Virginia focused genealogy and history
Tag: Patriot
William Walker, my 5x great grandfather served twice in the American Revolution and found himself in some of the war's most iconic New Jersey battles including serving in the vanguard at Trenton crossing the Delaware with Washington at Trenton. He spent a winter at Valley Forge. In his second enlistment he was at the Battle of Yorktown. Here is his story.
As we approach the 250th anniversary of American Independence, I am profiling each of my Revolutionary War ancestors and the many different ways they experienced that era. One of the most documentable is Ambrose Jeter of Caroline and Amelia Counties, Virginia, who rose from a frontier Huguenot community to become a militia officer, landowner, and local official … Continue reading From Caroline to Amelia: The Life and Legacy of Ambrose Jeter
A Son of Virginia 