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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Ensign / Patriotic Service
Original upright white marble U.S. Gov't Veteran's gravestone leaning against nearby tree
Modern Bronze Marker Inscription: James Blair, NC Line, Revolutionary War, Mar 6, 1761, Mar 31 1839
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Author: Kenneth Scott Collins
James Blair b. 3/6/1761 d. 10/16/1839 STEPHENS COUNTY, GEORGIA
A native of Augusta County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1778 in Burke County, North Carolina and served as an Orderly Sergeant, an Ensign, and an Indian spy under Captains James Richardson, Peter Ford, John Bowman, Adam Hampton, and William Gray, and Colonels Joseph McDowell, Andrew Hampton, Dugan,
Cleveland, and Hambright. He was wounded in the shoulder by the Tories while he was serving as an express rider. He was in the Battles of Sumter's Defeat, Cane Creek, King's Mountain, Blackstock's Plantation, Hampton's Plantation, Pacolet River, Ramsour's Mills, and the Siege of Augusta. He later was a Senator and Representative from Habersham County and drew land in the 1838 Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery as a Revolutionary War Soldier and received a pension for his services.
See: (1) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 325.
(2) History of Stephens County, Georgia: 1715-1972, p. 18, 261.
(3) The Patriots at King's Mountain, p. 21.
(4) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, v. 3, p. 29.
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.
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