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State of Service: GA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: abt 1754 / / GA Death: 28 Nov 1790 / Liberty / GA
Qualifying Service Description:
SIGNED PETITION TO CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, 1777
Additional References:
DAR cite DAVIS, GA CITIZENS & SOLS OF THE AM REV, pg 23-24, 26-27
Spouse: XX XX Children: Robert;
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Marker placed in joint marking sponsored by the Athens, Atlanta, Blue Ridge Mountains, Captain John Collins, Marshes of Glyn, Mount Vernon and Robert Forsyth chapters of the Georgia Society SAR
Photo is displayed courtesy of K. Scott Collins, GA SAR
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Midway Cemetery on US Highway South in Midway, Georgia directly across the street from the church. Take I-95 to exit 76 - at end of the ramp turn west and travel 3.7 miles to U.S. 17 - Turn right and travel <1 mile to the Midway Church
SAR marker is located on the West side of Stewart-Screven Monument
Photo: 1 of 1
Author: William Foye Ramsaur
Robert Sallett, also known as the Notorious Bob Sallett, was distinguished for his hatred of Tories. He was probably a descendant of the Acadians who the British forcibility removed from Nova Scotia to several locations, including four hundred to Savannah in 1755. Robert Sallett arrived in St. Johns Parish before 1777 and served as a Private in the Georgia Continental Line. His favorite weapon was his saber which he reportedly used to wound or kill over one hundred British soldiers and Loyalists who occupied Liberty County between 1779 and 1782.
He roamed the countryside with his "personal" fight and joined groups of Partisan Militia in raids on British camps. Liberty County history books document a few of his actions with military units. At the White House near Sunbury in 1779, Major William Baker, with thirty men, attacked and defeated a party of Tories. Amongst the slain was Lieutenant Gray, whose head Sallett almost severed from Gray's body by a single stroke of his sword. On another occasion, Sallett detached himself from the other soldiers, gained the rear of the enemy, and killed many before they discovered his location.
The history books include many legends attributed to the "notorious Bob Sallett." A wealthy Tory offered a reward of one hundred guineas to anyone who would bring him the head of Bob Sallett. Sallett placed a pumpkin in a bag and proceeded to the house of the Tory. He said that he understood the man had offered a reward for Sallett's head which he had with him in the bag. The Tory gave him the money, upon which Sallett pulled off his hat and, placing his hand upon his head, said, "Here is Sallett's head." This answer so frightened the Tory that he turned to run, but a well-directed shot brought him to the ground.
Once when Bob Sallett and Andrew Walthour were marching with the advance guard, they suddenly met the British. A short but sharp skirmish followed, during which a very large British soldier was killed. Observing that the dead man wore a pair of good boots, Sallett determined to obtain them. While he was pulling them off during a furious fire from the enemy, he shouted, "I must have the boots for little John Way!" This was Sallett's humor, for little John Way could have put both his feet and his fists into one of the boots.
Author: Kenneth Scott Collins
Robert Sallette d. 11/28/1790 LONG COUNTY, GEORGIA
He was a Georgia Patriot who signed the Georgia Declaration of Independence in Liberty County, August 3, 1777. Legend says he murdered many Tories with a sabre. He was certified as a refugee soldier by Colonel John Baker and received 575 acres of bounty land along Walnut Creek and the Oconee River in Franklin County for his services. He lived in what is now the present-day Ryepatch District of Long County.
See: (1) Mr. Frederick Brogdan, Statesboro, Georgia.
(2) Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution.
(3) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 167, 295, 427.
(4) Historical Collections of Georgia, p. 526, 537, 538.
(5) Marriages and Deaths: 1763 to 1820, p. 100.
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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