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 1740 - 1825 (85 years)
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| Name |
James Wilson |
| Birth |
11 Feb 1740 |
Benholm, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1 Mar 1825 |
Effingham County, Georgia |
| Person ID |
I145 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
29 Nov 2009 |
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| Headstones |
 | Wilson, James
GPS: N 32 degrees 29.076 minutes, W 81 degrees 22.960 minutes |
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| Notes |
- During the Revoltionary War, James Wilson served as a Captain in the 10th NC Reg, part of the NC Continental Line, from 19 Apr 1777 until he resigned on 25 May 1778. He then joined the 4th SC Artillery Reg on 31 May 1778 and was made a Captain-Lieutenant in Capt James Mitchell's Company of SC Continental Line. He was taken prisoner by the British on 12 May 1780 with the Capture of Charleston, SC, where the patriots lost more than 5,500 officers and men. He was eventaully exchanged as a prisoner of war and continued to serve in the Continental Line until the end of the War. He was promoted to Captain in the 4th SC Artillery Reg on 1 Nov 1780. He received a Mlitary Certificate of Georgia as a Refugee Soldier. He received a bounty land grtant of 287 1/2 acres in Washington County, GA for his Revolutionary War service on 23 Apr 1784. In 1793 he received a Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grant in Effingham County and called it Oak Lawn Plantation, later known as Oaky.
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