Two Reenactors at Jockey Hollow
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2013-04-21
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Historical records contain the names of several women who served at the winter encampment of 1777 in Morristown.
Two of those women were Elizabeth Evans and Margaret Johnson. They both appeared in a June 1777 �Mess Roll� for Captain Ross�s Company in the Third New Jersey Regiment. There were ten �messes� in the company. Each mess shared one cooking kettle and presumably one tent.
Elizabeth Evans' was listed in the 5th mess along with her husband, Emmanuel Evans. Jiving with them in that mess was Edward Brady, Joseph Johnson, and Patrick Ryan.
Elizabeth Evans name only appeared in that single Mess Roll. The rest of her story is a mystery.
Records indicate that her husband deserted to the enemy on March 24, 1779, while the regiment was posted in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. There is no record of what happened to Elizabeth.
Her husband Emmanuel was captured and returned to the regiment on February 1, 1780, while the army was wintering in Morristown. He was thrown into the �provost� jail in Morristown and court martialed on February 24, 1780. He was �charged with �Deserting to the enemy and taken in arms against the States,� was tried and found guilty of the charges and sentenced to suffer Death.
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Elizabeth Evans, Margaret Johnson, Role Women in the American Revolution, Camp Follower, Women in the American Revolution, Female Patriots, The Continental Army, Jockey Hollow, Morristown National Historical Park, Historic Morristown, National Historical Park, The American Revolution, American History, US History, George Washington, Continental Army, Winter Encampment, History, Morristown, The Ford Mansion, Morris County, The American Revolution in New Jersey, The Skylands, Lakeland, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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