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	Lord Dunmore's War, 1774
	Participants
Colonies	Native Americans
Virginia;	Shawnees; Mingos;

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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:

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

Native Americans:

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 General Society of Colonial Wars for more information on the society and its records.

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

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

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[edit | edit source]

U-S-History.com

References[edit | edit source]

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

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

Catgory:West Virginia Military Records

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

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 === History  ===
-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&nbsp;Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio.
+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.&nbsp; 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.  Some were born as early as 1704 or as late as 1762.
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/181623  Reuben Gold Thwaites and Louise Phelps Kellogg, eds, ''Documentary history of Dunmore's war, 1774'' Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society, 1905. FS Library Digital]
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1673549 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]

Lord Dunmore's War, 1774
Participants ^[1]
Colonies	Native Americans
Virginia	Shawnees Mingos