David Bedell, 1761-1840, was a New Jersey native who entered service at age 17, just after his father was killed in the Revolution. He served first as a drummer boy, and later in the cavalry under Col. Stephen Moylan's 4th Continental Light Dragoons in Virginia, South Carolina and Pennsylvania. After the war, he married and lived in North Carolina for many years before he homesteaded in Greene County with his sons in 1835. He is buried in Old Salem Cemetery in northeast Greene County.
Revolutionary War Soldier
Revolutionary War Soldier
David Bedell, 1761-1840, was a New Jersey native who entered service at age 17, just after his father was killed in the Revolution. He served first as a drummer boy, and later in the cavalry under Col. Stephen Moylan's 4th Continental Light Dragoons in Virginia, South Carolina and Pennsylvania. After the war, he married and lived in North Carolina for many years before he homesteaded in Greene County with his sons in 1835. He is buried in Old Salem Cemetery in northeast Greene County.
Revolutionary War Soldier
Revolutionary War Soldier
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