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State of Service: GA
Qualifying Service: Soldier / Patriotic Service
Birth: abt 1742 Death: bef 1827 / Franklin / GA
Qualifying Service Description:
Took Oath of Allegiance on 6 Sep 1776 before John Montgomery
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Widow recieved GA Land Grant
NSDAR #805528
Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution, Robert S. Davis, Jr, Southern Historical Press, 1979 [no, pg listed]
Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Mrs. Howard H. McCall [no, pg listed]
Montgomery County VA Revolutionary Heritage, Ruby Altizer Roberts
The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 46, No. 3 (Jul, 1938), pg 254-261, Virginia Historical Society
Author: Joel Sanford Mize
John Walraven was born May 19, 1742 in New Castle Delaware, son of John Sr. and Sarah (Stedham) Walraven. By about 1765 he had relocated into the NC/SC vicinity and married Elizabeth White (believed to be part Cherokee Indian); they had five or six known children. This couple was mobile and lived for short periods in VA, NC, TN, SC and GA. John swore an oath of allegiance to Colonel John Montgomery, September 6, 1776, in Montgomery County VA (or TN?). It is believed he began VA/TN Frontier Militia service soon thereafter. The duration and cycles of this frontier militia service are unknown. By 1782, near the end of the conflict, John served under Lt. Colonel Jenkins Davis, Second Battalion, GA Militia, at Ebenezer Church (briefly, Capitol of GA), on the Savannah River. John and family appear in the 1790 census in Abbeville SC. Thereafter, the family appeared to live mostly in the Elbert and Franklin County GA vicinity. A son, John Jr. served in General Floyd’s GA Militia during the Indian Wars of 1812. A daughter, Elizabeth married the son of Rev War Patriot William Thomason Jr. and lived in Carnesville, Franklin County GA. John died in GA/NC area and is said to have been buried along the bank of the Hiwassee River, Murphy NC (the midst of historic Creek/Cherokee Indian Territory).
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