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State of Service: GA
Qualifying Service: Surgeon / Patriotic Service
Birth: abt 1751 / / SC Death: 06 Oct 1827 / Liberty / GA
Qualifying Service Description:
HOSPITAL SURGEON'S MATE 1776
SURGEON, 1ST REGT SC, CL, 1777-1783
TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR AT CHARLESTON, 1780
Additional References:
HEITMAN, HIST REG OF OFFICERS OF THE CONT ARMY DURING THE WAR OF THE REV, 1775-1783, pg 79
BLWT #1250-300
BLWT #1830-100
Spouse: Ann Lambright Dix Children: Saccharissa Elizabeth; Olivia Tuckerman;
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photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Midway Cemetery on US Highway 17 in Midway, Georgia directly across the street from the Midway Museum and historic church. Take I-95 to exit 76 - at end or ramp turn west and travel 3.7 miles to U.S. 17 - Turn right (north) and travel <1 mile to the Midway Church
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Author: Kenneth Scott Collins
Samuel Jacob T. Axon b. 1761 d. 10/6/1827 LIBERTY COUNTY, GEORGIA
In May of 1776, he served as a hospital Surgeon's mate, and on January 4, 1777, he became a Surgeon in the 1st Regiment of the South Carolina Continental Line. He was taken prisoner at the fall of Charleston on May 12, 1780.
Buried: Midway Cemetery.
See: (1) Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, v. 1, p. 100.
(2) Marriages and Deaths: 1820 to 1830, p. 4.
(3) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, v. 3, p. 14.
(4) Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, p. 33.
(5) Some Early Georgia Epitaphs.
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
Author: William Foye Ramsaur
Samuel Jacob Axon/Axson
1751-6 Oct. 1827 (Midway, Liberty County, Georgia)
Service Information: Surgeon South Carolina Continental Line 1776 - 1783; Captured at Charleston, SC in 1780.
Burial: – US Highway 17 – Midway, Georgia 31320.
GPS Coordinates: 31.48356 x -81.25852
Cemetery Notes: Row “A” Grave 27; Ceremony to mark his Grave occurred on April 30, 2017.
The inscription on his tombstone is as follows: “Sacred to the Memory of Samuel J. Axson, M.D., who died October 6, 1827. Age near 66 years. He was an officer in the Revolution, and a gentleman of eminent ability and virtue."
Midway Cemetery on US Highway 17 in Midway, Georgia directly across the street from the Midway Museum and historic church.
Take I-95 to exit 76 - at end or ramp turn west and travel 3.7 miles to U.S. 17 - Turn right (north) and travel <1 mile to the Midway Church.
Author: George Edward Thurmond
Samuel Jacob T. Axson (1751 SC - 1827 GA) - Surgeon in the South Carolina Continental Line
1-- Samuel Jacob T. Axson was born in 1751 in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina.
2- In May of 1776, he received a commission as a hospital surgeon’s mate in the South Carolina Continental Line. On January 4, 1777, he was promoted to surgeon in the 1stRegiment of the South Carolina Continental Line. He was taken prisoner by the British at the fall of Charleston on May 12, 1780; was released, and continued in service until the end of the war in 1783.
3— After the Revolutionary War, Samuel Axson moved to Sunbury in Liberty County, Georgia, and established a medical practice. In 1823, he helped to incorporate the Walthourville Academy in Liberty County.
4-He received two Bounty Land Warrants: #1250 for 300 acres and #1830 for 100 acres in the Ohio Territory. These warrants were issued to officers and soldiers who had served during the Revolutionary War.
5- Samuel Axson applied for a Pension on April 26, 1827, in Liberty County, In March of 1832, his widow, Ann Axson, submitted a request to the Federal Government for unpaid compensation for his Revolutionary War service. In a letter signed by President Andrew Jackson, remuneration of $10,850.86 (half pay plus interest) was granted to his surviving heirs: wife, Ann Axson, children, Richard F. S. Axson, Oliva Tuckerman Way, and son-in-law, Moses Liberty Jones.
6- Samuel Axson married Mary Ann Girardeau in the Midway Congregational Church in April of 1795, the sister of Revolutionary War Patriot John Bohun Girardeau. She died on March 20, 1799 in Liberty County. Samuel Axson then married a widow, Ann Lambright Dicks in 1805 in Liberty County, and she lived until 1854. Samuel Axson had four daughters: Saccharissa Elizabeth who married Moses Liberty Jones, Amanda, Mary Ann and Oliva Tuckerman who married Dr. Samuel Way. He also one son, Richard F. S. Axson, who became a planter in Liberty County and a school teacher.
7- Dr. Samuel Axson died on October 6, 1827, in Liberty County, Georgia, and was buried in the Midway Church Cemetery on Row A Grave 27. The inscription on his tombstone is as follows: “Sacred to the Memory of Samuel J. Axson, M.D., who died October 6, 1827. Age near 66 years. He was an officer in the Revolution, and a gentleman of eminent ability and virtue.”
8- Mrs. Ann Axson, wife of Dr. Samuel Axson, was buried in the Midway Church Cemetery on Row E Grave 7. His daughter, Mrs. Saccahrissa Elizabeth Jones, and her husband, Moses Liberty Jones were buried on Row E Graves 4 and 5. Another daughter, Oliva Tuckerman and her husband, Dr. Samuel Way were buried on Row F Graves 7 and 8. Sources: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers, GASSAR: Vol 2, page
9; DAR Patriot Index, NSDAR: Vol 1, page 92; Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, Heitman: page 79; Roster ofSouth Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, Moss: page 33; Morningstars of Liberty: Georgia’s Continental Officers During the Revolutionary War; Gordon Burns Smith: Vol II, pages 275-276; Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, McCall: Vol I, pages 188 & 264; Vol III, pages 4, 14, 264 & 265; Marriages & Deaths: 1820 to 1830, Warren: page 4; Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, White: Vol 1, page 100; Sources on Ancestry.com: Records of Revolutionary War- Officers Entitled to Half-Pay, page 411; U.S. War Bounty Land Warrants, 1789-1858; Vol. 2, page 67; Ancestry.Com Family Tree; Letter dated 1908, from Mrs. Eugenia Jones Bacon of Monteagle, TN, granddaughter Samuel Axson; Revolutionary Soldiers of America, p 79.
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