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History of Jeremiah in the Revolutionary War

Major Thomas Donahoe

Fourth North Carolina Line, Major Thomas Donahoe, 6th Feb. 1782 to close of war.

Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution: With an Appendix Containing a Collection of Miscellaneous Records - National Society Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina

Thomas Donoho (1751-1825)

Thomas Donoho was in Caswell County, North Carolina, by 1772 (then Orange County). He secured title to six hundred four acres of land on the Dan River July 11, 1778. He served in the Revolutionary War, first being appointed a lieutenant by the Provincial Congress meeting in New Bern, rising to field officer in the Continental Army, was in the Battles of Brandywine and Guilford Court House. He served until 1783. Source: Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 181-182 (Article #174 "Donoho")

See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 181-182 (Article #174 "Donoho") and at 312-313 (Article #384 "Dr. Lancelot Johnston").

Thomas Donohoe was major of the Sixth Regiment North Carolina Foot, organized at Hillsborough , 1776 , and was a brave Revolutionary officer. Joined the "Order of the Cincinnati," with Col. William Saunders, of Orange (or Caswell ), at its inception at Newburg, on the Hudson, in 1783 . Source: Ancestry.com. Early Settlers of Alabama [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002

Thomas Donoho, 1776, entered the army as lieutenant and commanded a company under Col. Archibald Lytle. He was at Guilford Court House and was promoted major, 1781, after the battle of Eutaw. He was born in Bedford county, Va., and died in Caswell county, N. C., 1825.
Source: National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books, 152 vols. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1998.