Samuel Thorn (abt. 1759)

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Samuel was born about 1759. Samuel Thorn ... ^[1]

This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Can you contribute information or sources? Thorne was from Dutchess County, New York, with Tarleton’s Legion, the British Legion was a British provincial regiment established during the American Revolutionary War, composed of British Loyalist American infantry and dragoons. It was colloquially known as Tarleton's Raiders, the Green Devils, the Green Horse, and the Green Dragoons[citation needed], after the British officer who led most of its day-to-day activities, Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton, and the green uniform coats of its officers.[citation needed] It was a unit the size of a regiment, consisting of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, and able to operate independently.

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1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Jason Clark, Saturday, June 21, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

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