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 1741 - 1809 (68 years)
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| Name |
James Dunwody |
| Birth |
1741 |
Whiteland, Chester Co, PA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Burial |
1809 |
| Death |
Nov 1809 |
Liberty Co, GA |
| Person ID |
I284 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
3 Jan 2018 |
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| Notes |
- James Dunwody was born in Whiteland, Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1741 to John Dunwody of Londonderry, Ireland and Susanna Creswell.
- In about 1758, he moved to St. John?s Parish, Georgia where he practiced medicine. In 1764, Dr. James Dunwody encouraged Nathan Brownson of Woodbury, Connecticut, to move to North Newport (now near Riceboro) in St. John?s Parish and join his medical practice. Active in the cause of liberty, Nathan Brownson became one of the leaders in the revolutionary efforts in St. John?s Parish along with Dr. Lyman Hall and Button Gwinnett.
- As one of the male inhabitants of Georgia who were of age to be called into military service, James Dunwoody signed an oath of loyalty to the state in 1777. He became a Member of Council of Safety and served as a Surgeon in Georgia Militia. Dr. Dunwody treated General James Screven, who had been seriously wounded in an ambush near the Midway Church, in the Vestry House prior to Screven?s death on November 24, 1778.
- A Certificate signed by Nathan Brownson, dated 29th March, 1784, certified that James Dunwody was entitled to bounty land of 250 acres as a refugee soldier.
- James Dunwody married Esther Dean Splatt in 1774 in South Carolina. Their three children, all born in Liberty County, were Esther born in 1775, and married John Elliott; John born in 1776, and married Jane Bulloch (granddaughter of Archibald Bulloch); and James born in 1789 and married Elisabeth West Smith.
- Mrs. Esther Dunwody, wife of Dr. James Dunwody, was buried in the Midway Church Cemetery on Row A Grave 22, adjacent to Dr. James Dunwody. Their son, Colonel James Dunwody was buried in Midway Church Cemetery on Row J Grave 11.
- Patriot Dunwody's grave was marked by Athens Chapter, Ocmulgee Chapter, Blue Ridge Mountains Chapter, Piedmont Chapter, & Robert Forsyth Chapter on 30 April 2017.
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