Display Patriot - P-243397 - James Powell MAXWELL

James Powell MAXWELL

SAR Patriot #: P-243397

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State of Service: GA      Qualifying Service: Major / Patriotic Service / Civil Service
DAR #: A075925

Birth: abt 1737 / Liberty / GA
Death: 23 Feb 1792 / Liberty / GA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. A Member of the Provincial Congress
  2. Secretary of State of Georgia
  3. Major for Liberty County, GA as field officer

Additional References:
  1. Georgia Citizens & Soldiers of American Revolution by Davis, pg 26, 99
  2. Landmarks, Memorials & Legends by Knight, Vol 1, pg 838
  3. Knight's Roster of Soldiers of GA, pg 423
  4. Rev Rec of GA, Candler, vol 3, pg 24

Spouse: (1) Sarah Brown; (2) Ann Way
Children: Rebecca; James Audley;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2013-07-19 GA 54090 Charles Oswald Sanger III (187968) Rebecca   
2013-07-19 GA 54091 Charles Oswald Sanger IV (187969) Rebecca   
Burial:
Midway Cemetery (C-0371610)
Location:
Midway / Liberty / GA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
35348
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
31.806107 / -81.431252
Find A Grave Memorial #:
n/a
Marker Type:
SAR Granite
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
28 Apr 2024

Comments:
  • SAR marker placed in Midway cemetery to the West of the Stewart-Screven Monument
  • Imagestaken and provided with permission from compatriot KScott Collins (GA) member 175076
  • Liberty County was previously know as St. John's Parish
  • Not found in Find-A-Grave - Feb 2025


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

From Interstate 95 take exit 76. Turn West on Georgia Highway 38W/US Highway 84W. Continue 3.9 miles to US Highway 17N. Turn right (North) on US Highway 17N. Destination will be directly ahead in .5 miles. Church is on the right and Cemetery is on the left

Not found in Find-A-Grave - Feb 2025



Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

James Maxwell              d. 1792                    LIBERTY COUNTY, GEORGIA

 

He was a member of the Sons of Liberty and served as Secretary to the Georgia Provincial Congress.  On July 9, 1777, he was commissioned as a Major in the Liberty County Militia commanded by Colonel John Sandiford.

 

See:       (1) Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution, p. 26, 99.

               (2) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 362, 423.

               (3) Marriages and Deaths:  1763 to 1820, p. 76.

               (4) Sweet Land of Liberty: A History of Liberty County, Georgia, p. 225.

 

Source:  Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 2, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke.  Edited by: Ryan Groenke.

 

A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index. 

 

Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.

 

Printed in the United States of America

New Papyrus Co., Inc.

548 Cedar Creek Drive

Athens, GA  30605-3408


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