Display Patriot - P-294958 - Samuel SPENCER

Samuel SPENCER

SAR Patriot #: P-294958

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State of Service: GA      Qualifying Service: Captain / Patriotic Service

Birth: abt 1755
Death: 1805 liv / Liberty / GA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Captain of a privateer sloop Bullahoe, bringing arms and supplies to Savannah from the West Indies.
  2. Captain of a hospital ship during the Third Florida Expedition in 1778.
  3. He signed the Georgia Declaration of Independence in Chatham County on 1 July 1777.

Additional References:
  1. Ramsaur, WilliamMidway Patriots, August 2021.
  2. Effingham and Liberty County, Georgia: Early Records, pg 188.
  3. Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution, pg 25.
  4. Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, pg 429.
  5. Arnold, Ross, and Hank BurnhamGeorgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Vol 2, Georgia. Athens: Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.

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Burial:
Midway Cemetery (C-0371610)
Location:
Midway / Liberty / GA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
35348
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
31.806147 / -81.431253
Find A Grave Memorial #:
n/a
Marker Type:
SAR Granite
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
30 Apr 2023

Comments:
  • Not found in Find-a-Grave Sep 2023
  • Image taken and provided by compatriot KS Collins (GA), number 175076


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

SAR marker in cemetery to the West of the Stewart-Screven Monument.



Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

Samuel Spencer was born sometime before 1755 in Midway District, shortly after his father, Richard (born 1720), arrived in 1754.

He was the Captain of a privateer sloop Bullahoe, which harassed and encountered British ships bringing arms and supplies to Savannah from the West Indies. He was also a Captain of a privateer schooner that served as a hospital ship during the Third Florida Expedition in 1778. During the war, his ship captured a British privateer ship in Sapelo Sound and paroled captured British seamen on Sapelo Island in 1779. He sailed into Sunbury and captured Lieutenant-Colonel Kruger, New York Loyalist Commander at Sunbury, and his staff, who was hosting a party for King George in 1780. Kruger was later exchanged for Midway Patriot Lieutenant-Colonel John McIntosh.

In addition to his maritime career, he signed the Georgia Declaration of Independence in Chatham County on 1 July 1777.

The Patriot is thought to have died in January 1805, probably in Liberty County, Georgia.

Sources:

  1. Ramsaur, William, Midway Patriots, August 2021.
  2. Effingham and Liberty County, Georgia: Early Records, p. 188.
  3.  Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution, p. 25.
  4. Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 429.
  5. Arnold, Ross, and Hank Burnham, Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Vol. 2, Georgia. Athens: Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.

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