Nicholas Prince, II

A Patriot of the American Revolution for SOUTH CAROLINA with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A093254

Service as a Private. 1) AS GUNNER, CAPT JOHN WEEKLY; COL OWEN ROBERT 2) AS PVT CAPTS DENNIS HAWKINS, WILLIAM SNOW, PRISONER OF WAR; JUROR

Nicholas R. Prince Senior was born in Robeson County, North Carolina, near the South Carolina Line, March 16, 1758. In a statement for application of pension for Revolutionary Service he made the following remarks:

"When I was an infant my family moved to "Catfish" in the Marion District of South Carolina. When I was about three years old they moved to Horry District, then called Kingston Parish. I entered the service June 1, 1776, in Captain Dennis Hawkins Company and was later sent to Sullivan's Isle where I was corporal in Captain John Weekly's Company in 1777 the fourth regiment of the South Carolina Continental Line. I remained in Charleston to work in a laboratory in preparing cartridges for cannons and rockets. I saw Count Pulasky fall in Georgia. I as taken prisoner at the fall of Charleston in 1780 but escaped. Following my escape, I was called out for service several times for various duties and later marched away to join the army of General Francis Marion, the swamp fox."

He is referred to as a faithful Soldier of the Revolution.

A letter of James Beaty, April 11, 1838 is listed in the application. Also concurrence from John Readman, Scott Stevenson, Thomas Sessions, Benjamin Johnson.

Nicholas R. Prince died May 4, 1839. Robert Anderson made the casket in which Nicholas Prince was buried.

(From "Nicholas Prince and his Descendants" by B. Otis Prince, 1961)

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: May 8 2017, 14:52:38 UTC

"United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-WMS9 : 9 March 2018), Nicholas Prince, 01 Nov 1779; citing 01 Nov 1779, South Carolina, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,368.

"United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-LY8X : accessed 5 July 2020), Nicholas Prince, 04 Mar 1831; citing South Carolina, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 8; FHL microfilm 1,319,388.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-KHWV : 12 June 2020), Nicholas R. Prince, 1839; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

No sources for his wives that I can find except on Family Search. Lists Jemima Fowler as his first wife and Nancy Ann Wright as his second. No sources attached to either, but dates are at least possible. Another source on Ancestry listed Nancy Shelby as his wife m. 1807/08. It is from the SC Roster of Soldiers p. 789.

DAR applications list Jemima XXX as a wife and Nancy Ann Wright Shelby as a wife. This may clear up the confusion and the Family Search tree may be correct at the time of this writing (subject to change with editors).