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State of Service: GA/SC
Qualifying Service: Soldier / Patriotic Service
Per Find-A-Grave in Sep 2024, Burial Details Unknown. SpecificallyWilliam Wise Plantation, Old Mill Road
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Author: K. Scott Collins
William Wise b. 12/31/1755 d. 5/13/1816 (BULLOCH COUNTY, GEORGIA)
He served in the Granville County, South Carolina Militia under Lieutenant Jacob Buxton and Captain Gordon. In 1781 and 1782, he served in the Militia. He received bounty land in Georgia for his services.
Buried: Mill Creek Cemetery.
See:
(1) Bulloch County, Georgia Genealogical Source Material, p. 438, 439.
(2) D.A.R. Patriot Index, p. 755.
(3) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 184.
(4) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, p. 183.
(5) Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, p. 1007.
Source:
Arnold, Ross & Burnham, Hank (2001). Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers. Vol.1. Athens, GA: Georgia Society SAR. 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.
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Additional Information:
DAR NOTE: (there are potential issues) regarding this man's lineage
REBECCA WHO MARRIED MALACHI DENMARK JR WAS APPARENTLY REBECCA WISE, NOT RIGDON, AT THE TIME OF MARRIAGE. 9/1981
PER THEIR MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT, PRESTON'S WIFE WAS KNOWN AS ANN JONES, NOT AMY OR MARY ANN.
NO PROOF OF PATRIOT’S WIFE MARGARET’S MAIDEN NAME.12/2019