Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

James Cartledge  b. 9/18/1755       d. 4/9/1845                     COLUMBIA COUNTY, GEORGIA

A native of North Carolina, he lived in St. Paul Parrish, Georgia (later Colombia) when he enlisted.  He served as a private in the Richmond County, Georgia Militia commanded by Colonel James McNeil.  He later drew land in the 1838 Georgia Land Lottery as a Revolutionary War Soldier and resident of Columbia County.  He received a pension for his services.

See:         (1) D.A.R. Historian General card file.

                (2) D.A.R. Patriot Index, v. 2, p. 35.

                (3) Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine. January 1984, p. 18.

                (4) Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, v. 1, p. 562.

                (5) Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution, p. 213.

                (6) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 49, 55, 57, 332.

Source:  Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 1, 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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Author: William Joseph Tankersley
James was a son of Edmund Cartledge, Sr., and his wife, Lucretia Elizabeth Kibble. He had two sisters, Mary Ann and Sarah, and three brothers, Samuel, John, and Edmund, Jr. In addition to his Revolutionary War Service detailed below, James was appointed a commissioner of Columbia County in 1812 and according to "Whites Among the Cherokees: Georgia 1828-1838," James was a judge in the Inferior Court in Appling, Columbia County. He was also a constable around the time of the Revolutionary War.

James was drafted for his first tour in the Revolutionary War for six months in February of 1778. He was a private under Colonel John Stewart, Lieutenant Colonel Elijah Clark and Captain Joseph Duncan. He spent this six months in Florida. He returned to Columbia County, Georgia and volunteered for the war with the Indians. This lasted three weeks. Next, he reentered the service in the latter part of 1778 under Colonel William Stafford and marched to Savannah to prevent the British from coming into the country from that port. After a month, they moved to Beaufort Island, S. C. remaining there for a month before returning home. Next he spent four months in Burke County, Georgia and then home again for three weeks. Next he was in service for four months under Colonel John Dooly, Lieutenant Colonel Elijah Clarke, Major Smith and Captain George Dooly in the Georgia Militia starting in the spring of 1779. This regiment went to Burke County, Georgia, patrolling there for four months, protecting Augusta. In the later part of summer, he returned to Columbia County to assist in the attack on Augusta which had been taken by the British. The British held and the regiment retreated over the mountains for the winter. In February 1781 they once again tried to retake Augusta. This lasted until June. He was appointed a Captain under Colonel Few and remained in that capacity to the end of the War.

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