|
|
 1750 - Aft 1832 (83 years)
-
-
-
| Notes |
- Thomas Howell, born in Wales, he enlisted in the South Carolina Continental Line. After the Revolution, he moved to Georgia where he settled in Camden County before 1810. In 1814, Howell obtained 285 acres of Headright and Bounty land in Camden County for his Revolutionary services, and another 200 acres in 1820. He received a Revolutionary Soldiers Pension for his service as a result of Pension Act of 1828 which had previously been rejected. His application was signed on July 9, 1828. Thomas Howell also drew 160 acres of land in Cherokee County in the 1832 Georgia Land Lottery which recognized his service in the Revolutionary War. Thomas Howell died after 1832 in St. Marys and was buried in an unmarked grave in Oak Grove Cemetery. It is unknown if he was married or had children.
Sources: 1-- Oak Grove Cemetery, Kay Westberry page 123?biographical and military descriptive paragraphs. Charles and John Howell were brothers, and Thomas Howell was a relative.
- It is unknown if Thomas Howell was married or had children.
- Thomas Howell enlisted as private in Captain John Moore?s Company of the South Carolina Continental Line at Black Swamp, South Carolina. He marched under General Benjamin Lincoln to Stono Ferry and fought there on June 20, 1777. Howell contracted yellow fever and remained in camp with the wounded at Stono Ferry while his company marched to Savannah. He recovered after three months, and rejoined Captain John Moore?s Company in Charleston in May 1780. He then marched to Augusta and North Santee before encountering the British at Camden in August 1780, where after the battle, he was left with others to bury the dead. He rejoined his unit about two weeks after the Battle at Eutaw Springs in September 1781.
Thomas Howell was in Charleston at the end of the war, where he was discharged. On his way home to the Tar River in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, he was overtaken by a party of about twenty-five Tories. After taking his money, they built gallows to hang him with two other Patriots. Howell untied the ropes with his teeth and escaped, but later learned that the two others were hung.
SOURCES:
1-- Oak Grove Cemetery, Kay Westberry page 123?biographical and military descriptive paragraphs. Charles and John Howell were brothers, and Thomas Howell was a relative.
2-- Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers, Vol. 2, Ross Arnold and Hank Burnham; page 71 -Thomas Howell, served as private) in Captain John Moore?s Company of the South Carolina Militia (Pension card states Continental Line) and fought in the Battles of Stono and Camden. He drew land in Cherokee County in the 1832 Georgia Land Lottery as a Revolutionary War soldier.
3?Georgia?s Roster of the Revolution, Mrs. Howard McCall, Vol I, page 335
4- Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, Bobby Moss, page 467- ?Served under Capt. John Moore- moved to Georgia?.
5-- Revolutionary Soldier Pension Application- Have copy of 20 pages of Howell?s Pension Application under ?new? Act of of 1828 which he signed on July 9, 1828- Application had previously been rejected according to info in the file. Pages 16 & 17 provide extensive description of his Rev War experiences (Index Of Rev War Pension Appl, National Genealogical Society, 1976, page 276- SC R20385)
Thomas Howell enlisted in Captain John Moore?s Company of the South Carolina Militia at Black Swamp, South Carolina. He marched under General Benjamin Lincoln to Stono Ferry and fought there on June 20, 1777. He contracted yellow fever and remained at Stono Ferry while his company marched to Savannah. He recovered after three months, and rejoined Captain John Moore?s Company in Charleston in May 1780. He then marched to Augusta and North Santee before encountering the British at Camden in August 1780, where after the battle, he was left with others to bury the dead. He rejoined his unit about two weeks after the battle at Eutaw Springs in September 1781.
Thomas Howell was in Charleston at the end of the war, where he was discharged. On his way home to the Tar River in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, he was overtaken by a party of about twenty-five Tories. After taking his money, they built gallows to hang him and two other Patriots. Howell untied the ropes with his teeth and escaped, but later learned that the two others were hung.
6- Lucas, Silas Emmett, ?Index Headright and Bounty Grants of GA, page 309- Howell, Thomas - Camden County Book I-5, page 472; 285 acres 1814; Howell, Thomas - Camden County Book O-5, page 24; 200 acres 1820.
7-- White, Virgil D., Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Vol 2, page 1734 ? Thomas Howell, Pension# R20385, SC Continental Line, applied 9 July 1828, Camden Co., GA
8-- Lucas, Silas Emmett. The 1832 Lottery of Georgia - Thomas Howell drew 160 acres of land in Cherokee County in the 1832 Georgia Land Lottery. As a Revolutionary War soldier, he had two extra draws. The Fortunate draw was Lot# 147, 12thDistrict, 3rd section of Cherokee County. He was listed as a ?Revolutionary Soldier? and resident of Browns District in Camden County.
- Grave marked by Marshes of Glynn Chapter GA SAR 12 Sep 2015
|
|
|
