Display Patriot - P-239062 - Christopher Jefferson LOVING Jr
Christopher Jefferson LOVING Jr
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P-239062
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Author: James Williamson
I, James Williamson, am descended from Christopher Loving Jr., both he and his father Christopher Loving Sr. fought in the Revolutionary War.
Christopher Loving Junior was born in 1763 in James County, Virginia, and died in 1830 in Montgomery County, Virginia. He served three years in the Revolutionary War, in the 6th South Carolina Regiment, Continental Line. He enlisted at the age of 14 years in 1777 in Captain Linscomb Company, under Colonel Thomas Sumter. He fought at the Battle of Savannah and the Siege of Charleston. In Christopher Loving’s Pension application, a Quarter Master Sergeant with the first Regiment of Light Rangers in Georgia recounted having served with Loving at the Siege of Savannah under the Command of General Lincoln, in 1779.
Loving was captured at the Siege of Charleston and detained as a prisoner eight or nine weeks, then made his escape and once again notes meeting the Quarter Master, Albin Gordon, sometime in 1780 at Bacon’s Bridge. He states he was now serving under General Moultrie. Afterwards he joined Colonel Lacey and Lt. Colonel McGriff as volunteer enlistment. He was with Colonel Lacey’s unit at the Battle of Kings Mountain. After this battle he volunteered with General Thomas Sumer and was at the skirmish of Blackstock, then joined Captain Montgomery's company of Mounted Riflemen, where he was at the Battle of Cowpens. He finally volunteered with Capitan Jacob Barnett's company, Colonel Henry Hampton's regiment, where he was at the battle of Eutaw Springs. His National Archives files indicate his right hand and arm was almost completely severed by a broad sword with injuries to his left arm. In his pension records, it is noted that he was 56 years of age and lived in Nelson County, Virginia at the time of the application. He died in 1830, and is buried at the Big River Meeting House in Culpeper, Virginia.
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