Display Patriot - P-239773

Robert LUSK

SAR Patriot #: P-239773

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: NC Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service

DAR #: A068312

Birth: abt 1737-1746 / Augusta / VA
Death: abt 08 Feb 1802 / Carter / TN

Qualifying Service Description:

PAID FOR SERVICES
TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND ENTRY, WASHINGTON COUNTY, 1778

Additional References:

North Carolina Rev War Pay Vouchers
North Carolina Rev War Pay Vouchers, #32, Roll ##S115.68.45
Griffey: Earliest Tennessee Land Records and Earliest Tennessee Land History, pg 273

Spouse: Elizabeth XX;
Children: John;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
1993-03-30	AL	211239	Dewey Leroy Lusk (140549)	John

Burial:

Hyder Cemetery_(C-0012686)

Location:

/ Carter / TN / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

13834

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

36.312470 / -82.265660

Find A Grave Memorial #:

25559606

Marker Type:

SAR Granite

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

18 SEP 2015

Comments:

Photo by permission: James Ervin McKinney, Tennessee Society SAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

The cemetery is located on top of a hill off Lonesome Dove Lane at Elizabethton, Tennessee. From Johnson City, take US 321 toward Elizabethton. At the first traffic light, turn left on to Miligan Highway. At the first traffic, light turn left on to Powder Branch Road. In 0.9 miles, a small road bears off to the left. This is Lonesome Dove Lane. As soon as you turn left, there is a gate on the left that will take you into a field. Follow the road in the field to the top of the hill and the Hyder Cemetery is on the left

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: James Ervin McKinney

Robert Lusk was a captain in the South Carolina militia on the frontier. He built and manned Fort Rutledge on the Keowee River, Fort Seneca on the Seneca River and Fort Independence on the Keowee River. He defended these forts and others from the Cherokee Indians. He is known to have been associated with the First Spartan Regiment and to have held the rank of captain during the years 1777 to 1781. He participated in the Florida Expedition in May and June 1778.

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Additional Information:

Captain Lusk died before Revolutionary War Pensions were approved, he is mentioned in the pension applications for John Looney (*S1553), Ralph Rodgers (*S4722) and Robert Wilson (*W2302)