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United States U.S. Military Colonial Wars, 1607-1763 Lord Dunmore's War, 1774

History[edit | edit source]

Lord Dunmore's War was fought between Virginian colonists and the Shawnee, Mingo, and Delaware Indians. The fighting and/or troop movements were in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio.

Most men who served in Lord Dunmore's War were between the ages of 16 and 60, born between 1714-1758. Some were born as early as 1704 or as late as 1762.

Records[edit | edit source]

Colonies involved:^[1]

Virginia

Native Americans^[1]

Shawnees
Mingos

Websites[edit | edit source]

U-S-History.com

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Wikipedia contributors, Dunmore's War, (accessed 01 February 2012).

Family History Library US/Canada Consultants, "Lord Dunmore's War, History,"inLAD Release 4.1, Family History Library, 2004, mjm.

[Wikipedia_-_Dunmore's_War-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Wikipedia contributors, Dunmore's War, (accessed 01 February 2012).

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+''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Colonial Wars, 1607 to 1763|Colonial Wars, 1607-1763]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Lord_Dunmore's_War,_1774|Lord Dunmore's War, 1774]]''
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-| colspan="2" style="font-size: 100%; background: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana; text-align: center;" | '''Participants''' <ref name="Wikipedia - Dunmore's War">Wikipedia contributors, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunmore%27s_War Dunmore's War], (accessed 01 February 2012).</ref>
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-*[[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]]
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-*[[Shawnee Indians|Shawnees]]
-*[[Mingo Indians|Mingos]]
-|}
 === History  ===
-Lord Dunmore's War was fought between Virginian colonists and the Shawnee, Mingo, and Delaware Indians.  The fighting and/or troop movements were in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio.
+Lord Dunmore's War was fought between Virginian colonists and the Shawnee, Mingo, and Delaware Indians.&nbsp; The fighting and/or troop movements were in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio.
-Most men who served in Lord Dunmore's War were between the ages of 16 and 60, born between 1714-1758.  Some were born as early as 1704 or as late as 1762.
+Most men who served in Lord Dunmore's War were between the ages of 16 and 60, born between 1714-1758.&nbsp; Some were born as early as 1704 or as late as 1762.
-*{{FSC|181623|item|disp= Reuben Gold Thwaites and Louise Phelps Kellogg, eds, ''Documentary history of Dunmore's war, 1774'' Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society, 1905. FS Library Digital}}
-*{{FSC|1673549|item|disp=Virgil A. Lewis, ''History of the Battle of Point Pleasant : fought between white men and Indians at the mouth of the Great Kanawha River (now Point Pleasant, West Virginia), Monday, October 10th, 1774, the chief event of the Lord Dunmore's War'' Charleston, West Virginia : The Tribune Printing Co., Charleston West Virginia, 1909 FS Library Digital}}
-*{{FSC|1127099|item|disp=Cecil B. Smyth, Jr., ''Dunmore's War, 1774 : a concise narrative of the 1774 campaign of the Virginia frontiersmen against the Indian tribes of the Ohio Valley'' El Paso, Texas? : C.B. Smyth?, 1994?}}975.4 M2sm
 === Records ===
-'''Colonies:'''
+'''Colonies involved:'''<ref name="Wikipedia - Dunmore's War">Wikipedia contributors, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunmore%27s_War Dunmore's War], (accessed 01 February 2012).</ref>
-*{{FSC|1110119|item|disp=Warren Skidmore with Donna Kaminsky ''Lord Dunmore's little war of 1774 : his captains and their men who opened up Kentucky & the west to American settlement'' Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books, Inc., c2002 FS Library 976.9 M2sw}}
 *[[Virginia Military Records#Colonial Wars (1607-1763)|Virginia]]
-'''Native Americans:'''
+'''Native Americans'''<ref name="Wikipedia - Dunmore's War"/>
 *Shawnees
 *Mingos
-'''General Society of Colonial Wars'''
-The General Society of Colonial Wars was established in 1893. Membership in the society requires that the member be a male at least 18 years of age and be able to show direct lineage to an ancestor who served in the Colonial Wars. See [[Colonial Wars, 1607 to 1763#General Society of Colonial Wars|General Society of Colonial Wars]] for more information on the society and its records.
-*{{FSC|376474|item|disp=General Society of Colonial Wars, Lineage records, no. 1-14199, 1607-1967; supplemental records, 1-13850, 1607-1967; register of members, FS Library 209 rolls}}
-*{{FSC|398275|item|disp=A first supplement to the 1922 index of ancestors and roll of members of the General Society of Colonial Wars'' 2volumes, Hartford, Connecticut : The General Assembly, 1941 FS Library Digital}}
-*{{FSC|569853|item|disp=''A second supplement to 1922 index of ancestors and roll of members, General Society of Colonial Wars'' Baltimore, Maryland : General Society of Colonial Wars, c1977 FS Library 973 D2cw supp. 2}}
 === Websites ===
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 <references/>
-*FamilySearch Library US/Canada Consultants, "Lord Dunmore's War, History,"in''LAD Release 4.1'', FamilySearch Library, 2004, mjm.
+*Family History Library US/Canada Consultants, "Lord Dunmore's War, History,"in''LAD Release 4.1'', Family History Library, 2004, mjm.
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-[[Category:US Indian Wars, 1780s-1890s]] [[Category:Virginia Military Records]] [[Catgory:West Virginia Military Records]] [[Category:Ohio Military Records]] [[Category:Kentucky Military Records]]
+[[Category:Wars_involving_the_United_States|Lord Dunmore's War]] [[Category:Virginia]] [[Category:West_Virginia]] [[Category:Ohio]] [[Category:Kentucky]]