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 1760 - 1827 (67 years)
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| Name |
John Pearce |
| Birth |
04 Aug 1760 |
Bladen Co, NC  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
07 Oct 1827 |
St. Marys, Camden, GA |
| Person ID |
I266 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
18 Dec 2015 |
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| Notes |
- John Pearce was born on August 4, 1760, in Bladen County, North Carolina where his parents, William and his 2nd wife, Anna Pearce, lived after arriving from Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island. During the Revolutionary War, he served as a private in the North Carolina Troops, and later in the First Battalion Georgia Militia led by Colonel Elijah Clarke.
John married Ann Cain who was born in 1775 in Bladen County, North Carolina, and was granted land in 1793 in North Carolina. He moved to Washington County, GA about 1800, and to Pulaski County, GA where he was living in the 1820 Census. He then moved to Camden County shortly after the 1820 Census. He was listed as a Revolutionary War soldier living in Camden County, when he drew two lots of land in the 1827 GA Land lottery. He died shortly thereafter, on October 7, 1827, and was assumed to be buried in an unmarked grave in Oak Grove Cemetery.
After John Pearce?s death, his wife and most of his children moved in 1832 to Columbia County, Florida (before it became a state), and located near Lake City. When Ann Cain Pearce died in 1850, she was buried in Ebenezer Cemetery in Columbia County. A memorial marker for John Pearce was placed beside his wife?s grave stone, and is inscribed, ?In Memory of John Pearce, RS, Died 1827?
Ann Cain and John Pearce had ten children: Elizabeth, James Cain, Keziah, Martha, Mary, Levi, John Jr, Ann and twins- Sarah and William. Sources- 1-- Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia- Folks Huxford, vol 5, page 276-- Will dated October 7, 1827, was probated in Camden County in February 1828. Record book containing Will has been lost, but minutes of Court reveal that such a will was made and probated. Genealogy of son- Levi Pearce (Huxford vol 6, p209 & 210) and grandson James Washington Pearce (Huxford vol 10, p 345-346)
- Wife - Ann Cain was born in 1775 in Bladen County, North Carolina; married 1793; died in 1850, she was buried in Ebenezer Cemetery in Columbia County, FL.
- During the Revolutionary War, he served as a private in the North Carolina Troops, and later in the First Battalion Georgia Militia led by Colonel Elijah Clarke.
Sources:
1-- GA SAR Graves Book, p 73--- A native of North Carolina, he served in the north Carolina troops and later served as a soldier in the 1st Battalion of the Georgia Continental Line under General Elijah Clarke. He drew land in the 1827 GA Land lottery as a Revolutionary War Veteran and resident of Camden County.
2-- Alex M. Hitz, ?Authentic List of All Land Lottery Grants Made to Veterans of the Revolutionary War by the State of Georgia? page 54, Revolutionary Soldier.
3-- Land lottery of 1827: John Pearce of Camden, Lot# 245-19 Muscogee County, January 29-1830, ?Revolutionary Soldier.?
4-- Lucian Lamar Knight, Georgia?s Roster of the American Revolution, Page 139- John Pearce- First Certificate as soldier in 1st Battalion, Colonel Elijah Clarke, dated April 17, 1784; Warrant 699 -- Second Certificate as soldier in 1st Battalion, Colonel Elijah Clarke, dated February 11, 1784; Warrant 698; Also Page 389- John Pearce (Certified List GA Troops) .
- Grave marked by Marshes of Glynn Chapter GA SAR 12 Sep 2015
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