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State of Service: GA
Qualifying Service: Soldier
Birth: 1730 Death: bef 1784
Qualifying Service Description:
Soldier: CAPT John Hill's Company, COL Elijah Clarke, GA Militia
Additional References:
Georgia Military Affairs, Vol 1, payroll of CPT John Hills
He is believed to have been killed in action in the last days of the American Revolution
No entry was found in Find-a-Grave in Jan 2022
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Author: Kenneth Scott Collins
Martin Mims b. c1730 d. 1782 WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA
He came from North Carolina and served as a private in Captain John Hill's Company of the Wilkes County Militia commanded by Colonel Elijah Clarke. He was stationed at Fort Martin.
See: (1) Early Records of Georgia: Wilkes County, v. 1, p. 46.
(2) Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution, p. 94, 95.
(3) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 388.
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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