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State of Service: GA
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
The cemetery is overgrown with only two headstones, Mr. Southern's son-in-law and granddaughter. It is in the back yard of a residence. The property owner has cemetery records
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Author: John Russell Satterthwaite
Gibson Southern was born in Virginia. He enlisted in the American Revolution in Buckingham Co., VA on Nov. 25, 1776 as a private in the Company commanded by Captain Joseph Pannell of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment, Col Ebert of Gen Howe’s Georgia Brigade. He fought at St. Mary’s (1777), Fredrika Island (Spring 1778) and Midway Church (Nov 1778) in GA. He was taken prisoner (Jan 1779) at Fort Morris at Sunbury a few days after the fall of Savannah (Dec 1778) and held for 6 months. He escaped and joined General Lincoln’s Army in South Carolina and was discharged by the order of General Moultrie at Charleston on 12 Sep 1779. After the war, he received a land grant in Greenville, SC on the Enoree River. In 1796, he married Mary Peters, daughter of Edmund Peters and Ann Wilkinson of Greenville. They had 3 children-John Whitley Hirley Southern, Miles L. Southern, and Elnora Key Southern. In 1818 he was placed on the Revolutionary Pension roll; it was approved on 18 May 1818 in the Greenville District, SC. He and Mary remained in Greenville District until his death in 1833. He is buried in a family cemetery but the marker has been destroyed.
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