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551	Levi Marshall was the fourth born son of Patriot Rev. Daniel Marshall and Martha Stearns. He was a Revolutionary War Soldier from Georgia and became a Planter in Columbia County. Source: "Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers", p. 171, with additional references listed	Marshall, Levi (I253)
552	Lewis Mory enlisted in the Continental Navy in 1778, and became a midshipman on the frigate, Confederacy along with his brother Robert, a shipwright. In 1779, the ship sailed for Philadelphia where he contracted smallpox, but soon recovered. The ship was assigned convoy duty and captured three prizes, and drove off two British frigates. In 1781, when returning from a trip to France and Spain, the Confederacy was captured by two British ships, and Lewis Mory was confined on the prison ship, Jersey, in the New York harbor for about nine months.	Mory, Lewis (I243)
553	Lewis Mory was born in Kingston, Rhode Island, and enlisted in the Continental Navy in 1778. After the Revolutionary War, Lewis Mory became the owner and master of several vessels in Philadelphia during the next three decades. Voyage accounts in newspapers report journeys to France, Cuba, South America, Caribbean, Island of Maderia and Africa. His cargoes included flour, brandy, rum, Maderia wine, sugar and bar iron. ON June 25, 1793, the brig Susannah and Captain Mory were captured by the British privateer Fanny, near St. Bartholomew?s on the return voyage from Bordeaux, and the French cargo was removed by the British privateer. Reportedly, he was captain of the ship, William Henry, which sailed to St. Croix in December 1817. The ship then carried General ?Lighthorse Harry? Lee to General Nathanael Green?s Dungeness estate on Cumberland Island to recuperate from injuries. Mory returned later that year to visit an old friend and fellow midshipman on the Confederacy, Amos Latham, keeper of the Cumberland Island lighthouse. Mory became ill on the voyage, was cared for by Latham, but died in St. Marys in August 1818, at age fifty eight years, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery. On his tombstone at Oak Grove, he is listed as ?Captain Lewis Mory of Philadelphia? in recognition of his reputation with merchant vessels and the fact that he was not a resident in St. Marys.	Mory, Lewis (I243)
554	Lyman Hall was one of three Georgians to sign the Declaration of Independence. He served as a representative to the Continental Congress and as governor of Georgia (1783-84). Hall was born April 12, 1724, in Wallingford, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1747 and became an ordained Congregational minister. By 1753 Hall had abandoned the ministry for medicine. He moved to South Carolina in 1757 and was granted land in Georgia near the Midway Meeting House in St. John's Parish in 1760. An active and early leader in the Revolutionary movement, he was elected to represent St. John's Parish in the Second Continental Congress in 1775. He participated in debates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that year but did not vote, as he did not represent the entire colony. A year later, as an official representative of Georgia, Hall signed the Declaration (along with Button Gwinnett and George Walton of Georgia). He left Philadelphia in February 1777, though he continued to be elected to Congress until 1780. After the Revolution (1775-83), Hall resumed his medical practice in Savannah. In January 1783 he was elected governor. During his administration, he had to deal with several difficult issues, including confiscated estates, frontier problems with Loyalists and Indians, and a bankrupt and depleted treasury. One highlight, however, was the role he played in helping to establish the University of Georgia in 1785. That same year he sold his plantation, Hall's Knoll, and in 1790 he moved to Burke County, where he purchased Shell Bluff Plantation. He died there on October 19, 1790, at the age of sixty-six, and was buried there. His remains were re-interred at the Signers Monument in Augusta, GA, in 1848. Hall County is named for him.	Hall, Dr. Lyman (I293)
555	Major James Carter ? Patriot History Speech delivered by: Catherine Elizabeth (Talley) Campbell, Descendant of Major James Carter, during GASSAR Patriot Grave Marking. A few times each week I drive down Broad Street into downtown Augusta, either on my way to and from work or to exercise. It is almost surreal to think that in the area that I traverse so frequently is where my ancestor engaged in a Revolutionary battle almost 240 years ago. Prior to the war, James Carter lived in the Old 96 district in South Carolina, which was comprised of present-day Abbeville, Edgefield, and other counties. As with many families in this area, James witnessed the Revolutionary War unfold literally in his backyard. By the summer of 1780, the war that raged in the backcountry of South Carolina had effectively become America?s first civil war as Patriot neighbors fought against Loyalist neighbors. Backcountry fighting tended to be especially brutal and retaliatory as it was personal. James was probably born around 1750 in Lunenburg County, Virginia. Not a lot is known of him besides his service during the Revolutionary War. However, through the process of assembling pieces from family records, a picture has been constructed. James had three brothers ? Robert, Thomas, and John - all of whom were born also in Lunenburg County, Virginia. However, there is a burning question that has plagued both myself and other Carter descendants - who were the parents? We don?t know for certain, but they must have had some social standing as they owned a fair amount of property and all the Carter children married into prominent Virginian families. More than likely his parents died when he was a minor as James had a guardian and executor named Thomas Scott, who was either a family friend or relative. Sometimes local courts would appoint guardians to the children if the father or both parents had passed. While in Virginia, James married Leticia Mary Martin in Prince Edward County, who was written to have ?attended Washington?s Inaugural Ball and was a wealthy belle of her day.? James? brother, Thomas, married her sister, Sarah. They - along with other family members and friends moved from Virginia to the Old 96 District probably in the mid-1770s. Given his proximity to battlefields and ascension to the rank of Major, I know that he must have fought in multiple battles, but you will find many ?James Carters? on the various rosters. However, we know for certain of one, which was the failed recapture of Augusta in September 1780. In January of 1779, Augusta was taken by the British. Those that remained in Augusta either signed an oath of allegiance to the King or accepted the loss of their property. Those that would renege on their oath would suffer the consequences. At the helm of this occupation was Loyalist, Colonel Thomas Browne, who had been a resident of Augusta. A few years prior, he attracted the anger of the Whigs by publicly denouncing their association and summoning friends of the King to join a counter-association. When he refused to swear to honor the Association, the mob tarred and feathered, and exposed him to public ridicule. Needless to say, he had no love for Augusta as a result. Soon after, he made his escape to the British, swearing vengeance against all patriots. Colonel Elijah Clarke, a militia leader from Wilkes County, Georgia, had for a long time had been anxious to expel Browne from Augusta. These two men had a history ? both on and off the field. In early September 1780, Clarke and Lieutenant Colonel James McCall assembled three divisions of men for an attempt to retake Augusta, which included Major Carter. The divisions headed towards Augusta to get possession of what was called the White House at McKay?s Trading Post, a little over two miles away from Fort Augusta along the Savannah River in present day Harrisburg. Fort Augusta, which housed the first edition of my church, St. Paul?s, was renamed to Fort Cornwallis when it was taken by the British. It was not adequately fortified at that time, so Browne attempted to move his position to the trading post. The garrisons of the enemy?s forts were completely surprised by the Patriot divisions. Upon detection of Clarke?s arrival at Augusta, Browne immediately sent a message to Lt.-Col. John Harris Cruger's command at Fort Ninety-Six for reinforcements. In the meantime, British troops under Browne and their Indian allies had retreated to the trading post. Clarke persevered in his attempts to bring the enemy to submission, but Browne continued to defend his post even though he himself had been shot through both thighs. The wounded were suffering for medical aid, and were destitute of water with Clarke having succeeded in depriving the garrison of supply. After a four-day siege, the British were nearly forced to surrender when reinforcements arrived on the opposite side of the river from Ninety-Six. Clarke withdrew, from a belief that further efforts to retake Augusta would be useless and even more costly. The loss for Clarke was sixty killed and wounded. Of those wounded was Major Carter who took a moral wound at the door of the White House. At great hazard, he was carried off by Lt. William Bugg to his family plantation where we are standing now. It?s only fitting that the grave beside Major Carter is his friend (who was related by marriage through the Martins) who helped him escape from the hands of the enemy. He was one of the fortunate ones. Those Patriots whose wounds would not allow them to be moved fell into the hands of the enemy. Thirteen of the wounded prisoners were hanged in the staircase of the White House as a consequence of their betrayal to the crown. All this was mercy compared to what others suffered as they were delivered to the Indians. James Carter was nursed by the faithful hands of Mrs. Sherwood Bugg until his death a few days later. Elizabeth was no stranger to this task as she had converted her home into a refuge and hospital for the Patriots and Continental soldiers, nursing many of them back to health. Although the first siege appeared to be a failure, this battle triggered the events that led to Kings Mountain. Following the attack, Clarke and his regiment retreated to North Carolina, hounded by Indians and loyalists. Lord Cornwallis dispatched a force of loyalists under Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Ferguson to cut off Clarke's band. Instead, Clarke's friends from the mountains swarmed down under their own leaders, caught Ferguson on Kings Mountain, and scored a decisive victory for the patriots the month following the failed siege. Major Carter left behind two sons, one daughter as well as an unborn child ? my ancestor, Farish. Colonel Farish Carter, for whom Cartersville is named, went on to become a very successful businessman, playing an important role in the growth of Georgia's pre-war economy. I am descended through his daughter, Catherine. Harriet Wilson Balart, her son, James Carter Balart and two of his children ? Charlotte and James ? who join us here today from Louisiana are descended through his son, James Farish. Upon learning of Major Carter?s demise, Colonel Elijah Clarke paid this tribute by saying: " A man of more bravery than Major Carter never occupied a space between heaven and earth.? For Clarke to have spoken so highly of him gives me some indication of the type of man he was. And, I am very grateful to know what I do know as there are many Patriot descendants whose ancestors are of the same caliber - but their stories are lost to time.	Carter, Maj James (I320)
556	Major John Carter married Letitia Martin, daughter of John and Ann (Farish) Martin.? -Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly. Vol. III, p172. Letitia Martin married James Carter prob.in VA around 1773. After the death of James Carter at the siege of Augusta, she remarried first a McFarland. In 1782, she is referred to as Littice McFarland, alias Carter in probate papers for James Carter?s estate. She was still referred to as Letice McFarlin in Aug 1785. She later remarried Thomas Winn by 1788. Her sister Sarah Martin married Thomas Carter, the brother of James Carter, also in Prince Edward Co, VA. Letitia was pregnant with a son when James Carter was killed in battle. The boy was born 2 months later and named ?Farish? Carter, Letitia?s mother?s maiden name.	Carter, Maj James (I320)
557	Major William Skinner III served under Captain John Purvis' Co of the SC Rangers commanded by Col. William Thompson. "For payment for his faithful service during the Revolutionary War of 1776' Major William Skinner III was given a land grant in Screven County, Georgia. President George Washington stopped and had breakfast with Major Skinner at his home in Screven County in 1791 on his tour through Georgia. Washington's visit is depicted on a historical marker in Screven County, Georgia	Skinner, William III (I325)
558	Mammy Kate, by legend, and passed down by "word of mouth" rescued Captain Stephen Heard when he was scheduled to be put to death by hanging in Augusta (Fort Cornwallis?) According to legend , newspaper articles, and a will of 1820, Mammy Kate who served Stephen Heard as a slave, traveled to Augusta, and after passing the guards several times to wash his clothes, passed by the Tory Guards with a large clothes basket containing Stephen Heard and walked out of the prison.	Kate, Mammy (I185)
559	Margaret Baird was born in Scotland ca 1783. She married Thomas Miller after James Baird?s death, but when Margaret Baird Miller died July 3, 1852, age 70, she was buried alongside James Baird.	Baird, James (I238)
560	Marriage information unknown.	Flournoy, Robert (I248)
561	Married Louisa Madden who died on June 3, 1833	Stotesbury, John (I267)
562	Married (1) Theodosia Beck BEAZLEY (BEASLEY); married (2) Elizabeth STOWERS b: 1763 in Orange Co., Va	McMullan, John (I122)
563	Married - Ann (unknown surname) died in 1805, Horry County, South Carolina	Bessent, John (I240)
564	Married 1st and only wife as far as we know, Anne ???? circa 1768 in Bute County, NC, born circa 1750 in North Carolina, died 29 May 1823 in Jackson County, Georgia.	Wilson, William (I330)
565	Married 1st Martha Morrow - Pension Number W5940	Bryson, Daniel L. (I216)
566	Married Amelia Barber Abt 1763 Her parents Father: (RS)Patrick Barber: Born: 1721, Ireland; Died: 1791, New York; Mother: Jane Fraser: Born: 1721, Ireland; Died: 1795, New York	Wansley, John Sr. (I226)
567	Married Ann Zubly Bard of Savannah, GA; she was born 8-27-1758; married on December 14, 1786; and died on October 31, 1831	Seagrove, James (I261)
568	Married Anna Henry c. 1774 Anna & Colesby lived in Chatham County of the Hillsborough District, NC. There is a Grant in Grant book C-65, No. 602 in the State of NC for 200 acres on the waters of Bear Creek in Chatham Co., NC issued Oct 23, 1782. Also an Entry No. 812, entered Oct 26, 1779, Book 48, page 12 for Coleby Smith. Also, the following in the Chatham County, NC Record of Deed, -C-, page 456, this Indenture made the 21st day of Jan. 1785, between Colby Smith and Ann, his wife of Chatham County, NC of the one part and Thomas Younger of the County & State aforesaid of the other part for twenty pounds delivering to Thomas Younger all that tract of land lately granted to the same Colby Smith, situate on the waters of great branch of Bear Creek.	Smith, Colesby (I204)
569	Married Anne Bonner about 1776	Temple, Peter (I234)
570	Married Bethany Arnold b. NC 1749; d, GA 1844 11 Children	Callaway, John Farrar (I296)
571	Married c 1785	Ledford, Peter G. Sr. (I199)
572	Married Catherine Biddenback on February 22 1763, at Ebenezer in now Effingham County, Georgia.	Grovenstein, John Justus (I265)
573	Married Charity; date unknown.	Bowers, Job (I214)
574	Married First Mary Blair in 1771. Mary was sister to Col. James Blair and first cousin to Daniel Boone. Married Second Eleandor York 08 May 1829.	Guest, Moses (I81)
575	Married Frankee Ward of Culpeper Co., VA. Franky (Ward) Vawter d. aft. 31 Mar 1791 (will) and bef. 7 Nov 1792 when John Vawter signed a deed on behalf of his minor children along with the other heirs of Jacob Ward in Culpeper Co. VA. Married 2nd Joannah Vernon.	Vawter, John (I121)
576	Married Lucretia Womack in NC. After their marriage they moved to Georgia where his brother had settled in a section of Georgia east of Athens Georgia as the Cloud's Creek. He amassed a large amount of land and became a very successful farmer. He and Lucretia had four daughters. The family continued their patriotic attitude which continued through his grandchildren. Sources: Family history from Cloud Creek's Church, Hiram Howard's will and History of Winterville published in 1980	Howard, Hiram (I50)
577	Married Margaret Adams b 10 Oct 1780 on prob 1794-95. Source: Bible Record W. H. Smith from Hartwell, GA.	Brown, Andrew Jackson (I206)
578	Married Margaret Paris in 1780 in Lunenburg County, VA. William and Margaret had three children: Samuel Bugg (1789-1837); Elizabeth C. Bugg (1792-1864); and William M. Bugg, Jr. (1795-1823).	Bugg, William Sr. (I312)
579	Married Martha Son - Seth Starling	Strange, John (I301)
580	Married Mary; date unknown.	Sparks, Jeremiah (I211)
581	Married Mehitable, date unknown.	Carter, David Sr. (I213)
582	Married Mourning Clark, b. Aug. 12, 1764 (dau. of CHRISTOPHER CLARK, REV. SOLDIER of Ga., and his wife Millicent Terrell). Children: 1. Charles, b. 1784; mar. Mary Ann Clark. 2. Martha, mar. Nicholas Good. 3. James, b. 1788; mar. Rebecca Grizzle. 4. Milly, b. 1790; mar. Humphrey Posey. 5. Nancy, mar. Simeon Glenn. 6. Elizabeth, mar. Thomas Bell. 7. Margaret, mar. Thomas Good. 8. Keturah, mar. James Hamm. 9. Mary (Polly), mar. Joseph Bell. 10. Henry, d. y. 11. Thomas, d. y. 12. Susan, b. 1799; mar. James Bell, Jr. 13. Jane, b. 1801; mar. John Grizzle. 14. Sarah, b. 1803; mar. Thomas C. Elliott. 15. Lucy, b. 1809; mar. Nathan Mattox."Source: McCall, Mrs. Howard H., Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia (Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004), Volume III, page 136.	Key, William Bibb (I288)
583	Married Nancy Cooper (b: 1759, d: 1849-50) Had children: Benjamin, Preston, John, Mary, Verlinda, Elizabeth, Ruth, and?.	Starrett, Lt. James (I224)
584	Married Nancy Hollinsberry	Sturdevant, John (I233)
585	Married Rachael Sparks.	Reed, Samuel (I222)
586	Married Sabra Hicks b. 1731 Massachusetts d. 1820 Sparta, Hancock, Georgia	Turner, Zadoc (I235)
587	Married Sarah Son Stephen	John, Baker (I332)
588	Married Sarah "Sally" Kellis 05 Jan 1786 in Wilkes county, NC. Sarah died in Elbert County, GA on 15 Aug 1847.	Rice, Leonard (I207)
589	Married Sarah Elizabeth Scales date unknown.	Haynes, Moses (I208)
590	Married Sarah Holbook on 20 May 1780 at Rowan County, NC. Sarah was orn 10 February 1759, the daughter of John Holbrook in Mecklenburg, NC. Died 18 July 1858 in Chattooga County, GA. Elias and Sarah had the following children: (1) Charles Baker born 14 June 1781 Rowan Co. NC (2) Mary Baker born 22 Jan 1783 Franklin Co NC (3) Ann Baker born 30 Nov 1784 Rowan Co NC (4) John Monroe Baker born 4 Dec 1786 Rowan Co NC (5) Margaret Baker born 2 Jan 1788 Lincoln Co NC (6) James G Baker bonr 7 July 1792 Franklin Co GA (7) Elizabeth Baker born 19 Sept 1796 Franklin Co GA (8) Catherine Baker born 19 March 1789 Franklin Co GA (9) Sarah (Sally) Baker born 24 Aug 1804 Franklin Co GA.	Baker, Elias (I272)
591	Married Sarah Wansley Beck Abt 1763. Wife was the daughter of Pvt. John Wansley buried in the same cemetery as Capt. Beck. After Capt. Beck died, she traveled with son to Murray County. She died in the 1860's and is buried in Chatsworth, GA	Beck, Capt. John (I225)
592	Married Sarah Wynne	Marshall, Levi (I253)
593	Married Susanna Hartwell of Spencer, Massachusetts	Beamis or Bemus, Eleazer (I258)
594	Married Susannah Smith Bef. 1799 in Ninety-Six District, SC. She was born in Georgia, and died August 1, 1833 in Elbert, Georgia, GA.	Richardson, Amos (I126)
595	Married Tabitha Sanderlin; died in Hamilton County, Florida in 1841.	Roberts, Richard (I268)
596	Married to Susannah Lucas	Marshall, Zaccheus (I254)
597	Married with at least two children, but don?t know their names or name of wife	Woodworth, Darius (I256)
598	Married: Elizabeth Phibin Child: Benjamin, Jr.	Andrew, Benjamin (I331)
599	Michael's father John aka Johann Adam GAAR was age 21 during 1732, when his Bavarian family from Illenschwang was imported in the ship Loyal Judith belonging to the Virginia Co of London. Robert Turpin, shipmaster sailed with 300 Palatines from Rotterdam to Portsmouth and Johann GAAR was the tenth name listed. His father Andreas (Andrew) GAAR b 14 Jun 1685 was the first name listed by the shipmaster. A weaver by occupation, he and his wife Eve Seidelmann and 12 children arrived in Portsmouth from Illenschwang, Bavaria abt. 1732. His Majesty's Lt. Gov. and Cmdr. in Chief of Virginia's Colony, Alexander Spotswood encouraged the colony of German Protestants settlement including, Andrew and sons - John Adam age 21 and Lorenz age 16. The Governor's heir, John Spotswood Jr. of Orange Grove may be seen as a Grantee in the 1767 family deed to John Adam GAAR. This GAAR Indenture for property is presently mapped as GAAR Mountain, Madison, VA and it was part of the Spotswood grant that devolved to Spotswood's grandson John, thus John was selling off part of his inheritance to Adam GAAR. In this property line is seen Richard Waugh, (1732 - 1805) a Maj of VA Militia in 1777-78. This GAAR Family purchased land during Aug 1747 from James Maxwell of St. Mark's Parish within Orange Co., VA at GAAR Mountain in Hebron Valley. Johann Adam GAAR and his wife Elizabeth Kaffer are the first names in the old Lutheran Church books of Madison Co., VA of date 1775. The Library of VA Imaging Services Branch, Richmond, VA has a Legislative Petition recorded in Oct 1776 revealing the Gaar family as signers of the Petition sent to the VA Assembly House of Burgesses from Hebron Church (erected 1740) at Madison, for relief from paying taxes other than for their Church parish and their own poor. The first signer is Adam Gaar along with his sons, Michael and Benjamin. Adam's nephews (Lorenz' sons) John & Andrew also signed this petition advocating the popular idea of separation of church and state …Hebron Lutheran Church is a Registered National Historic Landmark at Madison, VA. At Culpeper, VA ca 1766 Michael married Elizabeth Wilhoit the dau. of Adam & Catherine Wilhoit, one of 4 brothers from Germany then named Prussia. Elizabeth's sister, Mary, married Rev. William Carpenter, Sr., an RS like his son, Wm, Jr. They both were present at the surrender at Yorktown during Oct. 1781. Michael GAAR and Elizabeth joined an Orange, VA wagon party of families and collateral relatives including May Burton, Jr., Benjamin Head, Jr., John and his son Joseph Rucker, who traveled and settled in Capt. Dunston Blackwell's Dist. of Wilkes Co., later named Elbert Co. Joseph Rucker's sister, Margaret/Peggy (aka Lucy) married Michael's son William GAAR. Another sister, Mary (Polly) Rucker married William's brother, George GAAR and the couple is laid to rest at Vans Creek Baptist Church Cem. adjacent to his father, Michael. John Adam GAAR and his son Michael did not change their residence. John's will was recorded in Culpeper in Jan 1790 but later in the same yr Madison Co. was struck off from Culpeper, so his will was probated in Madison Co. Source: GARR Genealogy, pg. 544 published 1894 Cincinnati.	Gaar, Michael Adam (I106)
600	Midway Congregational Church records show John Quarterman, Sr. as an organizing member. All the Quartermans were members of the Midway Congregational Church, died in Liberty County and are assumed to be buried in the Midway Cemetery, and three, Thomas Quarterman, Robert Quarterman and Joseph Quarterman, currently have a tombstone marking their graves.	Quarterman, Joseph (I300)

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