Nathaniel Christmas

Abt 1754 - Abt 1820  (~ 66 years)

• Name	Nathaniel Christmas  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1754	North Carolina   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1820	Mississippi   [1]
  Notes	Ginger Christmas writes that: "He was a Captain in the American Rev. War. In 1781 he and his brother Richard were paroled by Cornwallis (British General) from capture and later moved to the Mississippi Territory. After the war he (Nathaniel) settled with his younger brother Robert in the Wilkes County area of Georgia where they were district judges. He moved to the Louisiana area to settle down with Mary McLemore, his wife.He Petitioned the new government for pension from the Revolutionary war but was rejected. He reached his rank of Major as a First Major Surveyor." This is from the National Archives, Rev. War Records. "To the honorable Lieutenant General Leslie, or to the commanding officer of the British forces in the state of South Carolina. Captain Nathaniel Christmas has permission to pass from hence to the British garrison at Charles Town, for the purpose of effecting the exchange, Captain Richard Christmas, who is a prisoner of war to the British arms, for Captain James Osborn, who is a prisoner of war to the American arms, which said exchange is hereby proposed. This being agreed to, the said Captain Osborn is relieved and exchanged, the said Captain Nathaniel Christmas is to pass under the sanction of the flag. Given at Point Pleasant, this______day of June, 1782. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tresa&id=I31010
  Person ID	I22017	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	John Christmas, Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, Hanover County, Virginia d. Bef Aug 1783, Orange County, North Carolina (Age ~ 63 years)
  Mother	Mary Graves,   b. Abt 1725, Virginia d. 1810, Orange County, North Carolina (Age ~ 85 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1748	Hanover County, Virginia   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F1345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary McLemore,   b. Between 1761 and 1771, Bute County, North Carolina d. Bef 1789, Warren County, North Carolina (Age ~ 27 years)
  Family ID	F7614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1754 - North Carolina Death - Abt 1820 - Mississippi  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S321] Freeman, Mark (mwfgenealogy@verizon.net) "Mostly Southern" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=markfreeman ; Ver. 2008-09-19 17:51:13. [S1287] Hughes, LoRetta F. "Treeclimber's Family Treehouse - Roots & Branches" ver. 2009-06-21 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=treeclimber. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.).