Month: April 2009

Jacob Rhodes, a Revolutionary soldier of Loudoun Co. VA

From:"History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia" By James William Head
Court Orders and Reimbursements.Needy families of the Revolutionary soldiers of Loudoun were supplied with the necessaries of life as per the following orders:
"1778, Nov. 15th: George Emrey to furnish the child of Jacob Rhodes, said Jacob being in the Continental army. William Douglass to furnish Mary Rhodes, her husband being in the army." page 135-136

Two Rhodes’ that served as officers in North Carolina during the Revolution

Source: "The State Records North Carolina"
Published Under The Supervision Of The Trustees Of The Public Libraries, By Order of The General Assembly.
Collected And Edited By Walter Clark, One Of The Justices Of The Supreme Court of N. C. VOL. XV-1780-81.

On page 399 : Capt. Elisha Rhodes‘s Company of the 1st North Carolina Regiment of Militia Commanded by Colo. Samuel Jarves.

Page 786 mentions Capt. Joseph Rhodes.

RHODES,? JOSEPH? T.,? Captain, Tenth, August? I,? 1777; wounded at Stone Ferry, June 20,1779;? in Fourth in? 1782
Brevet Major.

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Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors Revolutionary War

I have just posted three new pages which are on the links below.? They contain information on Rhodes’ (all spellings) that served from Massachusetts as soldiers and sailors in the Revolutionary War.
Source: ?Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors Revolutionary War?, Vol. 13. A Compilation from the Archives, Prepared and Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth in Accordance with Chapter 100, Resolves of 1891. Boston : Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 18 Post Office Square. 1905.

Aaron Rhoades to James Rhodes: http://rhodesfamily.org/ma_rev_war_aaron-james_rhodes.php
Jere Rhodes to Prehus Rhodes: http://rhodesfamily.org/ma_rev_war_jere-prehus_rhodes.php
Samuel Rhodes to Zebulon Roads: http://rhodesfamily.org/ma_rev_war_samuel-zebulon_rhodes.php

For great Revolutionary War sources visit?Footnote.com