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William Anderson b. 1/8/1763 d. 5/6/1844 BALDWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA
He enlisted in Wilkes County, Georgia in Captain Burwell's Company in Colonel Elijah Clarke's Regiment of the Georgia Line and served at the Siege of Augusta. He later enlisted at Wrightsboro, Georgia as a Volunteer Rifleman stationed at Philip's fort in Wilkes County, Georgia. He later received a pension for his services.
Buried: Anderson Burying Ground, "in a field in back of C. S. Winn's home, near Meriwether Railroad Station," lone marked grave.
See: (1) Georgia Genealogical Magazine, v. 29, #111, p. 87.
(2) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 450, 461.
(3) The Pension Roll of 1835, p. 154.
(4) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, p. 23.
Source:
Arnold, Ross, Hank Burnham, Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, J., and Ryan Groenke. Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers. Volume 1. Athens: Georgia SAR (2001). A Georgia county-by-county compilation of Revolutionary War patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died there, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates, and places of burial, with index.
Author: Bert Reece Christy
William Anderson was born January 8, 1763, in Buckingham County, Virgina. Shortly after that he moved to Wilkes County, Georgia with his father, Gideon Anderson and other members of the family. While residing in Wilkes County, Georgia, sometime in 1777 he enlisted in the Georgia Militia and served as a private in Captain Burrell Smith's Georgia Company, and was stationed at Gourd Vine Station at the Cherokee Corner in Georgia, for two and one-half years. He then served as a rifleman under General Elijah Clarke in the Georgia Troops, and was at the siege of Augusta. He was afterward stationed at Philip's Fort in Wilkes County, Georgia, and at the Broad River Station under Captain Antry. He later served as a private under General Elijah Clarke on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians. After the Revolution, he continued to reside in Georgia, principally in Wilkes County. He was allowed pension on his application executed February 27, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Baldwin County, Georgia.
He died May 6, 1844, as resident of Baldwin County, Georgia.
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