During the course of the war, about one fifth of the northern army was black. At the Siege of Yorktown in 1781, Baron Closen, a German officer in the French Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment, estimated the American army to be about one-quarter black.
Jeddo, Pennsylvania. (Redirected from Jeddo, PA) Jeddo is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 98 at the 2010 census.
Jedediah Smith, the son of a general store owner, was born at Bainbridge, New York, on 6th January, 1799. His parents were Methodists and as a young man he developed strong religious beliefs. In 1810 His family moved to Erie County, Pennsylvania.