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Reuben McLeroy b. 1759 d. 1820 JONES COUNTY, GEORGIA
His widow, Christianna, drew land in 1827 as a widow of a Revolutionary War Soldier and a resident of Captain Gibson's District.
See: (1) History of Jones County, Georgia, p. 952, 989.
(2) Mrs. Marcella Lee, Alma, Georgia.
Source: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 1, 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
Author: George Thurmond
Reuben married Christina Johnson in April 1776 and lived in Johnson County, North Carolina during the revolution. Reuben participated in the skirmishes following the battle of Guilford Courthouse and several other area conflicts. His unit is also credited with rescuing Reuben’s’ older brother John from the Tories (John owned 1,000 acres in Guilford County). Both became Baptist Preachers.
By the end of the Revolutionary War, all of the William McLeroy family migrated to Wilkes County, Georgia. When the county was later subdivided into several counties, it was in Oconee County that Reuben was ordained as a Baptist Preacher in 1806 at the Mars Hill Baptist Church. Reuben next moved his family to Jones County, Georgia (north of Macon) in 1810 and served the Walnut Creek Baptist Church until his death on February 12, 1820. We have not been able to determine where in Jones County he is buried. Sometime later Chrisitina moved to Harris County near Callaway Gardens to live with some of her children and in 1852 at age 92 filed for a Widow’s Pension!
One interesting sidelight... Henry McLeroy, a descendant of brother John (Reuben’s Uncle) married Martha Hartsfield and lived in Fayette County (near Griffin). Henry owned Tara Plantation, made famous in Gone with the Wind, before selling it to Phillip Fitzgerald, the great grandfather of Margaret Mitchell, the author. Descendant Henry McLeroy and at least one member of his family are buried in a half acre plot of land reserved by Henry when he sold the plantation to Fitzgerald.
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