Person:James Screven (2)

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m. 1736
  1. Col. Thomas Smith Screven1741 - 1804
  2. Gen. James Screven1744 - 1778
  3. Martha Screven1745 - 1795
  4. John Screven1750 - 1801
m. 1764
  1. Esther Screven1767 - 1802
  2. Martha ScrevenAbt 1769 - 1773
  3. James Screven1771 -
  4. Charles Odingsell ScrevenAbt 1773 -
  5. Thomas Screven1776 -
Facts and Events
Name Gen. James Screven
Alt Name Gen. James Scriven
Gender Male
Birth? 1744 James Island, Charleston District, South Carolina
Marriage 1764 Prob. South Carolinato Mary Esther Odingsell
Death? 24 Nov 1778 Liberty, Georgia

Information on Gen. James Screven

Screven County, Georgia, created on December 14, 1793, was named in his honor.


Gen. James Screven (c1744-1778) James Screven was a general who was killed during the Revolutionary War. Genealogically he is only indirectly connected to the Quarterman family, but he was a significant figure in the Midway community. There is a tall monument to him in the middle of Midway Cemetery.

Source: http://www.quarterman.org/who/colscreven.html


From "The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine", Volume 12, by South Carolina Historical Society, pg. 190:

Gen. James Scriven of the Georgia Militia, he had been Col. of the 3rd Battalion of Georgia Continentals, and resigned 21 March 1778; he received his death wound at Midway, Ga., Nov. 24. 1778.