Display Patriot - P-164421 - James GARRISON

James GARRISON

SAR Patriot #: P-164421

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: NC      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A044339

Birth: 11 Mar 1747 Frederickstown / / PA
Death: aft 04 Mar 1841 / Greene / IL

Qualifying Service Description:

CAPTs JOHN HAMLIN, ALEXANDER GORDON - COLs BENJAMIN CLEVELAND, JOSEPH MCDOWELL


Additional References:
  1. Pension Number: *S32260
  2. SOLDIERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BURIED IN IL

Spouse: Ester Ann Roberts
Children: David; Mathew; Samuel; James; Jesse; Nancy; Sarah;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1986-03-27 TX 227656 Clay Lewis Garrison (127452) Jesse   
1994-01-14 KY 209720 Michael Allison Christian (141697) Sarah   
2001-07-17 VA 9665 Scott Daniel Aiken USMC (152900) Sarah   
2010-03-10 IL 38219 Norman Gail Dickey (172979) David   
2010-08-12 WA 30869 Thomas Stanley Wills (166648) Matthew   
2017-10-06 IL 77594 Ronald Bruce Leffler (204859) Samuel   
2017-10-06 IL 77595 Lawrence Leroy Leffler (204860) Samuel   
2022-09-09 FL 103333 Paul L. Bridgford (223733) Samuel   
2022-09-09 FL 103334 Michael S. Bridgford (223734) Samuel   
2022-09-09 FL 103335 Gabriel B. Bridgford (223735) Samuel   
Location:
Patterson / Greene / IL / USA
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Comments:

Photos by permission: Norman Diceky, Illinois SAR



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

The cemetery is located in Patterson Township on the south end of Exchange Street




Author: Col Scott D. Aiken


James Garrison was born on March 11, 1747 in Fredericktown, Pennsylvania (later Maryland).  He married Ester Roberts circa 1774 in Surry County, North Carolina.  They had thirteen children.  During the American Revolution, he served as a Private in the North Carolina militia under the command of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland in 1775 and under Colonel Joseph McDowell in 1781.  He saw action at the Battles of Cross Creek, Ninety-Six, and Eutaw Springs.  He lived in Pennsylvania/Maryland; Wilkes County, North Carolina; Pendleton District, South Carolina; Warren/Barren/Hart Counties, Kentucky; Hamilton and Greene Counties, Illinois.  He died in Green County, Illinois on April 3, 1841 and is buried in the Patterson Cemetery at Wilmington, Illinois.


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