Notes: Georgia Society SAR Graves Registry

Matches 401 to 450 of 921

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401	In 1803 he acquired land in Baldwin Co. which became Putnam Co. in 1807.	Hearne, Elisha (I280)
402	In 1811 he returned to the military joining 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment, Savannah Georgia Militia serving until his death 5 August 1823.	Durkee, Nathaniel (I291)
403	In 1823, Daniel moved to Franklin County, TEnn. where he applied for a pension. He also applied for pensions in Walker and Chattooga Counties, GA.	O'Rear, Daniel (I155)
404	In 1840 he was one of two Revolutionary pensioners living in Muscogee County, Georgia.	Christmas, Richard (I102)
405	In about 1758, he moved to St. John?s Parish, Georgia where he practiced medicine. In 1764, Dr. James Dunwody encouraged Nathan Brownson of Woodbury, Connecticut, to move to North Newport (now near Riceboro) in St. John?s Parish and join his medical practice. Active in the cause of liberty, Nathan Brownson became one of the leaders in the revolutionary efforts in St. John?s Parish along with Dr. Lyman Hall and Button Gwinnett.	Dunwody, James (I284)
406	In early 1752, the congregation of the White Meeting House in Dorches?ter, South Carolina, petitioned for grants of land in the Midway District of Georgia. John Quarterman, Sr., received a land grant of 500 acres on July 11, 1752, in the Midway District, and his family, including sons: John, Jr., Thomas, Robert and William, arrived in Midway with seventeen other families in 1754,	Quarterman, Robert (I323)
407	In early 1752, the congregation of the White Meeting House in Dorchester, South Carolina, petitioned for grants of land in the Midway District of Georgia. Both John Stewart Sr. and his son, John Stewart Jr. received grants in 1752, but did not relocate to Midway until 1756. Daniel Stewart?s father, John Stewart Jr. established ?Tranquil Plantation? in Liberty County where he lived with his wife, children and parents. John?s mother, Jerusha died in 1762, and his father, John Sr., died one year later in 1763.	Stewart, Daniel (I286)
408	In early 1752, the congregation of the White Meeting House in Dorchester, South Carolina, petitioned for grants of land in the Midway District of Georgia. John Quarterman, Sr., received a land grant of 500 acres on July 11, 1752, in the Midway District, and his family, including sons: John Jr., Thomas, Robert and William, arrived in Midway with seventeen other families in 1754.	Quarterman, Joseph (I300)
409	In early 1752, the congregation of the White Meeting House in Dorchester, South Carolina, petitioned for grants of land in the Midway District of Georgia. John Quarterman, Sr., received a land grant of 500 acres on July 11, 1752, in the Midway District, and his family, including sons: John, Jr., Thomas, Robert and William, arrived in Midway with seventeen other families in 1754. When Midway "Meeting House" was organized Thomas Quarterman signed the Articles of Incorporation and served as a Selectman in 1766 and Deacon from 1785 to his death in 1791.	Quarterman, Thomas (I322)
410	In early 1752, the congregation of the White Meeting House in Dorchester, South Carolina, petitioned for grants of land in the Midway District of Georgia. On March 24, 1753, Parmenas Way and his family were the third family to arrive in Midway. Among the seventeen families to arrive in Midway in 1754, were several Way families.	Way, William (I302)
411	In Elbert County, there are a number of Rices who descend from Leonard Rice, especially those Rices living in the Bowman, GA area.	Rice, Leonard (I207)
412	In Gwinnett County, GA on 25 Sept 1832, Elias Baker applied for his Revolutionary War Pension. He started receiving $30 per anum on 13 Sept 1833 at age seventy-four.	Baker, Elias (I272)
413	In his Revolutionary War pension statement, Samuel Cartledge stated that he was drafted in May 1779 and served as a private in the Georgia Militia under Captain William Phelps in Col. Benjamin Few's regiment, and that he served at the Siege of Savannah. Pension #R1790V 10 Apr 1833 SC On this the tenth day of April 1833 personally appeared before me Joshua J. Evans presiding Judge of the Court of Common pleas for said district now sitting in open Court Samuel Cartledge Senior a resident of the said district and State aforesaid aged near eighty-three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and Served as herein stated (Viz.) he was drafted in May 1779 in the State of Georgia now Columbia County in a company commanded by Captain William Phelps in Colonel Benjamin Few's Regiment, he then marched for Saint Augustine (then in possession of the Tories) he served in that expedition personally for ten days he then hired a Substitute to serve out his time which was four months he was all the ensuing summer engaged in Scouting and repelling the enemy, and in September following he went to the Siege of Savannah [September 16 -October 18, 1779] and continued until the first of October being 29 days on his return he was sent to General Greene's [Nathanael Greene's] Camp then stationed in South Carolina at a place called the High Hills of Santee for ammunition which service he performed in fifteen days he was then called out against the Tories on the Oconee River then the frontier of Georgia and continued in readiness until the end of the revolutionary war which he believes to have been in the month of May or June 1782 And that he has no documentary evidence of his Service; He relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. source: http://revwarapps.org/r1790.pdf	Cartledge, Samuel (I274)
414	In January of 1776, James Screven was commissioned Captain of St. John?s Rangers, a new company of volunteer militia who lived in Midway and Sunbury. His brother, John Screven, who was born in 1750, served as a Lieutenant in the St. John?s Rangers.	Screven, James (I285)
415	In July of 1778, Screven?s mounted Georgia Militia overtook Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Brown?s Florida Rangers at the Alligator Creek Bridge. As Screven advanced on the British front, Colonel Elijah Clarke led his mounted Wilkes County Militia on the British flank. Clarke was shot through his thigh; the Georgians were repelled and retreated to Savannah.	Screven, James (I285)
416	In June 1787 Solomon Strickland received a family headright grant from the State of Georgia for 41 ½ acres in Wilkes County. Solomon moved his family from Nash County, North Carolina to Georgia. In 1790 Georgia created Elbert County from part of Wilkes County. In 1795 Solomon sold his land on Blue Stone Creek to James Rogers. In 1803 Solomon and Amy Strickland were listed among the charter members in the minutes of the Lystra Primitive Baptist Church near the township of Danielsville. In 1811 Madison County was created from part of Elbert County. Solomon and Amy Strickland moved from Madison County to Jasper County, Georgia in 1814.	Strickland, Solomon (I271)
417	In may 1775 Milledge's ardent support of the Patriot cause led to his involvement in the seizure of the British colonial government's magazine in Savannah. Savannah's patriot community later asserted that the 600 lbs of gunpowder Milledge and his cohorts secured from the arsenal was sent north and used by patriot troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill. His military service during the war was distinguished; he served in the forces of Count Charles Henri d'Estaing and General Benjamin Lincoln during the Siege of Savannah: and also fought at the Battle of Augusta. (The New Georgia Encyclopedia)	Milledge, John (I227)
418	In May 1780 enlisted in Henry County, VA, served in Captain Roberts' Company at Battle of Camden. Later served in Captain Jones' Company of Colonel William Washington's Ligth Dragons. He was in the Battle of Guilford Court House and was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. He received a pension for his service.	Dobbs, Nathaniel (I136)
419	In May of 1776, Patriot Axson received a commission as a hospital surgeon?s mate in the South Carolina Continental Line. On January 4, 1777, he was promoted to surgeon in the 1st Regiment of the South Carolina Continental Line. He was taken prisoner by the British at the fall of Charleston on May 12, 1780; was released, and continued in service until the end of the war in 1783.	Axson, Samuel Jacob T. (I283)
420	In North Cumberland County, Virginia in 1714 there was a seventeen-year-old boy who was to become the progenitor of the Fluker and related lines. He had every reason to be dejected and sad in 1714 and feel that his life held little promise. Records in Virginia show that David, the orphan son of David Fluker, was turned over to Alexander Love who was to become his guardian. David was taught the trade of tailor. Eventually he married. The name of his wife is not known, or the date of their marriage. But, we know they had four children: David, Judith, Sarah and Owen. The Fluker Bible states that Owen Fluker was born April 9, 1729 in Wicomico, Northumberland County, VA and died September 3, 1819 in Wilkes County, GA at the age of 91. His wife Sarah Fluker was born January 26, 1730 and died age 72 in October 1802.	Fluker, Owen (I295)
421	In November, the British crossed the Altamaha River on a forging expedition into Liberty County. General James Screven with his Georgia Militia, along with Colonel John White?s Continentals, planned to stop the British advance at Spencer?s Hill about one and one-half miles south of the Midway Church. As Screven approached, he was ambushed by Brown?s Florida Rangers, shot several times and taken as a prisoner. He died two days later, on November 24, 1778, a few miles from his Midway plantation. Dr. James Dunwody was present at his death. The British burned the Midway Meeting House because of Georgia?s rebellious actions.	Screven, James (I285)
422	In recognition of his military service, General James Screven?s two surviving daughters were each granted 1,000 acres of land by the Legislature of Georgia. Screven County, on the Savannah River north of Savannah, was named in his honor	Screven, James (I285)
423	In the 1760?s he moved to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina just outside present-day Charlotte.	Barnett, William (I316)
424	In the 1780's. the Sparks family was located in Pittsylvania County, VA. In 1785, he bought land in NC. By 1788 he had sold that land and moved to Franklin County, GA. He then moved to Morgan County, GA.	Sparks, Jeremiah (I211)
425	In the 1827 GA Land Lottery, he drew two lots in Lee County, GA. He was listed as a "R.S."	Sparks, Jeremiah (I211)
426	In the 1830's King moved his family to the Piedmont area around Vickery Creek, the area of the future town of Roswell. King had identified this as a good area for the construction of a cotton mill. He had the idea to combine the cotton production and cotton processing at the same location. The invention of the cotton gin made cultivation of short-staple cotton profitable in the uplands of the South. King dammed the creek to power a cotton mill, which became fully operational by the latter half of the decade. The mill was incorporated as the Roswell Manufacturing Company by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on December 11, 1839 with his son Barrington King as company President. Other people named in the act included John Dunwoody and James Stephens Bulloch.	King, Roswell (I282)
427	In the 1832 Land Lottery of Georgia, Leonard drew property in Gwinnett County. Leonard and Sara were listed in Forsyth County, Georgia in the 1840 and 1850 census. Harry and his wife Elizabeth Tippins Wills were listed as next door in the 1850 census. Harry and Elizabeth already had eight children by 1850. Shortly after 1850, Leonard and Harry and their families moved to Cobb County, Georgia. That is where Leonard died on September 21, 1852. He was 101 years old. The age was documented in the federal pension records. His wife, Sara, drew a federal pension from the government because of the service of Leonard. While the location of where Leonard died was Cobb at the time that area of the county was later made part of Paulding County. This was done in the realignment of the counties in the early 1850s. The area that they lived in was between Burnt Hickory and Mt. Moriah Church. By the 1860 census, it was shown that Sara was living with her son Harry and Elizabeth Wills in Paulding County. Harry was listed as a farmer.	Wills, Leonard (I314)
428	In the possession of the Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond, Virginia: Illinois Papers, document 56, Misc Reel 1384, frames #214 & 215. Payroll for Capt. Parmenas Brisco's company of Lincoln County, Militia, John Colley, Gen G R Clark expeditions, NW Territory July--August 1780, account submitted March 25, 1783. *1783 was the settlement of all accounts for the Terriotry as Virginia ceded the lands to the United States at the close of the war. Private, VA Troops, Capt. Briscoe?s Company (was also known as Captain Charles West?s Company, and is more fully identified as the Third Virginia Regiment,which was commissioned under Colonel Thomas Marshall. An officer by the name of Lieutenant James Monroe served in the Third Virginia Regiment from 1776 to 1778 or1779. In 1816, this same James Monroe was elected President of the United States) Name also appears in a receipt dated March 10, 1778 for 7 gallons of molasses for the use of 16 men sick in their barracks.	Colley, John (I289)
429	In the Revolutionary War he with other family members fought at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, NC. (see Wheeler's History of NC, p.165). He also served as Quartermaster and Commissary under General Nathaniel Greene. He ended his military service on October 10th, 1781 at New London, VA. .	Venable, John (I336)
430	Information provided by Larry Wilson, Samuel Elbert Chapter, GA Society SAR.	Head, James Sr. (I201)
431	Isaac Hite was the grandson for pioneer settler Jost Hite, he attended William and Mary and was one of the first inductees in Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity in 1777. He left William and Mary in 1778 to join the Virginia 8th Regiment under the command of Colonel Peter Muhlenberg. He later was transferred to the Continental Army when Muhlenberg was promoted to General and served as the aide-de-camp for General Muhlenberg. Isaac was wounded at Yorktown. He also wrote the Articles of Capitulation defining the terms of Surrender for the British at Yorktown which brought the war to an end. After the war, Isaac married Nelly Conway Madison, sister of James Madison, at Montpelier. Later James and Dolly Madison spent ther honeymoon at Isaac's home, Belle Grove. Isaac continued public service as a Major in the Frederick County Militia, as a member of the Virginia delegation at the Constitutional Convention, and as a Justice in Frederick. He died in 1836 at Belle Grove.	Hite, Major Isaac Jr. (I147)
432	Isham McDonald was born in 1747 in Ireland, but was Scottish by ancestry. He immigrated to America, and is thought to have landed in Charleston, SC prior to the American Revolution. Isham was a member of the 2nd S.C. Regiment. Lt. Col. Francis Marion was his regimental commander. After the Revolutionary War, Isham moved to Georgia and farmed in the Cat Creek Community in Lowndes County, Georgia. Tradition implies he may have married twice during his lifetime, but his wives names are unknown. "Private" McDonald and his son, William were members of the local militia during the early to mid-1800's and were engaged in several skirmishes against local Native American tribes. Isham McDonald died in 1845 and is interred in or near Cat Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery. A new military-style headstone has been erected and a dedication ceremony is planned for November 2008.	McDonald, Isham (I130)
433	It is not known when he married his wife Martha (her maiden name is unknown). They had four known children: Martha (Patsy), Jesse, Jr., John, and William M.	Peters, Jesse (I281)
434	It is unknown if Thomas Howell was married or had children.	Howell, Thomas (I264)
435	J Patrick Carr, a native of County Derry, Ireland, served as a Major during the war. He was celebrated as a terror to the loyalists and is said to have killed one hundred Tories by his own hand. Maj. Carr died August 1802, Jefferson County, Georgia. According to tradition, he was murdered by Tory sympathizers. The Patrick Carr Rangers Chapter in Waynesboro, Georgia, is named for him..	Carr, Patrick (I170)
436	Jacob CLEVELAND lived in Culpeper Co. to 1780, Abbeville Dist SC to 1782, afterward on the old Cleveland homestead, on Vaus or Vans Creek, Elbert Co. (Elberton) ; farmer. He is buried in old family cemetery on the farm. "Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families" Edmund Janes Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland Volume III, 1899, pages 2075-2076 Married 10 Oct 1756 in Culpepper, County Virginia to Mildred (Millie) White.	Cleveland, Jacob (I118)
437	Jacob Deal was born near Doylestown, PA among larger communities of Diehls, in Philadelphia and nearby counties, most of whom were farmers from the Palatinate area of Germany. Jacob was removed to Rowan County, NC in 1744, after which he served as a Private in the NC Line. He was called up twice, also served as a Prison Guard of POWs and lived to 92 1/2 years. Jacob's father, Wm Diehl, "the immigrant" arrived in Philadelphia, PA on the ship Glasgow, via Rotterdam, Germany, 9 Sep 1738, and later also was a private on 14 Oct 1781 in the Haycock Townshiop Militia near Doylestown, PA. Wilhelm also came to NC.	Deal, Jacob (I182)
438	Jacob Highsmith was born in 1758 in Pitt County, North Carolina. He served in the Pitt County Militia during the Revolutionary War. After the war, he moved South to Tattnall County, Georgia and later moved further south to a section of Wayne County, Georgia, that is now Brantley County. He owned a large plantation near the Satilla River near Waynesville. He died in 1829 and was buried in a family cemetery on his own land.	Highsmith, Jacob (I203)
439	James Baird was born in about 1762 in Scotland, was listed as doing duty onboard the Georgia Navy galley, Bulloch, in August of 1778, and later was listed as recovering in the hospital of the Third Georgia Battalion of the Continental Line. He most likely served with Colonel Samuel Elbert during the Frederica Naval Action in April 1778, and also served that summer on one of Elbert?s galleys during the Third Invasion of British East Florida. There were no injuries in either battles during this time period, but many men became ill with fever, and it is assumed that Baird was one of them.	Baird, James (I238)
440	James Baird was born in about 1762 in Scotland. James Baird?s title of ?Captain? inscribed on his gravestone recognized his merchant shipping activities after the Revolutionary War, rather than his military service. Although probably moving to Camden County much earlier, he was listed on the Tax Roll in 1809.	Baird, James (I238)
441	James Cartledge married Rebecca Ayres, who was born about 1765 in VA and died 11 Sep 1836 in Columbia County, Georgia. James and Rebecca had 15 children: Ayers (1785-1826), John (1786-abt 1870), Dr. Edmund V(1788-1834), Sarah (1790-1824), Abraham(1792-1814), James (1793-1836), Thomas (1794-1842), Dr. James Jr. (1796-1851), Samuel (1798-1851), Elizabeth (1799-1824), Rebecca (1798-1851), Benjamin (1803-abt 1872), Jeremiah (1805-1879), Joseph (1810-1825), Asenatha 1811-1870).	Cartledge, James (I273)
442	James Dunwody married Esther Dean Splatt in 1774 in South Carolina. Their three children, all born in Liberty County, were Esther born in 1775, and married John Elliott; John born in 1776, and married Jane Bulloch (granddaughter of Archibald Bulloch); and James born in 1789 and married Elisabeth West Smith.	Dunwody, James (I284)
443	James Dunwody was born in Whiteland, Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1741 to John Dunwody of Londonderry, Ireland and Susanna Creswell.	Dunwody, James (I284)
444	James Grier resided in Bedford County, VA during the Revolutionary War. He was a First Lieutenant, Bedford County, Virginia Militia. He also furnished supplies.	Grier/Greer, James (I329)
445	James Grimes, Sr. was born about November in 1747, moved with his family to Duplin County; and died there in 1831. James married Sarah Winders of Duplin County on February on February 19, 1777. They were the parents of 8 sons and 4 daughters. James served as a PRIVATE IN THE DUPLIN CO., NC MILITIA. He received a land grant in Duplin County on 20 October, 1778 for his Oath of Allegiance.	Grimes, Sr. James (I85)
446	James Gunn was born in Virginia, March 13, 1753; attended the common schools; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Savannah, Ga.; served during the Revolutionary War and, as a captain of dragoons, participated in the relief of Savannah, Ga., in 1782; served in county and state militia, becoming brigadier general in the latter; elected to the Continental Congress in 1787 but did not serve; elected to the United States Senate in 1789; reelected in 1795 and served from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1801; died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., July 30, 1801; interment in Old Capitol Cemetery.	Gunn, James (I171)
447	James Hammett arrived in Georgia in 1767 with his father Robert Hammett, Sr. and mother Sitha Hammett. James Hammet and his wife Lydia owned 450 acres including the area on which the Kettle Creek Battle was fought. He designated 1/2 acres of that property for a Hammett Family Cemetery when he sold the property to William Evans in 1791.	Hammett, James (I114)
448	James Head married Elizabeth Janet (Powell) Kirtley, daughter of Simon, of Bromfield Parish, VA on 05 Dec 1775.	Head, James Sr. (I201)
449	James Head, Sr. served as an Ensign in the Orange County, VA, Militia. He took his oath 28 Aug 1777. He served in Capt. Catlett Conway's Company; Col. James Madison, Sr. (Independent) Orange County Militia Regiment.	Head, James Sr. (I201)
450	James Head, Sr.'s will dated Oct 23, 1795 is recorded at Elbert County, GA, Probate Court.	Head, James Sr. (I201)

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