Display Patriot - P-178854

William HEARD

SAR Patriot #: P-178854

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: Private

DAR #: A053884

Birth: abt 1755 / Hanover / VA
Death: 05 Sep 1825 / Jackson / GA

Qualifying Service Description:

Colonel Elijah Clark

Additional References:

DAR GRS listed no Sources - Oct 2022

Spouse: (1) Nancy McClendon; (2) Rachel Griffin
Children: Joseph; William M; Bethany;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1967-09-27	TX	Unassigned	Harold R Heard (96055)	Joseph
1968-11-21	TX	Unassigned	Micahel Watson (97572)	Joseph
1991-04-30	TX	216183	Stephen Patrick Ashburn (136928)	Joseph
1997-02-26	AR	202414	Philip Arthur Jones (147780)	William

Burial:

Kettle Creek Battlefield Cemetery_(C-0138395)

Location:

Washington / Wilkes / GA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2305673

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

33.690890 / -82.885880

Find A Grave Memorial #:

37156065

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Commerative grave stone shows different birth year
photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Cemetery is located on top of the hill where the Loyalist were positioned

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

William Heard b. 1750 d. 1825 WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA

He served as a Private in the Georgia Continental Line.

Buried: Independence Methodist Church Cemetery, Tignall, Georgia. He moved to Kettle Creek Battleground when original burial site was flooded by a dam.

See: (1) Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, January 1986, p. 15.

(2) Personal visit by Graves Project Manager.

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.

Printed in the United States of America

New Papyrus Co., Inc.

548 Cedar Creek Drive

Athens, GA 30605-3408

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