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 1754 - 1834 (80 years)
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| Name |
Drury Banks |
| Birth |
1754 |
Brunswick Co, VA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1834 |
Coweta Co GA |
| Burial |
1834 |
| Person ID |
I229 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
1 Apr 2015 |
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| Notes |
- He was born in 1754 in Brunswick Co VA, and moved to NC with his parents. He relocated to SC, where his brother had been established before the War, and was registered in Abbeville Co for the first census of the new nation in 1790. Before 1800, Drury Banks was trading in the real estate of Warren Co GA. In a 1826 Land Lottery, he gained property in Henry Co GA, later Fayette Co GA after county lines were re-drawn. By 1832, Drury Banks granted two adult sons his holdings in Fayette Co, as he moved to Coweta Co GA with other adult children
- When he was 18, Drury Banks served in Capt. John Montgomery?s Colonial NC Militia (Sept 1772). In 1780, he volunteered for 3 months with Capt. William Gage?s horse troop in the American Revolution (pension app R475). On 31 Oct 1783, he received pay for his services in the NC Continental Line (Hillsboro auditor?s office, Voucher 5711).
Drury Banks served as a Patriot during the American Revolution, as did others in his family. There is a misconception that he may not have served since his pension application was rejected.Drury Banks served at least twice during the American Revilution while he had a wife and child, according to his pension application. Primary documentation exists for two periods of service. His pension was rejected NOT due to lack of service, but rather because he had just begun the process when he died without the opportunity to provide proof of additional service. In his pension he showed less than six months of service in 1780. The NC Archives has a document for pay during 1783 for military service with the Continental Army. These are just the two periods of proven service. He had given testimony with a court official at his home due to his inability to go to the county seat in elder years. His initial application was rejected due to lack of six onths of documentedservice. He died before he could testify to additional service. Primary records demonstrate at least two military opoortunities--1780 and 1783.
- An infirmed Drury Banks began his Revolutionary War pension application under the Act of 1832 as a citizen of Coweta Co GA. He gave a deposition on 3 May 1834, and died soon thereafter. The application gave his account of his service only in 1780, along with additional demographic information and supportive testimony. The application was rejected after Drury?s death because it mentioned less than 6 months of service in 1780, and not because of a lack of documented military engagement. The veteran was deceased, and could not appeal by providing proof of military activities in other years.
- Drury Banks was buried at White Oak Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church beside his wife, the property in 1834 belonging to a Methodist congregation.
- 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
- Wife:
Unconfirmed with primary documents; said to be Mary Elizabeth George
- Grave marked 21 June, 2014 by Marquis de Lafayette, GASSAR
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