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Peter Kolb b. 11/25/1762 d. 12/8/1835 MERIWETHER COUNTY, GEORGIA
In May of 1779, he enlisted in Craven County in Captain Council's Company of the South Carolina Militia commanded by Colonel George Hicks. He re-enlisted on January 1, 1780 in Captain Thomas Ellerbee's Company and was in the Battle at Monck's Corner. At the fall of Charleston, he was wounded in the right thigh and taken prisoner, but was later exchanged. He later served under Colonel Samuel Benton and participated in the Battle at Shubrick's House. In 1783, he moved to Burke County, Georgia. He also lived in Jackson and then Jones County where he applied for and received a soldier's pension for his service.
Buried: Old Kolb Family Cemetery, on Stovall Road, a few miles west of Greenville.
See: (1) Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, v. 2, p. 1984.
(2) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 442.
(3) Historical Account of Meriwether County: 1827-1974, p. 375.
(4) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, p. 105.
(5) Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, p. 546.
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.
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