Display Patriot - P-306111 - Adam TORRENCE Sr

Adam TORRENCE Sr

SAR Patriot #: P-306111

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: NC      Qualifying Service: Soldier
DAR #: A114881

Birth: abt 1732 / Lancaster / PA
Death: 20 Jun 1780 Ramsour's Mill / Lincoln / NC

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. NSDAR: Captain JAMES HOUSTON, RANGERS; DIED AT THE BATTLE OF RAMSOUR'S MILL
  2. NSSAR RC # 102414: Private, Captain James Arnstrong's Co, Colonel Francis Locke

Additional References:
  1. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004 
  2. NSDAR" NARA, M881, COMP MIL SERV RECS, ROLL #785
  3. National Archives Card # 39183921, DAR Record Copy # 516391
  4. NSSAR RC #102414: Torrence and Allied Families, robert M Torrence, pg 99-100, DAR Patriot Index, pg 653

Spouse: Ann Bona
Children: Alexander; George; Adam;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1972-03-31 TN Unassigned Joseph E Torrence (102414) Adam   
1999-02-26 NC 3068 Jerry Henderson Wiles (151469) Alexander   
2003-04-24 CT 15534 Kenneth Duane Roach USA (135035) Alexander   
Burial:
Ramsour's Mill Battle Ground (C-0158907)
Location:
Lincolnton / Lincoln / NC / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2337178
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
35.476771 / -81.265923
Find A Grave Memorial #:
145529965
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:
3 Nov 2018

Comments:

Photo used by permission from Gary O. Green



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Dr. Paul Anthony Zeiss M.D.

When Adam Torrence and his twin sister Margery were born in 1732, their father, Hugh, was 31, and their mother, Sara, was 22. He married Ann Bonar in June 1762 in Pennsylvania. They had seven children in 20 years. He died on June 20, 1780, in Lincoln, North Carolina, at the age of 48, and was buried there. He was the original owner of Torrence Tavern.

The only skirmish that occurred near here (Centre Presbyterian Church) was the one at Torrence’s Tavern on February 2nd, 1781 the day after the battle at Cowan’s Ford where the beloved General William Lee Davidson was killed. General Davidson was also a member of this church, but he was secretly buried in the Hopewell Presbyterian Churchyard to prevent the enemy from desecrating his grave. Adam Torrence and his son, both patriots we honor today, were the proprietors of the tavern.

 

 

 


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