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 1713 - 1790 (77 years)
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| Name |
Benjamin Andrew |
| Birth |
20 Oct 1713 |
Charleston SC  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
16 Dec 1790 |
Augusta/Richmond/GA |
| Person ID |
I331 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
13 Aug 2022 |
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| Notes |
- Benjamin Andrew was born on October 20, 1713, in South Carolina
He was the brother of James (b1709) and Joseph (b1720);
He arrived in the Midway District 1754 from Ponpon, South Carolina, along with sixteen families from the Church in Dorchester.
- Benjamin was a member a) Georgia Royal Commons House of Assembly for St. Johns Parish ca1770 ? 1775. / b) The first Georgia Revolutionary Committee held at Savannah, under the name of the Sons of Liberty in 1774. / c) Georgia Committee to Prepare Resolution to Consider Actions Against British 1774. / d) Georgia Provincial Congress 1775. / e) Committee of Correspondence 1775-1776. / f) President Georgia Executive Council 1777.
- Married: Elizabeth Phibin
Child: Benjamin, Jr.
- The British burned his two rice plantations in 1778 and he is Listed in British Treason Act 1780.
- In 1774, he was a member of the 1st Georgia Revolutionary Committee held at Savannah. He was also a member of the Sons of Liberty, the Supreme Executive Council, the Committee of Correspondence, and the Provincial Congress. After the war, he served as a representative in the Georgia General Assembly.
- 1) He was Elected Delegate Continental Congress 1780 but did not attend.
7) Benjamin was elected as a Representative Georgia House of Assembly 1777, 1782 & 1783; Georgia Executive Council 1782 - 1783; and an Associate Justice 1782.
- Sources:
(1) Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution, p. 12.
(2) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 300, 406.
(3) Marriages and Deaths: 1763 to 1820, p. 3.
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
- 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.
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