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 1757 - Abt 1839 (82 years)
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| Name |
Purnal Truitt |
| Birth |
26 Feb 1757 |
Worcester, MD, or Sussex, Delaware  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Abt 2 Oct 1839 |
Wilkes County, GA |
| Person ID |
I128 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2008 |
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| Notes |
- He enlisted on February 19, 1778 as a private in Capt. John Patton's Co., Hall's Delaware Regiment, joined the regiment at Valley Forge and served there for 3 months. He was transferred to Lt. Col. Charles Pope's Co. in May 1779, also disignated Capt. John Corse's Co., whose payroll he was on from May 1779 through Feb. 1780. He was in the battle of Monmouth and White Plains, where he was detached and placed in the regiment commanded by Col. Richard Parker. They were in the battle of Gates defeat, where nearly all of the Officers and Men of his regiment were either taken prisoner or killed. He was missing in action Aug. 16, 1780, later served in Capt. Stephen Thackleford's Co., Col. Youngs N.C, Regiment of light horse, then re-enlisted and in Capt. Hall James,s N.C, Co. He also served several other short until the end or the war. Then moved to Montgomery County, N.C., Then later to Wilkes County GA., settling 7 miles west of Washington, GA., on Skull Shoals road.
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