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Just as we reach back to our ancestors for fundamental values, ... we must reach ahead to our children and their children.   - Paul Tsongas

Sources

 

1.  Valley Forge Legacy - The Muster Roll Project.  19 July 2014.  <http://www.valleyforgemusterroll.org/muster.asp>, (8 Aug 2014).

 

2.  Jane Morris, author, Adam Symes and His Descendants, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Dorrance and Company, 1938), page 51.

John was a Revolutionary War soldier who served at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

 

Transcription of Muster Roll

 

Name:  John Syms

Rank:  Private

Brigade:  Muhlenberg

Regiment:  5th Virginia

Company:  Captain Samuel Colston

Died:  May 12, 1778

 

It is unknown whether John died in battle or as a result of disease.

Source 1

John Sims (1713-1778)

Transcription of Will

 Source 2

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