Display Patriot - P-105635 - Joseph AVANT/AVENT

Joseph AVANT/AVENT

SAR Patriot #: P-105635

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: GA      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
DAR #: A003881

Birth: abt 1740 / Bertie / NC
Death: bef 11 Jul 1801 / Washington / GA

Qualifying Service Description:

Paid for Services Rendered


Additional References:
  1. Davis, GA Citizens & Soldiers. of the Am. Rev pg 52
  2. Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers, Sailors, Patriots & Descendants, v. 2, pg 13
  3. Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, pg 210, 375
  4. Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, v. 3, pg 13

Spouse: XX XX;
Children: Ransome Davis;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child Genealogy Flags View Application Detail
1976-09-10 FL Unassigned William James Beard (111711) Ransome   
1976-09-10 FL Unassigned John C Beard (111712) Ransome GRANDFATHERED   
1980-09-21 FL Unassigned George D Avant Jr (117513) Ransom   
1982-03-29 FL Unassigned David Alonzo Avant III (120075) Ransome   
1992-01-02 GA 214105 Frank Cleveland Parker III (138012) Ransom GRANDFATHERED   
1995-06-09 FL 205819 Cecil Brice Strange Jr (144697) Ransome   
2002-08-20 CA 13789 William Edward Cox (151377) Ransome   
2010-02-02 TX 37838 Jonathan Edward Beard (176122) Ransome   
2010-02-02 TX 37839 William Francis Beard (176123) Ransome   
2012-11-03 AL 50277 Larry Chester Mullins (185238) Ransome   
2020-08-28 GA 91885 Sanders Garner Mercer Jr. (204146) Ransome   
Burial:
Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery (C-0108679)
Location:
Deepstep / Washington / GA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2254710
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
33.032140 / -82.974240
Find A Grave Memorial #:
277609883
Marker Type:
DAR Memorial
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Image taken and submitted with permission of compatriot Sanders Mercer (GA) member 204146.
  • While mining kaolin, the Thiele Kaolin Company moved the remains of 36 individuals located on the property once owned by Joseph Avant to location not known. To commerate Patriot Joseph Avant the DAR errected a head stone at the Smyrna Bapstist Church Cemetery and dedicated it on 08 Oct 2023.


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

From Sandersville, GA go to Deepstep, GA. At the traffic beacon, turn right on to Smyrna Chruch Road. Go 0.9 miles, cemetery is on right.



Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

Joseph Avant      b. 8/24/1720      d. 8/1798            WASHINGTON COUNTY, GEORGIA

 

He served as a private in Colonel George Mathew's Regiments of the Virginia Continental Line and fought in the Battles of Germantown and Brandywine.  He received bounty land in Washington County for his services.

 

See:       (1) Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers, Sailors, Patriots & Descendants, v. 2, p. 13.

              (2) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 210, 375.

              (3) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, v. 3, p. 13.

 

Source:  Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 2, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke.  Edited by: Ryan Groenke.

 

A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index. 

 

Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.

 

Printed in the United States of America

New Papyrus Co., Inc.

548 Cedar Creek Drive

Athens, GA  30605-3408


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