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Memorial Service & Grave Marking Ceremony for a Revolutionary War Hero

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21332
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Abstract:
Harris, a descendant of a Revolutionary War soldier, Samuel Johnson of Wilkes County, recounts his war experiences and the battle at King's Mountain. He entered the war as a private 1776 and eventually promoted and received an officer's commission as Captain. Harris conducted a memorial service for his ancestor in August 2001 at the Little Stone Mountain Baptist Church in Traphill, NC. Later at the graveyard, a new marble headstone which was supplied by the US Veterans Administration was unveiled.
Source:
Recall (NoCar F 252 .R43), Vol. 7 Issue 2, Fall 2001, p9-10, il