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 Military Papers. Rhode Island His |torical Society.
 GOODMAN. Mrs. Mary Hamilton
 438l2-Ancestor Hon. Jonathan ,sturges. IL. D.. of Fairfield. Conn. born
 August 2S. ,174o. in Fairfield, Conn;
 died in Fairfield October 1. 1919; mar
 ried Debohah Lewis; was graduated
 from Yale in 175s; studied law and ad-
 mitted to the bar and practiced at
 Fairfield; received degree IL. D. from
 Yale in 1906; took an active part in the
 pre-Revolutionary movements; Repre-
 sentative from Connecticut in the first
 and Second Congress, serving from
 March {, l7Ss to March 2. 17s3; judge
 of the State Supreme Court 17ss-1so6.
 Appleton's Encyc. Amer. Biog.
 Continental Congress 1775. and an ac-
 tive supporter of the cause of Ameri-
 can Independence.
 Lammer's Biog. Annals, p. %1S.
 Public Records City of Fairfield,
 Conn.
 GORDON, Miss Tallulah-34i43-An-
 cestor Captain Francis Conway, whose
 service has already been given in con-
 Finch.
 COULD, Mrs Laura Gooding--4S97S Ancestor General William Bryan.
 born in Newborn. N. C., in 17so; died in 1910; served in the Revolution: ap- pointed Lieutenant Colonel of Minute Men of Newborn District September g,
 1775; represented Craven County. N. C.. in Provincial Council at Halifax April
 {, 1776; member of General Assembly at Newborn April, 1775: at Hillsboro. August 21. 1776; represented Craven County in ;he Legislature cften and at different times from 17s0 to 1909; died in Craven County, N. c.
 wheeler's Hist. North Carolina. Vol I, pp. 72-7s-s5.
 Colonial Records, N C., Vol. x, 2o5- s13
 HAMILTON. Mrs sylla withers- 32757-Ancestor. Captain Alexander Brevard, born in North Carolina, f754; died in North Carolina 1929: married Rebecca Davidson; served in the Revo- lution. first joining the army as a ca- det: promoted to lieutenant and cap tain in the Continental Army; was in the battles of White Plains. Trenton. Princeton, Brandywine. Monmouth and Germantown Failing in health was sent by General Washington to his home in North Carolina; soon recov- cred his health and became a staff of- fcer to General Gates, and afterwards to General Greene. With but little in- terruption he was in active and fegu- lar service from the beginning to the end of the war. He had seven broth CTS, all of whom were in the Continen- | tai Army and most of them were conn missioned officers. Ills eldest brother, pr. Ephraim Brevard. is the reputed author of the Mecklenburg Declara- ton of Independence. which was adopt ed by the committee. read to the peo- pie of Mecklenburg May 20. 1775. and forwarded to the Congress at Phila- delphia. After the war Captain Alex | ander Brevard married Retecca Da- ] vidson, daughter of Major John David | son, one of the signers of the Meek
 lenburg Declaration.
 See wheeler's Hist. of North Caro- l lima. Dr. c. L. Hauter's Sketches of I Western North Carolina"
 HAPPIER, Miss Florence Howe | 45612-Ancestor, Rev. William Foster,
 born in Lancaster, Pa. in 1740; died in | Chester County, Pennsylvania, Sept. 30, l 17S0; married Hannah Blair; served in I the Revolution as preacher: engaged | heartily in the cause of liberty. and en- | couraged all who heard him to do their
 utmost in defense of their rights. It | was said that had 1t not been for the
 Presbyterian ministers in Pennsylvania, | during the dark winter when Washing | ton and his army were at Valley Forge, | the flame of liberty had well-nigh | died out MT. Foster preached and la bored so diligently for the cause of | freedom at Lancaster, Octorara and Valley Forge that he was a special ob | ject of British malevolence. so that | General Howe sent body of troops to capture him when he would be return | ing from preaching to the soldiers, and gave orders to hang him to the highest ] tree in the forest" In the meantime | General Washington heard of his dan l ger and sent a company of cavalry to guard him. He was compelled at one | time to remove his library and val
 uables to the house of neighboring
 farmer, and his family to another's to | ensure their safety while he continued his labors in the cause of civil liberty. | History of westmorelond Co.,. Pa.
 History of Upper Octorsra Church. l Chester Co.,, Pa. -. | HARRIS. Miss Virginia Martin
 43S13-Ancestor. Col. Richard Galloway;
 married Frances Walton; went into | Fincastle Country, as the western part l of Virginia was then called. as early
 as 1774. with a party of surveyors sent
 out by Lord Dunmore, the Royal Gov l ernor of Virginia. While there he | | ernment with Judge Henderson and others. The Transylvania Colony rest
 ed on a purchase of land from the | Cherokee Indians. Accounts differ
 about the price paid for the land, but l all agree that the company determined
 to establish a free and liberal govern
 ment and did declare their independ- | ence in a grave and dignified manner,
 May 23, 1775, three days after the Meek l lenburg Declaration of North Carolina. Sometime in 1776 Kentucky. by the Legislature of Virginia, was formed | into a county. The first court of the | county was composed of John Todd,
 John Floyd. Benjamin Logan and Rich | ard Galloway. Alternately surveyor legislator and soldier, his distinguished
 qualities rendered him at once one of | the benefactors of the colony. Colonel | Galloway and his son-inlaw, Capt. John l Holder. the husband of Frances Gallo way. are mentioned In all the histories l of Kentucky. Capt. John Holder mem l toned first as fighting against the In- dians under British commanders Au- gust, 177S. John Holder, John Logan | Kenton. Boone and sixteen picked men | helped to rout band of Indians double
 their number in the Paint Creek expe-
 dition to surprise an Indian town. Find
 ing 1t evacuated and ascertaining that | a large force had gone to attack the l Kentucky settlement they made rapid march homeward, passed the Indians | aid in the defense of Boon eborough against the Duquesne siege. The In- | dians numbered 500 well armed war lrin 1nI A, <F4