This post is number 27 in the series of the #52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of us blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year. To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy Johnson’s site at Amy’s website.
Independence Day Weekend 2014 – Revolutionary War Ancestors
My fourth great grandfather Michael Roll is alleged to have served in the Revolutionary War when he was 14 years old. Dorann O’Neal Lam contributed a pension summation about Michael at the Muhlenberg County, KY website.
I have included a synopsis here. He entered service the first time as a substitute for Andrew Livingston in 1776, at the age of 14, under Capt. Michael Troutman, Col. Johnston commanding the regiment in the state of Maryland. He marched to Brunswick, NJ. Discharged in Spring of that year.
He again entered service in the Spring of 1777 in Cumberland Co., PA, under Capt. James Byrns as a substitute for his father, John Roll. He was engaged in Packhouse service at Pittsburgh. He was marched to Fredericktown when discharged in September or October of 1777.
His last tour of duty began in April 1778 as the substitute for a person whose name he was not able to remember. He served under Capt. Alexander for two months and was discharged at Old Town.
Michael is the son of John Mangel Roll and Mary Nevis. He was originally from Pennsylvania and born in 1762. He traveled over the Wilderness Road and the Cumberland Cap and settled in Kentucky. He died in Muhlenberg County, KY; in 1834.
Thank you to all who have served in the military.
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