The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-04
DAUGHTERS OF THE
 AMERICAN REVOLUTION

day He ran the utmost risk of his life In seixing the colors of the 71st regiment"
 Major Jackson sxsrted . great in. naenos in the field to tho end of the
 At the evacuation of Savannah. cred Major Jackson by desirnatine ni" to receive the surrender and keys ot the town. He entered 1t, with his evsf taithfu! cavalry. the first Amsri- can omosr tn actual command within !ts lines sines its fail. He was after the war oovsrnor of Georgia ana United states Senator. He died in the StX or Washlngton. while serving as senator. On his tomb. in the ConTres- sionsi Bryins Ground. arc these in ,orlpeions: 'To tho memory of Major James Jackson of Georgia, who de- served and enjoyed the confidence of q grateful country: Soldier of the Hevolution.' On the reverse. He was the determined foe of foreign tyranny; the scourge and terror of corruption at nome. He died 18th March. 18O6, in the tsth year of his age" His de- scendants still reside in Savannah. Ga
 Captain Samuel Hammond, who com manded one of the three Georgia Com panies at Cowpens, was born on 21st September. 1757, in Richmond County, Virginia. and at IT years of age was In the desperate Indian battle fought at the mouth of the Great Kanawha River. under General Lewis. on 10th October. 1774. On the breaking out of the Revolution he espoused the Pa triot cause. and entered the Army AS captain of Infantry, at 19 years of age, and was in the battle near Nor folk, Var in December, 1775: He was active in the field until January, 177s. when he removed with his fathers family to Edgefeld County, s. C.. and under ordets served under General Lin- coin, in South Carolina. Subsequently he enrolled company of mounted yol- unteers, and was assigned to his broth CTS corps, Colonel Leroy Hammond, and on Sd March, 1779, was commits stoned Captain by Governor Rutledye. He was in all the combats in Lower Carolina. until the fall of Charleston. His commander. General Williamson. then took protection. Captain Ham, mond's age and rank did not entitle him to take part in these councils. but he was present, protesting against his commanders course. He raised a new company of seventy-six men, and went to the upper part of the State, con- cealing themselves by day in rwamps and canebrakes and travelling by night, and so avoided the British posts and troops in the field. and finally reached North Carolina. It is impossible, for want of space. to give details of Cap tain Hammond's unceasing activity at this 'time. for which Governor Rut- ledge sent him a commission as Ma 1or. His company was in front of Colonel Tarleton's troops in observa- tion, and skirmished with his advance. back to Cowpens, in which fight he was with the Georgia troops on the left of the front line. and behaved with great gallantry. He was also con- spicuous at Eutaw Springs. most interesting account of the military services of the two gallant brothers. Leroy and Samuel Hammond, 1s pub Hshed in 'Dr. Joseph Johnson's Ira ditions of the Revolution, 1851" It would be a public benent if his only surviving son, the Rev. John Johnson. D. D., Rector of St. Phillips Parish. Charleston, would edit . new edition of these valuable records for the his torical instruction of present and fu- ture generations.
 manded a Georgia Company on the front line at Cowpens. was born in Frederick County, Virginia. in 1740; had few educational opportunities; was apprenticed to a carpenter. and when his service expired. moved to Georgia, and begun the study Of law under Henry Young, Esq. In the nrst natriOt SSoA July. 1774, MT. Waltons name nret ap- nsars in tie annals of Georgia. At the Second meeting, 12th January. 1776, he was eloquent in urging immedi- ota action for the redress of griev- ances. In 1776 his talents and natriotism were recognized, and he was appointed a delegate to congress and was one of the signers or the Dec laration of Independence. HIS name ha eni1 of (feOrKla as . conntv name, He was six times elected to Congress-yet he was Tn military service at critical times. not withstandinx his high civic honors. Was wounded and a prisoner at Sa- vannah. and as we have stated, was in the forefront at Cowpens. He was Governor of Georgia. and subsequent. ly Judge of the superior Sour' oh''A his death, in 1901.
 In letter from Congress George Walton complains that flor want of information the deeds of Georgia are given to others" This allegation IS founded in truth. is just one put IL may truthfully be added that no state has been more indifferent to her early history than Georgia: indifferent even after the lapse of more than cen- tury. to the publication of these pro- ceedings which is at least an attempt to do Justice to that State, and to re- call the fact that Georgia shared with her sister States the victory of Cow pens; that her sons made forced march | es to get there in good season for the | fight.
 Of Captain Joshua Inman. regret | to say, I can find no further record than that he was gallant soldier. and acted we'll his part at the Cowpens YThe Prayer for "President and Queen.' Among the patriot soldiers at Cow | pens was Jesse Brown, who. atfer the battle, found on the field. among the dead, a Church of England prayer book. It Is of the edition Printed at Edinburg, in 176S. by Alexander Kin caid. His Majesty's Printer" It in- cIudes the Book of Psalms and DOT | tion of the New Testament.
 This little volume has been preserv- ed for a century among the descend ants of Jesse Brown. In March. 1881. his grandson, Jesse Brown Lassiter, living in Washington County, Fla. wrote to the chairman of the Centen- nial Committee in Charleston, S. C., and offered this old prayer book for l the use of the chaplain of the day at | the unveiling of the monument. The nroposal was referred to the Rev. A
 r Porter. D. D.. Chaplain of the Washington Light Infantry, who ex- messed himself gratified and accept l ed the offer
 The prayer book was duly received, | ana as will be seen by the proceed ines. was used on the great occasion, Dr Porter invoking the Divine bless | ,, on hoth "The President of the