Benjamin HARPER
SAR Patriot #:
P-175433
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: SC
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service / Private
DAR #: A051006
Birth: 1735 / / Ireland
Death: 12 Jun 1801/1802 / Lancaster Dist / SC
Qualifying Service Description:
- Private, Gen Marion, SC
- Furnished Supplies
Additional References:
- DAR Patriot Index, Volume II, pg 95
- "Marion's Men, A List of Twenty-five Hundred", pg 12, by William Willis Boddiel
- Sally's Stub Indents for Rev Claims, Book L-N, Index #56, pg 258
Spouse: Martha Knox
Children: James; Robert;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
| Date Approved | Society | ACN | SAR Member Info | Lineage via Child | View Application Detail | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971-05-18 | TN | Unassigned | Turner E Kirkland (101483) | James | ||
| 1984-03-05 | AR | Unassigned | James Joseph Burton Jr (123535) | James | ||
| 1988-01-19 | TN | 223795 | Roy Cary Wehman (130466) | James |
Location:
Riverside / Lancaster / SC / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
Marker Type:
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
Comments:
- Upright Stone
- Photo displayed courtesy of Gerald Adams, SC SAR
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
- From the intersection of Hwy 9 Business (W Meeting St) and Hwy 521 (Main St) in Lancaster, SC (Lancaster County Courthouse,) take Hwy 9 west for roughly 2 miles. At this point stay straight (Hwy 9 exits and rejoins Hwy 9 Bypass). Continue straight on what is now Riverside Road for roughly 4.4 miles to the intersection with Old Hickory Rd. Bear slightly right onto Old Hickory and continue for roughly .5 mile to the church on the right
- Locate the single tree in the northeastern corner of the cemetery. From there look west and locate a row of modern stones. The row with 5 modern stones joins with a row of much older stones. . From where the most southern of these newer stones join the older ones, Mr. Foster's stone is southwest about 20 feet. The stone has a high arch top with rounded shoulders. The stone has two large diagonal cracks that have been repaired.
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Patriot biographies must be the original work of the author, and work submitted must not belong to another person or group, in observance with copyright law. Patriot biographies are to be written in complete sentences, follow the established rules of grammar, syntax and punctuation, be free of typographical errors, and follow a narrative format. The narrative should unfold in a logical manner (e.g. the narrative does not jump from time period to time period) or have repeated digressions, or tell the history of the patriot's line from the patriot ancestor to the author. The thinking here is that this is a patriot biography, not a lineage report or a kinship determination project or other report published in a genealogy journal. The biography should discuss the qualifying service (military, patriotic, civil) of the patriot ancestor, where the service was rendered, whether this was a specific state or Continental service, as well as significant events (as determined by the author) of the patriot's life. This is the entire purpose of a patriot's biography.
Additional guidelines around the Biography writeup can be found here:
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1Upon submission of a patriot biography, the patriot biography becomes the property of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and may be edited to conform to the patriot biography submission standards.