How can I find out if my ancestor was in the Revolutionary War?

Search Service records to find your ancestor’s military unit

1. Use the Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War collection on microfilm at the Family History Library.
2. Make a copy of the documents and record the results of the search on your Research Log.

Were Native Americans allowed to fight in the Revolutionary War?

Among the first Native Americans to take part in the Revolutionary War actually joined the rebel side. Other Native Americans joined the British side and fought to defeat the American invasion of Canada in 1775-1776. Native communities did not always make unanimous decisions about which side to support.

Who was free after the American Revolution?

Several thousand slaves won their freedom by serving on both sides of the War of Independence. As a result of the Revolution, a surprising number of slaves were manumitted, while thousands of others freed themselves by running away. In Georgia alone, 5000 slaves, a third of the colony’s prewar total, escaped.

Who lost the most from the American Revolution?

The Patriots were the obvious winners in the Revolution; they gained independence, the right to practice representative government, and several new civil liberties and freedoms. Loyalists, or Tories, were the losers of the Revolution; they supported the Crown, and the Crown was defeated.

How do you join the Sons of the American Revolution?

Any male shall be eligible for membership in the SAR who is a citizen of good repute in the community; and a lineal descendant of an ancestor who was at all times unfailing in loyalty to and rendered acceptable service in the cause of American Independence.

How do I access dar records?

To access the DAR Genealogical Research System, visit www.dar.org/GRS. The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 to promote historic preservation, education and patriotism.

What tribes supported the British in the Revolutionary War?

Cherokees and Creeks (among others tribes) in the southern interior and most Iroquois nations in the northern interior provided crucial support to the British war effort.

What Native American tribes sided with the British?

Many tribes such as the Iroquois, Shawnee, Cherokee and Creek fought with British loyalists. Others, including the Potawatomi and the Delaware, sided with American patriots. But no matter which side they fought on, Native Americans were negatively impacted.

Who was cuff Whittemore?

Cuff Whittemore was born circa 1751. Before the Revolution, he was called Cuff Cartwright (or De Carteret) and was the servant of William Whittemore. ‘He used to work by day among the farmers, slept in barns and lived almost anyhow.

Why did eighty thousand slaves join the British during the Revolutionary War?

In the American Revolution, gaining freedom was the strongest motive for Black enslaved people who joined the Patriot or British armies. It is estimated that 20,000 African Americans joined the British cause, which promised freedom to enslaved people, as Black Loyalists.

What would have happened if the British won the Revolutionary War?

If the colonists had lost the war, there probably wouldn’t be a United States of America, period. A British victory in the Revolution probably would have prevented the colonists from settling into what is now the U.S. Midwest. Additionally, there wouldn’t have been a U.S. war with Mexico in the 1840s, either.