A Legacy of Service: Carmichael, Gay, Ingram, Zachry and Allied Families

Do you have ancestors who hung out with Pocahontas at Jamestown? Did any fight in the American Revolution, the Civil War, or the World Wars? Did any serve with Generals George Washington, Andrew Jackson, or Robert E. Lee? In “A Legacy of Service”, Harry Sessamen documents the answers to these and other questions for the ancestors of his family as well as the families of hundreds of cousins. The book covers 400 years of history and details the service of 55 ancestors from 14 families including Bell, Bussey, Carmichael(9), Cole(2), Gay(12), Ingram, Maycock, Mouat, Pace(4), Paschal(3), Reese(4), Sessamen(5), Speer(6), and Zachry(5). Sessamen began his research while working on his applications for the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), the Jamestowne Society and the General Society of the War of 1812. He became the Registrar for the Cahaba-Coosa Chapter of the SAR in 2014 and has helped dozens of candidates prove their lineage to Revolutionary Patriots and obtain society membership.