Lieut William M Grant Jr.
Birth 3 Aug 1761
Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Death 28 Aug 1851 (aged 90)
Townville, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA
Burial William Grant Cemetery
Townville, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA
Born at Shepherdstown, Virginia in 1761 to William M Grant Sr and his wife, Keturah. Moving to the District of Anderson a few years later, he begrudgingly applied for a pension into the Revolutionary army at age of 74 (1835) after he was accused of being Tory.
-Grant was first stationed at Charleston SC in the Minute Service to repel any possible British attack. He was then called out in March of 1780 to his father's company and given the rank of 1st Lieutenant.
-During the war he fought in the battles of Kings Mountain, Cowpens, Guilford Court House, Eutaw Springs, the Siege of 96, among others. He was with Generals Morgan, Greene and Henderson of the Regular Army and with Cols Brandon, Howard, Lee and Washington of the same.
-After the Revolutionary War, Grant settled down with his wife, Mary Portman, at Coneross Creek in 1784 and had five children.
-As a money lender, he apparently lived a prosperous life until his death. He was of an austere disposition, strong prejudice, and doubtless a terror to the Tories.
-It was by his order that his grave was located within unobstructed view of his home. Grant said that when he arose, he wanted the first object his eyes encountered to be his own house. Moreover, he wanted to watch his wife sell corn to passing travelers.
-Although the house remained until 1955, Grant's grave still faces his home (near the top of the hill) to this day. English Ivy and Poison Ivy now cover the foundation/cellar.
--Tombstone markings: GRANT, William (Jr), b 3-Aug-1761, d 28-Aug-1851, 3' high slab stone wall surrounds grave, DAR memorial marker erected 14-aug-1909 saying "brandon's sc mil. rev. war soldier".
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88195137/william_m_grant
