When most people talk of the Patriots of the American Revolution they are referring to the men who fought the enemy at places like Cowpens, Saratoga and Bunker Hill. Too many fail to consider the hundreds of thousands of other Patriots that worked for or aided in the cause of independence. Consider the signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration, Albemarle Declaration, and the Declaration of Independence. Members of the Boston or Edenton Tea Party, Kaskaskia Campaign, Cherokee or Galvez Expeditions, as well as the thousands of others who rendered material aid such as supplies, lending money, or tended to the wounded as a physician or nurse. And let’s not forget those who rendered civil service in the colonies, either by serving on a jury or on a local committee made necessary by the war (Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety, etc. As you can see, the many men and women that we should consider Patriots are as numerous as trees in a good sized forest. With these books I will attempt to show the growth, through the descendants, of a few of the Patriot Trees that make up the forest of my family and friends.
