Seth John Pierce^[1]

1756 - 1844  (88 years)

• Name	Seth John Pierce
  Birth	1756	North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	1844	Louisville, Jefferson, Georgia
  Person ID	I175	Georgia Revolutionary War Graves
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2011

  
  

• Headstones		Pierce, Seth John GPS: N 32 degrees 57.756 minutes W 082 degrees 25.283 minutes
  		Pierce, Seth (closeup of gravestone) GPS: N 32 degrees 57.756 minutes W 082 degrees 25.283 minutes

  
  

• Notes

  Unfortunately, only a Revolutioanry War pay voucher, number 1056, dated March 23, 1782, from North Carolina State Archives certifies that Seth Pierce received pay from the Newbern District for his services. Records from North Carolina Archives do not show his rank, unit that he served in, battles that he fought in, or officers that he served under. However, a Georgia tax list revealed that in 1802 he received land as a prize for his service in the Revolution. To support his move to Washington County census records revealed that he married Millie Ann Askew of Jones County, North Carolina, sometime between 1793 and 1800 and tha they were living in Washington County in the early 1800s. About this time Seth was awarded land in Jefferson County, Georgia, in the land lotteries of 1805, and 1806. Later Seth received more land in Jefferson County in the land lottery of 1821. Finally, in 1843 tax records show that Seth owned forty acres in Cherokee County, Georgia, which he probably acquired in the Cherokee land lottery of 1832 or after the Cherokees left in 1838 on the Trail of Tears. Although a definite date of birth and death is unknown for Seth, from family records it is estimated that he was born in 1756 and died in 1844. He is buried in the Pierce Family Cemetery on Bostic Mill Road near Louisville, Georgia, near a house at 2957 Bostic Mill Road where family members lived from the 1830?s to the 1980?s. Seth and Millie Ann Pierce had two children, Obediah Pierce (1805-1884) and Clarisa Pierce (1785 -1870). Obediah married first, Lurenna Stevens, and they had eight children, and second, Mary Futral, and they had one child. Clarisa married William Bargainnier and they had twelve children. North Carolina RW Pay Voucher 1056, dated March 23, 1782. Received land in Georgia in 1802 in Washington County, GA; Awarded land in Jefferson Sounty in 1805, 1806 and 1821 land lotteries

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Georgia's Roster of the Revolution.