Betty Bivins.... It is the Wikipedia entry for Battle of Briar Creek. So, anyone can search for that on Wikipedia! ~Walt L. Cullars Betty Bivins wrote: > 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. 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 >> >> If this is a Message Board gatewayed to the list, please reply to the >> Message Board. 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