Display Patriot - P-275920 - Ambrose RAY

Ambrose RAY

SAR Patriot #: P-275920

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State of Service: GA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A093548

Birth: abt 1740 / York Dist / VA
Death: 17 Oct 1798 / Union Dist / SC

Qualifying Service Description:

Pvt.,Col. Elijah Clarke, GA Continental Line


Additional References:
  1. Marked graves of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots. DAR Magazine
  2. Certificate of Colonel Elijah Clarke, 1784

Spouse: Elizabeth Holcombe
Children: Hosea Holcomb; Judith; Thomas; William; Mary;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1976-03-18 TX Unassigned Craig Stripling (110708) Mary   
1981-07-07 TX Unassigned Roger Wilton Ridings (118896) Hosea   
1991-06-24 FL 214275 Ferdinand D Saunders (138165) Thomas   
1997-07-17 TX 201222 John Douglas Boswell (148652) Hosea   
1999-01-25 TX 2795 David Elmo Boswell Jr (151343) Hosea   
2018-09-07 OH 72363 George Harry Stewart Jr. (180314) William   
Location:
Cross Keys / Union / SC / USA
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Marker Type:
Military
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
15 Sep 2013

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Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

Ambrose Ray      b. c1740               d. 1798  WASHINGTON COUNTY, GEORGIA

 

He served as a private in the Georgia Troops under Colonel Elijah Clarke and received bounty land for his services.

 

See:       (1) DAR. Patriot Index, p. 558.

              (2) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 148, 390.

              (3) Index to the Headrights and Bounty Grants in Georgia.

 

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.

 

Printed in the United States of America

New Papyrus Co., Inc.

548 Cedar Creek Drive

Athens, GA  30605-3408


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Additional Information:
  • NSDAR citesDeath aft 07 Jul 1798
  • DAR NOTE: (there are potential issues) regarding this man's service and residence THIS MAN APPEARS TO HAVE LIVED IN 96 DIST SC BEFORE DURING & AFTER THE REV 5/2003


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