Display Patriot - P-310583 - James VEAZIE/VEAZEY/VEASEY Jr

James VEAZIE/VEAZEY/VEASEY Jr

SAR Patriot #: P-310583

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State of Service: NC      Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service / Civil Service
DAR #: A118399

Birth: 17 Aug 1725 / Cecil / MD
Death: bef 30 Oct 1790 / Greene / GA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. JUROR, ORANGE CO, 1778
  2. SIGNED OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND ENTRY, GRANVILLE CO, 20 OCT 1779
  3. Private in Lee's Legion, Maryland Troops

Additional References:
  1. REDDEN, ABS OF THE MINS OF THE INFERIOR CT OF PLEAS & QTR SESSIONS OF ORANGE CO NC, 1777-1786, pg 16
  2. PRUITT, ABSTRACTS OF LAND ENTRIES, GRANVILLE CO, 1778-1877, pg 50

Spouse: Elizabeth Hollingsworth Johnston
Children: John; William; Francina; Jesse; Elijah;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1982-05-03 GA Unassigned George Coleman Garrett (119276) Francina   
1989-12-11 OH 219519 Edward Elery Rogers (133975) John   
1994-02-17 TX 209141 David Raymond Veazey (142058) Zebulon   
1994-10-03 TX 207769 Robert Thomas Veazey (143304) Zebulon   
2004-12-28 GA 21517 Jackson Wesley Brock Jr. (163963) John   
2004-12-28 GA 21518 Andrew Jason Brock (163964) John   
2004-12-28 GA 21519 David Neal Brock (163965) John   
2009-01-21 MO 33729 Romie Eldrew Carr (161760) William   
2009-07-02 MO 35546 William Earl Carr (155150) William   
2014-02-25 GA 56936 Daniel Eugene Odom (190122) John   
2014-02-25 GA 56937 Austin John Odom (190123) John   
2014-02-25 GA 56938 Matthew Daniel Odom (190124) John   
2018-08-31 GA 82705 Phillip Warren McLauchlin (208746) Ezekiel   
2023-06-02 TX 107672 William Patrick Sullivan (226862) Jesse   
2023-06-23 AR 108040 Darrell G. Whitledge (226973) William   
Burial:
Kettle Creek Battlefield Cemetery (C-0138395)
Location:
Washington / Wilkes / GA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2305673
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
33.690900 / -82.885860
Find A Grave Memorial #:
37155852
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

James Veazey    b. 8/27/1727    d. 10/1/1789   WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA

 

In 1776, he served in Lee's Legion of the Maryland Troops.  He later served in the Georgia Militia. He died near Powelton, Georgia.

 

Buried:  Headstone placed at Kettle Creek Battleground, Washington, Georgia. (His tombstone gives his birth and death dates as: Aug. 17, 1725 – Dec. 17, 1789.)

 

See:       (1) DAR Patriot Index, v. 3, p. 3047.

              (2) Personal visit by Graves Project Manager.

              (3) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, p.171.

              (4) Tombstone.

 

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




Author: Phillip Warren McLauchlin
(Note:  birth and death dates are not an exact match with PRS, wife and children do match)
 
James Veasey (a.k.a. Veazey) was born Aug 27, 1727 in St. Stephens Parish, Cecil County, MD and lived in North Carolina as early as 1754.  He married Elizabeth Veasey [Hollingsworth-Johnson] Aug. 30, 1746 in MD. James served in General George Washington’s Lee's Legion as a private from Mar 8, 1780 until Nov 1783. He died Oct 1, 1789 in Powelton, Hancock County, GA.  His children are Zebulon Veasey, Mary Veasey, William Veasey, Ezekiel Veasey, Jesse Veasey, Francina Veasey and John Veasey. 



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