Mike Peters wrote: Am seeking information on the following veterans of the Revolutionary War: Francis Farley James Ellison Richard Blankenship I don't know if it will help to have the place of residence in relation to one another of these families in 1787, but here they are: Greenbrier County Ellison, Asa - List collected 5 May -------------- 3 horses, 6 cows Ellison, Elizabeth - List colllected 26 Apr-------- one white male 16-21 yrs, 8 horses, 11 cows Ellison, James, Jr. - List collected 14 Apr------- 6 horses, 9 cows Ellison, James Sr. - List collected 4 May------ 5 horses, 12 cows Ellison, John - List collected 4 May-------------- 1 horse Farley, Francis - List collected 14 Apr--------- 4 horses, 15 cows Farley, John - List collected 14 Apr ------------- 2 horses, 8 cows Farley, Matt - List collected 14 Apr------------- 4 horses, 7 cows Blankenship, John - List collected 13 Apr------- 7 horses, 10 cows Blankenship, Lodowick - List collected 13 Apr--1 horse, 5 cows There was no Richard Blankenship in Greenbrier County in 1787, but there was one in Montgomery County. He was living in or near what is now Pearisburg. His list was collected the same day that Mitchell & David Clay's were. Mictchell Clay and his family lived on the frontier at Clover Bottom on the Bluestone River in what is now Mercer County until 1775 when half his family was killed by the Indians. He moved back into a more settled area where he lived until his death in 1812. Evidently Richard Blankenship moved, too. Richard Blankenship had 4 horses and 10 cattle in 1787. --- From WILLIAM PRESTON AND THE ALLEGHENY PATRIOTS. Patricia Givens Johnson. Pulaski, Virginia, 1976. p. 139. [This is an excellent book. Much information on the activities in SW Virginia during the Revolutionary War period. Very well documented.] Year: 1774. "Major James Robertson was stationed at Woods Fort on Rich Creek of New River keeping a lookout with James Farley and Philip Kavanaough serving as scouts from this fort. Robertson sent Preston word that Mitchel, Zekiel and David Clay, Richard Blankenship, James William and others had served fifty-one days with provisions raised at their own expense. Robertson appreciated their efforts and all "my good grinds for assisting me in getting my company made up as I thought it was merely impossible to do it in the time and I am sure there is not such another company for the Quality of man." --- Netti Schreiner-Yantis To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html