Facts and Events
James Stephenson was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Notes
- From "Let the Drums Roll: Veterans and Patriots of the Revolutionary War who settled in Maury County, Tennessee:
- James White Stephenson, b. 1 June 1756, Augusta County, Virginia, was living in Williamsburg (then Georgetown) Dist., South Carolina at the time of the American Revolution. He joined the army as a private in General Sumter’s command and fought in the Battles of Blackstocks, Hanging Rock, and several others. Stephenson narrowly escaped death on two different occasions.
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