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State of Service: SC
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant
From April 27 until December 3, 1781, he served in the South Carolina Militia under Captains Joseph Johnson and Frederick Wommack. He served as a Lieutenant in the Militia from December 3, 1781 until March 10, 1782. His widow drew land in the 1827 Land Lottery as a widow of a Revolutionary War Soldier.
See: (1) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 337.
(2) Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, v. 2.
(3) Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, p. 278.
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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Author: John Albert Burnett
Henry Dyess, Sr. was the son of John Dyess and Violator Beasley. He was born circa 1755 in the Craven County area of North Carolina. Prior to 1783 he was married to Winnifred Boyett (daughter of William Boyett of the Barnwell District, South Carolina). Henry Dyess, Sr. and Winnifred (Boyett) Dyess had the following known children:
1. Sarah Dyess (1772-1870) married John Popwell (Poppell)
2. Winniford Dyess (1777-1854) married 1st John Grissett and 2nd David A. Henderson
3. Elizabeth Dyess (1783-1870) married Jacob Harnage
4. Sabra Dyess (1787-Circa 1870) married Jehu Jackson Styles Murray
5. Henry Dyess, Jr. (1792-1870) married Martha Smith
During the American Revolution, Henry Dyess, Sr. served in the militia in South Carolina from April 27 until December 3, 1781 under Capts. Joseph Johnson and Frederick Wommack. From December 3, 1781 to March 10, 1782, he served as a Lieutenant in the militia in South Carolina.
After the Revolutionary War, Henry Dyess, Sr. lived in South Carolina until around 1800, when he relocated to the State of Georgia. He lived in Burke and Effingham Counties in Georgia, but settled in Liberty County, Georgia according to the 1820 census.
About 1825, Henry Dyess, Sr. moved with his family to Appling County, Georgia. In 1830, he was in Ware County, Georgia; when it was created out of the part of Appling County where he was living. Henry Dyess, Sr. died circa 1831 (since his widow Winnifred drew land in the 1832 Georgia Land Lottery). Both Henry Dyess, Sr. and his wife Winniford are believed to be buried in Ware County, Georgia, but their graves are unmarked and have been lost over time.
Submitted by John Albert Burnett, SAR National Number 129889, and State Number 12904. Pennsylvania State Society, Washington Chapter.
Sources: SAR P-Number 152125
Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution by Bobby Gilmer Moss, Page 278. (1985).
Audited Accounts in the South Carolina Archives, 2119.
Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia by Folks Huxford (Vol. 2), page 100. (1954).
Approved SAR Supplemental Application of John Albert Burnett, SAR National Number 129889.
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