Philip Sell
Sixteen-year-old Pvt. Philip Sell served for 13 months in Capt. Peter Burris’s company of mounted infantry in the North Carolina line. He died in 1831 with the rank...
Registering Ezekiel
Pvt. Ezekiel Osborn’s widow, Lucretia, submitted this illustrated family record in support of her claim for a pension. During the Revolutionary War, Osborn served...
Strawberries and vines, with a needle
Laura Goodale, daughter of Chester and Asenath Goodale, made this family record with its strawberry and vine border around 1809. Her mother submitted this sampler...
Sunflowers and a crown for a baby girl
George Nolf served for over 18 months in the Northampton County Militia, protecting settlers between the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers from attacking Native...
The Hunt family
The bird and leaf motif that adorns this illustrated family history is common to frakturs. The name of the artist, James Anton, is recorded at the bottom. He was a...
The longest battle
John Hooglandt, a veteran of the longest battle of the American Revolution, the Battle of Monmouth, was a private in the 1st New Jersey Regiment. He served nine...
Trumpeter and Partisan
John Peter Miller was a trumpeter in Amrand’s Partisan Corps from 1778 until 1782. Wounded in the hand and both legs, he received a pension of $120 per annum until...