James Dinsmore

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A032307

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Died age 77 years

James Dinsmore (Dunsmore) DAR Ancestor Number A032307, was a Revolutionary War Soldier who fought at the Battle of King's Mountain. The battle fought at King's Mountain (7 October 1780) has been declared to be the turning point of the American Revolution.

SOURCE: Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution This book is based on Federal Pension Applications; State payments; Draper's Manuscripts; Heitman's List of Continental officers; Muster Rolls; and other primary resources. The entries are alphabetic by surnames and contain the following, if found: date and place of birth; name of wife; data and place of marriage. This is documented by: Bobby Gilmer Moss Scotia-Hibernia, 1990 - Biography & Autobiography - 318 pages. (Thanks to Vonnie Cantrell, vonniecantrell@yahoo.com, for the above information.)

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Spouse:

 Jean McDaniel Dinsmore (1768 - 1857)

Children:

 Jean Dinsmore Morrow (1806 - 1868)*

 James Jackson Dinsmore (1815 - 1896)*

*Calculated relationship

Note: He has a box tomb, which was broken when I copied this cemetery in 1984. Earlier there was a Revolutionary War Soldier Memorial which has disappeared from the cemetery.

Burial: Providence Cemetery Falkville Morgan County Alabama, USA

James Dinsmore (1760-1837) served as a Private in Captain Maxwell's Company, Colonel Isaac Shelby's NC Regiment. He was born in Ireland and died in Morgan County, Alabama - D.A.R. Lineage Book, Vol. 99, page 216.

Additional Source: Alphabetical List of Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama. http://www.archives.state.al.us/al_sldrs/d_list.html