Display Patriot - P-338460 - Francis CODDINGTON

Francis CODDINGTON

SAR Patriot #: P-338460

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State of Service: GA      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service / Civil Service

Birth: 1728 / / SC
Death: 24 Nov 1792 / / GA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Served as Commissary of Purchases on the Georgia Continental Civil Staff 1777
  2. Signed McIntosh Petition 1777
  3. Captain of privateer sloop, Sunbury Hero: In 1776, Georgia Council of Safety granted Letter of Marque which authorized him to attack and capture British vessels and bring before an admiralty court for condemnation and transfer of ownership
  4. Captured at Fort Morris 1779 - paroled to Sunbury 1779

Additional References:
  1. Burnham, Hank, Ross Arnold, and Ryan Groenke, Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Vol 2: Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001
  2. Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution, pg 102
  3. Ramsaur, William, Midway Patriots, August 2021

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Burial:
Midway Cemetery (C-0371610)
Location:
Midway / Liberty / GA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
35348
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
31.806144 / -81.431262
Find A Grave Memorial #:
n/a
Marker Type:
SAR Granite
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
30 Apr 2023

Comments:
  • SAR marker in cemetery to the West of the Stewart-Screven Monument.
  • Liberty County was previously know as St. John's Parish.
  • Image taken and provided by compatriot Kenneth Scott Collins member 175076
  • not found in Find-a-Grave - Feb 2025


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Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

Francis Coddington was born in 1728.

He signed the Georgia Declaration of Independence on 3 August 1777 in Liberty County and served as Commissary of Issues on the Civil Staff. He was a signer of the McIntosh Petition in 1777. His maritime career saw him acting as a Captain of the privateer sloop Sunbury Hero. In 1776, the Georgia Council of Safety granted him a Letter of Marque, which authorized him to attack and capture British vessels and bring them before an admiralty court for condemnation and transfer of ownership. Francis was captured at Fort Morris in 1779, and later that year, he was paroled to Sunbury.

After the war, he served as a State Representative from Liberty County.

The Patriot died on 24 November 1792. Francis was a member of the Midway Church and Society in Midway, Georgia. His exact burial location is unknown, but records indicate he was buried in St John's Parish at Midway. Midway Church was located in St John's Parish, which later became Liberty County in Georgia. He does not have a gravestone in the Church cemetery, as over half of the stones were destroyed when the Union Army corralled their horses and livestock in the cemetery and in the church. However, his name and dates were inscribed on the SAR marker placed in the cemetery.

 

Sources: 

  1. Burnham, Hank, Ross Arnold, and Ryan Groenke, Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Vol. 2: Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.
  2. Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution, page 102.
  3. Marriages and Deaths: 1763 to 1820, page 22.
  4. Military Certificates, page 102.
  5. The Reconstructed 1790 Census of Georgia, pages 132, 138.
  6. Ramsaur, William, Midway Patriots, August 2021.

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Additional Information:
  • Not found in NSDAR GRS Sep 2023
  • Livelong sea captain; no evidence of a marriage


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