Samuel BLANCHARD fought in the Revolutionary War. His wife, Betty TYLER applied for a pension after the 1836 Revolutionary Claim Act. Samuel and Betty are my 4th great grandparents. A few of my distant cousins and I have been attempting to transcribe 45 pages from NARA concerning Samuel's Revolutionary War service. This all occurred in Kent County, Rhode Island.

Beginning at line 10 in the file located at: http://snipurl.com/2sz14, we read:

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Kent Fe or Se? I Jeremiah S Slocum Clerk of the Court of …

We are attempting to figure out what is the apparent abbreviation following the word, “Kent” in headings on several pages of Samuel's records. We don’t know whether it is the old leading "s" situation or what. It doesn’t look like a double "s" situation. Here is a different example of it on line 2 at:

http://snipurl.com/2sz28

On still a different page again on line 2, “Kent” is missing and it looks like Sr or Fr:

http://snipurl.com/2sz3k

Are these just dividers or do they actually stand for something? Is anyone on this list familiar with this time period's handwriting perhaps?

Thanks in advance for any help you are able to provide us.

Later...Nancy Cluff Siders,
List Admin for LETSON Mailing List,
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P.S. Samuel and Betty's daughter Sally married Isaiah LETSON.