John LeGrand

Little is known of John LeGrand beyond the fact that he served with the German Battalion, Continental Troops, in the Regiment of a Lt. Colonel Weltner. No information is available as to how he got to Georgia after the Revolution There is evidence that he participated in the Cherokee Land Lottery of Georgia in 1832 from which he won a land lot in what is now Cherokee County. In 1840, he was enumerated in the U.S. Census of Forsyth County, Georgia, #273.

He evidently lived well into his 80s in Forsyth County. When he died he was buried on land now owned by Delmer Watson at 3880 Watson Road, Cumming, Georgia. Patriot LeGrand was honored at a grave marking service on May 12, 2001.