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Notes on Military Records

American Revolution

Heitman, F.B. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Arming During the War of the Revolution, Washington, DC: W.H. Lowdermilk & Co., 1893.

• Fitzgerald, John (VA). Captain 3d VA, 8th Feb. 1776; Major, VA, 28, Jan. 1777; resigned 6th July 1778 

Is this the same as John Fitzgerald b. 1747 in Orange Co., VA?  

King's Mountain, Oct. 7, 1780

• Fitzgerald, William (VA). Capt. VA militia, wounded at Guilford, Mar. 15, 1781, died 1818.

There are three Williams in our line that might fit this guy.

Benedict Arnold

• Captain at the Lexington Alarm, April 1775
• Ticonderoga, May 10, 1775
• Crown Point, May 10, 1775
• appointed colonel September 1, 1775
• wounded at Quebe December 31, 1775
• Colonel of the 20th Continental Infantry
• Brigadier General of the Continental Army January 10, 1776
• Major General Feb. 17, 1777
• deserted September 25, 1780
• dropped from rolls October 4, 1780
• died June 4, 1801

McDowells

• Charles - NC, colonel in the North Carolina militia 1779-1781, died March 31, 1815
• John - PA, captain of Montgomery Co. battalion of the Flying Camp, July - Dec. 1776, lt. colonel Pennsylvania militia, 1777-1778
• John - PA, first lieutenant 6th Pennsylvania battalion, Jan. 9, 1776; first lieutenant 7th Pennsylvania, Jan. 1, 1777; captain March 20, 1777, resigned Feb. 2, 1778; surgeon 6th Pennsylvania, Feb. 5, 1778, transferred to 1st Pennsylvania Jan. 1, 1783 - Nov. 3, 1783, surgeon U.S. Infantry Regiment Aug. 12, 1784, resigned July 24, 1788, died 1825
• John Jr. - VA, ensign 12th Virginia Sep. 20, 1776, 2nd lieutenant May 10, 1777, transferred to 4th Virginia Sep. 14, 1778, 1st lieutenant & regimental quarter master Sep. 7, 1778 - Feb. 12, 1779, resigned Dec. 1, 1779
• Joseph Sr. - NC, major North Carolina militia served at King's Mountain, Oct. 1780 and at Cowpens in Jan. 17, 1781 served subsequently as colonel and brigadier general in North Carolina militia, died Aug. 11, 1801
• Joseph - NC, captain North Carolina militia 1780-1781, cousin of Joseph Sr., died Feb. 27, 1795
• Samuel - VA, colonel Virginia militia, 1780-1781, died 1817
• William - PA, 2nd lieutenant 1st Pennsylvania, May 13, 1777, 1st lieutenant March 22, 1778, transferred 2nd Pennsylvania Jan. 1, 1783 - November 3, 1783, died June 19, 1835

War of 1812

• Fitzgerald, James, Bradley's Regiment Virginia Militia
• Fitzgerald, James, 4 Regiment Virginia Militia (Lt. Col. Huston, Lt. Col. Wooding) private 
• Fitzgerald, James, 7 Reg't. (Saunders') Virginia Militia, private
• Fitzgerald, John, Pegram's Division, Virginia Militia, aid de camp
• Fitzgerald, John, Battalion of Art'y. (1813-14) Virginia Milita, private
• Fitzgerald, John, 5 Regiment Virginia Militia, private
• Fitzgerald, William, 4 Regiment Virginia Militia (Lt. Col. Huston, Lt. Col. Wooding), captain
• Fitzgerald, William, 6 Reg't. (Coleman's, Jan. - May 1814) VA Militia, private, see also 6 (Sharp's) VA Mil.