Barbara, Without a doubt the info you have furnished will breathe new life into a project that has been languishing for the past several months.
I'll keep you informed of our progress in the event something we find will jog your memory on this subject.
Tom
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From: Barbara Vines Little <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Virginia Navy
In addition to the book John mentioned, you might find the following of
interest.
Robert Armistead Stewart, /Virginia’s Navy of the Revolution/ (Richmond,
Va.: Mitchell & Hotchkiss, 1934).
Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, /Revolutionary War Records, Volume 1,
Virginia/ (Lancaster, Penn.: Lancaster Press, 1936).
A more extensive list of resources can be found in Michael Wood's
article on the crew of the /Tempest /in the/Magazine of Virginia
Genealogy / 56 (2018), No. 2 (currently at press).
Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FUGA, FVGS
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On 6/13/2018 11:56 AM, Judith ERSKINE wrote:
> I'm interested in knowing more about the Virginia Navy. My ancestor,
> Michael Rooney, appeared in Fairfax in 1784 , moving on to Berkeley in
> 1806. Local biographies say he was rumored to have been in the navy or
> a sea rover, pirate or corsair. Any info or hints would be appreciated.
>
> Judy Erskine
>
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 12:08 PM, Jon Kukla <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> E. M. Sanchez-Saavedra's chapter on the Virginia navy in his *Guide to
>> Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution* (LVA, 1978)
>> lists vessels and officers.
>>
>> Mike occasionally mentioned numbers of sailors (depending on what kind of
>> information he found in the huge range of LVA archival collections cited at
>> p 207 n 6),
>> though he seems to have had more consistent figures for the crews on about
>> 65 cruisers and privateers (pp 163-172) of about 100 that were issued
>> letters of marque.
>>
>> --
>> Jon Kukla www.jonkukla.com
>> ________________
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 9:43 AM, Barbara Vines Little <
>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> A recent contributor of a compiled list of the crew of the /Tempest/ to
>>> the /Magazine of Virginia Genealogy/ posed a question I could not answer,
>>> but one I thought someone on this list might know the answer to or a
>> source
>>> for additional research.
>>>
>>> One of the questions in my mind, which you might be able to offer some
>>> insight into, is just _"how many" men served with the Virginia Navy_ from
>>> 1775-1783?
>>>
>>> Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FUGA, FVGS
>>> PO Box 1273
>>> Orange, VA 22960
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