Well ... there were prison ships Capt. She
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Well ... there were prison ships
Capt. Sherwood Bugg is a grandfather
A Patriot of the American Revolution for GEORGIA with the rank of CAPTAIN. DAR Ancestor #: A016730
Died in 1782 in prison ship near Savannah, GA
History:
Captain Sherwood Bugg (1720-1781) was born in Kent County, VA. He married his wife, Elizabeth Hobson in Virginia in 1752. He later resided at Beech Island, South Carolina. During the Revolution , his home at Beach Island, where his wife nursed the wounded, was often raided by the Tories and the British. Captain Bugg commanded a company in Colonel James Jackson's Georgia Line. He was taken prisoner during the Revolution and taken to a prison ship at the mouth of the Savannah River. Near the close of the war he was released. Starved and sick, he managed to get home and died a few days later. He is buried in Augusta, GA. In 1786 his widow obtained a grant of land in Franklin Co., GA for his service in the Revolution.
Capt. Sherwood Bugg is a grandfather
A Patriot of the American Revolution for GEORGIA with the rank of CAPTAIN. DAR Ancestor #: A016730
Died in 1782 in prison ship near Savannah, GA
History:
Captain Sherwood Bugg (1720-1781) was born in Kent County, VA. He married his wife, Elizabeth Hobson in Virginia in 1752. He later resided at Beech Island, South Carolina. During the Revolution , his home at Beach Island, where his wife nursed the wounded, was often raided by the Tories and the British. Captain Bugg commanded a company in Colonel James Jackson's Georgia Line. He was taken prisoner during the Revolution and taken to a prison ship at the mouth of the Savannah River. Near the close of the war he was released. Starved and sick, he managed to get home and died a few days later. He is buried in Augusta, GA. In 1786 his widow obtained a grant of land in Franklin Co., GA for his service in the Revolution.
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