Hi Bruce I have done a fair amount of reading on regiments of the British army and particular the 100th reg of Foot. I would not assume that your ancestor was killed for desertion. It appears that desertion was a very common problem in the army with extremely high percentages of soldiers walking away from their duties. Depending on the situation and circumstances the sentences where quite mixed and seldom involving the death penalty. Often corporal punishment was the rule of law. I suspect if they illuminated every soldier who deserted for various reasons the British army would have been very much smaller.
Cheers Ron McCoy On 2019-12-01 3:00 a.m., Bruce Newport via CoTyroneList wrote: This is of interest to me. My FULTON line’s earliest ancestor is William FULTON (1736-1791) buried St Patrick’s Church of Ireland, Gortin and his sons Thomas (1766-1797), John (1783-1860), of Droit, and David (1784-1863). I assume the George FULTON, born about 1753 who deserted in 1780 would not have had a long life if, or after, he was captured. Thank you. Bruce Newport. From: Jim McKane via CoTyroneList<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2019 9:17 PM To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List<mailto:[email protected]> Cc: Jim McKane<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - George Fulton, Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, Army Deserter, 1780 George Fulton, Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, Army Deserter, 1780<https://www.cotyroneireland.com/muster/fulton.html> Thanks again to Len Swindley for another great addition to CTI! Jim McKane Kitchener, Ontario ________________________________ _______________________________________________ CoTyroneList Mailing List Mailing List Email Address: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Change Your Preferences: http://cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY _______________________________________________ CoTyroneList Mailing List Mailing List Email Address: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Change Your Preferences: http://cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY
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