Vol. 10 No. 3 Fall 2014 On 24 June 1778, a combined American force of Col. Samuel Elbert’s Georgia Continentals, South Carolina Continentals commanded by Col. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, reinforced by South Carolina backcountry militiamen under Col. Andrew Williamson, and Georgia militiamen commanded by Gov. John Houston were gathering at the Satilla River…
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Southern Campaigns Pension Transcriptions Hit 20,000+!
Vol. 10, No. 2 Summer 2014 WHAT CAN PENSION APPLICATIONS CONTRIBUTE TO UNDERSTANDING THE BATTLE OF THE WAXHAWS AND OTHER EVENTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR? C. Leon Harris INTRODUCTION Twelve years ago when asked what I intended to do as a retired biology professor, spending about eight hours a day transcribing pension applications…
The Parole of Col. Andrew Pickens
Vol. 10 No. 1.0 Spring 2014 William R. Reynolds, Jr. The fall of Charles Town in May of 1780 was interesting in itself, but it led to a most intriguing action—mass parole of American Whig militiamen. One of the more fascinating stories is that of then Colonel Andrew Pickens’ parole period. The events surrounding…
THE LYMAN C. DRAPER COLLECTION AND SOUTHERN FRONTIER RESEARCH
by Robert Scott Davis Lyman Copeland Draper (1815-1891) was born in Lockport, New York state; spent much of his adult life in Granville College, Ohio; Pontotoc, Mississippi; and Buffalo, New York; and came to permanently reside in Madison, Wisconsin. For more than fifty years, he gathered, copied, or compiled hundreds of thousands of pages…
Georgia Gov. Stephen Heard letter[1]
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…