Sumter County GaArchives News.....Salter, Simon Rev War Marker 1946 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Crilley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000642 September 15, 2007, 4:02 pm Americus Times-Recorder March 18, 1946 Unmarked Grave of Hero of Revolutionary War is Found in Sumter County After more than 100 years and although Sumter County was not formed until after all of America's Heroes of the Revolution against England were either old or had passed on to their reward, an unmarked grave of one has been located through the efforts of Council of Safety Chapter D.A. R and their chairman of Revolutionary graves committee, Mrs. William T. McMath. In one of the most isolated and thickest woooded plot in Sumter county, near Salters Creek, south of Newpoint Church lies the remains of J. Simeon Salter, located in a burial plot, with a great ditch cut entirely around it. There is no roadway to the location and so thick are the trees and underbrush that it is almost impossible walking. As a young man, this patriot fought for America's Independence and later removed from Washington county to Sumter county, while Indians were here. He in company with Mr. Lingo, Mr. McDonald and other pioneers layed out Americus. He has many prominent relatives in this section. A pathway is to be cut from the nearest roadway to the location and relatives as well as the public will be invited to the unveiling of the grave marker, by the Council of Safety Chapter D.A.R. The War Department has carefully checked Mrs. McMath's historical data and furnished a beautiful marker which is not in her possession. Americus Times-Recorder June 15, 1946 Marker will be Unveiled Revolutionary Hero's Final Grave Marked A marker erected to the memory of Captain Simon Salter, a patriot of the Revolutionary War buried in an isolted, nearly forgotten cemetery in Sumter County will be dedicated and unveiled by the Council of Safety Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, Sunday afternoon, June 23. Appropriate services will be held in the little cemetery at 4 o'clock and the publish is invited to attend. One mile north of Newpoint Church on the Plains road is a farm residence on the Dr. Thad Wise plantation then through a well-sodded pasture to the edge of a primitive forest,is the site of the first white residence in this section. It was erected by the Salters family when this was Lee county. The old residence has since fallen into decay and nearby as was the custom in those days, there is a family cemetery with a wide deep ditch cut completely around it where many generations of Salters lie buried. After a lapse of more than one hundred years since his death, it has been discovered by the local chapter of the D.A.R. and its chairman of Revolutionary graves. Mrs. William T. McMath that in this old cemetery is a grave never marked, where lies the body of Captain Salter. A white granite marker has been furnished free by the U.S. Government to permanently mark this hero's last resting place in recognition of his services to his country. Following is the program for dedication: song - American DAR Chapter members Prayer - Dr. D.J. Evans History of Simon Salter - Judge W.T. McMath Patriotic address - Judge James W. Smith Song - "Faith of our Fathers" led by Mrs. H.F. Poole, Jr. Dedication of the marker - Council of Safety Chapter DAR Unveiling of the marker - Nine year old Arthur A. Miller, Jr. a descendant of Simon Salter Benediction Dr. D.J. Evans Americus Times-Recorder July 1, 1946 Revolutionary Soldier's Grave Marked Photo of group of about 25 men, women and children After going unmarked in a secluded family cemetery in Sumter county since his death, the grave of Captain Simeon Salter, Revolutionary War soldier, was discovered recently and a marker erected by the unveiling and dedication of the marker on Sunday, June 23. Americus Tribune-Review March 18, 1946 Unmarked Grave of Hero of Revolutionary War is Found in Sumter County After more than 100 years and although Sumter County was not formed until after all of America's Heroes of the Revolution against England were either old or had passed on to their reward, an unmarked grave of one has been located through the efforts of Council of Safety Chapter D.A. R and their chairman of Revolutionary graves committee, Mrs. William T. McMath. In one of the most isolated and thickest woooded plot in Sumter county, near Salters Creek, south of Newpoint Church lies the remains of J. Simeon Salter, located in a burial plot, with a great ditch cut entirely around it. There is no roadway to the location and so thick are the trees and underbrush that it is almost impossible walking. As a young man, this patriot fought for America's Independence and later removed from Washington county to Sumter county, while Indians were here. He in company with Mr. Lingo, Mr. McDonald and other pioneers layed out Americus. He has many prominent relatives in this section. A pathway is to be cut from the nearest roadway to the location and relatives as well as the public will be invited to the unveiling of the grave marker, by the Council of Safety Chapter D.A.R. The War Department has carefully checked Mrs. McMath's historical data and furnished a beautiful marker which is not in her possession. Additional Comments: Simon SALTER 1760-1844 "Ga Troops Rev War" [759 GMD] Cemetery online: http://www.sumtercountyhistory.com/cemetery/casisace.htm File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/sumter/newspapers/saltersi2372gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 6.0 Kb