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Sumter County |
Revolutionary War Soldiers
DEARMAN, THOMAS M., aged 94, resided in Sumter county, June 1, 1840.—Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.
HAMMOND, SAMUEL, aged 88, resided in Sumter county, June 1, 1840.—Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.
HOLLAND, JOHN, aged 68, and a resident of Sumter county; private S. C .State Troops; enrolled on April 17, 1834, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $80.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.
McCOSKLIN,_____, aged 78, resided in Sumter county. June 1, 1840.—Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.
WESTON, ROBERT. "Robert Weston, a soldier from North Carolina, is buried at 'Shady Grove,' Sumter county, Ala. His tomb records simply his birth and death and 'A Revolutionary Soldier.' A few brief facts of his history have been furnished by Mrs. M. C. Carpenter, his granddaughter, of Eutaw, Ala. Robert Weston was born in England, August 29, 1763, and died in Sumter county, Alabama, July 21, 1845, aged 81 years, 5 months and 8 days.
"He came to America when a mere lad, with his two brothers, Isaac and Frank Weston. Although very young, he fought in the Revolution in North Carolina; was brave and quick-witted: was captured three times and sentenced to death, but made his escape each time through shrewd ability in disguising himself. He married Mary Ogilvie of South Carolina, who was born June 26, 1769, and died January 11, 1845, aged 75 years, 5 months and 15 days. The young couple settled in Fairfield district, S. C, where they resided until their children were grown. They had a large family and many descendants are still living in South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas. One son, I. M. Weston, settled in Columbia, S. C, but the other children all removed to Alabama. Naturally the old couple followed their children and came to Sumter county, Ala., in 1833. where they purchased a home near their children and spent their old age in peace and contentment surrounded by children and grandchildren. Robert Weston was a man of intelligence and excellent education and his grand-children remember him with the deepest affection and respect. His thrilling stories of Revolutionary times are yet remembered and told in the family."—Mrs. P. H. Mell in Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol. iv, pp. 568-569.
Source: Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama; Author-Thomas McAdory Owen, 1911 - Transcribed by C. Anthony
