Stephen Heard (November 1, 1740 – November 15, 1815) was appointed the chief executive of Georgia on February 18, 1780 and served until Dr. Nathan Brownson was elected in August 1781. Heard had fought in the French and Indian War and served as a colonel in the Georgia militia. He was reportedly at the Battle…
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The Revolutionary War in Laurens County, SC and Corps of Discovery
February 15, 2014 – Clinton, SC – join SCAR in partnership with the Musgrove Mill State Historic Site for a program on The Revolutionary War in Laurens County, SC and Corps of Discovery to Revolutionary War sites in the area. The roads will be clear on Saturday and there is power on in Clinton. We are on for Saturday. …
DIARY OF HENRY NASE
Sgt. Maj. of the King’s American Regiment[1] This is an excerpt of a informative diary of a Loyalist non-commissioned officer in the American Revolution who saw action in the middle and southern states. Teasing out the where, who and seminal events adds exciting details to studies of the War[2]. To experiment with crowdsourced annotation of historical documents, I offer this…
Letter between Loyalist Officers occupying South Carolina at the end of March 1781
Charles B. Baxley This letter, written from friend to friend, discusses the transportation of supplies and communications from Charleston to the British interior posts during the heart of the second rising in revolutionary South Carolina. It reflects the reality of the difficulties the Americans have inflicted on the British: disrupting communications lines, pushing most of…
EUREKA! The Battle of Brier Creek Found
Excellent news. Cypress Consulting’s Archaeologist. under the leadership of Dan Battle, have located and identified key locations of Georgia’s Battle of Brier Creek. Part of the strategy for defining the location and footprint of the March 3, 1779 Battle of Brier Creek has been successful. These assessments, however, are still in the early stages of development and photographs of…