Hear Ye! Hear Ye! July 2022 News update posted for US Southern Colonies Project!

Question

Check out the July 2022 News update for the US Southern Colonies Project.

In celebration of the 4th of July, the update includes a "Build your own newsletter" challenge, asking folks to share profiles of their Revolutionary War ancestors who served in the colonies within the scope of the project: Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia.

Stop by and add yours!

Answer 1

Col Thomas Spencer, b. 1721 Henrico county, then Committee of Safety, from Charlotte Court House, Virginia

Comments

Cool! There's a DAR record Thomas Spencer, and a pension application on his service record (by his widow, Lucy) -

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A107143  
• http://revwarapps.org/w19388.pdf

Is that him? If so, his WikiTree profile is orphaned... see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Spencer-520

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Col Thomas Spencer is my 11th cousin, 10xs removed. Hopefully someone else is closer to make the adoption.

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Thomas Spencer b. 1721 his father

Answer 2

Simon Clement Granville Co ,NC, served as aide de camp to Gen. Rutherford during the Cherokee Expedition. Descendants are eligible for SAR/DAR. I descend from his second marriage to Mary Pridham Wright.