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REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER MONUMENT

We are excited to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution, which was not merely a day, July 4, 1776, but a decade-long struggle for our independence and freedom. There is a committee formed with plans to honor all Patriot Soldiers who relocated to Jefferson County, New York, after the American Revolutionary War. Specifically, those known to have passed away and were buried in Jefferson County. The monument will stand in Watertown.

Keep in mind that Jefferson County, New York, was not established until 1805, years after the Revolutionary War. Therefore, no Patriot Soldier originated from Jefferson County. A list of all known Patriot Soldiers that died and/or were buried in Jefferson County can be found at Joint Patriot Project https://jefferson.nygenweb.net/jeffrevvets.htm. This comprehensive list is the collective efforts of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), Historical Societies, Genealogy Societies, and the work of many family genealogists. SAR member Bruce Coyne composed this Patriot Soldier list as shown

We invite all of those who are known to have Patriot Soldiers in their family ancestry to view the Joint Patriot Project list of over 350 names. If your ancestor is not listed, and you feel strongly they should be, please contact the Patriot Soldier's Committee at revwarsoldier@yahoo.com. To have names added, compelling support is required. To begin the review process, provide as much of the following as possible.


1. Patriot Soldier's name:
2. Patriot Soldier's birthdate:
3. Patriot Soldier's birth location:
4. Patriot Soldier joined:
5. Patriot Soldier released location and rank
6. Patriot Soldier's military service date
7. Patriot Soldier's death date and age:
8. Patriot Soldier's death location:
9. Patriot Soldier is buried: name and location of cemetery.
10. Patriot Soldier's pension file number:
11. If one, Patriot Soldier's DAR or SAR file number:
12. Patriot Soldier's wife's (wives) name:
13. Source of information:

If you have an ancestor who was a Patriot, but not a soldier, feel free to contact us at revwarsoldier@yahoo.com. For example, Benjamin Franklin was a Patriot who advocated for our nation’s freedom and was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, but was not a fighting soldier. We can discuss this person's contributions to our nation's independence.

With your help, we will honor all of our Jefferson County Patriots. Thank you!

The 250th Anniversary Committee


WELCOME to the Jefferson county NYGenWeb site. We hope your visit proves interesting and fruitful. The three co-ordinators, Bruce Coyne, Larry Corbett and Tom LaClair wish you good luck with your research.


Jefferson County Towns

Pages containing military information, maps, directories, vital records, cemetery inscriptions, contact information, histories and early settlers for the respective towns.

Adams Alexandria Antwerp Brownville Cape Vincent
Champion Clayton Ellisburg Henderson Hounsfield
Leray Lorraine Lyme Orleans Pamelia
Philadelphia Rodman Rutland Theresa Watertown
Wilna Worth   City of Watertown

Jefferson County maintains Town contact information on their site



Table of Contents

Please see the Site Index for much more detailed information.

Cemeteries: Names, locations and people willing to help.

Census Records: State census, Jurors, Poorhouse, Civil War veterans and St. Patrick's Orphanage.

Deeds: Early deeds from Jefferson county.

Directories: for businesses, schools, farms, granges, GAR posts and others.

Family Files: include Haddock family sketches, Child's family groups and others.

Farmers: 1918 maps, with index, of Jefferson farms taken from The American Agriculturalist.

Inscriptions:

Bartlett Inscriptions, taken from many stones in many cemeteries
Early Cemetery Inscriptions taken from old records by Marilyn Sapienza

Jefferson County, History of and Searching in

Jefferson County New York Genealogy Society An excellent resource for research in Jefferson county.

Links: Links to helpful and interesting web sites.

Maps: Jefferson county, Town and Village maps.

Meetings: Meetings and events held in Jefferson Co.

Migrations: Family movements into and out of Jefferson county.

Military: Infomation on Jefferson Co. Veterans.

Obituaries

People: Information about Jefferson residents.

Pioneers: Our earilest settlers and their families.

Real Estate: Mortgages and Transactions

Site Index: A complete index of this site.

Surnames: Contact information for people interested in various surnames.

Tidbits: News items and BMD from 1900-50 newspapers.

Vital Records, Birth, Marriage, Death (BMD)

Wills: Wills for various people.

What's New New posts by year, back to 1998.

William Collins Dixon, III & Nancy E. Dixon, Bill and Nan Dixon created and ran this site for many years.



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This NYGenWeb site is brought to you by:

Bruce Coyne: Coordinator
Larry Corbett: Asst. Coordinator
Tom LaClair: Asst. Coordinator

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County Co-Coordinator Bruce Coyne.



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