MONROE COUNTY, GA - MILITARY REV WAR DESCENDANTS ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: E. Robertson (The following pages have been reproduced with the permission of the Monroe County Historical Society. The full content is included in the book MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA A HISTORY, published by the Monroe County Historical Society, Forsyth, Georgia. To purchase the book please review The Monroe County Historical Society web page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamchs) REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS (with Descendants in Monroe County) 571-575 Appendix D-4 William ALEXANDER, b. June 5, 1759, Culpepper Co., Va., district of Halifax and Augusta, d. Mar. 18, 1806, Elbert Co., Ga. Nat. D.A.R. No. 410539. - Ancestor of Joseph Baker Hill, J. Tharpe Hill, Mae Hill Puree, Miram Hill Buck and Stella Hill Yates. Maj. George ANDERSON, b. 1738, Va., d. 1808. He was buried eight miles from Anderson, S. C. He served in 5th S.C. Regiment under Gen. Nathaniel Greene. Capt. Andrew BERRY, b. 1746, d. June 1811. During the Revolution, he was Captain of the U. S. Rangers and was wounded at Musgroves Mill. Kate BARRY, wife of Capt. Andrew Barry, b. 1752, d. Sept. 1823. She acted as a scout for her husband's company. The D.A.R. chapter at Spartanburg, S. C. is named for her. Richard BARRY was signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. - Ancestors of Mary Persons. John CHATFIELD, II, b. Mar. 5, 1729 at Killingsworth, Conn., d. New foundland where he went on a whaling voyage after the Revolutionary War. John CHATFIELD, III, b. 1754. He served one year in Capt. Fithian Sill's company and five years in Col. Hunnington's Conn. Regiment. He fought in Battles of White Plains, Brandywine, Monmouth and Stony Point. -Ancestors of Euna Dumas Zellner (Mrs. B. H., Jr.) Philip COMBS, Sr., b. Va., d. Mar. 24, 1838, in Wilkes Co., Ga. He re ceived bounty lands for service. Listed in McCalls Revolutionary Soldiers in Ga. -Ancestor of Ruth Thompson Bittick (Mrs. L. C., Sr.) Capt. Charles CRAWFORD, b. Dec. 23, 1738 in Amherst Co., Va., d. Oct. 22, 1813, Columbia Co., Ga. He was Captain of 2nd N. C. Regiment raised Aug. 1775 and called into active service out of state in Continental Line. Capt. Crawford fought at seige of Savannah and was taken prisoner at Augusta. Ref. John Wheeler's Historical Sketch of N. C. p. 71; Heitman's Historical Register of Officers of Continental Army. He lived to fight in War of 1812. -Ancestor of Elizabeth Rhodes Collier (Mrs. H. W.), Louise Rhodes, Winburn King Rhodes, Jr., Sim Z. Rhodes and James W. Rhodes. David DUMAS, b. 1730, d. 1803. Benjamin DUMAS (son of David), b. 1756, d. 1790. From history of Louisa Co., Va. by Malcolm Harris, "List of Grievances to His Majesty, Oct. 9, 1796." Signed: Benjamin Dumas, David Dumas, Nat. D.A.R. No. 455571.-Ancestors of Euna Dumas Zellner (Mrs. B. H., Jr.) Alexander DUNN, b. Dec. 15, 1762, in Rutherford, N. C., d. Chambers Co., Ala. -Ancestor of Dean Martin. William ECKELS, b. 1740, d. 1822 in Washington Co., Pa. He served in the Revolutionary War in Penn. Troops. -Ancestor of J. W. Eckels, Jr. George FRANKLIN, b. ca. 1744 in Va., d. 1816. He received a grant of land for Revolutionary service and was buried near Davisboro, Ga. William FRANKLIN (father of George), d. 1794, Louisville, Ga. He received a grant of land for Revolutionary Service and was buried near Davisboro, Ga. Government markers were obtained for both George and William Franklin by Maj. Gen. Samuel Elbert Chapter, D.A.R. -Ancestor of Ruth Moran Chapman (Mrs. P. R.) John GIBSON, b. Va., d. Wilkes Co., Ga. Will was probated Feb. 6, 1827. -Ancestor of Dean Martin William GILLILAND, b. Nov. 25, 1761, in the Parish of St. Paul, now Columbia Co., Ga., d. 1840 Fayette Co., Ga. He served in the Ga. Troops under Co. Elijah Clarke. He also served in S. C. at the Battle of Cowpens. -Ancestors of Louise Gulledge Eckels (Mrs. J. W., Jr.) Nathan GRANTHAM Nat. D.A.R. No. 30186. He served in Col. Brown's Regiment N. C. Line and was buried in 1836 in Louisiana, Parish of E. Baton Rouge. _Ancestor of Joseph Baker Hill, J. Tharpe Hill, Mae Hill Purce, Miriam Hill Buck and Stella Hill Yates. Charles HAMMOND, b. 1716, d. 1794. He and his four sons (Abner, Samuel, Charles and LeRoy) and a grandson (LeRoy, Jr.) all fought in the Revolutionary War. -Ancestor of Nellie M. Martin Stuart, Agnes Martin Walker, Katherine Martin Jenkins, Nellie Grant, Lois Grant Bryant and Barneile Johnson. Benjamin HAYGOOD, Sr., b. June 20, 1758, Orange Co., N. C., d. Jan. 4, 1841, Monroe Co., Ga. It is assumed that he is buried in Haygood- StroudThompson-Zellner Cemetery near Strouds, Ga. He enlisted in Chatham Co., N. C. in 1775 as a private and served under Gen. Folsum throughout the war, first in Capt. George Herndon's N. C. Company and afterwards in Capt. Wilcox's N. C. Company. (N. C. State Records) Nat. D.A.R. Nos. 113; 81537 (Vercan); 202308 (Blount); 231317 (West). -Ancestor of Eleanor Haygood Harris (Mrs. W. F.) Jessie HEARD, b. Va. Will probated Mar. 7, 1803, Wilkes Co., Ga. Stephen HEARD, b. Tyrone Co., Ireland, d. Va. -Ancestors of Dean Martin. Capt. Benjamin HOLMES, b. Aug. 23, 1758, Northampton, Mass., d. 1816 Wilkes Co., Ga. and was buried there. He served as a lieutenant in the John Willis Co. 2nd Va. Regiment commanded by Alexander Spotswood and later by Col. Christian Fabiger. He received a Provincial Commission as Ensign Feb. 29, 1775 and was commissioned in the U. S. service Jan. 25,1776 as a 1st lieutenant. On Apr. 20, 1778, he was promoted to captain. He received a pension for Revolutionary service. -Ancestor of Roberta Pierson, Elizabeth Holmes, Elizabeth R. Collier, Louise Rhodes, Winborn K. Rhodes, Jr., Sim Z. Rhodes, James W. Rhodes, Jack Fletcher, Kimbell Zellner, Jr., Harold L. Zellner, Mary Claude Z. Matlock, Clyde Holmes Zellner, Simeon Holmes Zellner, II. James HUFF, Sr., b. 1757, d. Jan. 1825 in Hancock Co., Ga. Proof: Will of James Huff, Sr., final estate settlement, abstracts of Hancock Co. deeds. -Ancestor' of Renfroe Watson, Sr. William JORDAN, b. 1744 in Richmond, Va., d. 1826 in Warren Co., Ga. He was wounded in the thigh with a musketball by the enemy. . . released from prison in Wilmington when Cornwallis surrendered. William Jordan was one of the members of the Ga. Society of the Cincinnati. -Ancestor of Julia F. Searcy, Albert H. Searcy, Sibyl S. Tyner (Mrs. I.E.), Mary S. Smith (Mrs. D. A), Hill D. Searcy and Henrietta S. Shi. (Mrs. S. R., Jr.), and Marie R. Holmes (Mrs. H. G.). John JOYCE, Nat. D.A.R. No. 391976. His grave is near Glenwood, Wheeler Co., Ga. -Ancestor of Joseph Baker Hill, J. Tharpe Hill, Mae Hill Purce, Miriam Hill Buck and Stella Hill Yates. Capt. Charles KING, b. ca. 1730 in Va., d. 1789 in Newberry, S. C. He served in the Carolinas with Sumter and Marion. He was a member of the Provincial Congress and served as senator from the lower district of S. C. between the Broad and Saluda Rivers (Newberry District). Nat. D.AR. No. 236271. -Ancestor of Elizabeth Rhodes Collier (Mrs. H. W.), Louise Rhodes, Win burn King Rhodes, Jr., Sim Z. Rhodes and James W. Rhodes. Little Berry KING, b. 1759 in Carolina, d. 1812 in Jones Co., Ga. He served in Capt. William Nettles' Co., Col. Marshall's Regiment, S. C. Troops. -Ancestor of Wynella Wynne Martin (Mrs. Dean). Joseph LAWTON, b. Oct. 18, 1753, Edisto Island, S. C., d. Mar. 5, 1815, at his Mulberry Grove Plantation, Black Swamp, St. Peters Parish, Beaufort District, S. C. He served as a lieutenant in Col. Bull's Regiment. Proof of service appears in Auditor Generals' account book. (Apr. 1778-Feb. 1780 pp. 91-93, Archives, Columbia, S. C.) - Ancestor of Elizabeth Rhodes Collier (Mrs. H. W.), Louise Rhodes, Win burn King Rhodes, Jr., Sim Z. Rhodes and James W. Rhodes. Capt. George LUMPKIN, Sr., b. 1723 in King and Queen Co., Va., d. Sept. 9, 1800 in Oglethorpe Co., Ga. He received bounty- lands for service. -Ancestor of Ruth Thompson Bittick (Mrs. L. C., Sr.). Benjamin MARTIN, b. in Va., d. in Wilkes Co., Ga. Estate was admin istered Feb. 25, 1803. He was listed as Revolutionary soldier in N. C. -Ancestor of Dean Martin. McKinzie MATTOCKS, No. 204 Book V 104 Militia Days, 1782. -Ancestor of Joseph Baker Hill, J. Tharpe Hill, Mae Hill Purce, Miriam Hill Buck and Stella Hill Yates. Jacob MITCHELL, b. ca. 1756 in Anson Co., N. C., d. prior to Sept. 20, 1837 in Montgomery Co., Ala., where he was buried. He served in Troop S under Capt. G. Bradley and Col. Hogan. I Richard MOSELEY was a patriot furnishing material aid to the Continental Army at Powhatan Co., Va. Following his death (1781), his estate continued to furnish supplies to the Revolutionary Army. -Ancestors of Louise Gulledge Eckels (Mrs. J. W., Jr.). 574 Monroe County, Georgia Dr. George MOSSE, b. 1745 in Ireland, d. Feb. 17,1807 at Black Swamp, Robertville, S. C. Dr. Mosse, a graduate of Dublin University, Ireland, came to America before the Revolutionary War and settled at St. Helena, S. C. During the war, he was taken prisoner but escaped from the prison ship at Charleston and returned to his duties as physician and surgeon in the Colonial Army. - Ancestor of Elizabeth R. Collier (Mrs. H. W.), Louise Rhodes, Winburn K. Rhodes, Jr., Sim Z. Rhodes and James W. Rhodes. Sergeant James PATILLO, b. 1750 in Va., d. 1819 in Brunswick Co., Va. Thomas PERSONS, b. 1733 Surry Co., Va., d. 1800 in Granville, N. C. He was leader of the Anti-Federal Party, member of the Provincial Council and member of the committee to form a Bill of Rights and Constitution for State of N. C. Persons Hall at State University at Chapel Hill, N. C. is named for him. -Ancestors of Mary Persons. Reuben POUND, d. 1797. He served in 2nd Ga. Battalion and received a bounty-grant in Washington Co., Ga. He is listed in Knight's Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers p. 273 and his record of service is on file in office of the secretary of state, State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga. as well as in National Archives, Washington, D. C. -Ancestor of Ruth Moran Chapman (Mrs. P. R.). John RAINES, b. 1726 in Bristol Parish, Va. He was one of six Virginians of the same name who served in the Revolutionary War. Thomas RAINES (son of John), b. 1763 in Sussex Co., Va. He was a sergeant in the Va. Infantry. Nat. D.A.R. Record No. 84991. - Ancestors of Euna Dumas Zellner (Mrs. B. H., Jr.). Anderson REDDING, b. 1764 in Va., d. 1843 in Monroe Co., Ga. and buried in Salem Church Cemetery, Monroe Co. When a very young man he enlisted in the Continental Army as a private soldier and served throughout the Revolution, being present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. -Ancestor of Rosa McGee Pryse (Mrs. Kenneth), Sarah McGee Lifsey (Mrs. H. A), V. R. McGee, Julia F. Searcy, Albert H. Searcy, Sibyl S. Tyner (Mrs. I. E.), Mary S. Smith (Mrs. D. A), Hill D. Searcy and Henrietta S. Shi (Mrs. S. R., Jr.). Richard RICHARDS served as a private in Captain John Webb's Company, 7th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col. Alexander McClenachan. -Ancestor of J. Frank Vaughan, Jr. and Sue Vaughan Burns (Mrs. T. A., Jr.). John RUTHERFORD, b. 1760 in Newberry, S. C., d. 1833 and buried at Sandersville, Ga. in cemetery on Milledgeville Road. He was an officer under General Nathaniel Greene. -Ancestor of Francis Rutherford Bullard. Simon SMITH, buried Nazareth Church, Evans Co., Ga., Nat. D.A.R. No. 450223. -Ancestor of Joseph Baker Hill, J. Tharpe Hill, Mae Hill Puree, Miriam Hill Buck and Stella Hill Yates. James STEWART, served in Col. William McCrary's Co., 9th Regiment, N. C. He was discharged Dec. 20, 1777. N. C. State Records Vol. 16, pp. 115,118. Nat. D.A.R.No.113;116;81537;202308;231317. -Ancestor of Eleanor Haygood Harris (Mrs. W. F.) Joel STOKES served as corporal in Wilson's Company, North Carolina Militia, entering service May 6,1777. Christian STREIT served as chaplain of 8th Regiment commanded by Col. Abraham Bowman. He was appointed August 1, 1776. - Ancestors of J. Frank Vaughan, Jr. and Sue Vaughan Burns (Mrs. T. A., Jr.). Lt. Leonard Marbury THOMPSON, b. in Va., d. in Morgan Co., Ga. He served in 7th Va. Regiment. Capt. William THOMPSON, b. in Va., d. Jan. 6, 1823, in Columbia Co., Ga. He received bounty lands, 1784. His service was with Va. Continental Troops. -Ancestors of Ruth Thompson Bittick (Mrs. L. C., Sr.). Moses WATKINS was a private in the Infantry of the Regular Va. Continental Five. On Feb. 12, 1784, Col. Gaskins was paid a certificate of $35.20 for him. -Ancestor of Paul Raymond Chapman. Capt. William WATSON, b. Dec. 11,1756, in Philadelphia, Pa., d. 1817 in Pottsville, Pa. He served in the First Battalion Gloucester Co., N. Jersey Militia until the close of the war. - Ancestor of J. W. Eckels, Jr. John WEAVER, b. 1758, d. 1817. He served under Elijah Clarke and re ceived a bounty of 287.5 acres in Wilkes Co. -Ancestor of Nellie M. Stuart, Agnes M. Walker, Katherine M. Jenkins, Nellie Grant, Lois G. Bryant and Barneille Johnson. James WHITE, d. ca. 1811 in Warren Co., N. C. He was a Revolutionary soldier with Nat. D.A.R. No. 286173. -Ancestor of Elizabeth Rhodes Collier (Mrs. H. W.), Louise Rhodes, Winborn K. Rhodes, Jr., Sim Z. Rhodes, James W. Rhodes, Clyde H. Zellner, J. Kimbell Zellner, Jr., Simeon Holmes Zellner, II, Harold L. Zellner, Elizabeth Z. Brantley (Mrs. Willis) and Mary Claude Z. Matlock. John WILLIAMS, b. 1737 in the Isle of Wight Co., Va., d. 1795 in Halifax Co., N. C. He assisted in establishing American independence, appointed delegates for Colonial Congress, one of twelve selected for protection of the country, a commissary in the army. -Ancestor of Mary Persons. Thomas Ballard WYATT, b. 1755 in Spotsylvania Co., Va., d. 1831 in Newton Co., Ga. where he is buried. He served with the Continental Army of the State of Va. under Capt. Francis Smith and was transferred to Capt. Black's company under Col. Thomas Meriwether. -Ancestor of Louise Gulledge Eckels (Mrs. J. W., Jr.). REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS BURIED IN MONROE COUNTY Thomas GREEN, buried in Liberty Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery at intersection of Johnstonville Road and Rt. 36. Lud MALONE, buried in Liberty Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery at intersection of Johnstonville Road and Rt. 36. William OGLETREE, Ga. Militia, buried in Ogletree Cemetery, Goodwyne Rd. near Johnstonville. Anderson REDDING, buried in Old Salem Church Cemetery, Pea Ridge Rd. North of Bolingbroke. Brittain ROGERS, b. Oct. 11, 1761, d. Apr. 22, 1833, buried in Roger Davis Cemetery off Baggarly Rd. about one and one-half miles from Rt. 74 near Rogers Methodist Church. William STEWART, b. 1762, d. 1848 in Monroe Co., private in Va. Militia.