By Linda Stewart, 2 July 2019
“The Signing of the Declaration of Independence” by John Trumbull is probably the most famous of all the pictures of the Declaration of Independence. It does not depict the actual signing. Instead it depicts the Committee of Five (John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, Benjamin Franklin and Roger Sherman) presenting their draft of the Declaration to the full Congress.
On July 4th, Americans will be celebrating the birth of our nation. As genealogical researchers, we know the importance of finding a birth certificate. We all have one. It gives the vital information of our existence, and our heritage. Even before the states made birth certificates mandatory, the birth was recorded in the family bible. Our country also has a birth certificate. It is the Declaration Of Independence. http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/
The Revolutionary War began on April 19, 1775. On July 4, 1776, our Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American colonies were no longer subject and subordinate to the monarch of Britain and were now united, free, and independent states. The Congress had voted to declare independence two days earlier, on July 2, but it was not declared until July 4. Just as a birth is a difficult and painful process of separating a baby from the mother, our country also had a difficult and painful process of separating itself from England. The war would last for 8 years.
“Skirmishes between British troops and colonial militiamen in Lexington and Concord in April 1775 kicked off the armed conflict, and by the following summer, the rebels were waging a full-scale war for their independence. France entered the American Revolution on the side of the colonists in 1778, turning what had essentially been a civil war into an international conflict. After French assistance helped the Continental Army force the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781, the Americans had effectively won their independence, though fighting would not formally end until 1783.” https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history
There have been Daughters of the American Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution applications for four of William Paschal’s sons Samuel, Isaiah, Elisha, and Thomas, and a his grandson George who supposedly fought in the war. Two of Thomas Paschall’s grandsons who supposedly fought were Henry and Benjamin. When filling out a DAR or SAR application, do your own research and do not copy existing applications. With the records now available, some of these earlier applications are now in question.
PASCHALL, SAMUEL, DAR Ancestor #: A088477 (Son of William Paschal of NC)
Notice: PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED WITH AT LEAST ONE PREVIOUSLY VERIFIED PAPER – SEE ANCESTOR’S FULL RECORD (WHY?)
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 4-1-1727 BERTIE PCT NORTH CAROLINA
Death: ANTE 11-2-1805 ABBEVILLE DIST SOUTH CAROLINA
Service Source: HAUN, NC REV ARMY ACCTS, BOOK B, PART XIII, #483, P 1809; NC REV WAR PAY VOUCHERS, #52, #903, #904, ROLL #S.115.115; PRUITT, ABSTRACTS OF LAND ENTRIES, GRANVILLE CO, P 22
Service Description: 1) SUPPLIED GUN; PAID FOR SERVICES;
2) SIGNED OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND ENTRY, GRANVILLE CO, 24 SEP 1778
PASCHALL, ISAIAH, DAR Ancestor #: A088475 (Son of William Paschal of NC)
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): SOLDIER
Birth: CIRCA 1730
Death: POST 12- -1795 FRANKLIN CO NORTH CAROLINA
Service Description: 1) STATE MILITIA
PASCHALL, ELISHA, DAR Ancestor #: A088471 (Son of William Paschal of NC)
Notice: DATA IN THE CORRECTION FILE (WHY?)
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 1735 NORTH CAROLINA
Death: POST 8-6-1821 WARREN CO NORTH CAROLINA
Service Source: CLARK, STATE RECS OF NC, VOL 22, PP 175, 176
Service Description: 1) TOOK THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, 1778
PASCHALL, THOMAS, DAR Ancestor #: A088478 (Son of William Paschal of NC)
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): SOLDIER
Birth: CIRCA 1750 BUTE CO NORTH CAROLINA
Death: A 11- -1821 WARREN CO NORTH CAROLINA
Service Source: HAUN, NC REV ARMY ACCTS, VOL 8, PART 6, P 724
Service Description: 1) NC TROOPS
PASCHALL, GEORGE, DAR Ancestor #: A088473 (Grandson of William Paschal of NC)
Service: SOUTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 11- -1762 GRANVILLE CO NORTH CAROLINA
Death: 9-14-1832 OGLETHORPE CO GEORGIA
Pension Number: S*W4306
Service Source: S*W4306
Service Description: 1) CAPTS LEWIS, J HUGHES’ TROOP OF LIGHT DRAGOONS,
2) COL ANTHONY W WHITE; CONT LINE
PASCHALL, HENRY, DAR Ancestor #: A121106 (Grandson of Thomas Paschall of Philadelphia)
Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, PRIVATE
Birth: 8-28-1746 PHILADELPHIA CO PENNSYLVANIA
Death: 5-13-1845 KINGSESSING PHILADELPHIA CO PENNSYLVANIA
Service Description: 1) 1ST CO.4TH & 6TH BATT.CHESTER CO.MILITIA
2) CAPT.LT.NATHANIEL SMITH OATH ALLEGIANCE
PASCHALL, BENJAMIN, DAR Ancestor #: A201698 (Grandson of Thomas Paschall of Philadelphia)
Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: CIRCA 1735
Death: POST 8-7-1785 PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA CO PENNSYLVANIA
Service Source: PA ARCH, 2ND SER, VOL 3, P 631, 633; WESTCOTT, PERSON WHO TOOK THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO PA, 1777-1789, P 2
Service Description: 1) SIGNED OATH OF ALLEGIANCE; JUSTICE OF PEACE