Person:Marks Lazarus (1)

He enlisted at the beginning of the American Revolution in the South Carolina Cannoneers under Captain Donill. About the time of the siege of Savannah, he was transferred to the Second Battalion under Captain Lushington and served three months as Sergeant-Major at Fort Moultrie. During the siege of Charleston he served again as Sergeant-Major under Captain John Huger. He is noted as having served under Col. John Hayden at Fort Moultrie, Savannah, and at Charleston, and under Moultrie at the Battle of Beaufort.

Taken prisoner at the fall of Charleston, he was held by the British on a ship in Charleston harbor until the end of the war. In August 1780 he, along with other prisoners, believing the war to be over, and concerned about their families, petitioned Brigadier General Lincoln "that they might show allegience and attachment to His Majesty's person and government" (Southern Patriot 7 Nov 1835) (National Pension Claim # W21558).

He joined the Beth Eliohim Congregation in 1800 and was a member of the General Adjunta of "Yachidim" of Beth Eliohim in 1820.

1.   Stern, Malcolm H. First American Jewish families : 600 genealogies, 1654-1977. (Cincinnati, Ohio: American Jewish Archives, c1978)
   p. 151, 1978.