I would like to find out more about Stephen Tripp who served at Valley forge during the Revolutionary War. Can you direct me to the right area?

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I would like to find out more about Stephen Tripp who served at Valley forge during the Revolutionary War. I believe that he died at Valley Forge. I believe he was in Captain Mayberry's regiment. Tripp was from Windham, Maine and he seems to have dropped off the face of the earth. I believe he was a Corporal. Can you help me?

Defendress · Accepted Answer

https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1022&context=me_collection 
 https://maineroots.org/images/PDFs/May2016.pdf pg 58 centers on Stephen. But ihe is mentioned I believe again a few pages later.. 
 Pgs 53-68 center soley upon the lineage of Stephen's family, pretty much starting with Stephen's father Othiel.

Dulcist · Answer

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A1 Reference Branch · Answer

BrendaOb 
 Thank you for posting your question on the History Hub! 
 The two main sources of information on Revolutionary War soldiers in the National Archives are the Compiled Military Service Records that are located in Record Group 93 War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, and the pension and bounty-land warrant application files that are located in RG 15 Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Please note that both collections are incomplete. 
 The CMSRs were created in the late 1890s/early 1900s by the Adjutant General's Office from whatever pay rolls, muster rolls, record books, and other material that the clerks were able to examine at that time. They are primarily administrative in nature and seldom, if ever, contain any personal papers about the soldier. The CMSRs are available on microfilm as publication M881 and in digital form on the National Archives Catalog ( https://catalog.archives.gov/id/570910 ). We have examined this series and have located one CMSR for Tripp in the 15th Massachusetts Regiment. The direct link to this CMSR is ( https://catalog.archives.gov/id/140525152 ). 
 Pension and bounty-land warrant application files for Revolutionary War soldiers are available in Record Group 15 Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs. They are on microfilm publication M804, and in digital form on the National Archives Catalog ( https://catalog.archives.gov/id/300022 ). We have examined this series but did not locate any records for Tripp. 
 Additional records relating to his military service may be located in state archives or historical societies. 
 
 We hope this assists you with your research! 
 Sincerely, Archives 1 Reference Branch [RR1R-24-22010-AB]

I would like to find out more about Stephen Tripp who served at Valley forge during the Revolutionary War. Can you direct me to the right area?

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