James HOUSE
SAR Patriot #:
P-185624
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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Matross
Birth: abt 1759 / / CT
Death: 17 Nov 1834 Georgetown / Washington / DC
Qualifying Service Description:
Matross (artillery gunner), Capt Drury Ragsdale, VA, 14 Mar 1777
Spouse: XX XX
Children: Eliphalet; Eleazer;
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Location:
Arlington / Arlington / VA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
Grave Plot #:
Section 1, Grave 297-A
Grave GPS Coordinates:
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Marker Type:
Vertical Monument with SAR Plaque
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
Comments:
Photo added with permission of Craig Batten, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Photo: 1 of 1
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Additional Information:
- per FindaGrave
- Revolutionary War Army Officer. Enlisted in the Continental Army, 14 Mar 1777 at the age of fifteen
- Served as a matross (artillery gunner) in Captain Drury Ragsdale's Company of Artillery, VA
- Originally buried in the Old Presbyterian Cemetery in Georgetown (now a part of Washington DC), he was reinterred at Arlington, 12 May 1892
- one of 11 Rev. War Veterans reinterred at Arlington Nat'l Cem.
- brother of Eleazer, P-185617
- Inscription died 17th Nov 1834 | Aged. 75 yrs
- DAR Plaque - No DAR record located - Jan 2025
- Researcher note: calculated DoBs conflict between monument inscription and age at enlistment