Iredell County NcArchives Military Records.....Gill, William 
Revwar - Enlistment Charlotte Democrat 18 Dec 1860
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A Member of Washington's Life Guard

Buried in Iredell County - We presume it is not generally known that a member of 
Washington's Life Guard in the time of the Revolution was buried in the county of 
Iredell, nevertheless it is true. His name was William Gill, and is mentioned in 
the historical sketches of General Washington's Military Family.

The remains of this good patriot, made sacred by the offices the living performed 
around the person of the Father of his Country, in the time that tried men's 
souls, who shared the dangers and privations of his great Captain - lie beneath 
the sod in a graveyard, known as the cemetery of the "Young Family" on Hunting 
Creek, in the north part of Iredell and now in possession of John H. Dalton, Esq.

The spot is indicated by a plain soapstone placed at the head of the grave with 
the following inscription:

"Scared to the memory of William Gill who departed this life Sept. 4th, 1797 - 
aged 47 years."

A correspondent having communicated to us the above particulars says: "It is but 
due to his memory that a monument be erected to mark the spot where the man that 
served his country from the commencement until the close of the Revolution was 
laid. He was a native of Virginia, married Susanna Young before the commencement 
of the war and removed to North Carolina some years after the war. His widow 
survived him 34 years. She never asked anything for his services or his 
descendants."

We think the public will coincide with our correspondent that a monument should 
be erected to the memory of the deceased by Congress or our State.


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