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From: Thom <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] Non-enrollers
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:32:58 -0400
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I consider the DAR Patriot list to be almost a joke.

Elgibility includes:
--all those on Militia rolls [all males in the county above a certain age whether they ever attended drill or not - this is how a lot of Brethren ended up on the Patriot list]

--all those who provided supplies to the Army, including those who refused to sell to the Army and had those supplies confiscated
--those who HIRED someone to take their place in the Army


My ancestry is split between those who actually fought in the American Revolution, and those [as German Baptist Brethren and Mennonites] who refused to fight. I am proud of both sets of ancestors for standing up for their beliefs, but who is the DAR trying to kid with their eligibility requirements?



Thom Flory



-----Original Message-----
From: MG <>
To: 'Bob Harter' <>;
Sent: Thu, Jun 30, 2011 7:57 am
Subject: [BRE] Non-enrollers


Regarding non-enrollers, Nicholas Leatherman and his son Christian,
Dunkards, were released from a 12 fold tax to 3 fold tax in 1780, Rowan
County, NC. This is the same Nicholas Leatherman on the 1776 Fredrick
County non-enroller list. That list helps me establish that Nicholas was
still in Fredrick County in 1776. Thank you.

Last year I was able to establish Nicholas Leatherman as a DAR Patriot. The
DAR defines one's last documented act as acceptance in DAR. Nicholas
furnished supplies for the Army in 1781 or 1782 (not sure of the year
without my notes).
Martin Shoup, a non-enroller, in Fredrick County, MD, is another DAR Patriot
I was able to prove.

Margaret Gray


-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto:]
On Behalf Of Bob Harter
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 6:22 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [BRE] Brethren Millers

two questions:
Do you know who this mentioned Adam Miller would have been? Jacob Petry Jr.
married Magdelena Miller, whose father was an Adam Miller. So far I have
been able to find any information on him.
Do you find any Harters in the non-enroller list? Three brothers (without
looking it up I believe it was Christian, Adam, and Frantz) were brought
before the court for not enrolling and pleaded innocence - Adam married
Anthony Hardman's daughter and moved to Washington Co. PA with or after the
Hardman family.

Bob Harter

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Thomas" <>
To: "'Art Miller'" <>; <>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [BRE] Brethren Millers


> Art:
>
> I have a copy of the 1776 non-enrollers list for Washington County, MD,
> that
> lists "Dunkars & Menonist" fines. The list includes Abraham Miller, David
> Miller, and David Miller son of Philip. It goes onto list an appraisal of
> guns (what ever that means) in 1777 and includes a Henry Miller.
>
> Point being there were several Miller's in Washington County, some of who
> were Dunkers or Mennonites, a name common to both denominations.
>
> If you move to the 1776 non-enroller list for Frederick County, MD, which
> includes Anthony Hardman and Nicholas Leatherman (I believe Daniel's
> brother), you have even more Millers. You have Jacob Miller, Jacob Miller
> s/o Adam, Abraham Miller, Peter Miller, Stephen Miller, Solomon Miller,
> Robert Miller, Henry Miller, Philip Miller, David Miller and Daniel
> Miller,
> all fined, and implying a Dunker/Mennonite/Quaker religious affiliation.
> So
> you have a lot of potential Millers your ancestor could be affiliated
> with.
>
> In case you are not familiar with the non-enroller listing, these are
> people
> who refused to show up for militia musters. They may have done this for
> religious reasons or they were loyalists.
>
> Having Amish Miller's in my family, it becomes quite challenging trying
> separate one Miller from another.
>
> Bill Thomas
>
>
>
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