Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-03

County. wounded at Guilford Court
house. 1881. and said to have died In
lSl0' 0ieitmam or 1894. some writer
state. and that his rcmaius were in
tered vt Kinssport, Tenn. Biogra phi
ers state that he was the father OF
General Edmund rendleton Gaines. OF
Virginia and Tennessee, who was
thanked by Congress for his extra
ordinary victory at Fort Erie and also
by the states Of New York. Virginia
and Tennessee.
Captain Richard. OF Charlotte County.
Colonel Daniel. who served under
Colonel Charles Lewis aud General Lee
i'ayette in Virginia and Yorktown.
lioutcnan, Thomas was at Gulford
Camden and Alanancc. serving the FIRST
three years under Captain Henry
Quarles. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas
Marshall. and rc-enlistcd and served
under Captain William Morton and
Colonel Edmonds and General Greene.
Ensign Thomas and Corporal Thomas
each served under General Washington
lin the north"
Rowland. a corporal.
privateS only. Ambrose. grandfather
OF the late James l.. Gaines. grave i'm
Tennessee. perhaps Sullivan County:
Henry. died 1914 lburied In Owen Coun-
ty. Kentucky. perhaps where in 1898
his widow. Catherine. was lvins)
Robert. grave in Woodford County.
Washington ION the Della ware" and
died in 1854. Montgomery County. North
Carolina: John Virginia navy for
three years.: Williaun-two--ton OF
Albemarle. who died in Ebert County.
Georgia. between H4G and 1880: Con
tinental Tommy OF Culpeper. served
under Colonel John Green. grave in
ard, of .albemarle; James. of Orange
(who appears 10 have been also -
soldier in the French and Indian vars ::
lIeirom. Joseph, David. BENJAMIN nnd
Richa rd-cnlisied August. 1875. Fifth
Virginia regiment. and each is shown
OH the June roll Of lI'I as dead.
Total twenty three.
There are two unidentified Richards.
not included IN the above list Ia) one
private" enlisted February II. l7IS
Seventh Virginia Regiment. under Cap
tain lanes spencer. appointed ser
ceant' May. lbs. transferred June
l7IS. Captain Reuben i.ipscomhs con-
pany. same regiment and in Noveinbei
IT'S. Colonel Richesons
rlfth Virginia. aud WA. discharged
February Il. l1is--and 90 another
Richard captain Culpepcr militia"
who in April. 1894. was the eldest cap
lain in tho district" aud hence may
have been at least private in the
revolutionary wal
II viii hr difficult. II not impracti-
cable ia locate all their graves and
..parateiy mark thcm--heucc tho
idea to erect one monument In coiumou.
with names thereon But where shall
tho monument bc erectcd-in Ntreinia
where ali tho soldiers We're born. die
much. Of their military work. and where
some are buried. or in one OF the Caro-.
linas. GcorSia. Tennessee or Kentucky.
where some. after the WAY. lived auo
Their remains were inferred" These are
questions that must he decided by their
Kindred
Hut few OF the records in and OF
-Virg!uiu are complete. But some We're
saved from the Flames of the Civil War
while those Of the eastern soldiers. OF
the independence War. are practically
complete and in the larger libraries OF
the country.
\. To the records of the soldiers
named reference is made to Tho fol-
lowing War Department 'incomple;.
burned war 1870 pension bureau, Viz
.inia archives, county records or VIZ
GINA early censuSes OF the states
named Hardestys Encyclopedia. spe-
cial edition 1854 Of Amherst County:
Greencs Culpercr company Saffie's
List OF Revolutionary Soldiers: Heit-
mans. Brooks. McAlister's. McHrady's
South Carolina In the Revolution. Los
sing Pictorial Field History OF the
Revolution. gibbs History OF Ameri :
can Review Sparks's American Bio
uraphy of General Greene by his grand