Display Patriot - P-297450

Samuel STEVENS

SAR Patriot #: P-297450

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: GA Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service

Birth: 1735 / / SC
Death: 17 Dec 1780 / Liberty / GA

Qualifying Service Description:

1775, he was a member from St John’s Parrish (now Liberty County) of a committee that met in Charleston, South Carolina, to support an alliance between the Parrish and that State. They also were in favor of sending delegations to the Continental Congress
He was a Son of Liberty
His home was burned by the British troops during the invasion of St John’s County in 1778

Additional References:

Rev War Graves Register. C.H. Brakebill, 672pp. SAR. 1993
Arnold, R and Burnham, H, Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers, Vol II, Georgia. Decatur: GASSAR, 2001
White, G, Historical Collections of Georgia Containing the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc, Relating to Its History and Antiquities, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time, New York City: Pudney & Russell, Publishers, 1855, pg 520
Knight, L.L, GA's Roster of the Revolution, Containing a List of the States Defenders; Officers and Men; Soldiers and Sailors; Partisans and Regulars; Whether Enlisted From GA or Settled in GA After the Close of Hostilities, GA Department of Archives and History, 1920, pg 429
Davis, R.S, Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution, [np], Southern Historical Press, 1979, pg 27
Carter, M, Effingham County, Georgia & Liberty County, Georgia, Early Records, [np], Georgia Pioneers Publications, 1978, pg 190

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Burial:

Midway Cemetery_(C-0371610)

Location:

Midway / Liberty / GA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

35348

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

31.806084 / -81.431300

Find A Grave Memorial #:

n/a

Marker Type:

SAR

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

24 Apr 2022

Comments:

No memorial entry was found in Find-a-Grave in December 2022
No gravestone, SAR marker only
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 the Stewart-Screven Monument

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: William Foye Ramsaur

Samuel Stevens was born in 1735 in South Carolina, the son of Dr. Samuel Stevens. He was a member of a church in Dorchester, South Carolina, who petitioned for a land grant of 250 acres in Midway District 1752. He received a land grant of 250 acres when he arrived in St. Johns Parish in 1767.

On 23 February 1775, Samuel was one of three men from St John’s Parrish (now Liberty County) on a committee that met in Charleston, South Carolina, to support an alliance between the Parrish and that State. They also were in favor of sending delegations to the Continental Congress.

A list of Patriots assembled by Margaret B. Harvey and published as Appendix F of the 3rd Annual Report of the NSDAR, 1900-1901, pages 369-393, as the following listing for Samuel Stevens: “Son of Liberty; delegate from St John’s Parish, Georgia to Charleston, S.C.”

His home was burned by the British troops during the invasion of St John’s County in 1778.

Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

Samuel Stevens d. 12/1780 LIBERTY COUNTY, GEORGIA

He was a member of the Sons of Liberty and served as a delegate from St. John's Parish to Charleston, South Carolina in 1775. He signed the Georgia Declaration of Independence in Liberty County, August 3, 1777.

See: (1) Effingham and Liberty County, Georgia: Early Records, p. 190.

(2) Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution, p. 27.

(3) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 429.

(4) Historical Collections of Georgia, p. 520.

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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