Written by James Parker:
Pendleton Isbell, Sr. had significant service during the Revolutionary War. He enlisted as Private in the 1st Virginia Regiment, Continental Line. He later was one of four recommended by the Colonel of his Regiment to serve in the Commander-in-Chief's Guard or "Life Guards" in which capacity he served for more than two years under the command of Capt. Caleb Gibbs. On a recent trip to Boston, MA I discovered the sword of Caleb Gibbs on display in a museum. This special "Life Guard" unit served as body guards for General Washington, guarded his baggage and personal effects, guarded the headquarters areas, and delivered messages. Pendleton was present during the severe winters at Valley Forge (PA) and Morristown (NJ). He participated in the Battles of Germantown, Brandywine, and possibly others. While at Valley Forge, the Headquarters Guard were the first to be personally trained by Von Steuben and which served as the model by which other units were trained. After his tour of duty in the north, he went south and to where an uncle and aunt and a number of cousins lived in Wilkes County, North Carolina. While there, and presumably because of his military experience, he was made Captain of a Company of Militia under the command of Col. Benjamin Cleveland. It was in this capacity of the Captain of a Company that he participated in the Battle of King's Mountain, which proved to be the major turning point for the war in the south. He returned to Wilkes County and married Sarah Henderson. Sometime after the war a major group of people of Wilkes County (including Pendleton's wife's father & mother, several families of Clevelands, including Benjamin's, and the Keese family) removed to the area of South Carolina that was once a part of Georgia and now within the boarders of Oconee County, SC, where these settlers lived out the remainder of their lives. Much of the land in this area was granted by the U. S. Government to soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Pendleton died in Pickens District in the area that was to become Oconee County in South Carolina.
The outline of Pendleton's service in the Commander-in-Chief's Guard in the book by Carlos E. Godfrey (1904), states that he deserted on Feb. 1, 1780, but this is in error. His tour of duty had expired in December, 1779, and because of the severe weather could not leave the area to come home until early February, 1780. So he actually served longer than his actual enlistment.
The day that Pendleton died in March 1829 has not been determined because the information giving the day sent to the newspaper was either damaged or smeared and therefore unreadable. The death notice given below shows the day of the month was left blank. In 1988, I placed a Veteran's Administration monument memorializing the life and service of Pendleton Isbell, Sr. on the hill behind the Welcome Center on Interstate 85, in Oconee County, South Carolina. This location is about a mile from the Isbell Family Cemetery which is beneath the waters of Lake Hartwell. Since I did not have the day of the month that Pendleton died, the Veterans Administration would not put the day of the month for his birth date on his tombstone.
Pendleton Isbell, Sr. is my fourth great grandfather.
NOTE: The rank of Captain is the last rank he held as a soldier during the Revolutionary War (which is required on his tombstone). He was a Private when he served with the George Washington Life Guards.
Also, some genealogies have Pendleton Isbell, Sr. listed with a middle initial. This is an error. There is no document showing he ever had a middle name.
DEATH NOTICE: "Pendleton Messenger," Pendleton, South Carolina, Wednesday, March 25, 1829 (Vol. XXII, No. 8, p. 3, Col. 3)
DIED
On the ___ Instant, Mr. PENDLETON ISBELL sen, aged about 75 years. He was a native of Virginia, a regular soldier throughout the revolutionary war, and a strictly honest man.
NOTE: The term "Instant" means occurring within the current month. If they had used the term "Ultimo" it would have meant having occurred during the previous month.
In 1988 I went to Lake Hartwell with Oconee County, SC Historian M. C. Sheriff when the remains from a cemetery in low water of the lake were being removed. He said the cemetery was one of the Cleveland family cemeteries and not the Isbell family cemetery. He took me to an old gentlemen in his 90's who lived near the lake who knew where the Isbell family cemetery was located and we went there and he showed it to me. He said he grew up around the cemetery and often played near and in it when he was a child. He said there were nice monuments there before the Corps of Engineers bulldozed it. It was near the far bank at the east side of the lake opposite the Fair Play Park. So the remains that are buried at Beaverdam Baptist Church are not those of the Isbell family.
∼ In 1776 he enlisted to serve in the American Revolution and later was assigned to the Commander-in-Chief's guard for Gen. George Washington. He served at Valley Forge and served in several battles including Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of Germantown, Penn. He later would became a Captain. Pendleton was married to Sarah Henderson, daughter of Thomas and Frances Henderson January 1, 1781 in Wilkes Co, North Carolina.
His daughter Sallie married Moses Hughes
Grandfather of Rebecca Crocker,
Great Grandfather of Margaret Mullins
II Great GF of Lillian Powell
III Great GF of Audie Johnson
Pendleton Isbell, Sr. had significant service during the Revolutionary War. He enlisted as Private in the 1st Virginia Regiment, Continental Line. He later was one of four recommended by the Colonel of his Regiment to serve in the Commander-in-Chief's Guard or "Life Guards" in which capacity he served for more than two years under the command of Capt. Caleb Gibbs. On a recent trip to Boston, MA I discovered the sword of Caleb Gibbs on display in a museum. This special "Life Guard" unit served as body guards for General Washington, guarded his baggage and personal effects, guarded the headquarters areas, and delivered messages. Pendleton was present during the severe winters at Valley Forge (PA) and Morristown (NJ). He participated in the Battles of Germantown, Brandywine, and possibly others. While at Valley Forge, the Headquarters Guard were the first to be personally trained by Von Steuben and which served as the model by which other units were trained. After his tour of duty in the north, he went south and to where an uncle and aunt and a number of cousins lived in Wilkes County, North Carolina. While there, and presumably because of his military experience, he was made Captain of a Company of Militia under the command of Col. Benjamin Cleveland. It was in this capacity of the Captain of a Company that he participated in the Battle of King's Mountain, which proved to be the major turning point for the war in the south. He returned to Wilkes County and married Sarah Henderson. Sometime after the war a major group of people of Wilkes County (including Pendleton's wife's father & mother, several families of Clevelands, including Benjamin's, and the Keese family) removed to the area of South Carolina that was once a part of Georgia and now within the boarders of Oconee County, SC, where these settlers lived out the remainder of their lives. Much of the land in this area was granted by the U. S. Government to soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Pendleton died in Pickens District in the area that was to become Oconee County in South Carolina.
The outline of Pendleton's service in the Commander-in-Chief's Guard in the book by Carlos E. Godfrey (1904), states that he deserted on Feb. 1, 1780, but this is in error. His tour of duty had expired in December, 1779, and because of the severe weather could not leave the area to come home until early February, 1780. So he actually served longer than his actual enlistment.
The day that Pendleton died in March 1829 has not been determined because the information giving the day sent to the newspaper was either damaged or smeared and therefore unreadable. The death notice given below shows the day of the month was left blank. In 1988, I placed a Veteran's Administration monument memorializing the life and service of Pendleton Isbell, Sr. on the hill behind the Welcome Center on Interstate 85, in Oconee County, South Carolina. This location is about a mile from the Isbell Family Cemetery which is beneath the waters of Lake Hartwell. Since I did not have the day of the month that Pendleton died, the Veterans Administration would not put the day of the month for his birth date on his tombstone.
Pendleton Isbell, Sr. is my fourth great grandfather.
NOTE: The rank of Captain is the last rank he held as a soldier during the Revolutionary War (which is required on his tombstone). He was a Private when he served with the George Washington Life Guards.
Also, some genealogies have Pendleton Isbell, Sr. listed with a middle initial. This is an error. There is no document showing he ever had a middle name.
DEATH NOTICE: "Pendleton Messenger," Pendleton, South Carolina, Wednesday, March 25, 1829 (Vol. XXII, No. 8, p. 3, Col. 3)
DIED
On the ___ Instant, Mr. PENDLETON ISBELL sen, aged about 75 years. He was a native of Virginia, a regular soldier throughout the revolutionary war, and a strictly honest man.
NOTE: The term "Instant" means occurring within the current month. If they had used the term "Ultimo" it would have meant having occurred during the previous month.
In 1988 I went to Lake Hartwell with Oconee County, SC Historian M. C. Sheriff when the remains from a cemetery in low water of the lake were being removed. He said the cemetery was one of the Cleveland family cemeteries and not the Isbell family cemetery. He took me to an old gentlemen in his 90's who lived near the lake who knew where the Isbell family cemetery was located and we went there and he showed it to me. He said he grew up around the cemetery and often played near and in it when he was a child. He said there were nice monuments there before the Corps of Engineers bulldozed it. It was near the far bank at the east side of the lake opposite the Fair Play Park. So the remains that are buried at Beaverdam Baptist Church are not those of the Isbell family.
∼ In 1776 he enlisted to serve in the American Revolution and later was assigned to the Commander-in-Chief's guard for Gen. George Washington. He served at Valley Forge and served in several battles including Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of Germantown, Penn. He later would became a Captain. Pendleton was married to Sarah Henderson, daughter of Thomas and Frances Henderson January 1, 1781 in Wilkes Co, North Carolina.
His daughter Sallie married Moses Hughes
Grandfather of Rebecca Crocker,
Great Grandfather of Margaret Mullins
II Great GF of Lillian Powell
III Great GF of Audie Johnson
Written by James Parker:
Pendleton Isbell, Sr. had significant service during the Revolutionary War. He enlisted as Private in the 1st Virginia Regiment, Continental Line. He later was one of four recommended by the Colonel of his Regiment to serve in the Commander-in-Chief's Guard or "Life Guards" in which capacity he served for more than two years under the command of Capt. Caleb Gibbs. On a recent trip to Boston, MA I discovered the sword of Caleb Gibbs on display in a museum. This special "Life Guard" unit served as body guards for General Washington, guarded his baggage and personal effects, guarded the headquarters areas, and delivered messages. Pendleton was present during the severe winters at Valley Forge (PA) and Morristown (NJ). He participated in the Battles of Germantown, Brandywine, and possibly others. While at Valley Forge, the Headquarters Guard were the first to be personally trained by Von Steuben and which served as the model by which other units were trained. After his tour of duty in the north, he went south and to where an uncle and aunt and a number of cousins lived in Wilkes County, North Carolina. While there, and presumably because of his military experience, he was made Captain of a Company of Militia under the command of Col. Benjamin Cleveland. It was in this capacity of the Captain of a Company that he participated in the Battle of King's Mountain, which proved to be the major turning point for the war in the south. He returned to Wilkes County and married Sarah Henderson. Sometime after the war a major group of people of Wilkes County (including Pendleton's wife's father & mother, several families of Clevelands, including Benjamin's, and the Keese family) removed to the area of South Carolina that was once a part of Georgia and now within the boarders of Oconee County, SC, where these settlers lived out the remainder of their lives. Much of the land in this area was granted by the U. S. Government to soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Pendleton died in Pickens District in the area that was to become Oconee County in South Carolina.
The outline of Pendleton's service in the Commander-in-Chief's Guard in the book by Carlos E. Godfrey (1904), states that he deserted on Feb. 1, 1780, but this is in error. His tour of duty had expired in December, 1779, and because of the severe weather could not leave the area to come home until early February, 1780. So he actually served longer than his actual enlistment.
The day that Pendleton died in March 1829 has not been determined because the information giving the day sent to the newspaper was either damaged or smeared and therefore unreadable. The death notice given below shows the day of the month was left blank. In 1988, I placed a Veteran's Administration monument memorializing the life and service of Pendleton Isbell, Sr. on the hill behind the Welcome Center on Interstate 85, in Oconee County, South Carolina. This location is about a mile from the Isbell Family Cemetery which is beneath the waters of Lake Hartwell. Since I did not have the day of the month that Pendleton died, the Veterans Administration would not put the day of the month for his birth date on his tombstone.
Pendleton Isbell, Sr. is my fourth great grandfather.
NOTE: The rank of Captain is the last rank he held as a soldier during the Revolutionary War (which is required on his tombstone). He was a Private when he served with the George Washington Life Guards.
Also, some genealogies have Pendleton Isbell, Sr. listed with a middle initial. This is an error. There is no document showing he ever had a middle name.
DEATH NOTICE: "Pendleton Messenger," Pendleton, South Carolina, Wednesday, March 25, 1829 (Vol. XXII, No. 8, p. 3, Col. 3)
DIED
On the ___ Instant, Mr. PENDLETON ISBELL sen, aged about 75 years. He was a native of Virginia, a regular soldier throughout the revolutionary war, and a strictly honest man.
NOTE: The term "Instant" means occurring within the current month. If they had used the term "Ultimo" it would have meant having occurred during the previous month.
In 1988 I went to Lake Hartwell with Oconee County, SC Historian M. C. Sheriff when the remains from a cemetery in low water of the lake were being removed. He said the cemetery was one of the Cleveland family cemeteries and not the Isbell family cemetery. He took me to an old gentlemen in his 90's who lived near the lake who knew where the Isbell family cemetery was located and we went there and he showed it to me. He said he grew up around the cemetery and often played near and in it when he was a child. He said there were nice monuments there before the Corps of Engineers bulldozed it. It was near the far bank at the east side of the lake opposite the Fair Play Park. So the remains that are buried at Beaverdam Baptist Church are not those of the Isbell family.
∼ In 1776 he enlisted to serve in the American Revolution and later was assigned to the Commander-in-Chief's guard for Gen. George Washington. He served at Valley Forge and served in several battles including Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of Germantown, Penn. He later would became a Captain. Pendleton was married to Sarah Henderson, daughter of Thomas and Frances Henderson January 1, 1781 in Wilkes Co, North Carolina.
His daughter Sallie married Moses Hughes
Grandfather of Rebecca Crocker,
Great Grandfather of Margaret Mullins
II Great GF of Lillian Powell
III Great GF of Audie Johnson
Pendleton Isbell, Sr. had significant service during the Revolutionary War. He enlisted as Private in the 1st Virginia Regiment, Continental Line. He later was one of four recommended by the Colonel of his Regiment to serve in the Commander-in-Chief's Guard or "Life Guards" in which capacity he served for more than two years under the command of Capt. Caleb Gibbs. On a recent trip to Boston, MA I discovered the sword of Caleb Gibbs on display in a museum. This special "Life Guard" unit served as body guards for General Washington, guarded his baggage and personal effects, guarded the headquarters areas, and delivered messages. Pendleton was present during the severe winters at Valley Forge (PA) and Morristown (NJ). He participated in the Battles of Germantown, Brandywine, and possibly others. While at Valley Forge, the Headquarters Guard were the first to be personally trained by Von Steuben and which served as the model by which other units were trained. After his tour of duty in the north, he went south and to where an uncle and aunt and a number of cousins lived in Wilkes County, North Carolina. While there, and presumably because of his military experience, he was made Captain of a Company of Militia under the command of Col. Benjamin Cleveland. It was in this capacity of the Captain of a Company that he participated in the Battle of King's Mountain, which proved to be the major turning point for the war in the south. He returned to Wilkes County and married Sarah Henderson. Sometime after the war a major group of people of Wilkes County (including Pendleton's wife's father & mother, several families of Clevelands, including Benjamin's, and the Keese family) removed to the area of South Carolina that was once a part of Georgia and now within the boarders of Oconee County, SC, where these settlers lived out the remainder of their lives. Much of the land in this area was granted by the U. S. Government to soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Pendleton died in Pickens District in the area that was to become Oconee County in South Carolina.
The outline of Pendleton's service in the Commander-in-Chief's Guard in the book by Carlos E. Godfrey (1904), states that he deserted on Feb. 1, 1780, but this is in error. His tour of duty had expired in December, 1779, and because of the severe weather could not leave the area to come home until early February, 1780. So he actually served longer than his actual enlistment.
The day that Pendleton died in March 1829 has not been determined because the information giving the day sent to the newspaper was either damaged or smeared and therefore unreadable. The death notice given below shows the day of the month was left blank. In 1988, I placed a Veteran's Administration monument memorializing the life and service of Pendleton Isbell, Sr. on the hill behind the Welcome Center on Interstate 85, in Oconee County, South Carolina. This location is about a mile from the Isbell Family Cemetery which is beneath the waters of Lake Hartwell. Since I did not have the day of the month that Pendleton died, the Veterans Administration would not put the day of the month for his birth date on his tombstone.
Pendleton Isbell, Sr. is my fourth great grandfather.
NOTE: The rank of Captain is the last rank he held as a soldier during the Revolutionary War (which is required on his tombstone). He was a Private when he served with the George Washington Life Guards.
Also, some genealogies have Pendleton Isbell, Sr. listed with a middle initial. This is an error. There is no document showing he ever had a middle name.
DEATH NOTICE: "Pendleton Messenger," Pendleton, South Carolina, Wednesday, March 25, 1829 (Vol. XXII, No. 8, p. 3, Col. 3)
DIED
On the ___ Instant, Mr. PENDLETON ISBELL sen, aged about 75 years. He was a native of Virginia, a regular soldier throughout the revolutionary war, and a strictly honest man.
NOTE: The term "Instant" means occurring within the current month. If they had used the term "Ultimo" it would have meant having occurred during the previous month.
In 1988 I went to Lake Hartwell with Oconee County, SC Historian M. C. Sheriff when the remains from a cemetery in low water of the lake were being removed. He said the cemetery was one of the Cleveland family cemeteries and not the Isbell family cemetery. He took me to an old gentlemen in his 90's who lived near the lake who knew where the Isbell family cemetery was located and we went there and he showed it to me. He said he grew up around the cemetery and often played near and in it when he was a child. He said there were nice monuments there before the Corps of Engineers bulldozed it. It was near the far bank at the east side of the lake opposite the Fair Play Park. So the remains that are buried at Beaverdam Baptist Church are not those of the Isbell family.
∼ In 1776 he enlisted to serve in the American Revolution and later was assigned to the Commander-in-Chief's guard for Gen. George Washington. He served at Valley Forge and served in several battles including Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of Germantown, Penn. He later would became a Captain. Pendleton was married to Sarah Henderson, daughter of Thomas and Frances Henderson January 1, 1781 in Wilkes Co, North Carolina.
His daughter Sallie married Moses Hughes
Grandfather of Rebecca Crocker,
Great Grandfather of Margaret Mullins
II Great GF of Lillian Powell
III Great GF of Audie Johnson
Gravesite Details
Since the cemetery is below the waters of Lake Hartwell, his tombstone is located on the hill behind the SC Welcome Center on I-85 at the GA-SC line.
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