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 1752 - 1822 (70 years)
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| Name |
William Girardeau |
| Birth |
15 Jan 1752 |
Dorchester/Berkeley Parish  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Burial |
1822 |
| Death |
21 Jan 1822 |
Liberty Co, GA |
| Person ID |
I324 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
1 Feb 2022 |
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| Notes |
- P-166724
- His parents were Issac (1720 ? 1773) and Anne Chamberlain (1730- 1764) Girardeau.
William?s father, Issac Girardeau, and uncle, Richard Girardeau (1712 ? 1766) were members of the White Meeting House at Dorchester, South Carolina, along with their father, Jean Girardeau, who had emigrated from France.
Issac Girardeau and his family moved to the Midway District of Georgia in 1755, just after the first church was completed, and Richard Girardeau followed with his family in 1757. Both died before the Revolutionary War and were reportedly buried in the Midway Congregational Church Cemetery, but no graves have been identified.
William?s father, Isaac, and uncle, Richard, Girardeau died before the Revolutionary War reached Georgia but were probably active in discussions held at the Midway Meeting House concerning Independence.
- On August 3, 1777, William Girardeau, along with many residents of Liberty County and other Georgia counties, signed a Petition to the Continental Congress in objection to the appointment of Lachlan McIntosh to the rank of Brigadier General in the Continental Army.
- He married Patience Harris (born 1765), in 1785 in Liberty County, and they had two sons, William Harris (born 1787) and William Pickney (born 1798).
- William Girardeau served as a Private in the St. John?s Riflemen, part of the Georgia Militia, under the command of Lieutenant Moses Way and Colonel John Baker, both members of the Midway Society. Colonel John Baker commanded the St. John?s Riflemen in May 1776, when their name was changed to Liberty County Militia.
Sources:
GA Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers, GASSAR: Vol 2, page 13; DAR Patriot Index- vol 2 ? page 1069, Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution, Davis, p 26, 27; Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, McCall, vol III, page 71 & 267
- Grave Marked 28 Apr 2019 by Blue Ridge Mountains, Brier Creek, Captain John Collins, Marquis de Lafyette, Marshes of Glynn, Ocmulgee, Robert Forsyth and Wiregrass Chapters of the GA SAR
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