Region

American Rev. in Georgia - @ ngeorgia.com

Loyalists: Georgia - by J.G. Braddock, Sr.

Rev. War Participants on 1840 Census - by Bob Torbert

Continental Line - GA Brigade 1800 - by Joy Fisher

Battle Sites in Georgia:

NC in the Revolutionary War - @ NCGenWeb

NC Loyalists During the Revolutionary War - @ NCGenWeb

N.C. Line Officers, 1782 - by Billy Markland

Abstract of NC Continental Line Soldiers by Billy Markland

Battle Sites in NC:

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
The battle fought here on March 15, 1781, was the largest, most hotly-contested action of the Revolutionary War's climatic Southern Campaign.
Moores Creek National Battlefield
The 86.5 acre park commemorates the decisive February 27, 1776 victory by 1,000 Patriots over 1,600 Loyalists at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge.
Battle of Shallow Ford
Old Salem
(Present day Winston Salem)
Battle of Cowpens SC - by Scott Whitrow, Park Ranger

TN Soldiers by County Lists - at TNGenWeb:

Blount
Bradley
McMinn
Monroe
Polk

Battle Sites in TN:

Historic Manskers Station Frontier Life Center
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area - meeting place of the Overmountain Men who helped defeat the British at the battle of Kings Mountain

Newspaper Article about Rev. War Soldiers from Polk Co., TN

Searchable Databases:

Revolutionary War Officers
@ ancestry.com

Revolutionary War Courts-Martial
@ ancestry.com

Revolutionary War Service Records, 1775-83
@ ancestry.com

Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
@ ancestry.com

Colonial and Federal Era Maps
Maps of North America from the Colonial, Revolutionary and Federalist eras
@ US Military Academy Library - Digial Collections

Valley Forge Muster Roll
Search this database for the 30,000 plus soldiers who served at the Valley Forge Encampment
under General George Washington from December 1777 to June 1778.

North Carolina Revolutionary War Soldiers - @ ancestry.com

Info on Military Units & Enlisted Men @ NCGenWeb

Tennesseans in the Rev. War

Resources Available for Purchase On-line:

Military Records: Revolutionary War Muster Rolls CD (Windows)
Find your Revolutionary War Ancestors among
the 426,000 records found on this valuable CD. Details name, rank, & roll numbers.

SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD 2000 Edition (Windows)
Locate the names, burial locations, and other information about
over 140,000 Revolutionary War Patriots and their spouses.
Find the final resting places of your Patriot forbears!

King's Mountain: The Epic of the Blue Ridge "Mountain Men" in the American Revolution

Escape in America: the British Convention Prisoners 1777-1783

This Destructive War: The British Campaign in the Carolinas 1780-1782

Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War
Volume I: Official Rolls of Loyalists Recruited from NC, SC, GA, FL, MS & LA

Loyalists in the American Revolution

Free Publications from National Park Service, Heritage Preservation Services

Books about the Revolutionary War in GA - available at amazon.com

Historical Collections of the Georgia Chapters Daughters of the American Revolution. Vol. 1: Seventeen Georgia Counties Published with an Index by Lelia Thornton Gentry

Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, compiled by Lucian Lamar Knight. This contains a list of the state's defenders; officers and men; soldiers and sailors; partisans and regulars; whether enlisted from Georgia or settled in Georgia after the close of hostilities. Publ. 1920. Index. 10 fiche. - available from Heritage Quest

Candler, Allen D., comp. The Revolutionary Records of the State of Georgia. 3 vols. Atlanta: Franklin Turner Co., 1908. Compilation of most of the official records and documents relating to the Revolutionary period. (E 263 .G3 R4 v.1-3) - available from Heritage Quest
Vol 1 Vol 2 Vol 3

Books about the Revolutionary War in NC - available at amazon.com

Rev. War Soldiers of Western NC, Vol 2 - by Emmett R. White

Books about the Revolutionary War in TN - available at amazon.com

Resources Available for Purchase Off-Line:

Revoluntionary War Genealogy by Dr. George Schweitzer - available at OBCGS

Publications from US Army Center for Military History

Index of Revolutionary War Army Accounts. Microfiche. $30.00. Send a check or money order, payable to the NC Department of Cultural Resources, to:

Public Services Branch
4614 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, N.C. 27699-4614

Abstracts of Letters of Resignations of Militia Officers in North Carolina 1779-1840, by Timothy Kearney - available from NC Gen. Soc.

The NC Continental Line - 1783 Roster - by Bryon Sistler - This is the Roster of each of the 10 Regiments from NC. Each person is listed in their Regiment with name/rank/company/date of commission and/or enlistment/period of service and occurences or notes. One of the most complete listings of these servicemen.

Off-line Resources:

Search the DAR Library Catalog

Rev. War Bibliographies at US Army Center of Military History

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution "DAR"

National Society Sons of the American Revolution "SAR"

Davis, Robert Scott. Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution. Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1979. Contains transcripts of numerous original records at a number of repositories with special emphasis on the muster rolls at the University of Georgia. (E 263 .G3 D33)

Hays, Mrs. J. E., comp. Georgia Military Affairs, Vol. 1, 1775-1793. WPA Typescript, 1940. Typescript of original documents pertaining to military matters. Includes muster rolls, payrolls, morning reports, returns, Executive Department Correspondence. (F 290 .G38)

Historical Register of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution. April 1775 to December 1783. Heitman, Francis B. - Washington, DC: Rare Book Shop Publishing Co., 1914. (E 255 .H48)

Ledger of the Auditor General for the State of Georgia, 1782-1793. (Georgia Archives Microfilm #188/49). Contains an itemized account of services rendered by citizens of Georgia to General Wayne Anthony and his troops. A transcription appears in: Wilson, Caroline Price. Annals of Georgia, Vol. 1, Liberty County Records. Vidalia: Georgia Genealogical Reprints, 1969, pp. 107-189. (F 281 .W73 1969 v. 1-2)

Military Certificates and Vouchers. Relatively few in number (ca. 2000), these may be found among Loose Headright and Bounty Documents (RG 3-4-5) at the Georgia Archives. For a published list of the extant papers that document Revolutionary War and Oconee War Service see: Hemperley, Marion R. Military Certificates of Georgia. Atlanta: State Printing Office, 1983. (F 282 .H45)

U. S. War Department. Adjutant General. Revolutionary War Service Records. Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War from Georgia. Although a National Archives record, microfilm is available at the Georgia Archives. (Georgia Archives Microfilm #214/11; Index to service records, Georgia Archives Microfilm #260/40)

Minority military service South Carolina, Georgia, 1775-1783 / National Society Daughters of the American Revolution - available at the DAR Library

MARS Catalog - NC State Archives

Microfilm @ TSLA:

General Index to Revolutionary War Service Records. 58 reels. National Archives M860. TSLA Mf. #1027.
Compiled Service Records, Revolutionary War. 1096 reels. National Archives M881. TSLA Mf. #1423.
Service Records of Volunteers, Territory South of the River Ohio, 1784-1812. 7 reels. National Archives M905, #26-#32. TSLA Mf. #877. Service records are arranged by unit then alphabetically by soldier's surname. Entries consist of jacket/envelope containing card abstracts from original muster rolls, payrolls, receipt rolls, etc.

For Land Grants Received by Rev. War Veterans,
please visit SMARC's section.

For Rev. War pension information, please visit SMARC's section.