Display Patriot - P-159954 - William FOLSOM

William FOLSOM

SAR Patriot #: P-159954

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: GA      Qualifying Service: Lieutenant
DAR #: A040293

Birth: 1745 / Prince William / VA
Death: 1785 / Burke / GA

Qualifying Service Description:

2ND LT, BURKE CO MILITIA, 6TH CO, Colonel JOHN THOMAS


Additional References:
  1. DAVIS, GA CITIZENS & SOLS OF THE AM REV, pg 62, 63
  2. Huxford, "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia", Vol I & Vol II
  3. GA Genealogical Magazine, SAR Jul 1961, "Georgia's Roster of the Revolution"

Spouse: Sarah/Sally Armstrong
Children: Lawrence Armstrong;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1977-09-29 FL Unassigned Auren O Folsom Jr (113556) Lawrence   
1979-09-29 FL Unassigned Leroy E Folsom (113555) Lawrence   
2004-12-08 AL 20707 Emory Wallace McDonald (154975) Lawrence   
2009-10-05 FL 36781 John Paul Folsom (175241) Lawrence   
2010-05-26 AL 39145 Joseph Edward Boyett III (177148) Lawrence   
2013-07-11 GA 53960 George Michael Sirmans (187877) Lawrence   
2025-03-14 GA 116579 Joseph Edward Boyette (232893) Lawrence   
Burial:
UNKNOWN (Unindexed)
Location:
Burke / GA
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Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

William Folsom          d. 1784/85                 BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA

He served as a 2nd Lieutenant in Captain John Warring's 6th Company of the Burke County, Georgia Militia commanded by Colonel John Thomas.

See:         (1) Miss Bessie Folsom, D.A.R. #402728.

                (2) Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution, p. 63.

                (3) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 414.

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.

Printed in the United States of America

New Papyrus Co., Inc.

548 Cedar Creek Drive

Athens, GA  30605-3408

 


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