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| 451 | James Ramsey was born in Virginia and moved by 1774 with his father 's family to a section of North Carolina which later became a part of South Carolina. He served in the Revolutionary War in South Carolina, most likely Camden District. Shortly after 1800 Ramsay and his wife Rachel moved to Franklin County, Georgia., where he died in 1823. | Ramsey, James (I166)
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| 452 | James Screven moved to St. Johns Parish prior to 1769, and received several grants of land, including 300 acres in St. Davids Parish, 100 acres in St. Johns Parish; and 200 acres in St. Pauls Parish. He established a plantation, called "Screven's Hill," north of Midway Church and adjacent to "Hall's Knoll," the plantation home of Lyman Hall. | Screven, James (I285)
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| 453 | James Screven was born in 1744 on James Island, Charleston, South Carolina, the son of James Screven and Mary Hyrne Smith (1717 ? 1758). | Screven, James (I285)
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| 454 | James Seagrove developed a network of mercantile and diplomatic contacts with the Spanish and Indians along the Georgia borders. Both the Georgia Council of Safety and the Continental Congress used his talents as a spy in various missions to the southern Indian tribes early in the Revolutionary War. In 1777, he moved to British occupied New York City and then to Philadelphia where he remained until after the British evacuation in June 1778. He possibly served as a spy for the Patriots. In 1780, James Seagrove became an aide-de-camp with the rank of Major to General Benjamin Lincoln in the Continental Army, and was captured by the British in May 1780, at Charleston, South Carolina. Exchanged in 1781, Seagrove went to Havana, and "...remained out of the power of the British troops during the remainder of the war...." Sources: 1-- Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers, Vol. 2, Ross Arnold and Hank Burnham; page 74 - ?Major? James Seagrove (1747 - July 16, 1812), served as a soldier in the American Revolution. In 1786, Seagrove came to Georgia and settled in Camden County. He was one of the founders of the town of St. Marys. He received over 38,000 acres of Headright and Bounty land in Camden County. He later served as aide to General Benjamin Lincoln, hence his title of Major. 2- Lucas, Silas Emmett, ?Index Headright and Bounty Grants of Georgia, page 582- Seagrove, James, Camden County Book LLL, page 269; 2,000 acres 1786; Seagrove, James, Camden County Book RRR, page 356; 6,643 acres 1789; Seagrove, James, Camden County Book RRR, page 357; 12,935 acres 1789; Seagrove, James, Camden County Book RRR, page 358; 8,900 acres 1789; Seagrove, James, Camden County Book MMM, page 675; 970 acres 1795; Seagrove, James, Camden County Book MMM, page 676; 400 acres 1795; Seagrove, James, Camden County Book MMM, page 677; 130 acres 1795; Seagrove, James, Camden County Book MMM, page 678; 918 acres 1795; Seagrove, James, Camden County Book MMM, page 679; 904 acres 1795; Seagrove, James, Camden County Book MMM, page 680; 920 acres 1795; Seagrove, James, Camden County Book UUUU, page 679; 780 acres 1795; Seagrove, James, Camden County Book YYYY, page 318; 1,000 acres 1796; Seagrove, James, Camden County Book YYYY, page 319; 1,000 acres 1796; 3-- Depositions Concerning the Revolutionary War Activities of James Seagrove ? Two depositions on the same sheet, each written and signed by Richard Varick as the New York State Recorder. The depositions concern the whereabouts and activities of James Seagrove during the Revolutionary War. They were given by Charles McEvers and William Constable, and are each similar, though some details do differ. James Seagrove (1747- 1812) developed a network of mercantile and diplomatic contacts with the Spanish and the Indians along the Georgia borders. The Whig state and federal governments used his talents in various missions to the southern Indian tribes early in the war. Then, Seagrove resided within the British lines in New York City during 1777 and 1778. He moved to Philadelphia where he remained until after the British evacuation in June 1778 (a Patriot spy or double agent?). He apparently passed news of the British actions to the Patriot authorities. Seagrove continued to live in Philadelphia until 1780, when he became an aide-de-camp to General Benjamin Lincoln in the Continental Army. Seagrove joined the Comte d'Estaing's squadron and sailed to Rhode Island. Seagrove was captured by the British with General Lincoln in May 1780, at Charleston, South Carolina; Exchanged in 1781, Seagrove went to Havana, and "...remained out of the power of the British troops during the remainder of the war...," but also out of the Patriots' reach as well. | Seagrove, James (I261)
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| 455 | James Seagrove was born in Colerain in the province of Londonderry, Ireland. He developed a network of mercantile and diplomatic contacts with the Spanish and Indians along the Georgia borders. Both the Georgia Council of Safety and the Continental Congress used his talents as a spy in various missions to the southern Indian tribes early in the Revolutionary War. After the Revolutionary War, James Seagrove moved from New York to Georgia in 1785, where he married Ann Zubly Bard of Savannah, a widow with extensive property. Seagrove then settled in Camden County in 1786, where he was one of the founders of both Colerain, named for his native city in Ireland, and St. Marys. He was a Surveyor, Collector of Customs, and in 1791 was made Superintendent of the Creek Indians by the federal government. Georgia distributed land to veterans of the Revolutionary War with Headright and Bounty Grants, and between 1786 and 1796, James Seagrove received 38,550 acres in Camden County for his Revolutionary War services. He became the owner of Antrim Plantation, bordering the edge of Dark Entry swamp, and was a partner in the Steam Sawmill Company of Camden. A member of Camden Masonic Lodge No.16, James Seagrove served as one of the pall bearers in the procession and mock funeral in St. Marys honoring George Washington on February 3, 1800. The First Presbyterian Church of St. Marys (originally Union Church until 1822) was constructed in 1808 with funds raised by public subscription, and James Seagrove was one of the subscribers. James Seagrove died on July 16, 1812 and was followed by his wife, Ann on October 31, 1831; both are buried in unmarked graves in Oak Grove Cemetery. James and Ann Seagrove did not have any children. SOURCES: 1-- Oak Grove Cemetery, --Kay Westberry page 124? see biographical and military service descriptive paragraphs- 2-- Pioneers of Wiregrass, Folks Huxford, Volume 7, page 360- It appears that he was born in 1748 in England. He and wife, Ann, had no children He had a brother, Robert Seagrove who came with him to Camden County, but died before 1802. James married Ann Zubly Bard on 14 December 1786 in Savannah. Ann was born 8-27-1758 in Savannah and died 10-31-1831 in St. Mary?s. Ann was the widow of Peter Bard (1744-1785) and they had one son who died in infancy ? Ancestry.com (Raymond Clapper Tree) 3-- Warren, Mary B, Marriages and Deaths: 1763 to 1820, page 102- Major James Seagrove of St. Marys, 65 years old; died there July 16, 1812. Augusta Herald 8/13/1812 and Savannah Republican 7/28/1812 4- Camden?s Challenge: A History of Camden County, GA, Compiled by Marguerite Reddick, page 20 for brief bio and page 269- The First Presbyterian Church of St. Marys (originally called Union Church) was constructed in 1808 with funds raised by public subscription, and James Seagrove was one of the eighty-three subscribers. | Seagrove, James (I261)
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| 456 | James Sleigh, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a soldier of the American Revolution, and it is assumed that he enlisted as private with his brother John in Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and served in the Pennsylvania Continental Line. SOURCES: 1-- Oak Grove Cemetery, --Kay Westberry page 124 - James Sleigh?(ca. 1755-after 1832) Sleigh, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a soldier of the American Revolution and lived in Montgomery County, Georgia. He applied for a war service pension in Camden County under the Act of 1832. As he must have been quite elderly by the time of the Act, it is likely he lived here until his death. 2?Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in GA, Mrs. Howard McCall, Vol I Page 243 & Vol. III p320?? List of names of Revolutionary Soldiers who applied for Pension under the Act of 1832 - James Sleigh, Camden? Since he applied for his Pension, this is Proof of Service ( determine date applied and/ if approved ?) James Sleigh is the only person named in McCall for Pension Act of 1832 from Camden County 3- Camden?s Challenge: A History of Camden County, GA, Compiled by Marguerite Reddick, see page 20- ?James Sleigh fought in the war for independence and applied for a pension in Camden County.? | Sleigh, James (I262)
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| 457 | James Sleigh, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a soldier of the American Revolution, and it is assumed that he enlisted as private with his brother John in Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and served in the Pennsylvania Continental Line. After the Revolution, James lived in Montgomery County, Georgia, and moved to Camden County around 1800. He applied for a Revolutionary Soldier?s Pension in Camden County under the Act of 1832. Date Applied ??? Approved??? James Sleigh was elderly at the time of his Revolutionary Soldier Pension application and most likely he died in Camden County. He is believed to be buried in an unmarked grave in Oak Grove Cemetery, along with his brother, John Sleigh. SOURCES: 1-- Oak Grove Cemetery, --Kay Westberry page 124 - James Sleigh?(ca. 1755-after 1832) Sleigh, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a soldier of the American Revolution and lived in Montgomery County, Georgia. He applied for a war service pension in Camden County under the Act of 1832. As he must have been quite elderly by the time of the Act, it is likely he lived here until his death. | Sleigh, James (I262)
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| 458 | James Starrett was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in Captain Wilson's Company, Colonel Saxton's NC Reg't. In NC, he served as a light horseman in Captain Daniel Gillispie's Co. and with Col. John Gillispie. He participated in scouting parties against the British where his served under Col. Preston and under the leadership of Gen. Nahaniel Green. He settled in Pendleton District, SC where most of his children were born and where his brother Benjamin lived. NC Archives and US Govt Pension Division | Starrett, Lt. James (I224)
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| 459 | James Starrett was originally denied a pension because he could not prove length of service. His length of service was proven but never imbursed by the Govt. Pension R10084; filed 1833 in GA | Starrett, Lt. James (I224)
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| 460 | James was a son of Edmund Cartledge, Sr., and his wife, Lucretia Elizabeth Kibble. He had two sisters, Mary Ann and Sarah, and three brothers, Samuel, John, and Edmund, Jr. | Cartledge, James (I273)
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| 461 | James was born in Maryland and migrated to Virginia and North Carolina where he served in the Militia. After the war he and his family settled in the Pendleton District of South Carolina where he raised his family. He owned a large tract of land near where he is buried. James and Mary were charter members of Holly Springs Baptist Church. After his death and his wife Mary, most of his children moved to Georgia and Arkansas. | Standridge, James (I97)
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| 462 | James was drafted for his first tour in the Revolutionary War for six months in February of 1778. He was a private under Colonel John Stewart, Lieutenant Colonel Elijah Clark and Captain Joseph Duncan. He spent this six months in Florida. He returned to Columbia County, Georgia and volunteered for the war with the Indians. This lasted three weeks. Next, he reentered the service in the latter part of 1778 under Colonel William Stafford and marched to Savannah to prevent the British from coming into the country from that port. After a month, they moved to Beaufort Island, S. C. remaining there for a month before returning home. Next he spent four months in Burke County, Georgia and then home again for three weeks. Next he was in service for four months under Colonel John Dooly, Lieutenant Colonel Elijah Clarke, Major Smith and Captain George Dooly in the Georgia Militia starting in the spring of 1779. This regiment went to Burke County, Georgia, patrolling there for four months, protecting Augusta. In the later part of summer, he returned to Columbia County to assist in the attack on Augusta which had been taken by the British. The British held and the regiment retreated over the mountains for the winter. In February 1781 they once again tried to retake Augusta. This lasted until June. He was appointed a Captain under Colonel Few and remained in that capacity to the end of the War. His entire pension statement may be accessed at http://revwarapps.org/s8167.pdf | Cartledge, James (I273)
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| 463 | James? parents were logically Robert Raley (aka Reily, Rylee) born c1730 in Co. Antrim, N. Ireland and, married 6 Dec 1754 at Sadsbury, Lancaster, PA to Ann Dowdle (1725-1800); source(s), U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 for Robert Reily, Sadsbury, Lancaster, PA, Monthly Meeting, Marriages, 1738-1830, pg 45 and U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 for Robert Raley, male, born 1730, spouse?s name: Ann Dowdle, marriage year: 1754, State: PA. | Rylee, James (I279)
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| 464 | Jeremiah Lumsden immigrated to Georgia from Rocky Mount, Virginia circa 1788 with his family and the families of several of his siblings. He served as a Private in the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War along with his father (John) and two of his brothers. Later he served in the Georgia Militia. Ordained before leaving Virginia. He served the area around Kelly, Georgia as a circuit riding Methodist minister. | Lumsden, Jeremiah (I127)
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| 465 | Jesse and his family lived in the section of that county which became Oglethorpe County. About 1821-1822 the family moved to Walton Co. GA. Somtime after 1830 he moved with his son William to Carroll Co. GA. It was here that he filed for his pension a second time. Sometime during the first half of 1839, Jesse passed away. | Peters, Jesse (I281)
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| 466 | Jesse enlisted in October of 1776. He served as a private in the 1st Regiment North Carolina Continental Line. He fought in the battles of Brandywine (PA), Germantown (PA), and Monmouth (NJ). During the Siege of Charlestown (SC) in 1780 he was taken prisoner. He spent the remainder of the War on a "prison ship" in Charlestown Harbor. Source: Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters. | Rowell, Jesse (I232)
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| 467 | Jesse Peters was born in Craven Co. NC in 1753. He moved to Georgia prior to the American Revolution and settled in the "Ceded Lands". | Peters, Jesse (I281)
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| 468 | Jesse Peters was originally granted a pension filed in Oglethorpe Co. GA on 17 Sep 1818. The Pension Office Washington, DC made a mistake as they recorded his given name as John. Thomas W. Cobb, US Representative from Georgia wrote to John C. Calhoun, the Secretary of War and had the error corrected. In 1820 Jesse was dropped from the pension rolls as a result of the "Alarm Act" of 1820. Congress found itself unprepared for the large number of pension applications and, consequently reduced the number of people on the roll. In 1833, in the State of Georgia Carroll County, he applied for a pension and it was granted Sources: Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements and Rosters, Fold 3. com, and NARA files. | Peters, Jesse (I281)
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| 469 | Jesse Rowell was born in 1753 in North Carolina. (Source: Pension application). | Rowell, Jesse (I232)
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| 470 | Job and Charity Bowers had one son, William who is also buried in the same cemetery. | Bowers, Job (I214)
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| 471 | Job Bowers was born in Virginia in 1755, of Welsh ancestry, and later moved to Wilkes County Georgia | Bowers, Job (I214)
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| 472 | Joel Darsey was son of Joseph & Catherine D'Arcy. He was taken prisoner in 1778 at the age of 13 years by the British, and escaped in January or February 1779; joined Col. John Twiggs and served with him until the end of the war in 1783. He moved from Burke Co., Georgia to Decatur Co., Georgia in 1825. Lived and farmed in Decatur county until his death. He received a land grant for his service in the Revolutionary War. His pension was paid to widow Elizabeth Darsey; Joel died before he received any pension money. Elizabeth received a total of $758.87 for 18 years, 11 months and 20 days at $40 per year. | Darsey, Joel (I99)
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| 473 | Johann Leonhard Kloz at age 15, came with his father & mother to Pennsylvania from the Palatinate of Germany, on the ship "Chesterfield". On 2 Sep 1749 he signed an Oath of Allegiance to the government at the Philadelphia Court House along with his father Johann Jacob Klotz, Sr, and brother Johann Jacob Klotz, II. Berks County, PA is where Jacob Leonhard lived, married, had 10 children, was a Weaver by trade and served as a Private, 6th Class in the Berks County, PA Militia during 1777. In 1782 he and family moved to Rowan, NC in search of more land and a new beginning. He died at age 50. | Klotz, Johann Leonhard (I183)
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| 474 | John and Ann Patterson?s children?s included: 1) a son, William Patterson who married Ann, and had a daughter named Mary Patterson. William Patterson was a captain in the War of 1812; 2) a daughter, Mary Patterson, who married Francis Young; she died of yellow fever with their son Charles. Their daughter named, Cornelia Jane Young, survived her mother?s death; 3) and another daughter who married Lewis Levy and had a daughter named Anna Eliza Levy. | Patterson, John (I242)
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| 475 | John and Martha moved in 1800 to Franklin County, Georgia, near the waters of Upper Nails Creek. They owned 380 acres on which was established their permanent home place. Today this being the historic home that was put put together with wooden pegs. John also built a grist mill at a shoal on Nails Creek. | Strange, John (I301)
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| 476 | John Bachlott came to America by 1778, reportedly with Marquis de LaFayette, with whom he served in Pennsylvania, Monmouth and Newport. Between September 28 and October 19, 1781, he participated in the Battle of Yorktown, or ?Little York? as it is called on his marble grave stone. In 1783, he sailed with the French Navy under Admiral Count de Grasse to the West Indies where the British defeated the French. Three thousand Frenchmen died during the battle, and John Bachlott was captured and imprisoned in Jamaica. | Bachlott, John (I239)
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| 477 | John Bachlott was born 1760 in St. Malo, Brittany, France, and came to America by 1788. After the Revolution, John Bachlott married Mary Counad (also spelled Cunnard and Conrad) in Princess Anne County, Virginia on February 23, 1787. The Bachlott?s lived in Amherst County, Virginia until 1795, when they moved to South Carolina and then into the city of Charleston. In 1800, they moved to St. Marys, where they lived on a large plantation located behind Oak Grove Cemetery extending toward Borrell Creek. He also owned another plantation in Nassau County, Florida, along with a tannery in St. Marys. | Bachlott, John (I239)
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| 478 | John Baker died June 3, 1792 and his grave site has been lost to history. | John, Baker (I332)
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| 479 | John Bessent entered military service when he was sixteen years old on June 8, 1781. His pension application states: ?I was summoned in the service as a private by Abraham Bessent (his brother), the First Sergeant of Captain Daniel Morrell?s company.? Both men served in the unit of the First Regiment of the South Carolina Militia, commanded by Colonel Francis Marion. John Bessant served for five to eight weeks of duty at least four times during 1781 and 1782. The other times he served in Captain Luke Prior?s company, commanded by Colonel Archibald McDonald, and in Captain Samuel Price?s company, commanded by Colonel Peter Horry. He said, ?I never had a regular discharge ?but I received a certificate of debt due me for £12.18.? | Bessent, John (I240)
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| 480 | John Bessent was born in 1765, in All Saint's Parish, Georgetown District, South Carolina. After the Revolutionary War, John Bessent lived in Horry County, South Carolina where his wife, Ann, apparently died in 1805. He moved to Georgia in 1816; lived one year in St Marys, and then moved to Nassau County, Territory of Florida where he lived until his death. John Bessent applied for a Revolutionary Soldier Pension under the Act of 1832, which was approved on April 15, 1833, and he was paid $27.33 annually. Around this time, his name is found attached to a petition from the Citizens of Nassau County, Florida to organize a municipality. When he was seventy-nine years old, John Bessent died in Nassau County, Florida on March 12, 1844, but his remains were brought to St. Marys and he was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in St. Marys. John and Ann had two sons: James who was not married and John who married Maria Osborne Howell, born May 28, 1813, in St. Marys, GA, daughter of Charles Howell RS. John and Maria Bessent are buried in marked graves in Oak Grove Cemetery SOURCES: 1?Copies of Folks Huxford Notes- Proof of Biographical Data b) James Bessent, b. Abt. 1780, All Saint's Parish, Georgetown District, SC d. Abt. 1829, Horry Co., SC; unmarried ? not sure where he died. b)-- John Bessant, Jr., born in NC Feb 6, 1799, son of Patriot John Bessent; married Maria Osborne Howell; and died March 17, 1883. Maria Osborne Howell was born May 28, 1813, in St. Marys. GA, daughter of Charles Howell RS and died in St. Marys Jan 10, 1903. They had seven children. This same information is listed in Kay Westberry book, ?Oak Grove cemetery. John Bessent Jr., was a merchant, wharf owner, operator of billiards room and bar in St. Marys | Bessent, John (I240)
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| 481 | John Bessent was born in 1765, in All Saint's Parish, Georgetown District, South Carolina. After the Revolutionary War, John Bessent lived in Horry County, South Carolina where his wife, Ann, apparently died in 1805. He moved to Georgia in 1816; lived one year in St Marys, and then moved to Nassau County, Territory of Florida where he lived until his death. John Bessent applied for a Revolutionary Soldier Pension under the Act of 1832, which was approved on April 15, 1833, and he was paid $27.33 annually. Around this time, his name is found attached to a petition from the Citizens of Nassau County, Florida to organize a municipality. | Bessent, John (I240)
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| 482 | John Brown was born on FEB 20 1764, in South Kingston, Rhode Island, and died APR 20 1825 in St. Marys, GA. Names of John Brown?s parents have not been determined, but his mother was a Crawford, because his uncle, John Crawford willed land to him as ?my nephew.? After the Revolutionary War, John Brown moved to St. Marys, and by 1788, was eligible to vote when the town was established. In recognition for services during the Revolutionary War- in 1784, he received two bounty land grants in Franklin and Washington Counties totaling 450 acres in 1784; another 200 acres in 1812; and in 1819, an additional 445 acres. Starting in 1798, he served as lieutenant in the 5th Company Camden County Militia, and was promoted to captain in 1801. He was also named to a commission to select the site for the courthouse and jail in the new county seat at Jeffersonton in 1802. He was named Justice of Peace in new district in 1806. As a resident of St. Marys, he received a Revolutionary Soldiers Pension starting August 8, 1820. John Brown died on April 20, 1825, (although tombstone incorrectly shows April 20, 1835), and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery. Camden County records show his widow, Sarah applied for administration on his estate on June 6, 1825, and his large plantation, including slaves, was divided among his widow and five sons in 1827. After his death his widow, Sarah Mizell Brown, moved from Camden County to Jefferson County, Florida with their five sons: David, Robert, Samuel Willard, John, and George. Later, she moved to Thomas County, Georgia, where she died in 1864. | Brown, John (I241)
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| 483 | John Brown, a native of South Kingston, Rhode Island, enlisted in the Continental Navy in 1779 at Boston, Massachusetts. He served aboard the frigate, USS Warren under the command of Captain Dudley Saltonstall. It was abandoned and burned to prevent capture by the British during the Battle of Penobscot Bay in August, 1779. He then sailed on another frigate USS Providence under the command of Captain Heckler in Commodore Abraham Whipple?s squadron into the port of Charleston on February 10, 1780. He was ordered to the Exchange Battery to serve under General Lincoln where he, only sixteen years old, was captured on May 12, 1780, by the British. He remained a prisoner on the British ship, ?Renown? in the Charleston Harbor until exchanged in August, 1780, when he re-enlisted in the Continental Navy at Philadelphia. Starting in 1798, he served as lieutenant in the 5th Company Camden County Militia, and was promoted to captain in 1801. | Brown, John (I241)
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| 484 | John Bryan Williams was born in Bertie County, North Carolina. He served under General Elijah Clarke in the 1st Battalion of Minutemen. He died in 1836 and was buried behind the colonial home he built in 1823 in Crawford County. After the Revolutionary War, but before 1880, John Williams married Susannah Mourning, her second marriage. They had four children: James Mourning Williams, Tryphena House, Rachel Moore, and Louisa M. Repass. John Williams purchased land in Crawford County where he made his plantation on a tract of 1000 acres. He also had a sawmill and a cotton factory on another 50 acres. The community became known as Robley, Georgia. Soon after 1823, John purchased 55 acres of land in the Blackankle District of Upson County, where he built the New Providence Factory. The factory was water-powered and produced thread. It was learned during probate of his estate that many of his friends and neighbors owed him money for various reasons. It would appear that John Bryan Williams was very wealthy and supported the needs of the neighborhood. | Williams, John Bryan (I66)
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| 485 | John Clark and his wife, the former Nancy Williamson, died in 1832 after contracting yellow fever. | Clark, ` John (I338)
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| 486 | John Clark was born on February 28, 1766, in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, so he was only 10 years old when the colonies declared their independence on July 4, 1776. John's early years of hunting and learning to use a gun and traps made him self-reliant by the age of five. His obituary from the Tallahassee Floridian tells us that during the Revolution he usually attended his father, the gallant Colonel Elijah Clarke, and participated in his father's many skirmishes and battles. At 14 he was sent to school in Wake County, North Carolina, but he didn't stay long. He joined a scouting party being raised to go against the British and Tories. When he returned from the scouting party, he found an opportunity to rejoin his father and abandoned formal schooling. Clark joined his father in the ranks of their countrymen and fought at the last siege of Augusta. Another account tells us that at 14, John became a Lieutenant in his father's Cavalry. At age sixteen he was appointed Lieutenant and then Captain of Militia. John Clark continued to fight the Tories with the same determination as his father. As a result he gained the reputation that he "knew no fear." John and his father were continually rewarded with land from the State of Georgia for their military efforts. After the war John Clark rose rapidly through the different grades of military command. In 1793 he was promoted to Brigadier General of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division of the Georgia Militia. He served in the House of Representatives and as State Senator from Wilkes County. He was a trustee of the University of Georgia for 9 years. He stayed in the Georgia militia and commanded the Georgia coastal troops during the war of 1812. | Clark, ` John (I338)
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| 487 | John Clark, veteran of both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, was a public servant for 42 years. The graves of Clark and his wife fell into neglect in Florida. In 1932, their bodies were brought back to Georgia by the Georgia Daughters of the American Revolution and re-interred in Marietta National Cemetery. | Clark, ` John (I338)
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| 488 | John Harris was a Revolutionary War Solider in Virginia and Maryland. He enlisted on November 8, 1776 and was a gunner in the artillery unit under Captain William Pierce. He served with the artillery in Moristown, New Jersey and was with George Washington at Valley Forge. He was buried in Oglethorpe County, GA. The original site has been developed as a subdivision and the grave was moved to the William Harris Homestead in Walton County, GA. | Harris, John (I110)
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| 489 | John Howell, a native of Wales, was a son of Elizabeth and Daniel Howell, a French Huguenot; John Howell was the brother of Patriot Charles Howell. The Howell family immigrated to New Jersey and a few years later in 1765, moved to Burke County, Georgia and settled on the Savannah River. John Howell was well educated, a very successful businessman and owned several ships engaged in trade between St. Marys and the West Indies. When the American Revolution began, he converted two of his ships into armed privateers at his own expense and operated them off the Georgia coast throughout the war with great success. John Howell also served as a captain of a galley in the Georgia Continental Navy during the Revolution. After the Revolution, John Howell became commander of the Eagle, the first U.S. Revenue Cutter on the Georgia station in August 1791. Because of rampant smuggling, the Revenue Cutter Service was established to serve as an armed customs and tariff enforcement service. Later named Revenue-Marine, they began intercepting slave ships illegally importing slaves into the United States. He married Catherine Innis, a native of Virginia, and they owned nice colonial homes in Augusta, Savannah and Darien. John Howell received 298,800 acres in Franklin & Glynn Counties between 1788 and 1795 for his Revolutionary War services. They moved to St. Marys in about 1800 where John Howell spent the last twenty years of his life. John and Catherine Howell had no children, but raised Eliza Ann Higdon, the daughter of his sister, Margaret Howell Higdon. He died in 1820, and was buried in an unmarked grave in Oak Grove Cemetery. His wife, Catherine, died in 1827 and is also buried in an unmarked grave at Oak Grove. In county records, he was listed as Captain John Howell, in respect of his command of armed privateers during the Revolutionary War, and continued maritime shipping business after the war. SOURCES: 1-- Oak Grove Cemetery, Kay Westberry page 123?descriptive paragraphs - John Howell, PWG, Capt. R.S., m. Catherine Innes of Virginia , spent last 20 years of his life in Camden, living in St. Marys until his death in 1820. After the Revolution he acquired land in Camden. Brother Charles and sister Mrs. Catherine Pearis-Osborne and husband Hon. Henry Osborne also moved here. She died at her home in St. Marys in 1827. Will: some of her property left to nieces, Mrs. Hannah McGillis (wife of Randolph) and Maria Osborne (wife of John Henry) the sole children of Capt. Howell's brother Charles and wife Mary Mariah Osborne and her husband J. H. were first cousins. He was the son of Henry and Catherine Howell Osborne and the dau. of Charles Howell. Charles and Mary both died in St. Marys. Her grave marked, 1774-1852. No other Howell graves are marked in Oak Grove Cemetery. 2-- Pioneers of Wiregrass, Folks Huxford, Volume 1- page 13 - John Howell, son of Daniel and Elizabeth Howell (same as Charles above) French Huguenot from Wales, married Catherine Innis (b 1774) of Camden County. John and Catherine had no children, but raised the daughter of his sister, Margaret Howell Higdon. A patriot, merchant, seaman, plantation owner, revenue cutter captain and privateer, John lived on his Campodown Plantation near St. Marys. John Howell died in 1820, living the last 20 years of his life in St. Marys. His was survived by his wife, Catherine, who died in 1827 at her home in St. Marys. Her will was dated July 23, 1827. John is a brother of Kitty (Catherine) Pearis-Osborne, wife of St. Marys founder Henry Osborne and to Charles Howell who is an ancestor to many Camden residents. On March 20, 1820, Henry Osborne deeded a gift to his minor son, John Howell Osborne. town lot 4. Captain John Howell was named trustee for the minor just prior to John?s death. See real estate transactions of John Howell and details of his wife, Catherine?s will in Huxford, Vol 1, p139 | Howell, John (I263)
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| 490 | John Irwin served in Captain Alexander Irwin's Company of the Georgia Troops commanded by Colonel Asa Emanuel. After the Revolution, he became a Captain and a General. He died at the home of Simon Whitaker in Milledgeville, GA. | Irwin, John (I209)
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| 491 | John Jones was born about 1753. His birth place is not clear. Some records indicate he was born in VA, others show GA. | Jones, Private John (I230)
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| 492 | John Justus Grovenstein - Native of Austria was a Salzburger, who moved from Charleston, South Carolina to Ebenezer in St. Matthews Parish in 1760. He was a deacon in the church at Ebenezer in 1775. John Grovenstein married Catherine Biddenback on February 22 1763, at Ebenezer in now Effingham County, Georgia. They had six children: Christian, Henry Lewis, Mary, John Justus Jr. who married Mary Reiser, Henry Lewis (II) who married Hannah M. Dasher, and Christopher who married Elizabeth Trevant. After the Revolution, John Grovenstein moved to St. Marys, and lived on the Satilla River. He died in 1789 and was buried in an unmarked grave at Oak Grove Cemetery, one of the earliest burials in the cemetery. Sources: 1-- Oak Grove Cemetery, --Kay Westberry page 227- Six Grovenstein and Grovenstine family members were buried in Oak Grove with many unmarked plots around them. Christopher & Elizabeth Trevant Grovenstein; John Lewis and Henrietta Simpson Grovenstine & son J.W.A; Henry Grovenstein One son, Henry Grovenstine married the daughter of Patriot John Bachlott, Jr, thus further linking the families of Revolutionary War Patriots. 2-- Pioneers of Wiregrass, Folks Huxford, see John Justus son, Christopher Vol 5- page 181- info for himself and children 3- The Salzburgers and Their Descendants- P.A. Strobel John Justus- p 125; - his Genealogy John Justus p 180- was a deacon in the Salzberger church at Ebenezer in 1775. Christopher p 137 ? two generations; also his daughter Rebecca and her children | Grovenstein, John Justus (I265)
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| 493 | John Justus Grovenstein rendered patriotic services during the Revolutionary War, by providing supplies to the Continental Army, including a horse for the Cavalry of Count Casimir Pulaski during the Siege of Savannah in September and October 1779. Sources: 1-- DAR Patriot Index: Not listed in printed book, but included in DAR GRS files-John Justus Grovenstein Ancestor # A047943- DAR Member- Madera Arnow Procter (Natl # 163107), member Earl Of Camden DAR Chapter; submitted May 17, 1978 GROVENSTEIN, JOHN JUSTUS Ancestor #: A047943 Service: Georgia Rank: Patriotic Service Birth: Circa 1740; Death: After 7- -1789 Ebenezer Georgia Service Description: Rendered Aid to the Armed Forces | Grovenstein, John Justus (I265)
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| 494 | John Lewis was born September, 1757, in Albemarle County, Virginia, the son of John Terrell Lewis and Sarah Taliaferro. He served two tours of duty, three months each in 1776, in unspecified units. The next year, in 1777, John enlisted as a Private in Captain John Marks’ company in a Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Charles Lewis (relationship unknown) and later commanded by Col. William Davies. John fought in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth. Sometime around 1780, he moved to Carolina and made another three month enlistment under Major General Nathanial Green while he was encamped at the High Hills of Santee. It was under Nathanial Green that he served when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown in October of 1781. On December 22 of 1784, John Lewis married Ann Berry Earle in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Rutherford County is in the western foothills of North Carolina and, at the time, was on the very edge of Cherokee Indian lands. By 1834 John and his family were living in Anderson District of South Carolina, which is a little south of Rutherford, NC, and abutting what was then Franklin County, GA. The Cherokee were being pushed further west and north in Georgia. And it appears that John’s family always lived on the very edge of the frontier. By 1836, at the age of 79, John continued west to Cass County, Georgia, where he and his wife Ann spent their final years with their youngest son. John Lewis died on 4 November 1840. | Lewis, Major John (I135)
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| 495 | John Marshall is SAR Patriot Ancestor P-241851 and served with the GA Troops. He received bounty land in Washington County, GA, for his services. Source: "Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers", p. 171, with additional sources listed | Marshall, John (I251)
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| 496 | John Marshall was the second born son of Patriot Rev. Daniel Marshall and Martha Stearns. He served in the Georgia Militia during the Revolutionary War. He was a Planter in Columbia County, GA. His wife, Dorothy Boomer, died young. John and Dorthy had four daughters. He became a large landowner in Columbia County. Sources: 1. "Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers", p. 171, with additional sources listed 2. Remarks by Joseph H. Marshall, III, PhD, 6th generation descendant of Patriot Rev. Daniel Marshall, given at the Marshall Family Patriot Grave Marking Ceremony, 03 Oct 2015, Appling, GA | Marshall, John (I251)
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| 497 | John Milledge grave was marked 12 Oct 2013 by the William Few Chapter, GASSAR / Colllege Hill Chapter, DAR / Augusta Chapter, DAR | Milledge, John (I227)
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| 498 | John Milledge was one of the most important political figures in Georgia during the Revolutionary War and early national period, holding positions as governor, congressman for four terms in the US House of Representatives and president pro tempore in the US Senate. Milledge, one of the party who seized British colonial governor James Wright at Savannah in January 17776 was also a principal figure in the organization of the University of Georgia. Milledge was on the committee that decided the location of the institution, and later he purchased and donated the land on which the university and the town of Athens now stand. (The New Georgia Encyclopedia). | Milledge, John (I227)
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| 499 | John Osgood died on March 21, 1807 in Liberty County, Georgia, and his Will was probated on May 4, 1807. | Osgood, John (I298)
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| 500 | John Osgood married Esther Scarf in 1773, in Liberty County, and they had five children: Ann, John, Mary, Sarah and Esther. Mrs. Esther Osgood died in 1786, in Liberty County, and then John Osgood married Rebecca Baker in 1798. They had two children: Rebecca and William. Mrs. Rebecca Osgood died in November 1797 in Liberty County. | Osgood, John (I298)
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