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SOLDIER’S STORY: JOSEPH HEDGES National Archives, Compiled Military Service Record for Joseph Hedges Joseph Hedges was born around 1749. Not much is known of his family, though he was probably…

A SOLDIERS’ STORY: JOSEPH, HANNAH, AND JONATHAN FORD MORRIS The next time you’re driving along Whippany Road and you approach the intersection with Hanover Avenue in Morristown, look to the…

A SOLDIER’S STORY: JOHN DOUGHTY John Doughty was born in New York City on 25 Jul 1754. He graduated from King’s College, now Columbia University. During the Revolution, Doughty served…

SOLDIERS’ STORY: PRIVATE JAMES COLEMAN’S CRIME AND PUNISHMENT During the winter of 1779-1780 in Morristown, a total of 147 men were tried for desertion. The punishment depended on the severity…

An extraordinary personality in Morris County during the Revolution was Reverend Jacob Green, Pastor of the East Hanover Presbyterian Church from 1746 to 1790. Besides managing his church and its…

In his pension testimony (number S18661), Isaac Wilson (DAR ancestor A127360), told a grueling tale of being taken prisoner for years, but his story has a happy ending in that…

In this Soldiers’ Story, we honor the families who served together in the Revolution. Often brothers or cousins of the same generation served at the same time. Sometimes fathers and…

This story of Revolutionary War soldier Timothy Meeker and his family from Essex and Morris Counties is so incredible that it was picked up by none other than Ripley’s Believe…

 Dragoons were an important Revolutionary War military role that has long since disappeared. These were hybrid soldiers, trained to fight on foot as infantry, and also on horseback as…

Holidays such as Memorial Day and Veterans Day are a great time to think about America’s first veterans, the soldiers of the American Revolution. For them, the struggle was not…

Cudjo Banquante was from a royal family in Ghana (Gold Coast, Africa), who was captured and forced into slavery in the Colonies. Cudjo was bought by Benjamin Coe (ca. 1702-1788)…