MARTIN COLE, SR

 

August 20, 1755 ~ December 29, 1838

 

 

Marriage and Death Notices

from The Charleston Observer, 1827-1845

Issue of February 2, 1839, page 146

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Departed this life on the 29th Dec. last in Spartanburg Dist., S. C., Capt. Martin Cole, an officer of the Rev…aged 83 years, 4 months and 9 days…one of Gen. Washington's Life Guard for two years.

 

 

Marriage and Death Notices

from the Up-Country of South Carolina

as taken from Greenville Newspapers 1826-1863

Greenville Mountaineer, page 57

Marriages & Deaths

Greenville Newspapers, 1826-1863, p.56

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Another Revolutionary Veteran Gone! Departed this life on the 29th ultimo, at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. James S. Wofford in Spartanburgh District, Capt. Martin Cole, an officer of the Revolution, aged 83 years, 4 months, and 9 days. He was in the battles of Fort Moultrie, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and at [p.57] the siege of Charleston where be was taken prisoner by the British. He was one of Gen. Washington's Life Guard for two years. His remains lie entombed at Bethel Church Yard near Woodruff P. O. (Jan. 25, 1839).

 

 

 

The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, SCMAR, Volume V, Number 1

p. 36, Winter, 1977

Marriage and Obituary Notices

from the Edgefield Advertiser

(Continued from Vol. 4, p.207)

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Departed this life on the 29th ultimo at the residence of his in law, Mr. James S. Wofford, in Spartanburg District, Capt. Martin Cole, an officer in the Revolution, aged 83 years, 4 months, and 9 days. He was in the battle of Fort Moultrie, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and at the Siege of Charleston. He was one of Gen. Washington Life Guards for two years. Greenville Mountaineer. (Ibid.)

 

 

The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research

SCMAR, Volume III

Number 1, p. 31, Winter, 1975

Marriage and Obituary Notices from the Greenville Mountaineer

(Continued from Vol. 2, p.198)

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Another Revolutionary Veteran Gone! Departed this life on the 29th ultimo, at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. James S. Wofford in Spartanburgh District, Capt. Martin Cole, an officer of the Revolution, aged 83 years, 4 months, and 9 days. He was in the battles of Fort Moultrie, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and at the siege of Charleston where he was taken prisoner by the British. He was one of Gen. Washington's Life Guard for two years. His remains lie entombed at Bethel Church Card near Woodruff P. O.

 (Jan. 25, 1839)

 

 

 

 

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