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J. Stevenson, Lancaster , PA, any info?

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Welcome to G2G, Larry!

That's a little thin.    Do you have any other info?  Time frame, first name, relatives?

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Hi, Larry, and welcome to WikiTree!

Larry, do you have a profile up for J. Stevenson? Do you know of a spouse? Can you give us a time frame? Any of these would be a great help to know where to look. Thanks!

I hope your experience on WikiTree is as profitable and enjoyable as mine.

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We would need a little more info, like date of birth or death if you know it, first name or other family members. Thanks.

Answer 1

James Stevenson, b. 1754  Married Mary Gist(Guess)...died/buried in Indiana

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Thanks.  Here's his FindaGrave:

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 August 2018), memorial page for James Stevenson (10 Dec 1754–24 May 1845), Find A Grave Memorial no. 39479728, citing Jacksonburg Cemetery, Jacksonburg, Wayne County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Rick France (contributor 46581221) .

Here's a man old enough to be him in 1830:

"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPY-PRL : 12 August 2017), James Stevenson, Franklin, Harrison, Indiana, United States; citing 122, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 27; FHL microfilm 7,716.

Answer 2

He has a WikiTree profile:

James Stevenson

It needs sources and a biography and lots of work.  I think Capt Stevenson deserves it!

Answer 3

Bunch of Stories like this on Ancestry:

Served as Follows: June 15, 1776 in Captain Jacob Wolmack’s Company of Rangers, North Carolina Troops; October 10, 1776, as First Sergeant in Captain Joseph Wilson’s Company, Colonel John Carter’s Regiment; June 1778, as Lieutenant in Captain Gess’s Company, Colonel Carter’s Regiment; 1779, commissioned Captain. Served until January 1781, in Colonel Sevier’s (Servier’s; Servers) Regiment.

[Record: Military Record

Volunteered June 15, 1776, Captain Jacob Womack’s (Wolmack) Company of Rangers, North Carolina Troops; served until October 10, 1776.

Volunteered October 15, 1776, First Sergeant of Captain James Shelby’s Company under Colonel Williams in the Cherokee Expedition; served 3 months.

Volunteered in May or June 1778 as Lieutenant in Captain Benjamin Gess Company, Colonel Carter’s Regiment, and served 4 months during that year.

In November 1779, he was commissioned Captain; served as such from April 18, 1780 until the middle of January 1781, in Colonel John Seviers (Serviers) regiment; was engaged in building Crawford’s Fort in a skirmish with Indians at Blue Springs on Boyd’s Creek, and destroying Indian towns.

He was ordered out in April 1781 as a Captain of Rangers, by Colonel Seviers (Serviers); marched through North Carolina; remained in South Carolina until after the surrender of Cornwallis, and served until the last of December 1781.

On October 4, 1796, he was commissioned Captain of Cavalry of Washington, District, Tennessee by Governor John Sevier (Servier).

PROOF: Pension Record S. 4009. Draper’s King’s Mountain and Its Heroes, p.424. Pensioned December 29, 1832, under Act of June 7, 1832 at the Cincinnati, Ohio Agency at $ 439.99 per annum, March 4, 1831.]

DIED: May 24, 1845, at the home of his granddaughter, Malinda Develin, wife of Henery Develin in Milton, Indiana, age 90 years, 5 months, 14 days.

BURIED: Jacksonburg Cemetery, Harrison Township with wife. Government marker.

MARRIED: Mary Gess (Guess), born May 30, 1755; died at Connersville, Indiana, December 2, 1822, age 67 years, 6 months, 3 days.

CHILDREN: Nancy Stevenson

Polly Stevenson, who married ? Harrison;

Sally Stevenson, who married ? O’Neal;

Amy Stevenson, who married Thomas Alexander;

John Stevenson (1783-1845), who married Elizabeth Simms;

Narcissa Stevenson (Stinson), who married Robert Boyd on February 22, 1821 [Yount - Marriage: Wayne County Marriage Record Book A, p.40];