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 PO Box 1273 Orange, VA 22960 540-832-3473 [log in to unmask] CG, Certified Genealogist, is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board-certified genealogists after periodic evaluation; the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. 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 >>> >>> 540-832-3473 >>> [log in to unmask] >>> >>> CG, Certified Genealogist, is a service mark of the Board for >>> Certification of Genealogists, used >>> under license by board-certified genealogists after periodic evaluation; >>> the board name is >>> registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________ >>> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions >> at >>> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html >>> >>> This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum >>> and Library Services (IMLS). >>> >> ______________________________________ >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at >> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html >> >> This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum >> and Library Services (IMLS). >> > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). > > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).