1) Pike Thomas cites source: Robert Long Groover, Sweet Land of Liberty: A History of Liberty Co GA, Roswell GA: WH Wolfe Assn, 1987, p221.
2) ""The tradition among his Georgia descendants is that John Howard came to America from England as a young lad". Source: "Hiers Family Genealogy".
most sources.
From the following information, John would be born about 1748: "Public records of London Dec 18 1773 ship "Elizabeth" to Virginia at age 25."
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1) VA passenger list NC and VA 1773 records . Public records of London Dec 18 1773 ship "Elizabeth" to Virginia at age 25.
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
2) PASSENGER LIST IN 1773, VA.
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
3) "PUBLIC RECORDS of LONDON, DEC. 11-18, 1773 ON "ELIZABETH" TO VA. : JOHN HOWARD, AGE25, FROM SURREY, ENGLAND, OCCUPATION SmithY"
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
1) VA passenger list NC and VA 1773 records . Public records of London Dec 18 1773 ship "Elizabeth" to Virginia at age 25.
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
2) "The tradition among his Georgia descendants is that John Howard came to America from England as a young lad and was indenture to a Virginia farmer. It is thought that his parents may have died on board ship enroute to the Colonies."
Source: "Hiers Family Genealogy".
3) "Supposedly his parents died while crossing to America and he was indentured to a farmer in Virginia upon arrival in America."
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
4) "It is said that John Howard came from Old England as a young man and landed at Norfolk. He was indentured to a Virginia planter to pay for his passage to America.
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
5) "JOHN CAME TO AMERICA AS AN INDENTURED SERVANT TO A PLANTER AT NORFOLK, VA."
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
1) "The following research on John Howard was made by MR. Joseph E. Steadman of Batesburg, S. C.[:] The tradition in the branch of the Howard family is that John Howard (b ca. 1738; d ca. 1800), its founder in South Carolina, came 'from near the borders of Maryland or Virginia'. The time of his arrival was prior to or during 1772." Source: "Hiers Family Genealogy".
2) "John Howard later moved to South Carolina and settled in the south part of Orangeburgh District near the line of Colleton. He served in the S. C. Militia during the Revolutionary War and died in Barnwell District, S. C."
Source: "Hiers Family Genealogy".
3) "bef 1776 moved to South Carolina".
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
4) "HE LIVED IN BAMBERG, SC now KNOWN AS COLLETON IN BARNWELL DISTRICT."
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
1) 1772.
a) "On 3 July, 1772, John was granted 100 acres of land in Colleton County below Edisto River and on 4 April, 1775, he was granted an additional 400 acres in the same locality. ON 14 October, 1784, he was granted 100 acres of land in Orangeburgh District and on 17 January, 1786, he was granted an additional 276 acres in the same locality. All of these lands were situated in the lower part of the present Bamberg County which prior to 1776 was included in old Colleton County and afterwards was a part of old Orangeburgh District. During the late 1790's he conveyed parts of these lands to his sons and sons-in-law. … On 10 December, 1796 John Howard conveyed 100 acres of land (part of a tract of 476 acres) to Jacob Hiers. ... On 10 December 1776, [John Howard] conveyed 100 acres of land (part of a tract of 476 acres) to [son Samuel]. "Hiers Family Genealogy"
b) "1772 LAND GRANTS 486 ACRES IN SC"
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
2) 1785. "Land Grants SC vol 22, pg 244, vol 6 pg 271, vol 13 , p 43 in 1785, 1796".
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
3) "AFTER THE REVOLUTION HE WAS GRANTED LAND IN SC. (LAND GRANTS of SC, VOL. 22, PG. 244;VOL. 6, P. 27L; VOL.13,P. 43,IN 1785, 1786 AND 1793."
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
4) "1796 DEED 200A TO GEORGE, 100A TO SAMUUEL, 100A TO JACOB FALK ADJOINING JACOB HIERS' PROPERTY."
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
1) Census record Prince George Parrish, SC 1772. Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
2) "...the 1790 census for Orangeburgh District (South Part) shows him as the head of a family consisting of four males and two females who evidently were himself, sons ... Samuel, ...George, and ... Jacob, daughter ... Mary Elizabeth, and his wife (apparently died before 1800) whose name is not known. There perhaps were other children who died in infancy or childhood." Source: "Hiers Family Genealogy".
3) "CENSUS RECORD PRINCE GEORGE PARRISH, SC, GEORGETOWN DISTRICT."
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
4) "CENSUS RECORD PRINCE FREDERICK PARRISH, SC GEORGETOWN DISTRICT: 1 MALE
OVER 16, 1 MALE UNDER 16, 3 FEMALES, 10 SLAVES."
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
French and Indian War;
Revolutionary War, Sgt, 5th SC Regt.
1) French and Indian War.
a) "Mary Elizabeth Howard was the daughter of Mary Inman and of John Howard, patriot in the Revolution, also, a participant in the Franch and Indian War." Source: Henry Wm C Folk - by Folk - Anonymous #1.
b) "Young John … joined the Virginia militia and marched with 'Colonel' George Washington to the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania (near present Pittsburgh) during the French and Indian War. On July 9, 1755, John Howard was standing close enough to hear Washington attempt to persuade Edward Braddock, renowned British general, to allow the Americans to fight Indian style from concealed positions behind trees, rocks and bushes. General Braddock was adamant in his refusal, and before the day ended he was mortally wounded and all of his mounted officers slain except Washington. Thus, John Howard was present at Braddock's defeat. This story, which cannot be documented, has passed down through the families of the late John S. Howard, Sr. of Tattnall Co. and the late Daniel S. Howard of Long Co. The marker at the grave of John S. Howard, Sr. in Ebeneezer Free Will Baptist Church cemetery, Tattnall Co., bears this inscription: 'Great Grandson of John Howard Who Was in Braddock's Defeat'." Source: "Hiers Family Genealogy".
c) "Judge Folks Huxford says on page 145 of Vol. 4 that John Howard was a veteran of the French and Indian War and was present at the surrender of Fort Duquesne (now Pittsburgh, Pa.) and later in Revolutionary War in S. C." Source, "Hiers Family Genealogy".
d) "1755 fought French and Indian War. Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
e) "John Howard was a young Virginia Militiaman in 1775 when near Fort Duquesne in PA, he overheard Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock of the British Army rebuke his aide, Col. George Washington, for telling him he should not march his army through Indian country in strict military formation in its colorful uniforms and shining arms would make his men easy targets for the Indian warriors who would fight from behind rocks and trees, or so goes the time honored and much cherished tradition in the Howard family. Soon Braddock was ambushed and mortally wounded, but lived long enough to repent his error saying "Another time we shall know better how to deal with them." He was buried in the military road, and his wagon train allowed to pass over his grave so as to conceal its whereabouts from the Indians. The French and India war was a struggle between the English and the French for ownership of the Ohio Valley. The Iroquois Nation occupied the territory between the French and English provinces. When the French heard the English were preparing to settle this region, they began to build forts on the frontier. The English countered by building Fort Duquesne at the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers, now Pittsburgh. The French took it and General Braddock was sent over from England to retake it with two regiments of regulars and a body of Virginia and North Carolina militia. Although there is no contemporary record that documents John Howard's service, there is no reason to doubt it. The account of it was told to his son George, who related it to his son Jacob, who passed it on to his son, John Stouton, and he, in turn, told it to his son, Thomas Lee, who repeated it to the writer in 1949.
Source: "The History of Jones Creek Baptist Church" provided by source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
f) "IN 1755 HE WAS A MILITIA MAN AT FT. DUQUESNE, PA. HE SERVED IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR OVER IN OHIO, WITH GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON AND WAS AT BRADDOCKS DEFEAT AT BRANDYWINE."
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
g) ARTICLE BY NAN RUSSELL DTD 5-24-87 -SPECIAL TO THE HERALD: THIS WEEK IN PHILADELPHIA
THE LUDOWICI NEWS; PAGE 12, DTD THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1979: "A CHERISHED TRADITION - JOHN HOWARD of THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR"
BY ELMER ORIS Parker
JOHN HOWARD WAS A Young VIRGINIA MILITIAMAN IN 1755 WHEN NEAR FORT DUQUESNE IN PENNSYLVANIA HE OVERHEARD MAJ. GEN. EDWARD BRADDOCK of THE BRITISH ARMY REBUKE HIS AIDE COL. GEORGE WASHINGTON FOR TELLING HIM HE SHOULD NOT MARCH HIS ARMY THROUGH INDIAN COUNTRY IN STRICT MILITARY FORMATION AS ITS COLORFUL UNIFORMS AND SHINING ARMS WOULD MAKE HIS MEN EASY TARGETS FOR THE INDIAN WARRIORS WHO WOULD FIGHT FROM BEHIND ROCKS AND TREES, OR SO GOES A TIME HONORED AND MUCH CHERISHED TRADITION IN THE HOWARD FAMILY. SOON BRADDOCK WAS AMBUSHED AND MORTALLY WOUNDED BUT LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO REPENT HIS ERROR, SAYING, "ANOTHER TIME WE SHALL KNOW BETTER HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM." HE WAS BURIED IN THE MILITARY ROAD AND HIS WAGON TRAIN ALLOWED TO PASS OVER HIS GRAVE SO AS TO CONCEAL ITS WHEREABOUTS FROM THE INDIANS.
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR BEGAN AS A STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH FOR OWNERSHIP of THE OHIO VALLEY. THE IROQUOIS NATION OCCUPIED THE TERRITORY BETWEEN THE FRENCH AD ENGLISH PROVINCES. WHEN THE FRENCH HEARD THAT THE ENGLISH WERE PREPARING TO SETTLE THIS REGION, THEY BEGAN TO BUILD FORTS ON THE FRONTIER. THE ENGLISH COUNTERED BY BUILDING FORT DUQUESNE AT THE JUNCTION of THE ALLEGHENY AND MONOGAHELA RIVERS, now PITTSBURGH"
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
2) Revolutionary War.
a) "Virginia Militia; was at Braddock's Defeat 9 Jul 1755 (sic) [possibly 1775?] with George Washington; moved to South Orangeburg Dist. 1770; Rev. War soldier; Sgt. John Howard, 5th South Carolina Regiment." Source: Peeples, Rev Dr Robert E H Ltr 27 Mar 1987, insert by Steve Mears.
b) "John Howard (c. 1738-1800), Sgt. in 5th S. C. Regt. in the Revolutionary War." Source: transcription of records on Folk family at Huguenot Society of South Carolina, 25 Chalmers Street, Charleston, S.C., Names in South Carolina, Volume XXX, Page 30, John A. Chapman, A. M., Annals of Newberry county, Part II, Page 590.
c) "3 Jul 1772, Sgt., 5th SC Regt." Source: Peeples, Rev Dr Robert E H Ltr 7 Jul 2001.
d) "Mary Elizabeth Howard was the daughter of Mary Inman and of John Howard, patriot in the Revolution, also, a participant in the Franch and Indian War." Source: Henry Wm C Folk - by Folk - Anonymous #1.
e) "Sgt in 5th S. C. Regt. in the Revolutionary War." Source: Folk, Johann Jacob Desc by David Peeples.
f) "Colleton Col., SC. Sgt., 5th SC Regiment" Source: "Descendants of Jacob Folk" Sep 2001 by Frank, Perry, Mike & James Folk.
g) "He served in the S. C. Militia during the Revolutionary War and died in Barnwell District, S. C." Source: "Hiers Family Genealogy".
h) "He probably was the Sergeant John Howard who, as a revolutionary patriot, was a member of the 5th South Carolina Regiment of Troops in which his near neighbor Jacob Copeland …also served." Source: "Hiers Family Genealogy".
i) "Supposedly his parents died while crossing to America and he was indentured to a farmer in Virginia upon arrival in America. He ran away and joined the military and was at Braddock's defeat." Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
j) "He was at General Braddock's defeat at Brandywine. He fought in the Revolutionary War as an officer of Maryland troops who fought in
Revolutionary war in New Jersey with Gen Washington." Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
k) HE WAS ALSO UNDER GEORGE WASHINGTON IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
3) NORTH CAROLINA IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: JOHN HOWARD WAS WITH GENERAL WASHINGTON AT BRANDYWINE AND IN THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR OVER OHIO. HE WAS ONE of 4 TOP OFFICERS of WASHINGTON WHO FOUGHT WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA FORCES.
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
Pike Thomas cites source: "1795 Pertition [sic] of Saltcatcher residents for new road."
"He [Jacob Folk] is buried along with his wife at Wesley Chapel (Methodist) in Colleton County near Ehrhardt, South Carolina." Source: transcription of records on Folk family at Huguenot Society of South Carolina, 25 Chalmers Street, Charleston, S.C., Names in South Carolina, Volume XXX, Page 30, John A. Chapman, A. M., Annals of Newberry county, Part II, Page 590.
Howard family cemetery
1) "The marker at the grave of John S. Howard, Sr. in Ebeneezer Free Will Baptist Church cemetery, Tattnall Co., bears this inscription: 'Great Grandson of John Howard Who Was in Braddock's Defeat'." Source: "Hiers Family Genealogy".
Signs (His Mark) Petition of Saltcatcher Residents For New Road Between Val Fgilis Ford And Platts Mill On Savannah R
300A (Youngbllod Dist), Nr Fender, Rentz, Hiers
Juror, Bet N/S Fork Edisto R SC (Nxt Jacob Hiers, Christian Platts)
Rev[olutionary War] Service W/ Gen Braddock at Ft Duquesne
To Liberty Co, Georgia, USA Fm Barnwell Co, South Carolina, USA
Orangeburg Dist (South): 3M Over 16, 1M under 16, 2 Female, No Slaves (Nxt Jacob Hiers, Jn Chassereau, M Fender
Loyalty Oath To British (Along W/ John Howard, Jacob Hiers)
1) "he [John Howard, 'read about him in 'Hiers Genealogy'] was b. Eng. c. 1738, his parents died en route to Va. where he was apprenticed to a farmer who mistreated him; he ran away & joined Va. militia; was at Braddock's Defeat 9 Jul 1755 with Geo. Washington; moved to South Orangeburg Dist. 1770; Rev. War soldier; Sgt. John Howard, 5th SC Regt.; married Mary, daughter of John & Mary Inman who gave 6 acres for White Luck Quaker Meeting House 1800)." Source: Rev Dr Robert E H Peeples.
2) "Something happened one day that displeased his master who took an ear of dried corn, stripped back the shuck, and brutally beat young John in the face with it, leaving scars that he carried with him to his grave. Howard served out his indenture, and sometime before the war of Independence, migrated to South Carolina and settled in the fork of Saltcatcher's Creek near the line between Orangeburg and Charleston Districts, later Barnwell (now Bamberg_) and Colleton Counties". Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
3) "He was described in one of the Folks Huxford Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia books. Source: Folk, Henry William Capers by Folk-Anonymous #1.
4) From "THE HISTORY OF JONES CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH"
John Howard was a young Virginia Militiaman in 1775 when near Fort Duquesne in PA, he overheard Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock of the British Army rebuke his aide, Col. George Washington, for telling him he should not march his army through Indian country in strict military formation in its colorful uniforms and shining arms would make his men easy targets for the Indian warriors who would fight from behind rocks and trees, or so goes the time honored and much cherished tradition in the Howard family. Soon Braddock was ambushed and mortally wounded, but lived long enough to repent his error saying "Another time we shall know better how to deal with them." He was buried in the military road, and his wagon train allowed to pass over his grave so as to conceal its whereabouts from the Indians.
The French and India war was a struggle between the English and the French for ownership of the Ohio Valley. The Iroquois Nation occupied the territory between the French and English provinces. When the French heard the English were preparing to settle this region, they began to build forts on the frontier. The English countered by building Fort Duquesne at the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers, now Pittsburgh. The French took it and General Braddock was sent over from England to retake it with two regiments of regulars and a body of Virginia and North Carolina militia. Although there is no contemporary record that documents John Howard's service, there is no reason to doubt it. The account of it was told to his son George, who related it to his son Jacob, who passed it on to his son, John Stouton, and he, in turn, told it to his son, Thomas Lee, who repeated it to the writer in 1949.
It is said that John Howard came from Old England as a young man and landed at Norfolk. He was indentured to a Virginia planter to pay for his passage to America. Something happened one day that displeased his master who took an ear of dried corn, stripped back the shuck, and brutally beat young John in the face with it, leaving scars that he carried with him to his grave. Howard served out his indenture, and sometime before the war of Independence, migrated to South Carolina and settled in the fork of Saltcatcher's Creek near the line between Orangeburg and Charleston Districts, later Barnwell (now Bamberg_) and Colleton Counties, He married a daughter of John Inman and to them were born Catherine, Samuel, George, Jacob, John, and Mary Elizabeth......"
Source: "The History of Jones Creek Baptist Church" provided by source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
5) "JOHN CAME TO AMERICA AS AN INDENTURED SERVANT TO A PLANTER AT NORFOLK, VA."
Source: Howard, John family by Sheree Robinette.
From Bamberg, Folk, Mears, Rentz etc families (Ancestry World Tree)
http://awt .ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=smears&id=I268
2) "Jacob Folk, the fou rth of seven children of John Jacob and Catherine Folk, was born in Newberry County, S. C. December 24, 1772 and died
November 10, 1845. He is buried alon g with his wife at Wesley Chapel(Methodist) in colleton county near Ehrhardt , South Carolina. He was married in 1797 to Mary Elizabeth Howard, born April 11, 1772, died February 18, 1839, a daughter of John Howard (c. 1738-1800), Sgt. in 5th S. C. Regt. in the Revolutionary War. Jacob settled on his father-in-law's land near where present day Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell and coll eton counties join on the Salkehatchie River. The sixth child of this union w as George Michael Folk, born September 4, 1808."
Source: transcription of records on Folk family at Huguenot Society of South Carolina, 25 Chalmers Street , Charleston, S.C., Names in South Carolina, Volume XXX, Page 30, John A. Cha pman, A. M., Annals of Newberry county, Part II, Page 590.
3) "Jacob Folk (1 772-1845) was born near Pomaria, Newberry Co.; our tradition is that he was h auling a load of cotton to Charleston, stopped at plantation of John Howard ( read about him in 'Hiers Genealogy); he was b. Eng. c. 1738, his parents died en route to Va. where he was apprenticed to a farmer who mistreated him; he ran away & joined Va. militia; was at Braddock's Defeat 9 Jul 1755 with Geo. Washington; moved to South Orangeburg Dist. 1770; Rev. War soldier; Sgt. John Howard, 5th SC Regt.; married Mary, daughter of John & Mary Inman who gave 6 acres for White Luck Quaker Meeting House 1800). Jacob Folk fell in love with Mary Elizabeth Howard (1780-1839) and returned to marry her; he bought her father's land and settled there in 1797, John Howard dying 1800. They had 1 2 children...Jacob helped found and build Wesley Chapel & is buried in Church yard beside his wife. In 1840 Census he was a successful planter of St. Bartholomew's Parish, Colleton Co. with 42 slaves; his wife had died 18 Feb 1839 a fter 12 children. "
Source: Rev Dr Robert E. H. Peeples, 8 Moon Shell Road, H ilton Head Island, SC 29928, in a letter dated 27 March 1987 to "Lyn" (Last name unknown).
(Research):1) "I wish it were possible to trace our John Howard (c.1738-1800) since the Howards are an old Saxon family dewlling Norfolk when William the Conqueror arrived in England 1066." Source: Peeples, Rev Dr Robert E H Ltr 2 Jul 2001.
2) "John obviously belonged to the ancient Saxon family of Norfolk, England." Source: Peeples, Rev Dr Robert E H Ltr 7 Jul 2001.
3) "It appears unlikely that we'll find the antecedents of our John Howard (c.1738-c.1800) but the Howard family is certainly one of preeminence in England." Source: Peeples Input by Rev Dr Robert E H Peeples Ltr 5 May 2001.
