Finding documentation - need his probated will for his death date-. and Revolutionary Service Records to prove the correct service.
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REVIS, SAMUEL
Ancestor #: A095566[https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=ful...]
Notice:
'''FUTURE APPLICANTS MUST PROVE CORRECT SERVICE (WHY?)''' '''Redlisted'''
Birth:
Ancestor Comments:
1) SERVICE BELONGS TO MEN RESIDING IN SALISBURY & HALIFAX DISTS. THIS MAN
2) LIVED IN HILLSBOROUGH DIST DURING AM REV. NO SOURCE OF SERVICE FOUND.
3) SEE DATACF 12/2014.
1717 HENRICO CO VIRGINIA
Death:
ANTE 11-3-1789 GRANVILLE CO NORTH CAROLINA
Best start from scratch - find everything like probated Will, Children's guardianship Court docs, etc.
We will need to know everywhere he lived- don't go by what Ancestry.com says, follow the paper trail. I'm personally working another profile at the moment.