Display Patriot - P-106410 - Nathaniel BACON

Nathaniel BACON

SAR Patriot #: P-106410

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State of Service: GA      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
DAR #: A209129

Birth: abt 1748
Death: 22 Nov 1807 / Liberty / GA

Qualifying Service Description:

SIGNED PETITION, 1777


Additional References:
  1. Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution, Robert Davis, pg 23,26, 27
  2. DAR Patriot Index- vol 1 – pg 101
  3. Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, Bobby Moss pg 35
  4. 36th-45th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC
  5. DAVIS, GA CITIZENS & SOLS OF THE AM REV, pg 23, 26, 27

Spouse: Elizabeth Anderson
Children: Jonathan B; Thomas
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Burial:
Midway Cemetery (C-0371610)
Location:
Midway / Liberty / GA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
35348
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
31.806124 / -81.431249
Find A Grave Memorial #:
n/a
Marker Type:
SAR Granite
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
28 Apr 2024

Comments:
  • Grave Site Unknown - SAR marker placed in Midway Cemetery to the West of the Stewart-Screven Monument.
  • Imagestaken and provided with permission from compatriot KScott Collins (GA) member 175076
  • Liberty County was previously know as St. John's Parish.
  • No Memorial found on find-A-Grave April 2024


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

From Interstate 95 in Georgia take exit 76. Turn West on Georgia Highway 38W/US Highway 84W. Continue 3.9 miles to US Highway 17N. Turn right (North) on US Highway 17N. Destination will be directly ahead in .5 miles. Church is on the right and Cemetery is on the left.



Author: William Foye Ramsaur

Nathaniel Bacon was born in 1748 in Gloucester, South Carolina, the son of Samuel and Tabitha and Bacon.  He had two brothers, William and Jonathan. 

On 3 August 1777, Nathaniel, along with many residents of Liberty County and other Georgia counties, signed a Petition to the Continental Congress against the appointment of Lachlan McIntosh to the rank of Brigadier General in the Continental Army. During the Revolutionary War in 1778, the British overran Liberty County and burned Midway Church, and many residents had to flee to South Carolina. 

Nathaniel followed suit, and there he met and married Elizabeth Baskin. In 1779, Nathaniel Bacon served as a Lieutenant in the South Carolina Militia under Captain John Hammond and Colonel Le Roy Hammond. He was at Savannah Heights, where he served as a night scout; after being promoted to captain, he was at the Siege of Augusta and served in Picken’s Brigade. 

In 1782, Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bacon returned to Liberty County, where they were granted 156 acres of land in 1785 near Sunbury. Their known children were: 

  • Jonathan Baskin was born about 1799 and married Eliza Myers.
  • Thomas. 

Elizabeth Baskin Bacon died in Liberty County shortly after that. He served as a Register of Probates at Sunbury in 1797. He also served as Clerk of the Ordinary Court in 1799, one year after the county seat was moved to Riceboro. He was allowed two draws in the 1805 Land Lottery. 

The Patriot died on 22 November 1807 in Liberty County. His burial place is unknown, but he was possibly buried in the Midway Cemetery.


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