What: Skirmish, John Thomas's Plantation, 6 Feb 1779, *Josiah Culbertson vs. Lt.Col. Moore

Other names: Fair Forest

Where: 34.85895 -81.82884, John Thomas's Plantation, 6 Feb 1779, *Josiah Culbertson vs. vs. Lt.Col. Moore

Maps: [map notes]

• 34.85895,-81.82884, John Thomas's Plantation, 6 Feb 1779, *Josiah Culbertson vs. vs. Lt.Col. Moore
• ACME Mapper.
• National Map
• Google.
• Confidence: 4 (location of skirmish site)

• 34.8662,-81.8279, 1904 DAR marker for Col. John & Jane Black
• ACME Mapper.
• National Map
• Google.
• Confidence: 4 (location of DAR marker)

• Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution, Vol.2 No.5, p.17 by Ilene Cornwell.
  "...1904 DAR marker at the Thomas family cemetery..."
  "Loyalist Lt. Col. John Moore led an attack on February 6, 1779 to capture SC Patriot Militia Colonels John Thomas, Sr. and William Wofford and a store of gunpowder at the Thomas Homestead. Patriot Josiah Culbertson, Jane Thomas and her children successfully defended the house and Patriots’ military stores."

  

• Pension application of Josiah Culbertson S16354, transcribed by Will Graves.

• "Graves of Notables in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War" provides the locations of the graves of John Thomas, Jr. and John Thomas, Sr. elsewhere.

• NBBAS:Vol. One p.239-240.

• Sherman's Calendar.... Too early for this work. To avoid future long downloads, use option to "Save and view this PDF in Reader".

• RevWar75   listing. Insufficient data.

Submitted by: Charles Baxley

Confidence level: See above.