Display Patriot - P-236427 - Robert LIDE

Robert LIDE

SAR Patriot #: P-236427

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State of Service: SC      Qualifying Service: Major / Patriotic Service / Civil Service
DAR #: A070278

Birth: 17 May 1734 / Orange / VA
Death: 12 Mar 1802 / Darlington / SC

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Major under Francis Marion
  2. also Commissioner of Caveats, Creraw District
  3. County Court Justice of Darlington County, SC

Additional References:
  1. Ervin, South Carolinians in the Revolution, pg 72
  2. Hendrix & Lindsay, Jury Lists of SC, 1778-1779, pg 40, 41
  3. History of the old Cheraws: containing an account of the aborigines of the Pedee, the first white settlements, their subsequent progress, civil changes, the struggle of the revolution, and growth of the country afterward, extending from about A.D. 1730 to 1810, with notices of families and sketches of individuals, Creator Gregg, Alexander, 1819-1893 Date 1867, pg 410

Spouse: (1) Priscilla Fort; (2) Sarah Kolb; (3) Mary Westfield XX;
Children: James; Hugh; Mary; Hannah;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1956-02-21 AL Unassigned Samuel William Oliver Jr (80456)   
1985-01-18 MI Unassigned Louis Ward Edwards (125181) James   
1987-04-20 SC 225225 Thomas Norwood Lide (129211) Hugh   
1996-01-10 AL 204618 Thomas Lide Alison Jr (145701) Hugh   
2001-10-12 AL 10780 William Edward Hooker III (156704) James   
2015-05-05 SC 63250 Thomas Evans Wilson III (189090) James   
2023-08-25 NC 108815 Barnwell Palmer McArthur Jr. (227647) Hugh   
Burial:
Lowthers Hill Cemetery (C-0372790)
Location:
Darlington / Darlington / SC / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2157910
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
34.353148 / -79.737876
Find A Grave Memorial #:
12305023
Marker Type:
Granite Stone with many names on it
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Lowthers Hill Cemetery has been abandoned for several years. All of the original headstones have been broken or removed. There is one large granite marker now with the names of all the people known to have been buried there
  • The original marker for Robert Lide was vandalized but then removed from this site to another for safekeeping. A large memorial marker for him and many others buried at the cemetery is at the western edge of the cemetery
  • Photos displayed courtesy of Gerald Adams, SC SAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
  • From the intersection of Cashua Ferry Rd (Hwy 34) and Charleston Rd in Mechanicsville, SC, take Cashua Ferry Rd east for roughly 1.05 miles to an access road on the right. There is an historical marker at this point. Follow the access road (running parallel to Cashua Ferry) for roughly 1000 feet to the cemetery. The cemetery has been heavily vandalized and mostly destroyed over the years. Many of the remaining pieces of the markers were removed from the site for safe keeping years ago


Author: Thomas Lide Alison Jr

Major Robert Lide was born at Roanoke, Virginia, May 17, 1734.  He was the youngest of three brothers, all of whom removed to South Carolina in 1741 with their uncle John Crawford.  In his early 20’s, Robert moved to Cashway Ferry in what is now Darlington County and settled on Lowther’s Hill near Lowther’s Lake.  His property contained good soil, virgin timber, and lagoons.

Robert was reared in the Episcopal Church but after his marriage to Sarah Kolb, became a Baptist, joining the Cashway Baptist Church.

Robert first married Priscilla Fort, September 12, 1755.  She was shot and killed on the church steps.  The shot was intended for Robert.

At the age of 28, as the Cherokee War spread from Virginia into South Carolina, Robert Lide became a sergeant of militia.  After the end of this conflict, Robert was made a captain of militia in the Pee Dee area.

Robert married his second wife, Sarah Kolb (Culp), May 15, 1760.  From this union were born three sons: James (1770-1855), Hugh (1773-1843), and Evan (1802-1882).

During the years of Robert Lide’s second marriage, the American Revolution occurred. After leaving the 2nd South Carolina Continental Line, Francis Marion called upon all officers and militiamen of the Pee Dee area to volunteer for service under his command.  Captain Robert Lide joined Marion’s brigade as a Major.  Following the unsuccessful assault on Savannah, the brigade rushed to defend Charleston.  Marion, having broken his leg, was not present at the surrender of Charleston to the British, but Robert Lide was there and found himself a captive of the British.  When Sarah Lide, already in poor health, heard of her husband’s capture she collapsed in her garden never recovering from the shock and remained an invalid for the remainder of her life.

In addition to his military service, Robert was a Commissioner of Caveats, Cheraw District; County Court Justice of Darlington; and was on many Committees of Public Affairs after the close of the Revolution.  Stub indents show he received pay for his revolutionary service.

On June 23, 1790, Robert Lide married his third wife, the widow Mary Holloway.  She was born the year of his first marriage to Priscilla Fort and was twenty year his junior.  Mary was thirty-five when she married Robert with Robert’s oldest son James was twenty.  She brought four Holloway children with her to Major Lide’s home, one son and three daughters, the youngest an infant.  This combined family made a household of seven young people.

Robert Lide died in 1802, aged 68.  He is buried at Lowther’s Hill Cemetery.  His tombstone reads: SACRED to the Memory of ROBERT LIDE, Born May 17, 1734, Died Mar. 12, 1802.  Major of Militia in the Revolutionary War of Independence of the United States.  For many years Deacon of the Baptist Church.  Now Lord lettest thou thy servant depart in peace for mine eyes have seen thy salvation.

 


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