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Nathaniel Christmas

Male Abt 1754 - Abt 1820  (~ 66 years)


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  • Name Nathaniel Christmas  [1, 2
    Birth Abt 1754  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1820  Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Aug 1783, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Mary Graves,   b. Abt 1725, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1810, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1748  Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Family ID F1345  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary McLemore,   b. Between 1761 and 1771, Bute County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1789, Warren County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 27 years) 
    Family ID F7614  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1754 - North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Abt 1820 - Mississippi Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [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.

    3. [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.).