St. Helena American Revolution Veterans, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana

Submitted for the Louisiana USGenWeb Archives, Military Resources by Inez Bridges Tate
File prepared by D. N. Pardue
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Reprinted by permission of Inez Bridges Tate and taken from the
publication "St. Helena Parish War Veterans" for the St. Helena
Historical Association, 1982.

AMERICAN REVOLUTION
(1775 - 1784)

Participants - 290,000
Deaths in Service - 4,000
Last Veteran - Daniel F. Blakeman, died April 5, 1869, aged 109 years
Last Widow - Catherine S. Damon, died November 11, 1906, aged 92 years
Last Dependent - Phoebe M. Palmeter, died April 25, 1911, aged 90 years

Above: Courtesy of the United States Veterans Administration.

     "Listed are those "Revolutionary War Patriots" who not only helped
to win freedom for our country but also helped to carve a civilization
within St. Helena Parish."  Quote taken from monument on the Courthouse
Square in Greensburg.

Joel Foster

Henry Hurst (?)

James Jackson

Jonathan Kemp

William Kendrick

Hezekiah Wheat

     There may be others but are unknown to us at this time.  We are
unsure about Henry Hurst.

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