Eleventh Generation

Captain Francis Stringer (not a real image of Capt Francis Stringer) Birth Unknown Residence 1748 North Carolina Commissioned July 5th 1776 Killed in the War about 1778 Wife gave public decent to will in 1794 Naritive Commissioned “At a Council, July 5th, 1776 Ordered that commissions be issued for Francis Stringer, as Captain; John Ryal, First Lieutenant; and  William Ryal, Third Lieutenant, of a Company of Militia in Lower District of St. George's Parish.”   NOTE: St. George's Parish became Burke County. Following from General abstracts from the Georgia Journal(Milledgeville) News-paper 1809-1840, Vol 5: Link to source The Battle of Yamacraw Bluff aka Battle of the Rice Boats. aka Hutchinson's Island (GA). The Battle of Yamacraw Bluff took place in the Savannah River on the border between Georgia and South Carolina. The battle pitted the American militia against the proud British navy. In the early days of the war, Georgia had managed to remain relatively neutral in the conflict. In early 1776, Georgia's Royal Governor James Wright ordered the provisioning of several British warships anchored in the Savannah River. The militia-sympathizing assembly refused to allow this and drove Wright out of the capital. Wright, along with several dozen Loyalists, took shelter on the warships. Further north on the Savannah River, a group of Patriot merchant ships carrying rice was attacked by British warships on March 2, and their cargoes of rice were seized. The Georgians reacted quickly. About 600 Georgian militia joined by about 500 Patriots from South Carolina set the ship Inverness ablaze and cut it loose. The fire ship, a weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that was set adrift to destroy enemy ships, drifted into the British brig, HMS Nelly. These two ships drifted downstream, setting three more ships on fire. The British squadron was forced to retire. Twelve of the rice boats were able to run the gauntlet along the Savannah side of the river only to be captured and to have the rice confiscated by the Royal Navy to provision British troops in Boston. Known Patriot Participants Col. Lachlan McIntosh - Commanding Officer GA Continentals (?) with the following three (companies): St. John's Rangers led by Capt. James Screven with Lt. Daniel Roberts St. John's Riflemen led by Capt. John Baker Artillery Company led by unknown, with three 4-pounders and five swivel guns GA Militia led by unknown, with ten (10) companies led by: Capt. Matthew Lyle Capt. Luke Mann Capt. James Lambert Capt. John Duhart Capt. Francis Stringer Capt. John Royal Capt. Joseph Atkinson Capt. John Gasper Greiner Capt. John Conyer Capt. David Russell GA fireship Inverness - Capt. McGillivray SC Militia - 500 men, led by unknown, companies unknown. link to source Wife gave public decent of will 1/2/1779; Lucretia Stringer (now Ferguson), Joseph Graham and Zackariah Lewis Fryer (Executors of Francis Stringer's estate), sold to John Hammett, planter, of Burke County, 200 acres on Bryer Creek, Burke County, granted 1776 to James Higgins; 200 acres, Bryer Creek, Burke County (granted 1774 to Francis Stringer), next to Carrington and Simon Beckham; and 200 acres, Burke County (granted 1774 to Francis Stringer), next to Carrington, Beckham and Bryan Cook. Witnesses: Henry Ferguson, George Gresham, Benjamin Ausley. (Recorded 4/12/1784, 3 deeds.) 8/20/1775; Quinton Pooler, merchant, Savannah, gave the vessel Jane "for love" to Jane Cross. Witnesses: Thomas Stringer, Stephen Devrouzeau. Link to source Militiamen, Rangers And Redcoats by James M. Johnson Progeny Francis Frank Stringer