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 1758 - 1829 (71 years)
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| Name |
Jacob Highsmith |
| Birth |
1758 |
Pitt County, NC  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1829 |
Wayne County (now Brantley), GA |
| Burial |
Wayne County (now Brantley), GA |
| Person ID |
I203 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
6 Apr 2014 |
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| Notes |
- Jacob Highsmith was born in 1758 in Pitt County, North Carolina. He served in the Pitt County Militia during the Revolutionary War. After the war, he moved South to Tattnall County, Georgia and later moved further south to a section of Wayne County, Georgia, that is now Brantley County. He owned a large plantation near the Satilla River near Waynesville. He died in 1829 and was buried in a family cemetery on his own land.
- A grave marking ceremony was held on March 22, 2014 and was co-sponsored by the Altamaha Chapter and Marshes of Glynn Chapter of of the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution snd the Gainesville Chapter of the Florida Society Sons of the American Revolution.
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