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: VA
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant
DAR Marked Grave: Elijah Clarke NSDAR, May 18, 2008
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Near the Georgia Square Mall in Athens, Georgia, this cemetery is protected by a stacked stone wall, and is located in the back yard of a private residence
Author: Kenneth Scott Collins
David Wood Meriwether b. 1754 d. 9/13/1822 OCONEE COUNTY, GEORGIA
He served as a private and later as a Lieutenant in the Virginia Continental Line and was at the Siege of Savannah. He was taken prisoner at Charleston and was released and served until the end of the war. He received bounty land in Wilkes County for his services.
Buried: Meriwether Family Cemetery, Holly Estates, McNutts Creek Section of Oconee County.
See: (1) Abstracts of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Reported to D.A.R. in 1950.
(2) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 362, 423.
(3) Marriages and Deaths: 1820 to 1830, p. 87.
(4) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, v. 3, p. 87.
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.
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