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| 701 | Private in Capts. William Blackwells Co.of Col. Patrick Henry's Virginia Regiment. He later enlisted in Wilkes Co. and served for tow years as a Private in Capt. Richard Allen's Co. of Col. Hampton's NC Troops. Later he served as an Orderly Sergeant in Captain John Lowman's Co. of Colonel William's Regiment. He was taken prisoner when Charleston surrendered in May of 1780. He later served with Captain Martin Gamble's Co of Colonel Cleveland's North Carolina Troops. After the Revolution, he lived in North Carolina for 30 years. He then moved to Hancock Co., GA where he lived for several years. In 1823, he moved to Franklin County,Tenn. where he applied for a pension. He also applied for persions in Walker and Chattooga Counties, GA. | O'Rear, Daniel (I155)
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| 702 | Private, 1776-1779, NC, SC Militia; served at Cowpens and seige of Ninety- Six | McCleskey, James (I152)
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| 703 | Private, Hudgins' Co., Hendricks' VA Regt. | Waldrop, James (I76)
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| 704 | Private, Sumpter's S. Reg., S.C. Militia. | Kitchens, Zachariah (I75)
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| 705 | Proof Service is NC Revolutionary Army Accounts (NC State Archives) Volumne 8, Book K, Folio 93, #1075. Married Mary Lanier. | Bankston, Reverend John (I134)
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| 706 | Pvt. PA Militia | Eavenson, Eli (I303)
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| 707 | Rank Patriotic Service. Source: A List of classes Culpepper County, Virginia GRC 1983, S1 V213 Page 85. DAR Web Site A00155 | Family: George Alexander / Mary Aiken (F3)
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| 708 | Received land in the 1827 GA Land Lottery as a Revolutionary War Veteran. | Haynes, Moses (I208)
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| 709 | Reference - FROM ROME TO RUCKERSVILLE-OUR WANSLEY HISTORY | Beck, Capt. John (I225)
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| 710 | Reference Sources: Sara Jane Overstreet, 4th Great Granddaughter Arnold & Burnham c2001 GA Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers V 1 Clark c1983S Colonial Soldiers of the South 1732-1774 Crumpton c1987 Cemeteries & Genealogy Warren Co GA & Immediate Vacility 1792-1987 Daughters of the American Revolution A005702 Coweta Co GA Cemeteries c1986 Crumpton c1993 Warren Co GA 1793-1900 Genealogy II Fayette Co GA DB B p37 Deed from Drury Banks 1826 Fayette Co GA DB B p 532 Drury Banks 1831 Fayette Co GA DB C pp 38-39 1832 Hadley, Horton, & Strowd c 1971 Chatham County 1771-1971 HITZ 2nd print c1966 AUTH LIST OF ALL LAND LOTTERY GRANTS MADE TO VETS OF THE REV WAR BY GA London c1894 An Address on the Revolutionary History of Chatham Co NC delivered 4 July 1876 Macon Telegraph 1 Nov 1827 McCall c1969 Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia Vol III Revolutionary War pension application R.475 NC NC State Auditor's Office Treasurer & Comptrollers Papers Revolutionary War Pay Voucher s.115.66 1783 Storey c1984 Grandpap's Family Warren Co GA Property Tax Digest 1805 & 1817 U S Census records 1790, 1820, 1830 | Banks, Drury (I229)
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| 711 | Reference: The Arnold book, Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers, Elbert County on Vol I page 249./Heitman's | Wansley, John Sr. (I226)
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| 712 | Refugee soldier during the revolution. Fount at the seige of Augusta, the seige of Savannah, Battle of Kettle Creek. Moved to Early Co., in 1818. Received war pension land in Wilkes Co., and in Early Co. | Alexander, James Wooten (I169)
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| 713 | Representative Georgia House of Assembly 1782-1783. | John, Baker (I332)
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| 714 | Reuben Smith was born 17 July 1756, in Virginia and at age 12 moved to Surry County, North Carolina. He became one of the “overmountain” settlers that became participants in the Revolutionary War when the British threatened to lay waste to their land and hang their leaders. Reuben Smith was most likely recruited by Col. Benjamin Roebuck or Col. James Williams about 1880. He served as a Lieutenant under Capt John Mapp and Col Roebuck. After Patriot Smith’s Revolutionary War service ended, sometime in 1782, he married Elizabeth Mapp, the sister of his commanding officer, Capt John Mapp. They lived initially in South Carolina, and in 1790, moved to Greene County, Georgia. Reuben died on 14 February 1836 in Greene County. | Smith, Reuben (I67)
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| 715 | Rev. soldier-In 1776-enlisted in Albemarle County. Pvt in Captain Harris? Company of Colonel Lewis 14th Va Regt. Pension S 32045 Signed his Rev. War pension affidavit on 19 May 1833 before Dillard Herndon, Justice of the Inferior Court of Elbert Co., GA. He was granted a pension of $30.00 per year to commence on 4 Mar 1831, pension number 16484, recorded by Nath. Rice, Clerk, Book C, Vol. 6, page 106. | Wansley, John Sr. (I226)
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| 716 | Rev. Thomas Maxwell was from Virginia and fought in the Revolution. He was a defender of the Baptist Faith and was jailed for preaching the Bible in Culpeper County, VA. Dramatic event in his life- he and many others were jailed for preaching the Gospel. It was said, lawyer Esquire Patrick Henry at that time had him released. (Patrick Henry was later one of the crafters of our Constitution especially the 1st Amendment). | Maxwell, Reverend Thomas (I287)
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| 717 | Reverend John Osgood, along with his brother, Josiah Osgood and his two sons, John Osgood (b1747) and Josiah Osgood (b1748), arrived in Midway in 1754, with fifteen other families, all members of the congregation of the White Meeting House in Dorchester, South Carolina. | Osgood, John (I298)
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| 718 | Revolutionary War Pension number: W 25548, roll number 0875. | Durkee, Nathaniel (I291)
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| 719 | Revolutionary War Service Marker Type: SAR Date Grave Marked: 10-4-2014 Chapter(s) Sponsoring Grave Marking: Blue Ridge Mtns, GASSAR and Silas McDowell NCSSAR | Bryson, Daniel L. (I216)
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| 720 | Richard Christmas and Mary Robertson had to wait to get married until after the Revolutionary War. There was a saying "Dicky Christmas and Robertson finally got married". In 1792 Christmas moved to the Edgefield District, South Carolina where he applied for a received a pension. He won lottery land in Georgia, and on Dec. 4, 1834 he was living in Muscogee County, Georgia. Tradition indicates that the Christms and Huff families moved together from NC through SC to Georgia as inseparable families and friends, both settling in Muscogee County. Two of the Christmas daughters married Huff sons. Richard Christmas died in 1847 at the age of 86. His wife, Mary, died the previous year at age 78. Both are buried in the family cemetery said to be in the garden of their home. The house was located NE of the cemetery across County Line road. | Christmas, Richard (I102)
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| 721 | Richard Gascoigne signed an Oath of Loyalty to the State of Georgia on August 5, 1777, as a resident of Wilkes County, Georgia. He also signed a letter from the Liberty Club of Savannah asking to have General Lachlan McIntosh removed from military service. This meant that he had aligned himself with Button Gwinnett in his conflict with Lachlan McIntosh over control of the military troops in Georgia. During late 1779 and 1780, Richard Gascoigne served as a private in the Georgia Continental Line. He was detailed as a hospital steward for the 2nd Battalion Georgia Continental Line. After the Revolutionary War, Richard Gascoigne moved to St. Marys before 1793, and served in Captain John F. Randolph?s Troop of Dragoons stationed at Colerain. Their purpose was to combat hostile Creek Indians on the frontier and the south side of the St. Marys River. He served on the Council of Safety, formed with another Revolutionary War Patriot Elihu Hibbard, as President. | Gascoigne, Richard (I244)
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| 722 | Richard Gascoigne was born in about 1797 in Rugby, England, a son of William and Mary Gascoign. He was a resident of Wilkes County, Georgia by 1777, where he signed an Oath of Loyalty to the State of Georgia on August 5, 1777. Richard Gascoigne came to Camden County by 1793, because he is listed on the Tax Roll for Camden County for 1794, and also served on the grand jury. Also in 1794, ?Richard Gascoigne, Esq.?, joined the council of safety formed with Capt. Elihu Hebbard, Esq. as President to combat hostile Indians on frontier and south side of river. See military service records dated 1793. In 1795, Gascoigne received 250 acres on Dover Creek at the Satilla River in Camden County, and in 1800 received another 400 acres, all of which recognized his service in the Revolutionary War. He was appointed Justice of Peace on March 19, 1796. He became a successful merchant in St. Marys. Richard Gascoigne died on December 21, 1801, and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, the second oldest marked grave in the cemetery. Richard Gascoigne was not married, and left part of his estate to William Gibson, his apprentice who was also a native of Rugby, England, and the remainder to Richard?s sisters, Mary and Elizabeth Gascoigne, in Rugby, England. He also left his wearing apparel to Richard Barnett of St. Marys. | Gascoigne, Richard (I244)
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| 723 | Richard Roberts served as private in Captain Simon Bright?s company of the North Carolina Militia. Roberts later served in Captain J. C. Hall?s company of the 2nd Regiment of the North Carolina Continental Line, commanded by Colonel Alexander Martin. He fought at the Battle of Great Bridge, near Norfolk, Virginia on December 9, 1775, and the Battle of White Plains, New York which occurred on October 28, 1776, where he is listed in the Muster Roll as a Wagoneer. He was then imprisoned for three years. Roberts served during the entire Revolutionary War, a total of seven years and was granted 640 acres for 84 months service. SOURCES: 1-- Oak Grove Cemetery, --Kay Westberry page 128? see biographical and military service descriptive paragraphs 2-- Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers, Vol. 1, Ross Arnold and Hank Burnham; page 73 - Richard Roberts (1764 to Oct 7, 1820) Native of NC, he served as private in Captain Simon Bright?s company of the NC Militia. Roberts later served in Capt. J. C. Hall?s Company of the 2nd Regiment of the North Carolina Continental Line commanded by Col. Thomas Clark. He fought at the Battle of Great Bridge, near Norfolk, Va., and the Battle of White Plains, NY. Roberts served a total of seven years and received a Rev Soldiers pension for his Services. He died Camden County, October 7, 1820, buried in unmarked grave at Oak Grove. Widow Tobitha Sanderlin. 3? Austin, Jeneatte Holland Abstracts of Some Revolutionary War Pensions, page 248. - Richard Roberts applied for a Revolutionary Soldier Pension under the Act of 1818 while he was living in Camden County, GA. The Pension was approved March 11, 1819, enrolled August 11, 1819, and he was paid $8.00 monthly. (Pension # S38339, pages 1-page 14) He was paid from Wayne Co, GA. He was listed as Pvt. NC Continental line; and was suspended on 5-1-1820 (?) (Pension Roll of 1820, Ancestry.com, also Index Of Rev War Pension Appl, National Genealogical Society, 1976, page 474) 4-- Revolutionary Soldier Pension Application- See 12 pages of microfilm copies of the original Pension records of Richard Roberts; Applied as a resident of Camden County; was approved March 11, 1819, and last payment was in 1823. ? no military or family bio is included. Final Rev War Pension Payment Vouchers- (microfilm) page; Name of pensioner: Richard Roberts-deceased 17 October 1820 Spouse: Tabitha Roberts; County of residence: Camden; Pension act: 1818; Provisions of pension: $8/month beginning 11 March 1819 Miscellaneous information: Attorney Edward Shearman 5-- White, Virgil D., ?Index to Revolutionary War Service Records? Volume 3, page 2287- Roberts, Richard ? private in 2nd North Carolina Continental Reg; private in 10th North Carolina Reg; 6-- White, Virgil D., ?Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files? Volume 3, page 2910- Roberts, Richard ? NC Continental Line # S38339; born in NC where he lived and enlisted; Applied for a Revolutionary Soldier Pension on 11 Mar 1819 in Wayne County, GA. 7? Hay, Gertrude Sloan, ?Roster of Soldiers North Carolina in Am Revolution? a) Page 63- Roberts, Richard, Pvt, Halls Co., enlisted 10 July 1777; 3 yrs prisoned 1 Jun 1779; 2nd NC Regt, Col. Alexander Martin (not Thomas Clark who was 1st NC Regt); b) Page 156- Richard Roberts, Pvt ? Shepard?s Co; 12 July 1777; Omtd June 1778; c) Page 159- Richard Roberts, Corpl- Coleman?s Co.; 22 Jan 1782, Mustd Pt. for War d) Page 252- Richard Roberts, Pvt ? granted 640 acres (no location given) for 84 months service, Col. A. Lytle; e) Page 361- Richard Roberts, Wilmington District Militia, Voucher 5925; f) Page 611- Richard Roberts ? Pension Roll of Major Hardy Murfee?s Co., 2nd NC Battalion, Col. John Patton, Sept 9, 1778 8- Pension Roll of 1820, Georgia; page 599 ? Richard Roberts, Pvt, North Carolina; he was the only Camden County name on the list. 9- Lucian Lamar Knight, Georgia?s Roster of the American Revolution- Page 445 ? Richard Roberts, Wayne County, page 29 (List of Revolutionary Pensioners)- | Roberts, Richard (I268)
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| 724 | Richard Roberts, a native of North Carolina, served as private in the North Carolina Militia. After the Revolutionary War, he first lived in Savannah, and moved to Camden County by 1812, where he died on October 17, 1820. He received a Revolutionary Soldiers Pension under the ?new? Act of 1818 for his service; Application was approved March 11, 1819, and last payment was in 1823. He is buried in an unmarked grave at Oak Grove Cemetery. Richard Roberts married Tabitha Sanderlin who survived him at his death. She went to live with one of her married daughters in Hamilton County, Florida and died there in 1841. The five children of Tabitha and Richard Roberts included: Mary, Catherine, Penelope, Zilpha, Edward who died young and Joshua. Sources: 1--Pioneers of Wiregrass, Folks Huxford, - Roberts Volume 4, page 247; Knight Volume1, page 158-l59; Wm. Miles Hunter, Volume 3, page 149, (In 1812, Richard Roberts was living in Camden County, near Wayne County border); Hunter, Volume 5, page 222-223 | Roberts, Richard (I268)
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| 725 | Robert Fleming, moved to Franklin County, Georgia, from South Carolina after the American Revolution. He had served in South Carolina's Camden Distrrict under Captains Hannah and Black and Colonels Bratton and Watsons. Later he served in the mounted companies under Captains Hannah and Richey. He participated in the Battles of Ramsour Mill, Rocky Mount, Hanging Rock, Wateree, Friday's Fort, and Congaree. He and his wife Martha Mackie were founding members of Hebron Presbyterian Church where he was a ruling elder and where he and his wife are buried. | Fleming, Robert (I165)
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| 726 | Robert Forsyth, born in England, was an officer in the Virginia forces and in the Southern Department under General Nathaniel Greene. He may have been present at the capture of Augusta in 1781. He was the first U.S. Marshal for the District of Georgia, and in 1794 in Augusta, he was the first federal law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty. His son, John Forsyth, was Georgia governor and senator, and Secretary of State under President Andrew Jackson. | Forsyth, Robert (I57)
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| 727 | Robert Grant received his medical training in Scotland, and in 1781, emigrated to Charleston, South Carolina. There he joined the South Carolina Militia and served as a surgeon on the staff of Francis Marion, the “Swamp Fox.” In 1799 he married Sarah Foxworth at Waterfield Plantation, South Carolina. Robert Grant came to Georgia about 1808 and purchased land on the northern part of St. Simons Island, which he called “Oatlands.” He accumulated almost two thousand acres at Elizafield on the south bank of the Altamaha River in Glynn County. The plantation’s products were rice and sugar cane. Robert Grant and William Page became the first Wardens of Christ Church, Frederica when it was incorporated in 1808. | Grant, Robert (I90)
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| 728 | Robert Hammett Jr. arrived in Georgia about 1767 with his father Robert Hammett Sr. and mother Sitha Hammett. He was part of Robert Carr's Militia, protecting the Wilkes County community from Indians and Tories. | Hammett, Robert Jr. (I113)
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| 729 | Robert Quarterman married Mary Way, daughter of Edward and Ann Elliott Way, on June 16, 1767. Their son, Robert was born in 1768 and daughter, Mary Quarterman who was born and died in 1770. Then he married Elizabeth Baker, (daughter of Richard Baker, a Revolutionary War Patriot) on May 9, 1771. Their seven children were Elizabeth (1773) who married Joseph Quarterman (son of Thomas Quarterman RS); Mary (1774); Ann (1775) who married Micajah Andrews, Edward (1778) who married Anna Winn, Lydia (1780) who married John Mallard, Polly (1782); Rinta (1784) and Rebecca (1785) Quarterman. Robert Quarterman?s widow, Elizabeth Baker Quarterman, drew land in the Lottery of 1827 in Houston County, as a widow of a Revolutionary War soldier. | Quarterman, Robert (I323)
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| 730 | Robert Walters was listed as a Lieutenant in the pay certificates. | Walters, Robert Sr. (I270)
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| 731 | Robert was born in Ireland. The earliest land records found show him living in Old Ninety Six District in S.C. in 1784. While living in South Carolina he served in the militia and in the Continental Line during the Revolutionary War. He also provided supplies to the Revolutionary forces, furnishing bacon and horses. He and family moved to Georgia sometime in 1788 and were granted land in Wilkes Co. By 1807 they had divested themselves of their land there and began their migration through Morgan and Jasper Counties to Henry Co. arriving soon after the county was opened to white settlers in 1821. | Selfridge, J. Robert (I83)
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| 732 | Robert's brother, Thomas served in his unit; younger brothers, William and Richard; Thomas? son, Joseph, and a nephew, John III, all served in the Georgia Troops. Robert Quarterman served as a private in the Georgia Militia, under the command of Colonel John Baker. In May 1776, the militia unit?s name was changed from St. John?s Riflemen to Liberty County Militia | Quarterman, Robert (I323)
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| 733 | Roger Lawson, born 1730 in Lunenburg County, Virginia, was a Captain (Georgia Troops) during the war. He was appointed by the Executive Council (under Archibald Bulloch) on July 2, 1776, to be one of eight Magistrates for the Queensborough District of St. George's Parish (now Burke & Jefferson counties). The Executive Council later appointed him Inspector of Supplies for Burke County. | Lawson, Roger (I172)
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| 734 | Ruben Blanchard enlisted in the GA Continental Line as a private in 1777 and served for six years. It is believed that he fought at the battle of Guilford Court House in NC as well as several other battles and skirmishes. His Land Certificate states "State of Georgia, Richmond County. This is to certifiy that Ruben Blanchard has steadfastly done his duty, from the time of passing an act in Augusta, to wit, on the 20th of August, 1781, until the total expulsion of the British from this state; and the said Ruben Blanchard cannot, to my knowledge or belief, be convicted of plundering or drifting in the country; and is therefore, under the said Act, entitled to a Bounty of Two Hundred and Fifty Acres of good land, free from taxes for ten years. Given under my hand at Augusta the 11 day of March 1784. GC Lee Cole " | Blanchard, Rueben (I275)
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| 735 | Ruben Blanchard married Sarah Cartledge, daughter of Edmund Cartledge and his wife, Lucretia Elizabeth Kibble, in 1777. Sarah was only 15 years old when she and Ruben married. They had five children: Sarah, Jeremiah, Rev. James, Uriah, and Polly. Sarah had one sister, Mary Ann, and four brothers: Samuel, James, John, and Edmund, Jr. Sarah died October 16, 1835. Source: The Blanchard Family: A History of some of the Descendants of Benjamin Blanchard of Nansemond County, Virginia, compiled by Michael F. Blanchard from various sources, 1999. | Blanchard, Rueben (I275)
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| 736 | Rylee married Nancy Taylor (1757-1834) in 1777 at Halifax Co., VA. They had 2 sons, Lent, 1779 b. VA; and James, Jr. (1787-1871) b. GA and 3 daughters, Mary (Polly), b. 1781 VA; Margaret (Peggy), (1782-1880) b. Abbeville, SC; and, Elizabeth (1783-1850) b. VA. | Rylee, James (I279)
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| 737 | s, and participated in the notorious Yazoo land fraud of the 1790s. After the war Clarke served in the state assembly from 1781 to 1790, on the commission of confiscated estates, and in the state constitutional convention of 1789. He also acted as a commissioner for Georgia's treaties with Native American groups. As a general of militia, he led his men in defeating the Creeks at Jack's Creek, in present-day Walton County, on September 21, 1787. However, Clarke grew impatient with the failures of the national and state government to bring peace to the frontier and took matters into his own hands. He tried to form an independent republic, known today as the Trans-Oconee Republic, by seizing Creek lands on the Oconee frontier. At least twice, he became involved in plots to invade neighboring Spanish East Florida. Disenchanted with a settled Georgia, discredited, and almost bankrupt, Elijah Clarke died in Augusta on December 5, 1799. | Clarke, General Elijah (I278)
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| 738 | S.31949 3 Sept 1832 GA U.S., Revolutionary Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 for James Rylee, whose 3 Sep 1832 signed affidavit is inscribed by Hall County, GA, Clergymen James Whitmore and B. R. McCutchin and Inferior Court Judge(s) Joseph Dunnagan and Ezekiel Buffington. | Rylee, James (I279)
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| 739 | Sampson Grimes, born October 8, 1749, moved with his family to Duplin County, and died there in May 1828. He married (l) Winifred Branch, who died before 1781, they had one child. (2) Bethsheba Winders, they were the parents of 3 girls and 3 boys, one of whom was Jesse who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence and had a Texas county named after him. Sampson served as PRIVATE UNDER CAPT. WILLIAM TAYLOR AND COL. JAMES KENAN AT THE BATTLE OF MOORE'S CREEK BRIDGE. | Grimes, Sampson (I87)
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| 740 | Samuel Axson married Mary Ann Girardeau, the sister of Revolutionary War Patriot John Bohun Girardeau, in the Midway Congregational Church in April of 1795. She died on March 20, 1799 in Liberty County. Samuel Axson then married a widow, Ann Lambright Dicks in 1805 in Liberty County, and she lived until 1854. Samuel Axson had four daughters: Saccharissa Elizabeth who married Moses Liberty Jones, Amanda, Mary Ann and Oliva Tuckerman who married Dr. Samuel Way. He also one son, Richard F. S. Axson, who became a planter in Liberty County and a school teacher. | Axson, Samuel Jacob T. (I283)
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| 741 | Samuel Cartledge married Elizabeth Lloyd. | Cartledge, Samuel (I274)
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| 742 | Samuel Cartledge was a son of Edmund Cartledge, Sr., and his wife, Lucretia Elizabeth Kibble. He had two sisters, Mary Ann and Sarah, and three brothers, James, John, and Edmund, Jr. He co-founded Damascus Baptist Church near Appling, GA on 29 July 1820. He was the first pastor of the church, serving from 1820-1839. Before the revolution, he was the officer who arrested the Rev. Daniel Marshall, founder of the Kiokee Church in 1772. Marshall was hauled into court in Augusta for "holding religious services not in accord with the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England." Cartledge was said to have been so impressed by the exhortation by Mrs. Marshall upon the arrest of her husband that he was convetred, baptized by Rev. Marshall, served as a deacon for several years, and was ordained in 1789. He preached for the rest of his long life. Source: GA Historical Commission sign at Damascus Baptist Church, near Appling, GA. | Cartledge, Samuel (I274)
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| 743 | Samuel Cartledge's obituary was printed in the Edgefield Advertiser newspaper on 26 Jul 1843: Death of the Rev. Samuel Cartlidge. It is with feelings of deep regret, that we announce to his numerous relatives and acquaintances, the death of this venerable soldier of the Revolution, and faithful Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He had been to fulfill an appointment in Columbia county, Georgia. On a visit to a friend in the neighborhood, his horse took freight, ran off with him, and the old Father, being unable, by his infirmity, to manage the creature, was dashed with great violence to the earth, and, in half an hour afterwards expired, on the 13th inst., without having spoken as single word. He breathed his last in the house of Dr. Crawford, to which he had been conveyed. He received all the attention, which that kind and hospitable family could bestow upon him, who were deeply penetrated by the solemn and unexpected event. He was buried in the family burying ground of Mr. James Cartlidge, of Columbia county, Geo., aged 93 years lacking two days. At an early age he entered the Revolution, was present at the siege at Savannah, in the scenes of which, he acquitted himself with honor to his country and the great cause in which he was engaged. Though not so fearless and adventurous as his brother James, who was in the same campaign, he was nevertheless as resolute in his struggle for liberty, and looked upon the foes of his country with utter abhorrence. It was therefore a matter of honest congratulations with himself, and sometimes humbly alluded to such in the pulpit; that in those dark hours, which tried men?s souls, he was found among that invincible band, who eventually planted the standard of American freedom on the complete overthrow of British tyranny and oppression. But it is not the character of a soldier of the Revolution, that has endeared him to the bosoms of all who knew him. He was for nearly seventy years a pious and devoted Minister of the Gospel. Although of limited education, his extensive usefulness has never been questioned. Thousands, who have long since gone to their Heavenly home, will rise up and bless the memory of the sainted patriarch, who, under God, was the great instrument of their eternal happiness. And other thousands will admire, if not follow his example. His zeal and his piety uniformly kept pace with each other, and it is difficult to determine in which he excelled. Neither of them was of a periodical caste or nature. They exhibited themselves, not by fits and starts, as too often the case, with both Ministers and Laymen, but as fixed and constant principles of true and hourly devotion. His piety was not a meteor blaze, or an exhalation that flits across the miasma, but an ever during light, fit guide to Heaven and a blissful immortality; such too as gained upon the respect even of the profligate and abandoned. He affected nothing; religion was his great theme to the last. Wherever he went, religion was invariably the most prominent topic of conversation, and if at any time he discoursed of other matters, it was because these subjects interested others and not him. He seldom had an interview with any person, to whom he did not introduce the subject of religion before parting. It was his custom, when his health would permit, never to eat or drink a mouthful in the morning, until he had first addressed the Throne of Grace; nor would he lie down at night without enjoying in the same duty. At the age of 93, almost incredible, he was found riding from ten to twenty miles a day, through every description of weather, element or inclement, preaching the Gospel of Christ. He closed his earthly career in the active service of his Great Master. He died in the discharge of duty. Honored, respected, and beloved, he was gone to his long home, to give up his stewardship, and received his Master?s award, ?Well done Good and Faithful servant, enter into the joy of thy Lord.? Peace to his memory, and let every heart say Amen. ?Though dead, he yet speaketh;? his pious example will live in the remembrance of us all. It calls upon us in the loudest accents, ?prepare to meet thy God.? | Cartledge, Samuel (I274)
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| 744 | Samuel Long was born in County Donegal, Ireland in 1753. He immigrated to America in 1762. During the American Revolution he served as an Ensign in the Pennsylvania Militia and as a Captain under Marquis de Lafayette. He was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He served in the 2nd Battalion, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Militia in 1781. | Long, Samuel Sr. (I220)
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| 745 | Samuel Long, Sr. married (1780) in Pennsylvania, Ann Williamson who also was born , 1757 in Ireland; died, 1829. Samuel and Ann had six children. | Long, Samuel Sr. (I220)
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| 746 | Samuel McKie was born in Ireland and moved to the colonies as a boy. He fought in the American Revolution in North Carolina, fighting in the battes of both Cane Creek and Kings Mountain, receiving a pension for his service. He moved to Georgia after the Revolution and was one of the first ruling elders of Hebron Presbyterian Church. | McKie, Samuel (I163)
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| 747 | Samuel Moseley entered service as a private in the militia of North Carolina on May 1, 1780. He was severely wounded at the Battle of Camden. He carried a ball in his thigh until his death 53 years later. After briefly recovering from his wound, he returned to serve under Capt. Bledsoe, where he marched in scouting parties throughout Wade, Edgecomb, Nash and Franklin counties, North Carolina. He was discharged for a brief time, but he returned to serve in a Horse Company of the Regular Continental State Troops of North Carolina for 12 months under Capt. Samuel Jones. Samuel and Susannah (Bledsoe) were married 12 August 1786 in Granville County, NC. They had seven children: Blutcher, Samuel, Daniel, Sally, Garland, Anderson and James. Sometime after the end of the Revolutionary conflict, Samuel moved to South Carolina and shortly thereafter mmoved to Franklin County, GA (now Stephens County) near Eastanollee Creek,north of Oggs Branch. | Moseley, Samuel (I98)
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| 748 | Samuel Reed's grave was marked by the Blue Ridge Mountains Chapter GASSAR on 13 Sep 2014. | Reed, Samuel (I222)
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| 749 | Samuel Wright served as an officer in the Georgia Militia during the Revolutionary War. He was a merchant and Vendue Master for the Port of Savannah at the time of his marriage in 1790 to Rebecca Bruce, the only child of James Bruce, a planter and resident of St. Simons Island. In 1791, they moved to Orange Grove Plantation, located on Dunbar Creek about two miles south of Frederica. Samuel Wright was elected Representative from Glynn County in 1791 and served in the Legislature as a Senator through 1798. He served as a Major in the Glynn County Militia Regiment, a Commissioner of Glynn Academy, Justice of Glynn Inferior Court and as a Commissioner for the Town of Frederica until his death in 1804, at age 66. | Wright, Samuel (I91)
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| 750 | SAR Ancestor #P-106265 | Bachlott, John (I239)
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