Gone for Soldiers: Richmond Worden (1758 - 1837) Soldier with the Green Mountain Boys, Vermont

Richmond Worden*, my fifth great grandfather, served in the Vermont Militia under Seth Warner during the American Revolution.

[Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.]

Richmond volunteered at several different times, serving in militias in Massachusetts and Vermont as this 1834 Massachusetts document describes:

[NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Fold3.com]

But the index card shown at the top of the page only credits him with his service as a Green Mountain Boy.


You can read more about my ancestor's military history here.

Here's how I'm descended from Richard Worden.

[Ancestry.com]

*Note the three different ways his surname was spelled in records.






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Quick Tip: Don't Forget to Look for Free Access To Journals from Historical Societies

The opium article was really interesting.  I've heard about opiate addiction being a problem lately in New England, but according to the article that problem has been an issue there for a few centuries!  From the Vermont History Journal.

I've started to notice a few historical societies and similar organizations offer free online access to their journals.  While this isn't too common, I have come across them.  What a great resource!  They can be used to get a good background history on people and places of interest to the society that publishes them.

San Diego researchers should be sure to check out "The San Diego History Journal," offered by the San Diego History Center, which  has an online archive that goes back to its first issue in 1955.

I stumbled across another journal yesterday when I was checking out the Vermont Historical Society's "Vermont History Journal."

I think I will start adding free journal links to my toolbox.  Part of my work this upcoming week will be checking out the main historical societies for the 50 states to see what other possible journals might be out there.




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