The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
State of Service: SC
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant
Birth: 1760 / / SC Death: 28 Feb 1829 / Wayne / GA
Qualifying Service Description:
He was paid for Militia Duty as a Private and a Leiutenant in 1780, 1781
Additional References:
Moss, Bobby Gilmer, Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, 1883, pg 889
Salley, Alexander Samuel and Wylma Anne Wates, Stub entries to indents issued in payment of claims against South Carolina growing out of the Revolution, South Carolina. Columbia: The Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1918:
Volume 1-3, pg 311 referencing Book N, Claim 382
Volume 4-7, pg 141 referencing Book V, Claim 312
Huxford, Judge Folks, The Georgia Genealogical Magazine, 1962-1977, Oct 1961, Volume 2, Georgia. Homerville: Georgia Society of the American Revolution – Wiregrass Chapter, 1961
Spouse: Jane Blair Children: Robert; Martha; James;
Modern upright VA style stone, not contemporary with the death of the Patriot. Cemetery was not established until 1865, so it is unclear if the Patriot's body was moved here or, more likely, the stone is a cenotaph
Find-a-Grave memorial (https://www.Find-a-Grave/memorial/32821731/robert-stafford) one photo of the headstone; there are links to Find-a-Grave memorial records for the patriot's father, two siblings, his wife, and a daughter, Martha
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Located at the intersection of Post Road and Highway 32 on the northwest corner
Author: Kenneth Scott Collins
Robert Stafford b. c.1765 d. 1829 WAYNE COUNTY, GEORGIA
In 1780 and 1781, he served as a private and Lieutenant in the South Carolina Militia.
See: (1) "Deaths of Revolutionary War Soldiers Who Died in Georgia and Their Widows."
(2) Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, v. 1.
(3) Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, p. 889.
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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