Display Patriot - P-189951 - John Lawson IRWIN

John Lawson IRWIN

SAR Patriot #: P-189951

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State of Service: GA/NC      Qualifying Service: Captain
DAR #: A060551

Birth: 29 Aug 1755 / Mecklenburg / NC
Death: 01 Jan 1822 / Washington / GA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. 1779-1780, he served as a Captain in the Georgia Province of the South Carolina troops in the Regiment of Colonel Andrew Pickens.
  2. 1781-1782, he was a Captain in the Regiment of Colonel Robert Anderson of the South Carolina Line, Georgia Province.

Additional References:
  1. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. Micropublication M881, roll 0887. Washington: National Archives.
  2. Heitman, Francis B., Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, 1775-1873, Washington DC: Rare Book Shop Publishing Company, 1914, pg 314.
  3. Roster of Rev Soldiers in Georgia, Vol III, pg 124
  4. Pioneer Settlers in Early Washington and Surrounding Counties
  5. Genealogical History of the Irwin Family, Jared Irwin

Spouse: Rebecca Sessions
Children: Nancy; Alexander; William; Rhoda; Jared; Rebecca;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1994-01-12 FL 209325 James Theodore Williams (141813) Rhoda   
1994-05-02 FL 208437 Jerry Felix Sowell (142693) Nancy   
1996-11-26 FL 202799 Jeffrey Lee Sizemore (147344) Nancy   
2005-05-05 AL 22451 Thomas Walter Daniel Jr. (164768) Rhonda   
2009-11-20 GA 37100 Thomas Roy Wise (175589) Alexander   
2009-11-20 GA 37101 Thomas Henderson Wise (175590) Alexander   
2009-11-20 GA 37102 Roy Irwin Wise (175591) Alexander   
2011-08-11 VA 43553 Thomas Walter Daniel III (180462) Nancy   
Burial:
Irwin Family Cemetery (C-0371308)
Location:
Tennille / Washington / GA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
1971428
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
24682993
Marker Type:
SAR
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
02 Apr 2011

Comments:
  • Full grave flat stone appears to be original.
  • Photos displayed courtesy of Sanders Mercer, GA SAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Dale Corey

John Lawson Irwin was born on 29 August 1755 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina. He was the son of Thomas Irwin and Rebecca Roger, one of eleven siblings. His family moved from North Carolina to Georgia in 1757.

He met Rebecca Sessions, and they were married on 24 December 1790 in Washington County, Georgia. They were the parents of the following known children:

  • Alexander was born on 29 August 1792 and married Margaret Moore Lawson.
  • William was born about 1794 and married Margaret Lawson.
  • Rhoda Nancy was born about 1799 and married Stephen Daniel.
  • Jared was born in 1800 and married Letta Pelt.
  • Rebecca was born about 1804.

During the Revolutionary War, he served in the Georgia Militia from November 1775 to December 1778, reaching the rank of Captain. His brother was Colonel Jared Irwin who was twice elected Governor of Georgia. John served again in the War of 1812 as a Brigadier General.

He passed away on 1 January 1822 in Washington County, Georgia, and was buried in the Irwin Family Cemetery in Tennille.

Sources:

  1. Pioneer Settlers in Early Washington and Surrounding Counties
  2. Hist Reg of Officers of the Continental Army, Francis B. Heitman, 1914, Page 314.
  3. Memoirs of Georgia, McCall, Vol III

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