Capt. James Gill was born 14 Apr 1755 in Lancaster County, PA. to Capt. Robert David Gill & Eleanor Cooper Kelsey.
He married Mary Lousie Gaston my 2nd cousin 6x removed.
They had the following children.
Janet Gill
Elizabeth Gill
Dr. Thomas Washington Gill
John Gaston Gill
James Gill
Robert Gill
William Gill
By 1780 he was living in between Broad and Catawba Rivers in Camden District, S. C.
He served 12 Jul 1780 Brattenville, S.C. He was at the Battle of William's Plantation also known as Huck's Defeat, took place in York County, S.C. It was one of the first Patriot victories in the Southern states.
May of that year the British captured Charleston, by July Patriot leaders Like Colonel William Bratton and Captain John McClure, burning homes, arresting neighbors, and threatening Bratton's wife Martha, with violence. They encamped at the Williamson plantation near Bratton's homestead.
Huck was killed during the battle shot while on his horse, by a young Patriot militiaman.
In April 1871 James was in the Battle of Wright's Bluff, which was a key engagement in the Revolutionary War for the South. Fort Watson was a British supply post looking Scott's Lake in present-day Clarendon County, S. C. It was Brigadier General Francis Marion and Lt. Col. Henry Lee of the Continental Army laid siege to the fort, cutting off access to Scott's Lake.
End the end the fort was captured without heavy causalities on the Patriot side, 2 killed 6 wounded, the British side had 114 captured. A huge boost for the Patriot Morale.
Below is a re-enactment of the battle.
So proud of my ancestor's that fought and even more intriguing is learning the battles they fought in.
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