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Cherokee Ford/Vann's Creek Dedication 2007
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In late 1778, Col. Boyd, commissioned by the British, had recruited about 600-900 men from North Carolina and South Carolina to provide reinforcements for the Tory forces which would be headquartered at Augusta, GA. Boyd was moving west toward the Savannah from Ninety-Six, headed for the river crossing at Cherokee Ford, ten miles north of Fort Charlotte. Whig CPT Robert Anderson had posted LT Thomas Shanklin and eight militiamen in the blockhouse guarding the Ford with orders to not allow any Loyalists to cross. Reluctant to take casualties, Boyd moved his command five miles upriver to the high ground opposite the mouth of Van(n)’s Creek in present-day Elbert County. On 11 February Boyd crossed the Savannah River with their baggage on rafts, “swimming their horses” alongside. Captain Little and his Georgia Militia, and Captains Robert Anderson, William Baskin, John Miller, and Joseph Pickens and their South Carolina Militia, a total of about 100 Whigs, now opposed Boyd’s Loyalists as they approached the Georgia bank of the Savannah. The Whigs lost one killed, 15 wounded, and 18 captured, among the latter being Captains Baskin and Miller (wounded in both knees). Colonel Boyd is said to have lost 100 killed, wounded, and missing, many of whom having deserted him and returned to their homes in the Carolinas. Pickens, Dooley, and Clarke continued the pursuit of Boyd, and they would overtake Boyd at Kettle Creek February 14, 1779. (above excerpts taken from the Copyright version of the Fight At Van(n)’s Creek, Georgia as written by GASSAR Chancellor Gordon Smith.)
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Georgia Society Annual 2008 Meeting, April 2008
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April 3-5, 2008, Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Athens, Georgia
South Atlantic District Banquet, April 3
South Atlantic District Meeting, April 4
Georgia Society Annual Banquet, April 4
Georgia Society Memorial Service, Spring BOM and Annual Meeting, April 5
Georgia Society Awards Luncheon and Installation of Officers, April 5
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Vietnam Moving Wall, Toccoa, GA, Mar 28, 2008
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Vietnam War Fallen Soldiers Remembered in Toccoa, GA
Sponsored by the Stephens County Historical Society,
City of Toccoa and Stephens County
Samuel Elbert Chapter Members Stuart Lyle and Larry Wilson along with state SAR members Ted Smith, Larry Whitfield, and Bruce Maney took part in the wreath laying in honor of the fallen soldiers of the Vietnam War during the “Moving Wall” Memorial program held in Toccoa, GA Friday, March 28th. The "Wall" is a replica of the Vietnam Veterans National Memorial, "The Wall," which is located in Washington D.C. The "Moving Wall" is taken to various cities and towns throughout the country providing Americans with an opportunity to pay homage to the more than 58,000 Vietnam Veterans who gave their lives for their country. Some soldiers identified from Elbert County who died in the Vietnam war were Clark Edward Cleveland, Allen Winfred Jones, James Eugene Joslyn, Johnny Cleveland Simpson, Charles Herbert Smith, Charles Herbert Smith, Robert Edwin Echols, and Daniel Raymond Bowman. Photos attached shows Clark Edward Cleveland listed on the Wall. In one photo: L-R, Stuart Lyle, Ted Smith from Cornelia, GA, Larry Wilson, Bruce Maney from Snellville, Ga, and Larry Whitflield from Cornelia, GA. In another photo, A fallen Vietnam Soldier's family is shown with the GASSAR Color Guard.
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