Revolutionary War: Killed in the Battle of Germantown
Two Officers and six men who were killed at Battle of Germantown in October 1777 are buried here in one grave.
Hazard's register of Pennsylvania, Volume 1 edited by Samuel Hazard {1828} .p.293
"Major Bennett informed me, that Col. Nash, Col. White, Col. Boyd, and another officer killed of the Americans, were all taken to near Montgomery square, and buried side by side at Baptist Meeting-house. Col. White died in the litter.
Capt. Turner of N. Carolina, and Major Irvine, and six men, were all buried in one grave, at the east corner of the burying ground by Keyser's."
Francis Bernard Heitman's "Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution April 1775, to December, 1783" 1893 P.238
"Irwin, Henry {N.C.} Lieutenant-Colonel 5th North Carolina, 7th May, 1776: killed at Germantown, 4th October, 1777."
Turner, Jacob (N.C.) Captain-North Carolina-; killed at Germantown, 4th October 1777."
DAR Library Record:
TURNER, JACOB
Ancestor #: A117070 Service: NORTH CAROLINA
Rank: CAPTAIN
Birth: (CIRCA) 1754 NORTH CAROLINA
Death: 10-4-1777 GERMANTOWN PENNSYLVANIA
Service Description:
1) 5TH REGT.
Residence:
1} County Bertie Co -State: North Carolina
Spouse:
1) Mary Edwards
Two Officers and six men who were killed at Battle of Germantown in October 1777 are buried here in one grave.
Hazard's register of Pennsylvania, Volume 1 edited by Samuel Hazard {1828} .p.293
"Major Bennett informed me, that Col. Nash, Col. White, Col. Boyd, and another officer killed of the Americans, were all taken to near Montgomery square, and buried side by side at Baptist Meeting-house. Col. White died in the litter.
Capt. Turner of N. Carolina, and Major Irvine, and six men, were all buried in one grave, at the east corner of the burying ground by Keyser's."
Francis Bernard Heitman's "Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution April 1775, to December, 1783" 1893 P.238
"Irwin, Henry {N.C.} Lieutenant-Colonel 5th North Carolina, 7th May, 1776: killed at Germantown, 4th October, 1777."
Turner, Jacob (N.C.) Captain-North Carolina-; killed at Germantown, 4th October 1777."
DAR Library Record:
TURNER, JACOB
Ancestor #: A117070 Service: NORTH CAROLINA
Rank: CAPTAIN
Birth: (CIRCA) 1754 NORTH CAROLINA
Death: 10-4-1777 GERMANTOWN PENNSYLVANIA
Service Description:
1) 5TH REGT.
Residence:
1} County Bertie Co -State: North Carolina
Spouse:
1) Mary Edwards
Revolutionary War: Killed in the Battle of Germantown
Two Officers and six men who were killed at Battle of Germantown in October 1777 are buried here in one grave.
Hazard's register of Pennsylvania, Volume 1 edited by Samuel Hazard {1828} .p.293
"Major Bennett informed me, that Col. Nash, Col. White, Col. Boyd, and another officer killed of the Americans, were all taken to near Montgomery square, and buried side by side at Baptist Meeting-house. Col. White died in the litter.
Capt. Turner of N. Carolina, and Major Irvine, and six men, were all buried in one grave, at the east corner of the burying ground by Keyser's."
Francis Bernard Heitman's "Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution April 1775, to December, 1783" 1893 P.238
"Irwin, Henry {N.C.} Lieutenant-Colonel 5th North Carolina, 7th May, 1776: killed at Germantown, 4th October, 1777."
Turner, Jacob (N.C.) Captain-North Carolina-; killed at Germantown, 4th October 1777."
DAR Library Record:
TURNER, JACOB
Ancestor #: A117070 Service: NORTH CAROLINA
Rank: CAPTAIN
Birth: (CIRCA) 1754 NORTH CAROLINA
Death: 10-4-1777 GERMANTOWN PENNSYLVANIA
Service Description:
1) 5TH REGT.
Residence:
1} County Bertie Co -State: North Carolina
Spouse:
1) Mary Edwards
Two Officers and six men who were killed at Battle of Germantown in October 1777 are buried here in one grave.
Hazard's register of Pennsylvania, Volume 1 edited by Samuel Hazard {1828} .p.293
"Major Bennett informed me, that Col. Nash, Col. White, Col. Boyd, and another officer killed of the Americans, were all taken to near Montgomery square, and buried side by side at Baptist Meeting-house. Col. White died in the litter.
Capt. Turner of N. Carolina, and Major Irvine, and six men, were all buried in one grave, at the east corner of the burying ground by Keyser's."
Francis Bernard Heitman's "Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution April 1775, to December, 1783" 1893 P.238
"Irwin, Henry {N.C.} Lieutenant-Colonel 5th North Carolina, 7th May, 1776: killed at Germantown, 4th October, 1777."
Turner, Jacob (N.C.) Captain-North Carolina-; killed at Germantown, 4th October 1777."
DAR Library Record:
TURNER, JACOB
Ancestor #: A117070 Service: NORTH CAROLINA
Rank: CAPTAIN
Birth: (CIRCA) 1754 NORTH CAROLINA
Death: 10-4-1777 GERMANTOWN PENNSYLVANIA
Service Description:
1) 5TH REGT.
Residence:
1} County Bertie Co -State: North Carolina
Spouse:
1) Mary Edwards
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