Absalom Bobo was born about 1754 in Albemarle County, Virginia. He was drafted in February or March of 1781 and first mustered at Blackstocks (View Map) in modern day Union County. Absalom served as a private in Captain George Roebuck‘s company of Colonel Benjamin Roebuck‘s battalion of the Spartan Militia.
The Spartan Regiment, as reorganized in the summer of 1780 was a volunteer organization whose officers and men served without pay and without provisions. Their one desire was to throw off the yoke of British tyranny and to achieve freedom and independence. Continue reading
The Spartan Regiment, composed of two hundred men from the area, began its service in August of 1755, after being organized at the suggestion of William Henry Drayton and William Tennent, commissioners of the Council of Safety. Continue reading
John Thomas, Sr., was born May 4, 1718 (or April 5, 1720) in Cardiff, Wales. Shortly after his birth, his family immigrated to Chester County, Pennsylvania where he spent his childhood. Although raised Episcopalian, in 1740 he married Jane Black, a spirited young lady and zealous Presbyterian.