Stories from Acton

Learning which Acton residents were at Concord's North Bridge on April 19, 1775 is helped by a list written by a militia captain of Acton's East company.

Two soldiers with the same name serving in the same Acton War of 1812 company caused ongoing confusion.

See a sign-up sheet of Acton's East militia company as of Sept. 29, 1774 under Capt. Robbins.

James Emery, a 21-year-old Acton native was killed at Saratoga.

Isaac Ramsdell died in service in 1780, leaving a widow and children behind in Acton.

A group of Civil War veterans waited more than two decades for a promise to be honored.

Research into Black Revolutionary War soldier Titus Haywood (or "Hayward.")

A question about Samuel Parlin led us to discover more about him at Acton Historical Society's Jenks Library.

Minuteman Thomas Darby survived the battle of Concord but died at White Plains.

The New England Sawmill Unit went to northern Scotland in World War 1 to provide lumber for the war effort.

The house at the site of the Captain Isaac Davis farm is often mistakenly assumed to be the house he lived in.

John Oliver's Revolutionary War service is unusually well-documented. Ongoing research is trying to discover the rest of his story.

Jonathan Hosmer (III) died in military service in 1777. Details of his service were researched.

Three generations of Acton Jonathan Hosmers in 1775 make it hard to distinguish who actually served in the military, but research has helped to sort it out.

A Sons of the American Revolution Marker in Woodlawn Cemetery in Acton causes confusion about wartime service by Jonathan Hosmer.

Information about WW1 casualty Sidney J. Edwards and why Acton has a square named for him.

The fate of Acton's WW1 memorial cannon was discovered in a collection of letters.

Many sources have confused Acton's first minister Rev. John Swift with his son, Dr. John Swift.

Captain Joseph Brown served during the Revolutionary War and served the town of Acton for many years afterward.

Remembering William G. Rodway, an Acton resident who served in the Spanish American War and died in service but is not on the town's monument to its veterans.