Tag Archives: {The American Revolution in South Georgia}
Major John Berrien, Continental Army
Colonial Park Cemetery 1759 – 6 November 1815 Berrien came to Georgia from New Jersey in 1775, and soon thereafter, at the age of 17, was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in Georgia’s first Continental Brigade. Within a year, he was promoted … Continue reading
Filed under --CHATHAM COUNTY GA--, Savannah GA
Button Gwinnett Memorial, Colonial Park Cemetery
Button Gwinnett (1732-35? – 1777), one of Georgia’s Signers of the Declaration of Independence, was also elected to the Continental Congress and President of the Georgia Council of Safety. Though chosen to head the Continental Batallion for Georgia in the … Continue reading
Filed under --CHATHAM COUNTY GA--, Savannah GA
Cyrus Dart, Revolutionary War Veteran
Cemetery of Christ Church, Frederica Private, Connecticut Continental Line 11 June 1764 – 29 June 1817 Drowned Off St. Simons Island
Filed under --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, St. Simons Island GA
Major William Page, Revolutionary War Veteran
Cemetery of Christ Church, Frederica 2 January 1764 – 12 January 1827
Filed under --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, St. Simons Island GA
