Display Patriot - P-290162

John SIMMS

SAR Patriot #: P-290162

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: NC Qualifying Service: Soldier / Patriotic Service

Birth: 01 Mar 1761 / Halifax / NC
Death: 28 Aug 1840 / Monroe / TN

Qualifying Service Description:

Enlisted in 1779 in Burke County, NC for 3 years service to the Continental Line
Battles: Monck's Corner, Rugeley's Mill, Ramsour's Mill, Hanging Rock, and Eutaw Springs where he was wounded in two places
Was taken prisoner by Colonel Tarleton's Calvary for 3 months
Was given $100 per anum for two years service in the North Carolina Militia as a Cavalryman

Additional References:

Pension W.10252

Spouse: Milly Bowling
Children:

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Burial:

Eusebia Cemetery_(C-0010803)

Location:

Prospect / Blount / TN / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

11815

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

35.832838 / -83.799392

Find A Grave Memorial #:

n/a

Marker Type:

SAR Granite marker

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

bef 1 Mar 2011

Comments:

Find-a-Grave memorial listed as "James Simms" yet the gs marker (SAR) shows John Simms
Actual grave site is unknown
- an SAR Marker is placed in the Eusebia Cemetery in remembrance of Him
- a Gov't markers was placed at Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery - 1572143 -, per FInd-a-Grave memorial #176996535

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Eusebia Graveyard is twelve miles northeast of Maryville, near the Old McTeer fort and near the Old Indian War Path, Blount County

Photo: 1 of 2

Photo: 2 of 2

Author: Olen Lee Johnson Jr

Enlisted in 1779 in Burke County, NC for 3 years service to the Continental Line. Served in the following battles: Monck's Corner, Rugeley's Mill, Ramsour's Mill, Hanging Rock, and Eutaw Springs where he was wounded in two places. Was taken prisoner by Col. Tarleton's Calvary for 3 months.

John Simmes/Simms was born in Halifax County, North Carolina. He married Milley Bowling November 11, 1792 in the Pendleton District of South Carolina. Both were illiterate. Milley filed for a widows pension in Monroe County, TN in 1856.

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