Son of Charles Birmingham and Elizabeth Downer
Married Mary Parker, daughter of Colonel Gabriel Parker II and Mary Faith Wilkerson, on May 17, 1775, Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina
"On the eve of the American Revolution, the history books open up once again and on 12 September 1775, James along with 55 other men petitioned the South Carolina Council of Safety to form a militia detachment as a "troop of horse" and to "march at 24 hours' notice. This militia detachment would later be called the Long Cane Militia, which was a company within the Ninety-Six Regiment. In November of that year, the first major land battle in the Southern Campaign was fought in the town of Ninety-Six, and James Birmingham, one of the 55 men who signed the petition, died in the battle and is remembered as the first Patriot to die in the Southern Campaign of the Revolution. One of the surviving Whigs stated: "Raise a glass to James Birmingham who we know lived on Penny's Creek off Long Cane Creek in present day Abbeville County."
Birmingham's family later received a pension annuity voted by the First General Assembly for South Carolina.
Named in his brother-n-law, Charles Parker's Estate.
Married Mary Parker, daughter of Colonel Gabriel Parker II and Mary Faith Wilkerson, on May 17, 1775, Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina
"On the eve of the American Revolution, the history books open up once again and on 12 September 1775, James along with 55 other men petitioned the South Carolina Council of Safety to form a militia detachment as a "troop of horse" and to "march at 24 hours' notice. This militia detachment would later be called the Long Cane Militia, which was a company within the Ninety-Six Regiment. In November of that year, the first major land battle in the Southern Campaign was fought in the town of Ninety-Six, and James Birmingham, one of the 55 men who signed the petition, died in the battle and is remembered as the first Patriot to die in the Southern Campaign of the Revolution. One of the surviving Whigs stated: "Raise a glass to James Birmingham who we know lived on Penny's Creek off Long Cane Creek in present day Abbeville County."
Birmingham's family later received a pension annuity voted by the First General Assembly for South Carolina.
Named in his brother-n-law, Charles Parker's Estate.
Son of Charles Birmingham and Elizabeth Downer
Married Mary Parker, daughter of Colonel Gabriel Parker II and Mary Faith Wilkerson, on May 17, 1775, Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina
"On the eve of the American Revolution, the history books open up once again and on 12 September 1775, James along with 55 other men petitioned the South Carolina Council of Safety to form a militia detachment as a "troop of horse" and to "march at 24 hours' notice. This militia detachment would later be called the Long Cane Militia, which was a company within the Ninety-Six Regiment. In November of that year, the first major land battle in the Southern Campaign was fought in the town of Ninety-Six, and James Birmingham, one of the 55 men who signed the petition, died in the battle and is remembered as the first Patriot to die in the Southern Campaign of the Revolution. One of the surviving Whigs stated: "Raise a glass to James Birmingham who we know lived on Penny's Creek off Long Cane Creek in present day Abbeville County."
Birmingham's family later received a pension annuity voted by the First General Assembly for South Carolina.
Named in his brother-n-law, Charles Parker's Estate.
Married Mary Parker, daughter of Colonel Gabriel Parker II and Mary Faith Wilkerson, on May 17, 1775, Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina
"On the eve of the American Revolution, the history books open up once again and on 12 September 1775, James along with 55 other men petitioned the South Carolina Council of Safety to form a militia detachment as a "troop of horse" and to "march at 24 hours' notice. This militia detachment would later be called the Long Cane Militia, which was a company within the Ninety-Six Regiment. In November of that year, the first major land battle in the Southern Campaign was fought in the town of Ninety-Six, and James Birmingham, one of the 55 men who signed the petition, died in the battle and is remembered as the first Patriot to die in the Southern Campaign of the Revolution. One of the surviving Whigs stated: "Raise a glass to James Birmingham who we know lived on Penny's Creek off Long Cane Creek in present day Abbeville County."
Birmingham's family later received a pension annuity voted by the First General Assembly for South Carolina.
Named in his brother-n-law, Charles Parker's Estate.
Inscription
"Sacred to the Memory of James Birmingham, Volunteer, Long Cane Militia. Killed at this site in the Battle of November 19-21, 1775. The first South Carolinian to give his life in the cause of freedom. Erected by the American Legion, Star Fort Post
