Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

John Sears
MSA SC 3520-17303

Sources:

Archival Sources:

Bounty Land Warrant Application of John Sears, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, National Archives, NARA M804, Record Group 15, Roll 2145, pension number B.L.Wt. 2049-200, from Fold3.com.

Cecil County Court, Marriage Licenses, Marriage of John Sears to Mary Dutton, 1785, p. 38, MdHR 9435 [MSA C632-1, 1/11/6/38].

Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, National Archives, NARA M881, Record Group 93, Roll 0401, from Fold3.com.

Land Office, Lots Westward of Fort Cumberland, John Sears's lots in Western Maryland, p. 271, 272, MdHR 17302 [SE1-1].

Maryland State Papers, Revolutionary Papers, Descriptions of men in Capt. Edward Veazey’s Independent Comp, 1776, MdHR 19970-15-36/01 [MSA S997-15-36, 1/7/3/13].

Maryland State Papers, Series A, Recruits enlisted by Ensign Sears, 20 March 1780, MdHR 6636-18-12B [MSA S1004-22-6027, 1/7/3/34].

Maryland State Papers, Series A, William Bordley to Governor Lee on state of county recruiting, 6 April 1780, MdHR 6636-18-12C [MSA S1004-22-6191, 1/7/3/34].

Monthly return for the 7th Independent Company, 9 June 1776, Maryland Historical Society, MS 1914.

Monthly return for the 7th Independent Company, 4 July 1776, Maryland Historical Society, MS 1914.

Pension of Mark McPherson, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, National Archives, NARA M804, W 2144. 1-73, from Fold3.com.

Pension of William Dawson, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, National Archives, NARA M804, Record Group 15, Roll 771, S. 34,732, from Fold3.com.

Treasurer of the Western Shore, Military Pension Roll, Pension Payment to Mary Sears, 1828, pp. 41, 51, MdHR 4534-4 [MSA S613-1, 2/63/10/33].

Published Sources:

Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1779-1780, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 43. Journal of the House of Delegates, 1828, p. 73 [MSA SC M3200].

Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 18.

Session Laws, 1827 Session, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 474.

Steuart, Reiman. A History of the Maryland Line in the Revolutionary War. Towson, MD: Metropolitan Press, 1969.

Steuben, Friedrich. Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, Part I. Philadelphia: Styner and Cist, 1792.

Tacyn, Mark Andrew. “‘To the End:’ The First Maryland Regiment and the American Revolution.” PhD diss., University of Maryland College Park, 1999.

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