Display Patriot - P-245872

Robert MCCOY

SAR Patriot #: P-245872

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.

State of Service: NC Qualifying Service: Sergeant

Birth: 1759 / / NC
Death: 1845 / / TN

Qualifying Service Description:

1780 served as a Sergeant in the company of Captain James Purviance, commanded by Colonel William Davidson
1780, served under Major George Davidson in the Cavalry
1780-1781, served in the company of Captain James Byers, commanded by General William Davidson
1781, served in the company of Captain James Purviance, commanded by Colonel Francis Locke. His last tour was in March 1781

Additional References:

Located graves of soldiers and patriots; 1974-75, 75-76, 76-77. DAR Magazine
graves report submitted by Joel Davenport - Sep 2022

Spouse: Marjorie XX;
Children:

Members Who Share This Ancestor
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Instead the information provided is best effort, and from volunteers who have either researched grave sites, service records, or something similar.
There is no documentation available at NSSAR HQ to order.

Burial:

Big Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery_(C-0008477)

Location:

Friendsville / Blount / TN / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

9293

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

35.727194 / -84.102444

Find A Grave Memorial #:

5754777

Marker Type:

SAR

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

24 Sep 2022

Comments:

Two modern stones; a granite headstone and a footstone "Jackson."
photo used with permission of Joel Davenport, TNSSAR
per the graves report: "When we went to install the in-ground granite SAR marker we dug up a 97 year old SAR Brass Mounted Star Marker and cleaned it up and secured it. It is believed that members of the John Sevier Chapter may have installed this in the 1920's -- when his VA marker was installed, according to VA Records"

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Charles Martin Green

Robert McCoy was born in 1759 in Rowan County, North Carolina.

He volunteered to serve in the North Carolina Militia in the spring of 1780 under Captain James Purviance in Colonel William Davidson's Regiment of Matthew Locke's Brigade. They marched to Wilson's Old Field below Salisbury to engage the Tories, but they had retreated before the brigade arrived. He was discharged after three weeks as a Sergeant. In June of 1780, he again volunteered under Major George Davidson In the Cavalry. They marched to Cherokee Ford on the Broad River near Gaffney, South Carolina. He returned home after serving for seven weeks.

He volunteered in the fall of 1780 under Captain James Byers in General William Davidson's Brigade, marched to Mecklenburg County, and served three months. In February 1781, he volunteered under Captain James Purviance. He marched to the Catawba River to guard it and keep Cornwallis' men from crossing. He had command of the guard and served eight days. Then in March 1781, he volunteered under Captain Purviance in Colonel Francis Locke's Regiment and marched into Orange County, where they met General Nathanael Greene. Then they marched to the High Rock Ford on the Haw River and then marched with General Greene to Guilford. This tour was seven weeks, then he was honorably discharged.

His pension file doesn't specifically say he was at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. However, General Nathanael Greene and his army were encamped at High Rock Ford before the Battle (15 March 1781). Sergeant McCoy's last tour was in March 1781. Therefore, it's reasonable to think that he fought in this Battle.

On 13 January 1789, he married Margery McCoy, possibly a cousin, in Iredell County, North Carolina. Not too long after, it is believed that they relocated to Blount County, Tennessee.

He qualified for a pension and applied for that pension on 8 August 1832, in Blount County, Tennessee, before Judge David Scott. He was 72 years old at that time.

The gravestone placed on 28 May 1930 states that Sergeant Robert McCoy died in 1845. His wife said in her widow's pension application that he died on 22 September 1850. This date was confirmed by a list of pension payments from the Knoxville, Tennessee, pension office.

Coincidently, Sergeant McCoy's service record in his pension file was attested to by Patriot Robert Sterling, buried near Patriot McCoy.

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Additional Information:

Not found in the NSDAR GRS - 5 October 2022