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: Lieutenant
Memorial only on findagrave.com which states burial details unknown
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Author: Jim Lucky William Faulkinbury
Richmond Terrell was born in about 1755 in Virginia.
He was credited with military service in South Carolina for 44 days starting on 23 February 1779 as a Private under Colonel Ely Kershaw, for 40 days in October 1779 as a horseman under Colonel John Marshall, for 30 days starting in August 1781 as a Private in Colonel Kimball’s Regiment of Camden District Light Horse Militia, for 43 days beginning on 10 February 1782 as a Lieutenant in Colonel John Marshall’s Regiment of Camden District Militia, and again for 28 days starting on 15 August 1782 as a Lieutenant in that Regiment.
On 18 February 1785, Richmond was granted 100 acres of land in Lancaster County, South Carolina, on a branch of Lick Creek and the waters of Lynches Creek. On 5 April 1820, he was found living on Flat Creek and the waters of Lynches Creek, adjoining the 48 acres of land granted to Needham Catoe.
The name of his wife is unknown. They had the following children:
Catherine was born in 1789 and married George Miller.
William
Joseph was born on 27 October 1792 and married Tabitha Hilton.
Richmond R. Jr.
Edmund
John
George
The Patriot died in Lancaster County, South Carolina, on 13 February 1827 and was buried on the north side of Flat Creek.
Sources:
South Carolina Revolutionary War Audited Accounts for Richmond Terrell, South Carolina State Archives: https://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/ArchivesImages/S108092/S108092014500194000/images/S108092014500194000.pdf.
https://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/.
DAR RC 583035-Richmond Terrell with supporting documentation
DAR RC 809010-Richmond Terrell
DAR RC 877549-George Miller with supporting documentation
SAR RC156802-Richmond Terrell with proof argument linking Catherine Terrell to Richmond Terrell.
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