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Finding a North Carolina Revolutionary War Ancestor

Minute Man statue

Craig R. Scott, CG, FUGA

North Carolinians were active participants in the Revolutionary War, providing men, supplies, and support for the revolutionary cause. Records were created before, during, and after the war. There is more to research than compiled military service records and pension application files, such as public claims, pension ledgers, and pension payment vouchers. Records are found in the National Archives, Ancestry.com, Fold3.com, the State Library and Archives, and in some unexpected places. Clues to information on ancestors and descendants can be found in the lineage application papers of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Sons of the American Revolution.

(Image source: “The Minute Man”, statue by Daniel Chester French, via Wikimedia, Public Domain)

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