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William Cheeke b. 9/29/1752 d. 4/16/1845 FRANKLIN COUNTY, GEORGIA
A native of the Laurens District, South Carolina, he enlisted there in 1777 in the South Carolina Troops commanded by Captains William Barry and Lewis Duval and Colonel John Hunter. He later received a pension for his services.
See: (1) Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, v. 1, p. 615.
(2) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 322, 438, 450.
(3) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, v. 2, p. 29.
(4) Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, p. 166.
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: Joel Sanford Mize
William Martin Cheek was born Sept 29, 1752 in Randolph Co NC, son of Robert James Cheek and Ann Mayo. A couple of years before the war came to NC and SC, he married Mary Polly Vines (1773) of Laurens County SC and they raised their family of about 11 children in that county. William and two brothers, Willis and Ellis, entered war service as SC Militiamen by 1777. William and Ellis were Privates; Willis had the rank of Lt. The details of William’s war service are found in this pension testimony given September 1832 in Franklin County GA. In 1777 and 1778, William rotated out of Laurens County SC to the Indian frontier at Blockhouse Station for three months of duty, then came home for a similar three months. This pattern repeated. The Company was under command of Captain William Berry and Colonel John Hunter. In 1779 & 1780, the duty rotation was the same but under the command of Captain Lewis Duvall and Colonel Benjamin Kilgore. There were no battles during the four years of this military duty. William and his family continued to live in Laurens County SC after the war until 1804. His wife, Mary Polly died in 1791, related to child-birth. William remarried to Priscilla Ann Sartain in 1792. Then they moved to the Pendleton District of SC and stayed until 1818. After 1818 the family resided in Franklin County GA. William died April 16, 1845 and is buried in the Old Carroll Methodist Church cemetery of Carnesville, Franklin County GA. His Rev War service is recognized on his tombstone.
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