Dedication of SAR Compatriot Marker

The Marshes of Glynn Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution dedicated a SAR Compatriot Marker to the memory of one of our deceased members, Dr. Hurley D. Jones, on November 15^,2005, in the Oglethorpe Memorial Gardens on St. Simons Island.

Dr. Jones Patriot ancestor, John Everett (1743- 1820) enlisted in 1780 in the North Carolina Militia as a private under Captain Abraham De Jarnett and was discharged six months later at Salisbury, North Carolina. He later settled near Old Deloach's Church in Southern Bulloch County where he applied for a pension for his services.

Pictured are Marshes of Glynn members who participated in the Ceremony: (from left) Brent Taylor, Greg Hollis, Bill Ramsaur, Ed Ginn, and David Dukes, Georgia Society SAR Regional Vice-President; and Jack McDonald. Also pictured are two of the Jones family and members of the Brunswick Chapter and Fort Frederica DAR Chapters, who assisted in conducting the Ceremony.

Patriot Recognition Project

The Sons of the American Revolution is a "lineage" society. This means that each member has traced his family tree back to one or more ancestors who supported the cause of American Independence during the years 1774-1783. The contribution of our Patriots Ancestors is documented in our SAR Applications.

Our objective is to learn more about our Patriots Ancestors, especially their experiences during the Revolutionary War. For a listing of some of our Patriots Ancestors and a description of their experiences see Honoring Our Patriot Ancestors. If you want to know more or have information to share about these Patriots, please contact us.

Over 220 years have passed since the Revolutionary War when our Patriots were successful in their fight for independence from Great Britain. The Sons of the American Revolution has an ongoing program to locate and mark the final resting place of those who participated in our struggle for freedom.

One of the key projects of the Marshes of Glynn Chapter is to research the lives of Patriots who lived in the Coastal Georgia counties of Glynn, Camden and McIntosh and to formally recognize their burial sites with a SAR Marker that identifies them as Revolutionary War Patriots.

Ross Arnold and Hank Burnham, in the book entitled, "Georgia Revolutionary War Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers," list seventeen (17) Patriots for Glynn County as well as thirty-nine (39) Patriots for Camden and twenty (20) Patriots for McIntosh Counties. Our research objective is to document the date of death and burial location, Revolutionary War activities, and locate current descendants of these Patriots.

On April 19, 2005, we conducted a Ceremony in the Christ Church, Frederica Churchyard to dedicate SAR Markers for four Coastal Georgia Revolutionary War Patriots: Cyrus Dart, Robert Grant, William Page and Samuel Wright.

For a description of their experiences see Honoring Coastal Georgia Patriots.

If you want to know more or have information to share about these Patriots, please contact us.