Military Monday

    In honor of the United States of America's 250th birthday coming up, I wanted to take this opportunity to salute the brave souls who fought for our democratic way of life in The Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. 

    For this special occasion, Fold3 is providing their Revolutionary War records for FREE through July 6th!  I immediately cleared my schedule (which was already free) and starting searching.  I have to go back and get all the information, but I did a quick perusal today in order to write this post.  

Name	Relation	State	Unit, Regiment, Other
Samuel Bevier 1740-1826	3rd cousin, 6x removed	New York	Ulster County (NY) Militia, 7th Regiment, Col. John Hardenburgh; Snyder’s Regiment (Ulster County Militia)
Nathaniel Bosworth 1753-1844	Spouse of 2nd cousin, 7x removed	Connecticut	Armorer in Captain Meigs’ Co., Colonel Spencer’s Regiment, Connecticut Troops
John Brainard 1754-1820	Spouse of 6th great aunt		Militia Man; Sgt in Lt. Smith’s Company
John Prescott Bush Sr 1758-1846	Half 6th great uncle	South Carolina	Officer; Regiment Unknown
David Hubbard 1749-1836	1st cousin, 7x removed	Connecticut	Private, 7th Co., 5th Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Lt. Col. Isaac Sherman
Isaac H Osman 1738-1778	5th Great Grandfather	New York	Private, Orange County (NY) Militia, 1st Regiment; Died as POW
Israel Osman 1736-1778	6th Great Uncle	New York	Private, Orange County (NY) Militia, 1st Regiment; Died as POW (Isaac’s brother)
John Osmun	6th Great Uncle	New York	Sargeant, Lamb’s Artillery (Isaac and Israel Osman’s brother)
Abraham Ozmun 1764-1848	4th Great Grandfather	New York	Private, Collier (one who makes gun powder), Regiment Unknown
Solomon Page Abt 1760-1823	3rd Great Grandfather	North Carolina	Corporal, Bailey’s Company
John Tapley Patterson Abt 1746-?	1st cousin, 6x removed	North Carolina	Unknown Unit or Regiment
Mark Patterson Abt 1739-Abt. 1808	1st cousin, 6x removed	North Carolina	Unknown Unit or Regiment
Comfort Ranney 1759-1859	5th Great Grandfather	Connecticut	Private, Captain Edward Eells’ Company, Col. Samuel Wylleys’ 3rd Regiment; Discharged 29 May 1780
Elijah Ranney 1750/51-1833	2nd cousin, 7x removed	Vermont	Private, Vermont Militia, Major Day’s Command of Westminster on alarm of 17 Oct 1780
Nathaniel Ranney Jr 1735-1800	6th Great Grandfather	Connecticut	Private, Col. Samuel Wylleys’ 3rd Connecticut Regiment
Thomas Erastus Redman 1745-1836	Spouse of 1st cousin, 6x removed	Virginia	Private, Captain James Johnson’s Company in the 6th Virginia Regiment of Continental Forces commanded by Lieut. Col. James Hendricks (Note: His war record indicates he was deceased 07 Feb 1777.)
Jeffrey Smith 1763-1846	Spouse of 6th Great Aunt	Connecticut	Continental Army; Company and Regiment unknown.
Adam Tapley Bet 1760-1770 - 1837	5th Great Uncle		No information on his service located.

   

20,000 Strong

 Today, I entered the 20,000th person into my family tree on Family Tree Maker!  That is a lot of folks!  While I am not related to every single one of those people, I am kin to the vast majority. 

The 20,000th person turned out to be a 4th cousin, 2x removed on my Osmun/Osman/Ozmun line by the name of:

Arvilla Mary Nelsey (1915-2014).  

Arvilla was the wife of James "Jim" Sheldon (1914-2000), the daughter of Tinmun Mills Nelsey (1890-1971) and Vera E Buzzard (1891-1981), the mother of three, grandmother of six, and great-grandmother of ten.  Arvilla was born in Pontiac, Michigan and lived her entire life in the area. 

We are descended from Isaac H. Osman, who was a member of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.  He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Fort Montgomery on October 6, 1777 and sent to the infamous Sugar House Prison in New York City, where he died of starvation in 1778. 

(Of course, I kept working after entering Arvilla, and I'm already up to 20,045!)

Sources:  

Find a Grave Memorial #116935289 for Arvilla Mary Nelsey Sheldon.

Obituary of Arvilla Sheldon, 1915-2014, Sparks-Griffin Funeral Home, Lake Orion, Michigan, USA, sparksgriffin.com/obituary/4188841