Display Patriot - P-127236 - John CALDER/CAULDER

John CALDER/CAULDER

SAR Patriot #: P-127236

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State of Service: GA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A018184

Birth: 15 Aug 1763 Kirkwall / / Scotland
Death: 24 Jan 1845 Darien / McIntosh / GA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Private in the Georgia-South Carolina militia
  2. DAR cites: PRIVATE; CAPTs GEORGE DOOLY, HARVEY, COLs ELIJAH CLARK, SAMUEL HAMMOND

Additional References:

DAR cites: Pension Application S*W8578


Spouse: (1) Phoebe/Phebe Houghton/Horton; (2) Winewood F Richey
Children: Eugene M; Mary; Catherine;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1987-11-04 VA 224463 Charles Eugene Swartz (130175) Mary   
2010-08-19 FL 40083 Donald Wayne Johnson (177762) Eugene   
2013-10-29 FL 55589 Michael Brodie Johnson (179530) Eugene   
Burial:
Calder Cemetery (C-0234363)
Location:
Shellman Bluff / McIntosh / GA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2452672
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
31.574140 / -81.320430
Find A Grave Memorial #:
31028183
Marker Type:
SAR Granite
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
22 Nov 2024

Comments:

Imagetaken and provided with permission from compatriot J. Steven Hinson (GA) member 189989



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

US 17 to Dallas St, Turn Left on Camp Kicklighter Rd, Proceed to the end of the dirt road. The gate may or may not be locked, Enter and stay to the right in the middle of the camp. Cemetery on the left



Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

John Caulder           b. 1762        d. 1/24/1845                           McINTOSH COUNTY, GEORGIA

 

He served as a private in the Georgia Militia under Colonel Elijah Clarke.  In 1782, he enlisted in the South Carolina Lighthouse Dragons in Captains Harvey and Johnson's Companies commanded by Colonel Samuel Hammond.  He was severely wounded in the Battle of Eutaw Springs and later was in General Andrew Pickens' Indian Expedition and fought in the Battle of Little Terrapin.  He received a pension for his services.

 

Buried:  Contentment Cemetery, near Pine Harbor.

 

See:       (1) Abstracts of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots Reported to D.A.R. in 1939.

               (2) Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, v. 1, p. 579.

               (3) Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, v. 3.

               (4) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, p. 45.

               (5) Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, p. 159.

 

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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Additional Information:

DAR has surname as Calder and birth as 15 Aug 1761 in South Carolina, not Scotland



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