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- 1) Samuel Stevens was born in 1735 in South Carolina
2) Samuels?s father, Dr. Samuel Stevens was a member of the Church in Dorchester, South Carolina and petitioned for a land grant of 500 acres in Midway District in 1752 but he remained and died in Dorchester SC in 1760
3) This Samuel Stevens received a Land grant of 250 acres when he arrived in St. Johns Parish in 1767.
- 4) He was a member of the A) Sons of Liberty 1774. / B) St. Johns Parish Delegation to Charleston to Discuss Alliance with South Carolina 1775. / C) He signed the Georgia Declaration of Independence also known as the McIntosh Petition on August 3, 1777.
5) His home burned by British during Invasion of Liberty County 1778.
- 6) Samuel Stevens died in 1780 and his grave sitee has been lost to history.
7) Tombstone of his wife, Sarah Stevens, dated 1767, is the oldest in Midway Cemetery.
- He was a member of the Sons of Liberty and served as a delegate from St. John's Parish to Charleston, South Carolina in 1775. He signed the Georgia Declaration of Independence in Liberty County, August 3, 1777.
- 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:
(1) Effingham and Liberty County, Georgia: Early Records, p. 190. / (2) Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution, p. 27. / (3) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 429. (4) Historical Collections of Georgia, p. 520
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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