Reverend David Nunez Cardozo

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Reverend David Nunez Cardozo

Birthdate:
Birthplace: New York, New York, NY, United States
Death: July 13, 1835 (81)
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Place of Burial: Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Aaron Nunez Cardozo and Sarah Nunez Cardozo
Husband of Leah Cardozo and Sarah Cardozo
Father of Sarah Levy; Jacob Nunez Cardozo; Frances Cardozo; Judth Nunez Cardozo; Isaac Nunez Cardozo and 5 others
Brother of Rachel Nunez Cardozo; Judith Nunez Cardozo; Isaac Nunez Cardozo and Moses Nunez Cardozo

Occupation: Rev.
Managed by: Kevin Lawrence Hanit
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About Reverend David Nunez Cardozo

Tombstone Inscription: Sacred to the Memory of David Nunez Cardozo. A native of the State of New York and for the last sixty years a resident of this city, who departed this life on the 16th day of the month Tammuz, in the year 5595 of the Creation, corresponding to the 13th July 1835, aged 81 years, 11 months, and 14 days.

The deceased served as a Subaltern Officer in the militia of South Carolina during a great part of the Revolution, until made a prisoner of war in 1780. He was also attached to the Forlorn Hope when the lines of Savannah were attacked by the combined forces of Gen. Lincoln and Count de Estaling.

As the deceased was an example of patriotism, so in private life he was a model of the domestic virtues, of a sound judgment and well cultivated mind. His career through life was marked by the esteem and respect, and his end by the sincere regret of numerous friends and connections.

1.1.4.2.4 Rev David Nunez Cardozo; b. 29 Aug 1753, NY; d. 13 July 1835, Charleston where he had settled; he was a soldier in its defense during the Revolutionary War as part of the South Carolina Grendiers, and helped lead an assault on British-held Savannah; a schoolteacher, a lumber measurer and a prominent member of the Congregation Beth Elohim. a=(20 Jan 1779) Leah Benjamin; b. 21 Mar / 8 Apr 1765, Jamaica, Long Island; d 10 July 1780.; dau of Todros Benjamin & Rachel de Torres. b=(9 Mar 1785) Sarah Cohen; b. 12 June 1766; d. 25 Oct 1853. QV

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Reverend David Nunez Cardozo's Timeline

1753
August 29, 1753
New York, New York, NY, United States
1780
January 12, 1780
Savannah, Chatham, GA, United States
1786
June 17, 1786
Savannah, Chatham, GA, United States
1788
January 27, 1788
1790
August 3, 1790
1793
March 2, 1793
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
1795
June 16, 1795
Charleston, Charleston, SC, United States
1797
July 6, 1797