Samuel McMillan

1759 - 1811  (52 years)

• Name	Samuel McMillan
  Birth	1759
  Gender	Male
  Death	1811	Jackson Co, GA
  Burial	1811
  Person ID	I308	Georgia Revolutionary War Graves
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2021

  
  

• Headstones

  McMillan, Samuel 34.068426 83.725458

  
  

• Notes

  Wife: Margaret X Margaret died January 1816 Jackson, GA Corporal Samuel McMillan served in the 9th Company of Captain Daniel Mazyck in the Second South Carolina Regiment commanded by Francis Marion: (W.T.R. Saffell, book, Records of the Revolutionary War, page 294, Third Edition, Baltimore, 1894) Saffell in the Ninth Company reported Capt. Daniel Mazyck, Corporal Samuel McMillan and among the Privates was listed John Keith; (Ancestry. com. U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, SC 2nd Regiment, image 103 of 389, Payroll of Francis Marion, August -November 1779, image 108 of 389, list "K", Private John Keith and "M" Corporal Samuel McMillan); (Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters website, John Keith, Pension #W11478) John Keith on 23 August 1820 in the Superior Court of Putnam, County, Georgia at age 68, stated that he enlisted in the State of South Caroolina in Captain Mazyck's Company commanded by Colonel Francis Marion. He stated he was taken prisoner at the Seige of Charleston, was part of a prisoner exchange. On 10 November 1823 in the Inferior Court of Baldwin County, GA. John Keith, a resident of Putnam County, age 71, appeared again to report his service in South Carolina under Captain Daniel Mazyck, commanded by Colonel Francis Marion, restated his 1780 action at the Seige of Charleston where he was taken prisoner and added that the year before in 1779 he was in the attack at the Battle of Stono Ferry, below Charleston, that was led by General Benjamin Lincoln with 1,200 Patriots. The significance of the Revolutionary War Pension Application W11478 by John Keith was he served as a Private in the same Ninth Company with Corporal Samuel McMillan, who along with his widow, died before the pension Acts of Congress in March 1818 and were unable to give their firsthand knowledge of the Ninth Company's action. Grave Marked 16 May 2021 by Button Gwinnett Chapter GA SAR and Sunbury Chapter NSDAR. Marking was supplemented by GA SAR Color Guard, Elijah Clark Militia, and C.A.R.