Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

William Downs
MSA SC 3520-17738

Sources:

Archival Sources:

Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, NARA M881, from Fold3.com.

Index to Final Pension Payment Vouchers, Maryland, William Down, National Archives, RG 217, from Fold3.com.

Maryland State Papers, Revolutionary Papers, William Downs, Affidavit of military service and compensation received, 22 August 1782, box 5, no. 24-1, MdHR 19970-5-24/1 [MSA S997-5-204, 1/7/3/11].

Return of the Maryland troops, 13 September 1776, Revolutionary War Rolls, NARA M246, folder 35, p. 85, from Fold3.com.

William Sands to John and Ann Sands, 14 August 1776, Maryland State Archives, Special Collections, Dowsett Collection of Sands Family Papers [MSA SC 2095-1-18, 00/20/05/28].

Published Sources:

"List of Sick Soldiers in Philadelphia, December 1776." Pennsylvania Archives Second Series, vol I., 523-539.

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

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

Newspapers:

"Eight Pounds Reward." Philadelphia Evening Post, 10 August 1776.

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