Hanged as a patriot in the Revolutionary War.
Cusack's Ferry, on the Black River, was operated by noted Whig and Revolutionary martyr, Adam Cusack, for whom Adam's Branch is named. His refusal to ferry British officers across led to his being take to Long Bluff in September 1780, convicted in an extra-legal court martial, and hung as his wife and young children pleaded for mercy from Major Wemyss, who would have ridden over them with his horse but for one of his own men. Cusack came from St. Thomas & St. Denis Parish in Berkeley County, SC, where in 1764 he had married Frances Oram, daughter of Joseph Oram and wife Frances Wainwright of Charleston. He also had become a member of the St. David's Society in 1778. SC Historical Marker 16-47, erected 2002, Society Hill, SC.
Adam and Frances had five children:
Peter Cusack 1765-1834
Sarah Cusack McCown 1767-1833
Joseph Wainwright Cusack 1769-1824 (memorial #202354177)
Adam Cusack Jr. 1770-1845 (memorial #84059382)
Frances Cusack 1779-1863 (memorial #149567388)
Cusack's Ferry, on the Black River, was operated by noted Whig and Revolutionary martyr, Adam Cusack, for whom Adam's Branch is named. His refusal to ferry British officers across led to his being take to Long Bluff in September 1780, convicted in an extra-legal court martial, and hung as his wife and young children pleaded for mercy from Major Wemyss, who would have ridden over them with his horse but for one of his own men. Cusack came from St. Thomas & St. Denis Parish in Berkeley County, SC, where in 1764 he had married Frances Oram, daughter of Joseph Oram and wife Frances Wainwright of Charleston. He also had become a member of the St. David's Society in 1778. SC Historical Marker 16-47, erected 2002, Society Hill, SC.
Adam and Frances had five children:
Peter Cusack 1765-1834
Sarah Cusack McCown 1767-1833
Joseph Wainwright Cusack 1769-1824 (memorial #202354177)
Adam Cusack Jr. 1770-1845 (memorial #84059382)
Frances Cusack 1779-1863 (memorial #149567388)
Hanged as a patriot in the Revolutionary War.
Cusack's Ferry, on the Black River, was operated by noted Whig and Revolutionary martyr, Adam Cusack, for whom Adam's Branch is named. His refusal to ferry British officers across led to his being take to Long Bluff in September 1780, convicted in an extra-legal court martial, and hung as his wife and young children pleaded for mercy from Major Wemyss, who would have ridden over them with his horse but for one of his own men. Cusack came from St. Thomas & St. Denis Parish in Berkeley County, SC, where in 1764 he had married Frances Oram, daughter of Joseph Oram and wife Frances Wainwright of Charleston. He also had become a member of the St. David's Society in 1778. SC Historical Marker 16-47, erected 2002, Society Hill, SC.
Adam and Frances had five children:
Peter Cusack 1765-1834
Sarah Cusack McCown 1767-1833
Joseph Wainwright Cusack 1769-1824 (memorial #202354177)
Adam Cusack Jr. 1770-1845 (memorial #84059382)
Frances Cusack 1779-1863 (memorial #149567388)
Cusack's Ferry, on the Black River, was operated by noted Whig and Revolutionary martyr, Adam Cusack, for whom Adam's Branch is named. His refusal to ferry British officers across led to his being take to Long Bluff in September 1780, convicted in an extra-legal court martial, and hung as his wife and young children pleaded for mercy from Major Wemyss, who would have ridden over them with his horse but for one of his own men. Cusack came from St. Thomas & St. Denis Parish in Berkeley County, SC, where in 1764 he had married Frances Oram, daughter of Joseph Oram and wife Frances Wainwright of Charleston. He also had become a member of the St. David's Society in 1778. SC Historical Marker 16-47, erected 2002, Society Hill, SC.
Adam and Frances had five children:
Peter Cusack 1765-1834
Sarah Cusack McCown 1767-1833
Joseph Wainwright Cusack 1769-1824 (memorial #202354177)
Adam Cusack Jr. 1770-1845 (memorial #84059382)
Frances Cusack 1779-1863 (memorial #149567388)
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