Pamela Johnson

Jacob Wheat was born on November 15, 1760, in Frederick County, Maryland and is the son of Conrad Wheat. The family moved to Ohio County, Virginia, in about 1770.

Leonard Welker was probably born in Germany around 1750. Welker was married to Catherine Edlinger and, by 1771, they lived on the Pennsylvania frontier in Northumberland County, which is present-day Union County.

Family historians believe that John Hahs was likely born around 1755 in York County, Pennsylvania. Around 1764, his family relocated to Lincoln County, North Carolina.

David Shelby was born in Wales about 1730 to Evan and Catherine Shelby. It is thought that he was their youngest child, and it would not have been impossible that he was born after the Shelbys moved to America.

Elijah Baker was born about 1759 in Albemarle County, Virginia, to Bartholomew Baker, Jr. and mother not verified.

John Gilliland was born in 1763 in North Carolina to Thomas “John” Gilliland and Anne Moore Thomas. John Gilliland, a native of North Carolina, joined the militia at age 16 when he signed an oath of loyalty to the colonies.

Stephen Ranney was born May 24, 1761, in Bethlehem Parish, Litchfield, Connecticut, to Jeremiah and Martha (Stowe) Ranney. Stephen enlisted June 12, 1776,

Lawrence Angell was born in 1760 in Surry County, North Carolina. He died November 25, 1836, in Jefferson County, Missouri.

Jesse Knighton was a Captain of Militia in North Carolina from 1779-1781. He served in the Rutherford County Regiment and North Carolina State Legion. Jesse participated in the Siege of Savannah, the Battle of Cowpens, the Battle of Guildford House, the Battle of Brick House and the Washington Expedition.

Jacques Missier was a French sailor and patriot of the American Revolutionary War. He was born in Antibes, France, in 1746. He died August 20, 1843, in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.