Mr. Cullars, The following website has a fairly nice write-up of the Battle of Briar Creek or Brier Creek. Lifted from that article,,, The actual Battle of Briar or Brier Creek (As it is spelled on today's map) occurred on March 3rd, on a site roughly designated as at a bridge over Briar creek south of Augusta which appears to be where today's U.S. Hwy 25. and State Highway 121 cross Brier Creek, just northwest of the present day town of Waynesboro, Georgia. Hope this helps... Barron -----Original Message----- From: wcullars <wcullars@bellsouth.net> To: GALINCOL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:11 pm Subject: [GALINCOL] Battle at Briar Creek ? Revolutionary War - History. Pension application of Jesse Adams W66 Transcribed by Will Graves [spelling corrected] State of Tennessee, Humphreys County On this day being the 20th of September 1832 .... to the best of his Recollection he entered the service of the United States of America as a militia Soldier in the month of October but he does not Recollect the date of the year nor day of the month he states that he was mustered in to service in Kingston [sic, Kinston] in the State of North Carolina under Captain John Whitley and Matthew Cullars Lieutenant in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel William Caswell and that he marched from Kinston in the Army commanded by General Ash [sic, John Ashe] towards Charleston to Moncks Corner in South Carolina from there he marched to the White Bluffs in vice [?] of Augusta where they [were] stationed a few days and from thence they marched through Augusta and down near the mouth of Briar Creek in pursuit of the British Army and that when they got to a certain Bridge across the said Briar Creek the British had crossed the said Briar Creek and had taken up the Bridge, he states that our Army was then stationed in the fork between the Briar Creek and the Savannah River until the British Army marched Round and came down on the Back of our troops and attacked our Army, he states that he was not in the battle of Briar Creek himself, but was sick and had Crossed Savannah River with the baggage he supposes near eight miles above the Army and was marched down the River he believes near four miles when the battle begun in the evening of that day he states that he could hear the report of the guns and see the smoke arise from the battle he states that General Ashe was defeated in said battle and he left his Army and crossed the Savannah River and came to the Baggage near Dark of the same evening of the battle, he states the next morning the Baggage was marched on to a place known by the name of the white house where the troops began to Rally together after the ir struggles across the said River, he states that they went from the white house to Bee Creek and from there to the Savannah River again into the white mulberry old fields where he states he was taken to the hospital and knew no more of the particulars of the Army until he was discharged.... While this Adams is not of Wilkes/Lincoln counties, they marched right through that area, and I need to know about BRIAR CREEK, or the Battle of Briar Creek. Where it is, etc. I am aware of the Battle of Kettle Creek. Sincerely, Walter L. Cullars --- Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Database (VPS): 080725-0, 07/25/2008 Tested on: 7/26/2008 10:11:24 PM (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com If this is a Message Board gatewayed to the list, please reply to the Message Board. The poster may not be a member of this list. Please remember that this is a FREE genealogy mailing list and postings of any commercial nature are NOT permitted by RootsWeb Rules. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GALINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Would you please list the URL for Briar Creek Battle. Thank you for your time. betty in ga ----- Original Message ----- From: <barronrb@aol.com> To: <wcullars@bellsouth.net>; <galincol@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [GALINCOL] Battle at Briar Creek ? > Mr. Cullars, > > The following website has a fairly nice write-up of the Battle of Briar > Creek or Brier Creek. > > Lifted from that article,,, > > > The actual Battle of Briar or Brier Creek (As it is spelled on today's > map) occurred on March 3rd, on a site roughly designated as at a bridge > over Briar creek south of Augusta which appears to be where today's U.S. > Hwy 25. and State Highway 121 cross Brier Creek, just northwest of the > present day town of Waynesboro, Georgia. > > Hope this helps... > > Barron > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wcullars <wcullars@bellsouth.net> > To: GALINCOL-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:11 pm > Subject: [GALINCOL] Battle at Briar Creek ? > > > > Revolutionary War - History. > Pension application of Jesse Adams W66 > Transcribed by Will Graves [spelling corrected] > State of Tennessee, Humphreys County > On this day being the 20th of September 1832 > > .... to the best of his Recollection he entered the service of the > United States of America as a militia Soldier in the month of October > but he does not Recollect the date of the year nor day of the month he > states that he was mustered in to service in Kingston [sic, Kinston] in > the State of North Carolina under Captain John Whitley and > Matthew Cullars Lieutenant in the Regiment Commanded by > Colonel William Caswell and that he marched from Kinston in the Army > commanded by General Ash [sic, John Ashe] towards Charleston to Moncks > Corner in South Carolina from there he marched to the White Bluffs in > vice [?] of Augusta where they [were] stationed a few days and from > thence they marched through Augusta and down near the mouth of Briar > Creek in pursuit of the British Army and that when they got to a certain > Bridge across the said Briar Creek the British had crossed the said > Briar Creek and had taken up the Bridge, he states that our Army was > then stationed in the fork between the Briar Creek and the Savannah > River until the British Army marched Round and came down on the Back of > our troops and attacked our Army, he states that he was not in the > battle of Briar Creek himself, but was sick and had Crossed Savannah > River with the baggage he supposes near eight miles above the Army and > was marched down the River he believes near four miles when the battle > begun in the evening of that day he states that he could hear the report > of the guns and see the smoke arise from the battle he states that > General Ashe was defeated in said battle and he left his Army and > crossed the Savannah River and came to the Baggage near Dark of the same > evening of the battle, he states the next morning the Baggage was > marched on to a place known by the name of the white house where the > troops began to Rally together after the > ir struggles across the said > River, he states that they went from the white house to Bee Creek and > from there to the Savannah River again into the white mulberry old > fields where he states he was taken to the hospital and knew no more of > the particulars of the Army until he was discharged.... > > While this Adams is not of Wilkes/Lincoln counties, they marched right > through that area, and I need to know about BRIAR CREEK, or the Battle > of Briar Creek. 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