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 1736 - 1781 (45 years)
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| Name |
Levin Dorsey [1] |
| Birth |
1736 |
Dorchester County, Province of Maryland  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Oct 1781 |
Vienna, Dorchester County, MD [1] |
- Levin Dorsey "...was killed by a grape shot in an engagement near Vienna in Dorchester County, Maryland, about twenty miles from his home, where he had gone to assist in repelling the English, who were ravaging the surrounding country for supplies during the Revolutionary War. The ball that caused his death was extracted and remained in [the] posession of his family for many years. When his son reached the battlefield to recover his body, it was being buried with military honors, and the commanding officer reluctantly surrendered it to the boy..."
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| Person ID |
I10309 |
Crane Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2022 |
| Family |
Elizabeth Keene, b. Abt 1725, Dorchester County, Province of Maryland d. 11 Mar 1782, Williamsport. Washington County, MD (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage |
Est 1762 [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Rev. John Dorsey, b. 1767, Dorchester County, Province of Maryland d. 1821 (Age 54 years) |
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| Family ID |
F3728 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
9 Nov 2017 |
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| Sources |
- [S1479] Maryland Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Applications, 1889 - 1970, (Sons of the American Revolution), 9 Nov 2017 (Reliability: 3).
Application of James Hooper Dorsey
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