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Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama
Being A List Of
Names, Compiled From Authentic Sources, Of
Soldiers Of The American Revolution, Who
Resided In The State Of Alabama
It is believed that the
publication of this compilation will be of
much practical service to large numbers of
people interested in a study of the personal
records of the Heroes of the American
Revolution. And this is true, although the
lists are manifestly incomplete, and the
sketches are wanting in many desirable
details.
The lists have been made up from altogether
reliable and authentic sources. These consist
of contemporary obituaries, drawn from old
newspaper files; the Revolutionary Pension
Roll, published by the U. S. Government as
Senate Document 514, 3 volumes, 23rd Congress,
1st Session, 1833-34; the Census of
Pensioners, taken officially in 1840, and
published by the U. S. Government in 1841, in
one volume; inscriptions from tombstones ;
well authenticated data taken from published
family histories ; and the manuscript Pension
Book, kept officially by the State Branch Bank
at Mobile. A few other sources have been drawn
upon. Citation of the authority or authorities
has been given in each case.
In 1904 Mrs. P. H. Mell published a paper
containing thirty sketches, entitled
"Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Alabama." It
appears as pp. 527-572, Vol. iv, Transactions
of the Alabama Historical Society, 1899-1903.
Mrs. Mell had been State Historian of the
Alabama Division of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. While limited in numbers,
her paper was prepared with great care. The
sketches appear in their proper places in the
list here presented, with due credit. Although
a few lists of names, either by counties or
localities, had been compiled, no pretentious
effort, prior to the work of Mrs. Mell, had
been undertaken.
Inasmuch as this is but a preliminary effort
looking to a complete and exhaustive record,
the attention of the Department should be
brought to any and all errors, to dates and
places of death, to places of burial, to the
names of those who removed from the State, and
to all others whose names ought to be
included.
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