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- 1) Robert was born in 1754. Probably a descendant of the Acadians who had been forcibility removed from Nova Scotia to Savannah, Georgia by the British in 1755;
2) He arrived in St. Johns Parish prior to 1777;
- Patriotic Service / Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993 / SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998
- 3) Robert Sallett signed the McIntosh Petition 1777;
4) He was a private in the Georgia Continental Line, whose favorite weapon was his saber, may have captured, wounded or killed over 100 British soldiers and Tories who occupied Liberty County 1779 - 1782. He frequently roamed the countryside with his ?personal? fight against the British or joined groups of Refugee Militia in raids on British camps.
5) He was a Georgia Patriot who signed the Georgia Declaration of Independence in Liberty County on August 3, 1777.
6) He was certified as a refugee soldier by Colonel John Baker and received 575 acres of bounty land along Walnut Creek and the Oconee River in Franklin County for his services.
- He was a Georgia Patriot who signed the Georgia Declaration of Independence in Liberty County, August 3, 1777. Legend says he murdered many Tories with a sabre. He was certified as a refugee soldier by Colonel John Baker and received 575 acres of bounty land along Walnut Creek and the Oconee River in Franklin County for his services. He lived in what is now the present-day Ryepatch District of Long County.
- 7) Robert Sallett died on November 28, 1790 and his gravesite has been lost to history.
- No tombstone, SAR marker only
Marker placed in joint marking sponsored by the Athens, Atlanta, Blue Ridge Mountains, Captain John Collins, Marshes of Glyn, Mount Vernon and Robert Forsyth chapters of the Georgia Society SAR.
- Sources:
See:(1) Mr. Frederick Brogdan, Statesboro, Georgia. / (2) Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution. / (3) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 167, 295, 427. / (4) Historical Collections of Georgia, p. 526, 537, 538. / (5) Marriages and Deaths: 1763 to 1820, p. 100.
Source: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 2, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke. Edited by: Ryan Groenke.
A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index.
Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001. / Printed in the United States of America / New Papyrus Co., Inc. / 548 Cedar Creek Drive / Athens, GA 30605-3408
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