Revolutionary War
Veterans Buried in Bond County
HUBBARD, PETER was a native of South Carolina, born
about 1747. He served three years under Captains Samuel Wise and John
Carraway Smith, with Colonel William Thompson. He served at various
times until the close of the war. He was made lieutenant, and was in the
battle of Sullivan's Island. He removed to Tennessee, and from there to
Bond County, Illinois, where he died. ("Illinois Revolutionary War
Veteran Burials", 1917)
JOHNSON, CHARLES was born in North Carolina in 1757.
After the outbreak of the war, he joined the State militia and
participated in the battles of Cowpens and Guilford Court House. In 1817
he became a resident of Illinois Territory, settling in Bond County. He
died in 1821 and is buried in the Old Grace cemetery, near the village
of Pocahontas. His grave is marked by a United States tombstone, upon
which is engraved his military service. [Note: Alternate info: Buried in
Sugg Cemetery in Greenville. (source: Genealogical Records, Illinois
Society DAR, 1939, compiled by Mrs. Edward J. Filbey)
McADAMS, JOSEPH was born in York County, Pennsylvania,
in 1759. He enlisted from Hawfield, Orange County, North Carolina,
serving under Colonels Armstrong, William O'Neale, and Robert Melone,
also with Captain Carrington and Captain Hodge; he was also a pilot
under Colonel Lee; was in the battles of Stono, Hillsborough and Holts'
Race Paths. Joseph McAdams came to Illinois with William McAdams, who
lived in Madison County, and who was also a Revolutionary soldier.
Joseph McAdams lived to be very aged, dying in Bond County. ("Illinois
Revolutionary War Veteran Burials", 1917)
PLANT, WILLIAMSON was a native of Virginia; was born in
the county of Louisa in 1763. He early enlisted in the war in the Fifth
Regiment, under Captain Richard Clough in the Virginia line of troops.
He again enlisted in the militia, serving at various times until the
close of the war. He came to Illinois, settling in Bond County in the
town of Pocahontas, where he died in 1830, and is buried in the old
grave-yard there. ("Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials", 1917)
ROW, HEZEKIAH was born in South Carolina June 17, 1759.
He served in the South Carolina troops. He came to Bond county,
Illinois, and died there in 1835. He was pensioned. ("Illinois
Revolutionary War Veteran Burials", 1917)
WHITE, THOMAS - was from Pennsylvania, where he served
as lieutenant in Col. Bull's regiment of flying troops. He was in Capt.
William Armstrong's company; was taken prisoner November 16, 1776, and
carried to New York, where he endured great suffering. He escaped June
27, 1777, and again enlisted in Col. William Montgomery's regiment. He
came to Bond County, Illinois, and died there; is buried near
Greenville. ("Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials", 1917)
Extracted 19 May 2017 by Norma Hass from the Illinois Society Sons of the American Revolution website.
