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Author: Edward E. McBride III
Thomas Springfield served as a soldier in the SC Militia during the American Revolution. His service is documented in the Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution by Bobby G. Moss in 1983, vol.2, page 888. His service is also noted in Some Heroes of the American Revolution by James D. Bailey in 1924 page 274.
He met his future wife, Laodicea “Dicey” Langston, during the American Revolution when they both opposed the Bloody Scouts who attacked patriots and their families in SC during the American Revolution. They both are buried in the Springfield Family Cemetery in Travelers Rest (Greenville), SC. The Daughters of the American Revolution has prepared a tribute at the grave site to Dicey Langston Springfield as a heroine during the American Revolution.
Thomas Springfield was born on July 15, 1766 in Greenville, SC and died on March 21, 1845 in Travelers Rest (Greenville County), SC. On January 9, 1783 he married Laodicea “Dicey” Langston in Laurens, SC. She was born on May 14, 1766 in Laurens, SC and died on May 23, 1837 in Travelers Rest (Greenville), SC. They had 21 children including Hugh Springfield, Sr.
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