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 1759 - 1849 (90 years)
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| Name |
Benjamin Hughes |
| Nickname |
Buck |
| Birth |
1759 |
Orangeburg, Lexington, SC  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
09 Apr 1849 |
Coweta County, Georgia |
| Burial |
09 Apr 1849 |
| Person ID |
I228 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
1 Apr 2015 |
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| Headstones |
 | Hughes, Benjamin
33 degrees.17.017 minutes North/84 degrees; 42.182 minutes W |
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| Notes |
- Was nicknamed ?Buck.? Most information on him relates to his military service. He came to Coweta County as an older man. The county was opening for settlement following the Creek Cession. Many descendants still live in Coweta and and nearby Meriwether counties.
- His will (Coweta County, taken from Ancestry files): "Secondly, I give and bequeath to my sons and daughters, viz, John Hughes Benager Hughes, Simeon Hughes, William Hughs, Jacob Hughs, Chesley Hughs, Wesley Hughs, Wyly Hughs, Mary the wife of John Benton, Leah the wife of Jacob Areheart and Nancy the wife of Nelson Summers the sum of one dollar each."
- Wives:
1. Anna Mason (1759-1825) married Oct. 13, 1787, Orangeburg, S.C.
2. Milly Wiley (born 1800) married 1826
- The American Revolution in South Carolina
Cloud's Creek November 17, 1781
Patriot Cdr: Capt. Sterling Turner, and Capt. James Butler, Sr.
Killed: 28
Loyalist Cdr: Maj. William Cunningham
Killed: 1
Wounded: 3
Old District: Ninety-Six District; Present County: Saluda County
aka Carter?s House, aka Carter?s Old Field, aka Turner House Massacre, aka Big Lick, aka Lick Creek.
A small group of Patriot militia, led by Capt. James Butler, Sr. and Capt. Sterling Turner, about thirty in number, were overwhelmed and slaughtered by a force of 300 Loyalist militia led by Maj. William ?Bloody Bill? Cunningham. Only two Patriot militiamen managed to escape.
After the negotiated truce at Tarrar's Spring, Capt. Sterling Turner and Capt. James Butler camped at Cloud's Creek. There had been a hard rain and all the men were soaked, and their guns would not fire. Capt. Turner went to the house of a Mr. Carter and asked for food and a dry place to put their guns in order, but Capt. Butler advised against stopping, as did one of Butler's men, but Capt. Turner ignored this advice.
Maj. William Cunningham found out that they were at Mr. Carter's home and he struck in broad daylight. The Patriots returned fire from inside the log home and sent out a messenger to ask for terms of surrender. Maj. Cunningham refused any terms that would include James Butler, Jr. (in the party of Patriots with his father), and Capt. Butler offered his own life in exchange for his son's. Then his son fired out of the house and killed a Loyalist, ending all discussions, and ending up with the son dead.
The Patriots now only hoped for mercy, but "Bloody Bill" was again to live up to his name. He put his own sword to Capt. Butler, Capt. Turner and all but two men. Benjamin Hughes was able to escape when Mr. Carter's cattle became frightened and stampeded. He hid under some drift wood that had caught against a pine log in a nearby creek, and was not found.
A Bledsoe came out of Mr. Carter's house hanging onto Benjamin Rabun. Maj. Cunningham asked their names, but neither would answer. Rabun's skull was split in two by the saber and he died with his arms around Bledsoe's neck. Bledsoe was not killed, but it is said that he was never in his right mind afterwards.
After this massacre, Maj. Cunningham and him men stopped at Towles Blacksmith shop to have their horses reshod. When Oliver Towles finished re-shoeing all of his men's horse, Maj. Cunningham's men killed him and his son and a slave boy, then set fire to all the buildings as they left.
SOURCE: http://www.carolana.com/SC/Revolution/revolution_clouds_creek_2.html
- Grave marked 21 June, 2014 by Marquis de Lafayette, GASSAR
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