Here are just some of the many many military folks (not to mention their supporting women) that have served this country – not to mention my grandfather Early and my dad. Here’s to them and all the others on this Fourth of July and every other day!
Pre -Revolutionary War
William Chase (1621/22 England - 1684/85 Yarmouth, MA) – my 10th great grandfather
BET. 24 AUG – 2 SEP 1645 Was drummer receiving extra 5s his service
William Jarvis (1727 Fly Creek, NY – 1772) – my 6th great grandfather
Served as officer in French war.
Revolutionary War
John Holdridge (1746 Hebron, CT – 1834, Wayne, NY) – my 5th great grandfather
(all Loudon, Albany Co., NY ):
Bef. 1777 - Private, Capt. Cook’s Co.
Bet. 01 Jan 1777–31 Dec 1779 -Sergeant, Capt. Abraham Watson’s Co., Col. John Greaton’s (2d) Regt.
Bet. 01 Jan 1780–28 Feb 1782 - Ensign, Capt. James Tisdale’s (5th) Co., Col. John Greaton’s (3d MA) Regt.
Bet. 01 Mar–30 Jun 1782 – Ensign, Capt. Abraham Watson’s (3d) Co., Col. John Greaton’s (3d MA) Regt.
Bet. 01–31 Jul 1782 – Ensign, Capt. Simon Kackson’s (8th), Co., Col. John Greaton’s (3d MA) Regt.
Bet. Aug–Sep 1782 – Lieutenant, Capt. Simon Jackson’s (8th) Co., Col. John Greaton’s (3d MA) Regt.
Joshua P Stepp
Civil War
Joshua P. Stepp (1824 Buncombe Co., NC to 1862) – my 4th great grandfather
Civil War Soldier – South. Pictured here.
Marcus Maloney Jones (1846 Buncombe Co., NC – 1923) – my 3rd great grandfather
Regiment Name 29 North Carolina Infantry Company B Private in and out
A snapshot of three veterans of the Civil War when they attended a reunion at , including Marcus in the middle, is pictured here.
Marcus Jones
Mitchell A. Jenkins (1832, NC – 1862, NC) – my 3rd great grandfather
Enlisted in Company F, North Carolina 29th Infantry Regiment on 31 Aug 1861.
Mustered out on 12 May 1862 at Cumberland Gap, TN
