Served in the Revolutinary War as Captian of a Privateer. Served with General Lincoln at the sieges of Savannah and Augusta. It is said that he also served with General Marion. He was captured by the British. He fought at the Battle Kettle Creek, GA, Feb. 14, 1779 and at the Battle of King's Mountain, S.C., Oct. 7, 1780.
DAR Ancestor #: A086134
He established the old town of Petersburg, GA about 1786 on the point where the Broad River flows into the Savannah River. Petersburg is now mostly submerged under Clarks Hill Lake and partly accessable through the Bobby Brown State Park.
The Date of Death shown on his Headstone appears to be in error:
Col James Edmonds Saunders, 1806 - 1896, who married an Oliver family descendant, reported in his book "Early Settlers of Alabama" that Dionysius Oliver died in 1808.
Mrs. Z.W. Copeland, Historian, of Elberton, GA, the person who ordered the Military Headstone in 1932 to mark the grave of Dionysius Oliver, referred in her order to James E. Saunders book and noted the date of death as being 1808.
Dionysius was married twice, first, 1785 in Virginia to Mary Ann Winfrey (ten children) and second, 1805 in South Carolina to Susan Jackson (one son).
DAR Ancestor #: A086134
He established the old town of Petersburg, GA about 1786 on the point where the Broad River flows into the Savannah River. Petersburg is now mostly submerged under Clarks Hill Lake and partly accessable through the Bobby Brown State Park.
The Date of Death shown on his Headstone appears to be in error:
Col James Edmonds Saunders, 1806 - 1896, who married an Oliver family descendant, reported in his book "Early Settlers of Alabama" that Dionysius Oliver died in 1808.
Mrs. Z.W. Copeland, Historian, of Elberton, GA, the person who ordered the Military Headstone in 1932 to mark the grave of Dionysius Oliver, referred in her order to James E. Saunders book and noted the date of death as being 1808.
Dionysius was married twice, first, 1785 in Virginia to Mary Ann Winfrey (ten children) and second, 1805 in South Carolina to Susan Jackson (one son).
Served in the Revolutinary War as Captian of a Privateer. Served with General Lincoln at the sieges of Savannah and Augusta. It is said that he also served with General Marion. He was captured by the British. He fought at the Battle Kettle Creek, GA, Feb. 14, 1779 and at the Battle of King's Mountain, S.C., Oct. 7, 1780.
DAR Ancestor #: A086134
He established the old town of Petersburg, GA about 1786 on the point where the Broad River flows into the Savannah River. Petersburg is now mostly submerged under Clarks Hill Lake and partly accessable through the Bobby Brown State Park.
The Date of Death shown on his Headstone appears to be in error:
Col James Edmonds Saunders, 1806 - 1896, who married an Oliver family descendant, reported in his book "Early Settlers of Alabama" that Dionysius Oliver died in 1808.
Mrs. Z.W. Copeland, Historian, of Elberton, GA, the person who ordered the Military Headstone in 1932 to mark the grave of Dionysius Oliver, referred in her order to James E. Saunders book and noted the date of death as being 1808.
Dionysius was married twice, first, 1785 in Virginia to Mary Ann Winfrey (ten children) and second, 1805 in South Carolina to Susan Jackson (one son).
DAR Ancestor #: A086134
He established the old town of Petersburg, GA about 1786 on the point where the Broad River flows into the Savannah River. Petersburg is now mostly submerged under Clarks Hill Lake and partly accessable through the Bobby Brown State Park.
The Date of Death shown on his Headstone appears to be in error:
Col James Edmonds Saunders, 1806 - 1896, who married an Oliver family descendant, reported in his book "Early Settlers of Alabama" that Dionysius Oliver died in 1808.
Mrs. Z.W. Copeland, Historian, of Elberton, GA, the person who ordered the Military Headstone in 1932 to mark the grave of Dionysius Oliver, referred in her order to James E. Saunders book and noted the date of death as being 1808.
Dionysius was married twice, first, 1785 in Virginia to Mary Ann Winfrey (ten children) and second, 1805 in South Carolina to Susan Jackson (one son).
Inscription
Captain of a Privateer - Revolutionary War
