Excerpt of "Meet the Family"

A copy of this section of "Meet the Family resides at the Daughters of American Revolution (DAR). I am not sure who is responsible for compiling this information, but it is dated Feb. 1957.

The earliest record I have located pertaining to the earliest ancestor, Capt. Isaac Skinner, and definitely identifiable as this man, is the following, from Georgia DAR Vol. I, p. 142:

"Ambrose Downs declared he entered service in Richmond Co., Ga. in the fall of 1779, under Capt. Isaac Skinner, Col. Clark's Regt., marched to Blackstock's Mill where engaged in small skirmish with the enemy. Then to Ramsour's Mill where joined Gen. Sumter and took British and Tory prisoners. From there to Long Cove when had a small engagement, and thence to King's Mountain where Ferguson was, but not having sufficient ammunition did not attack him, but went over to Nullichucky until we were ordered back to King's Mountain, but did not reach there until after the battle. From there we marched to Mecklinburg Co., N.C., from there to Anson Old Court House on Pee Dee, where we had a brush with the Tories. Being placed under Gen. Greene were marched to Guilford Court House thence to Taylor's Ferry on Roanoke River, in State of Virginia, thence to Mecklinburg. From there to Prince Edward and intended to go to Little York but not reach there in time for the engagement Cornwallis. Returned to Mecklinburg and thence home. Served in all about three years. Testified to by Rev. Matthew W. Vandiviere and Lewis D. Holsonbake."

As a result of his Revolutionary service, Capt. Isaac Skinner is listed in the "Certified List of Georgia Troops", and in "The Harvey List of Soldiers from Georgia". Also, I have in my possession from the Dept. of State of Georgia, the following certificate:

"The records in this Office show that Land of originally Washington County, Ga., containing 862 acres was granted to Isaac Skinner on Sept. 20, 1784. The grant is registered in Grant Book DDD, p. 418. The plat of survey is registered in Surveyor-General's Book A, p. 195. Executive Council warrant No., 1184. Collateral records indicate that Isaac Skinner was a Captain of Militia and also a refugee from the State."

I also have a photostate, obtained from the same source, as follows:

"Georgia. No. 215. These are to certify that Captain Isaac Skinner having become a Refugee from this State is entitled to two hundred & fifty acres of Land as a Bounty, agreeable to an Act and Resolve of the General Assembly, passed at Augusta the 19th August 1781, as per Certificate James McNeil, Col. Given under my Hand, at Savannah the twentieth Day of February in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Four. Isaac Skinner was returned a Captain, but was (smeared) by mistake." Also, I have a Certificate of Col. McNeil on a photostate: "This is to Certify that Isaac Skinner was a Refugee from the State of Georgia & County of Richmond during his Refugeeship & faithfully discharged his duty as a good soldier. 9th of february 1784. Signed, Jas. McNeil, Col." For this, he received Warrant 1492, and later Warrant 909 on Feb. 20, 1784.

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