Display Patriot - P-342286 - Robert FRIERSON

Robert FRIERSON

SAR Patriot #: P-342286

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: SC      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A042658

Birth: 06 Mar 1743 / Williamsburg Dist / SC
Death: 09 Jun 1808 / Williamson / TN

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. FURNISHED SUPPLIES, 1781, 1782
  2. Private under General Francis Marion, fought at the Battles of King's Mountain and Cowpens

Additional References:
  1. SC ARCH, ACCTS AUD # 2588, ROLL #49
  2. SAR RC 92159 cites W. W. Boddies, "History of Williamsburg District, South Carolina," pg 113, 114, 130.

Spouse: Elizabeth Mc Auley/McCauley;
Children: Thomas James; Robert; John;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1963-03-21 KY Unassigned Thomas Ewing Roberts (89754) John   
1965-02-16 FL Unassigned Porter Frierson Jr (92159) John   
1991-01-08 CA 216917 William Swearengen Roberts III (136136) Thomas   
2020-06-05 IL 91862 John Auerbach (215552) Thomas   
Burial:
Zion Presbyterian Church Cemetery (C-0018994)
Location:
Zion / Maury / TN / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
20725
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
35.598611 / -87.145265
Find A Grave Memorial #:
7154564
Marker Type:
8x6 SAR Granite / DAR Stake
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
05 Jun 2021

Comments:

Photos courtesy of Allen Manning, Indiana Society, SAR and John Breyfogle, INSSAR



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Go west out of Columbia on Highway 99 for 6 miles and tum south on Zion Road. Go one mile. The Church and Cemetery are on the right



Author: Mr. Joel Anthony Davenport

Robert Luther Frierson (1743-1808) of South Carolina was at the Battle of Kings Mountain, Battle of Cowpens, and the fall of Charleston. Frierson had married Elizabeth McCauley (1746-1822), and the couple had seven children. After the war, he became a successful farmer in the Williamsburg District.

Frierson moved with his family and fellow members of the Presbyterian Church when they migrated to the newly opened territory of Middle Tennessee. They rented land near Franklin for about a year until the area south of Duck River opened. He moved into the region that would become Maury County.

When Frierson died, his remains were buried in the newly cleared burial ground beside Zion Presbyterian Church, in the heart of the tract of land that would be home for his children for generations.

[Biography compiled by Matt Hunter]


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