Searching for a Revolutionary War Soldier?
One of the branches on my mom's side of the family goes all the way back to the Revolutionary War in the U.S. The soldier's name is Peter Simpson, Jr. and I've struggled to find more information about him. All I've found on Ancestry.com so far is an application for the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR). There isn't a huge amount of information on the document, and being the novice I am, I wasn't really sure where to go from there. I've gone to DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) and found Peter, along with the basic descendant list which starts with my grandmother's aunt, going back through the generations to Peter. I've learned he was a Private and now I want to know more. What battles was he involved in? Was he injured? Was he ever a prisoner of war? If so, where? One document I was able to find from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, has a line for "Battles engaged in" but for Peter, they wrote "none s