Display Patriot - P-334330 - Fletcher SULLIVAN

Fletcher SULLIVAN

SAR Patriot #: P-334330

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State of Service: MD Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A131663

Birth: abt 1750
Death: 20 Nov 1817 Gladesville / Wilson / TN

Qualifying Service Description:

Captain NEHEMIAH ANDREW, 14TH BATT, CAROLINE CO MILITIA

Additional References:

"The Maryland Militia of the Rev War" by S. Eugene Clements, pg 154-155

Spouse: Mary/Molly XX;
Children: Rachel; Charles;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1995-01-13	CA	211052	David Merrill Leonard (140414)	Clement
2016-05-26	LA	69505	Robert Henry Hicks (198742)	Peter
2024-09-13	GA	105871	Raymond Francis Kyle (211308)	Charles

Burial:

Rice Cemetery_(C-0135179)

Location:

Gladeville / Wilson / TN / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2300544

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

114399227

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Photo by permission: David Merrill Leonard, California Society SAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Rice Family Cemetery lies along Stewarts Pike Rd halfway between McCrary Rd and IH 840.

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: David Merrill Leonard
Fletcher Sullivan, (b. ca 1750 in Dorchester County, MD) married Mary Elliott ca 1770. Caroline County was formed from a portion of Dorchester in 1773. As hostilities grew between the Colonies and Britain, Maryland passed the Militia Act in July 1777. Fletcher joined Company B, 14th Batallion of the Caroline County Militia in August 1777, the month that the only British invasion into Maryland occurred. The performance of the Maryland Militia was generally not successful. It was slow to respond if not pre-alerted. Many arrived unarmed when it did respond. It performed badly in engagements with the British. Luckily, the Caroline County Militia saw no major battles, and likely protected local communities from pillaging by the advancing British Army. The advance was General Howe’s march on Philadelphia that pushed General Washington’s Army to Valley Forge.
After the War, Fletcher’s name appeared in the Great Choptank Hundred census for Caroline County on 28 February 1778. The family moved to Guilford County, NC in 1785 and acquired land grants from the State of North Carolina during the 1790s. The family sold their holdings and left Guilford County.
The family arrived in the community of Gladeville in Wilson County, TN in 1802. Fletcher purchased land on Pond Lick on 9 March 1803. This enclave was established by Methodists. Two of Fletcher’s sons became Methodist ministers.
Fletcher began selling his holdings in 1811 and prepared a will in 1817 to distribute his property. He died on 20 November 1817 in Wilson County. Mary died on 22 August 1822. Both are buried in the Rice Family Cemetery along Stewarts Pike Rd. Their sandstone markers must be etched in order to reveal the engravings. I am descended through his son Clement Sullivan.

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