Our family has just discovered some congressonal records that give the data on our ancestor William York. We thought we had him pinned down but this 'proof' turns all our work inside out and backwards!
This now what we not for a fact -
Captain William York b. abt 1755 N.C. (date just a guess) d. 14 Jul 1837 Carroll County Ga.
was 'Captain' of horse troops who fought with different regiments under different commanders. Affadavits were presented by Col. James Blair, a Rev. officer, Solomon Green, a Rev. pensioner, and of Gen. John Brown. It appears that he served at different periods from 1777 to the fall of 1781 as a 'captain of a troop of horse under various commanding officers, and in different regiments.
Additional proof was presents from the rolls of the Comptrollers office of N.C. fully establishing more than two year of service.
This was a petition by his son, Josiah C. York, on behalf of the heirs of Capt. William York for his pension although Capt. York began the petition well before his death. It was finally approve in 1860, but we have no way of knowing if any monies were ever rec'd - and then there was the Civil War.
Josiah was a veteran of the Seminole Indian War, serving with the Tenn. Mounted Gunmen.
I am looking for the service records of Capt. William York and would like to see if anyone has joined the SAR under his service.
With many thanks
Diane Stark Sanfilippo
York family historian