 Signers
of the Declaration of Independence |
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Military
Service, such as
participation in: |
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Army and
Navy of the Continental Establishment
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State
Navy
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State and
Local Militia
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Privateers
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Military
or Naval Service performed by French nationals in the
American theater of war
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Civil
Service, under authority of
Provisional or new State Governments: |
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State
Officials
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County
and Town Officials (Town Clerk, Selectman, Juror, Town
Treasurer, Judge, Sheriff, Constable, Jailer, Surveyor of
Highways, Justice of the Peace, etc.)
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Patriotic
Service, which includes: |
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Members
of the Continental Congress, State Conventions, and
Assemblies
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Membership
in committees made necessary by the War, including service
on committees which furthered the cause of the Colonies
from April 1774, such as Committees of Correspondence,
Inspection, and Safety, committees to care for soldier's
families, etc.
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Signer of
Oath of Fidelity and Support, Oath of Allegiance, etc.
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Members
of the Boston Tea Party
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Defenders
of Forts and Frontiers, and Signers of petitions addressed
to and recognizing the authority of the Provisional and
new State Governments
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Doctors,
nurses, and others rendering aid to the wounded (other
than their immediate families)
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Ministers
who gave patriotic sermons and encouraged patriotic
activity
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Furnishing
a substitute for military service
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Prisoners
of war or refugees from occupying forces
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Prisoners
on the British ship Old Jersey or other prison
ships
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Service
in the Spanish Troops under Galvez or the Louisiana
Militia after 24 December 1776
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Service
performed by French nationals within the colonies or in
Europe in support of the American cause
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Those who
rendered material aid, in Spanish America, by supplying
cattle for Galvez's forces after 24 December 1776
Those who
applied in Virginia for Certificates of Rights to land for
settlement and those who were entitled to and were granted
preemption rights
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Those who
took the Oath of Fidelity to the Commonwealth of Virginia
from October 1779 to 26 November 1783
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Those who
rendered material aid such as furnishing supplies with or
without remuneration, lending money to the Colonies,
munitions makers, gunsmiths, etc.
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