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	John Laurens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Laurens (October 28, 1754 - August 27, 1782) was an American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the Revolutionary War.
		John was born to Henry Laurens and Eleanor Ball in Charleston, South Carolina.
		John was sent to Paris by George Washington in March of 1781 and gained French assurances that their navy would support American operations in that year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Laurens (973 words)

	Henry Laurens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry was born to John and Esther Grasset Laurens on March 6, 1724 in Charleston, South Carolina.
		Laurens was charged with treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
		In 1783 Laurens was in Paris as one of the Peace Commissioners for the negotiations leading to the Treaty of Paris.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Laurens (971 words)

	John Laurens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Laurens was born in Charleston on October 28, 1754, the son of prominent merchant and planter Henry Laurens and his wife, Eleanor Ball.
		Laurens lived in Geneva, a city noted for its republicanism and excellence in education, until August 1774, when he returned to London to study law in the Middle Temple at the Inns of Court.
		Laurens finished his diplomatic duties in time to join Washington at Yorktown, where the timely arrival of the French fleet secured a decisive American victory.
	www.schumanities.org /encyclopedia/laurens.htm (500 words)

	John Dey
		John Dey married Mary Applegate (there is some disagreement as to the name of John's wife).
		Anne Dey was born in 1715 on Staten Island, Nework and died in 1792 in NJ.
		The conveyance from Mindert Johnson to John dey is recorded in the office of the secretary of State, Trenton, New jersey.
	www.uh.edu /~jbutler/gean/johndey.html (1762 words)

	GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
		The third Laurens County courthouse -- a large, two-story brick structure with imposing clock tower -- was built in 1895 [see postcard 1, postcard 2, and postcard 3].
		Laurens County was one of six new counties created by an act of the General Assembly approved Dec. 10, 1807 (Ga. Laws 1807, p.
		Laurens, who had been aide-de-camp to George Washington, was involved in numerous battles -- including the siege of Savannah -- and was killed in battle in 1782.
	www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/courthouses/laurensCH.htm (458 words)

	John Laurens
		Laurens distinguished himself further at Savannah, and at the siege of Charleston in 1780.
		Laurens lost no time in rejoining the army, and at Yorktown was at the head of an American storming party which captured an advanced redoubt.
		Laurens was designated with the vicomte de Noailles to arrange the terms of the surrender, which virtually ended the war, although desultory skirmishing, especially in the South, attended the months of delay before peace was formally concluded.
	www.nndb.com /people/919/000049772 (316 words)

	Slavery and Liberty in the American Revolution: John Laurens's Black Regiment Proposal
		Laurens was hit by a musket ball when he attempted to light an armful of straw and burn open the door.
		John hoped that a battalion of slaves who were promised freedom in return for their service would augment the dwindling Continental forces and turn the tide of war toward victory.
		John's reputation would suffer irreparable harm, leading to the humiliation of his wife and child, whom he seemingly did not consider at all.
	earlyamerica.com /review/2003_winter_spring/slavery_liberty.htm (3518 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Portrait of a Hero
		Personally one of the most attractive figures of his generation, John was born in South Carolina in 1754, the son of Henry Laurens, a leading local politician and merchant who eventually became president of the Continental Congress.
		Nevertheless, Laurens was able to prevail upon his commander to send him back to South Carolina, where he hoped to raise and lead a regiment of fls against the British in the South.
		Nor was it necessarily indicative of romance, for Laurens neither took her with him nor waited for the birth of his daughter.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1976/3/1976_3_16.shtml (4359 words)

	John Laurens
		Laurens probably took the miniature with him in the fall of 1780 as a gift for his wife, who was living in France.
		Laurens fought at Brandywine and Germantown, wintered at Valley Forge, and was injured in the Monmouth campaign.
		Returning to the war a few months later, Laurens fought at Yorktown and was killed on 27 August 1782 at Combahee Ferry in South Carolina.
	www.cr.nps.gov /museum/exhibits/revwar/image_gal/indeimg/jlaurens.html (278 words)

	John Laurens Chapter History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		John Asa Peacock was officially appointed Organizing Regent of a proposed DAR chapter to be formed in the Dublin, Georgia area.
		John Laurens was born in South Carolina in 1755 and was a descendant of a Huguenot family that had arrived in America during the earlier part of the 18
		Colonel Laurens returned to his home in South Carolina where a part of the state was still in the possession of the enemy.
	www.geocities.com /johnlaurens/jlaurenshistory.html (396 words)

	John Jay - Free Online Library
		John Jay was in New York City on December 12th, 1745 to a prominent family.
		Written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison, The Federalist was a collection of essays by that interpreted the Constitution of the United States and argued effectively in support of its ratification.
		Though President John Adams asked Jay to return as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Jay declined, claiming ill health and exhaustion, due to the illness of his second wife, Jane Amanda Durfee (Jay's first wife, Catherine Johns, died in 1846 at the age of twenty-three).
	jay.thefreelibrary.com (712 words)

	The Alexander Hamilton Page
		John Laurens was a state legislator from South Carolina who, like Hamilton, was an aide-de-camp to General Washington in the war.
		John Laurens was killed in battle late in the war.
		Hamilton and Laurens are depicted together on the "Surrender of Cornwallis" commemorative U.S. postage stamp released in October of 1981.
	www.lambda.net /~maximum/hamilton.html (621 words)

	HENRY LAURENS - LoveToKnow Article on HENRY LAURENS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		His son, JOHN LAURENS (1754-1782), American revolutionary officer, was born at Charleston, South Carolina, on the 28th of October 1754.
		Laurens displayed bravery even to rashness in the storming of the Chew mansion at Germantown; at Monmouth, where he saved Washingtons life, and was himself severely wounded; and at Coosahatchie, where, with a handful of men, he defended a pass against a large English force under General Augustine Prevost, and was again wounded.
		John Laurenss military correspondence, with a brief memoir by W. Simms, was privately printed by the Bradford Club, New York, in 1867.
	www.1911ency.org /L/LA/LAURENS_HENRY.htm (909 words)

	American Biographies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Laurens, from South Carolina, was attending college in England when the war broke out.
		Perhaps if the British commissioners had known that Laurens' father, former president of the Continental Congress Henry Laurens, was currently being held a prisoner in the Tower of London, they would not have wasted their time arguing with the son.
		After Yorktown, Laurens' promising future was cut short on August 25, 1782, by British gunfire at Combahee Ferry, South Carolina, which was one of the last skirmishes of the war.
	www.nps.gov /colo/Ythanout/Laurensbio.htm (268 words)

	Duke(s) Families of the South Carolina Low Country
		John Laurens (presumably the same individual who was witness of Nicholas Duke’s will in Charleston in 1733) was appointed a Fire-Master of the Friendly Society in Charleston.
		John and Mary were probably also parents of Joan; her son John was not named for any known ancestor in the Duke line, and the location of the marriage, at Hobcaw Point, suggests that Mary’s family was the Christ Church Watkins family that was associated with shipping.
		John Fairy was married to Ann Yssenhut on 5 Feb 1743 by Rev. John Giessendanner.
	home.att.net /~xcc2all/scduke/lowcountryscduke.html (12003 words)

	LAURENS, Henry (1724-1792) Guide to Research Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Included are the papers of John Laurens (1754-1782) and William Thompson (1736-1781) and the correspondence of James Laurens (1728-1784), the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), and William Piercy.
		The papers include a group of sixteen letters of Henry Laurens, the South Carolina planter, and his son, John Laurens, among which is a magnificent “manumission letter” written by Henry Laurens to his son on 14 August 1776, barely a month after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
		The memorandum from 14 August [1781], discusses an interview between Richard Oswald and Henry Laurens while the latter was imprisoned in the Tower of London, and includes discussion on the conduct of the war in Virginia and the Carolinas.
	bioguide.congress.gov /scripts/guidedisplay.pl?index=L000121 (1725 words)

	Laurens John
		Rodger is on the NW of John's land, so it would appear that John's land straddles the Bush River and runs on both sides.
		Now I suspect this John is connected with the John on the Beaverdam Bush River that sells land in 1830 since both the Johns in that deed live in Laurens County as well.
		The John who sells land in 1830 on Beaverdam Creek on the Bush River is living in Lauren's County when he sells this land and I suspect the jr.
	www.coatsarchive.us /laruens.htm (392 words)

	LAURENS, HENRY (1724–17... - Online Information article about LAURENS, HENRY (1724–17...
		Noailles to arrange the terms of the surrender, which virtually ended the war, although desultory skirmishing, especially in the South, attended the months of delay before peace was formally concluded.
		river, Laurens exposed himself needlessly and was killed.
		pamphlets including the important " Narrative of the Capture of Henry Laurens, of his Confinement in the Tower of London, andc., 178o, 1781, 1782," in vol.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /LAP_LEO/LAURENS_HENRY_17241792_.html (1229 words)

	Biography - Captain John Barry
		John Barry followed the sea from childhood, and at the breaking out of the hostilities between England and the Colonies, offered his services to Congress.
		In November 1780, Barry was ordered to command the Alliance, 32 guns, and took John Laurens, Special Commissioner, to France.
		McManemin, John A. Captains of the Continental Navy.
	www.history.navy.mil /bios/barry_john.htm (938 words)

	Search Results for John Laurens - Encyclopædia Britannica
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	www.britannica.com /search?query=John+Laurens (434 words)

	John Dey
		John served in the militia as a Captain of the Second Regiment, from Middelsex County, New Jersey, and is listed in the Official Register of Officers and Men (Stryker, p.
		John Dey married Mary Applegate (Although this is in dispute by some who claim that more evidence is needed, I include this link because the circumstantial evidence which is outlined in this link is compelling.) They (John and his wife) were members of the First Baptist Church of Hightstown, NJ.
		John died 1, Oct, 1776 and Mary on 13 June 1799 in Middlesex Co, NJ [from Dye Data supplied by Sherry Neff -- note the difference in date of death for John Dey - 1772 and 1776]
	www.uh.edu /~jbutler/gean/johndey1.html (1492 words)

	Library of America: Various authors: The American Revolution: Writings from the War of Independence
		John Glover to Jonathan Glover and Azor Orne, September 21 and 29, 1777.
		John Laurens to Henry Laurens, January 14 and February 2, 1778.
		John Laurens to Henry Laurens, June 30 and July 2, 1778.
	www.loa.org /volume.jsp?RequestID=152§ion=notes (3569 words)

	Laurens, John on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		LAURENS, JOHN [Laurens, John] 1754-82, American Revolutionary soldier, b.
		In 1777 he joined George Washington's staff as a volunteer aide-de-camp, fought at Brandywine and in subsequent battles, and was promoted (1779) to lieutenant colonel in recognition of his bravery and ability.
		The intemperate criticism of Washington by Charles Lee caused Laurens to challenge Lee and fight an inconclusive duel.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/LaurensJ1.asp (395 words)

	John Blakely Records
		Rachel Blakely, widow of the said John Blakely, on or about 24 Dec. 1814 conveyed to your petitioners the undivided third part of the said tract to which she was entitled.
		In referring to John Blakely who married Rachel Orr, I have no idea when or where he was born.
		The line out of a family bible states, "John came to Cumberland, PA in the 14th year of his age and stayed there for a time." I don't know where he came from.
	sciway3.net /clark/gill/johnblakely.html (1605 words)

	HOUSTOUN, John (1744-1796) Guide to Research Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A letter from John Houstoun to an unidentified recipient written on December 14, 1773.
		A letter from Henry Laurens to John Houston written on December 16, 1779.
		Henry Laurens reports a victory of the French and Spanish fleets over a British squadron under Sir Charles Hardy, encourages Georgia to send some able representatives to Congress, and forwards a letter (not present) to Governor John Houstoun.
	bioguide.congress.gov /scripts/guidedisplay.pl?index=H000831 (158 words)

	Thomas Terry Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		She is also listed as from Ireland in the census records at the age of 80 in the 1850 census.
		John Harrison did not turn back but pushed on to the home of Thomas Terry where he told of the fate of his sister.
		"John McDowell of Charleston was a friend of the Harrisons and the Terrys and later two of the McDowell daughters married: Susan McDowell m.
	www.next1000.com /family/EC/terry.thom.html (2679 words)

	Conflics
		William Coats wife Mary in South Carolina died in 1816, with sons John Coate, William Coats, Reuben and Jesse Coats and daughters Mary Taylor, Sarah, Margaret, Anne and Dorothy, indicating the four unmarried daughters were under age.
		There are two John Coats in Edgefield County SC, one does not appear to have a wife and the wife of the other is named Martha.
		The John Coats without the wife, does not appear to have moved and the John Coats that is used to connect this line out of IL, I believe it is shows a John Coats whose wife was Elizabeth.
	www.coatsarchive.us /conflics.htm (1895 words)

	Georgia Department of Community Affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Taken from Wilkinson County in 1807 and absorbing part of Washington County in 1811, Laurens County was named in honor of Colonel John Laurens, an aide-de-camp to General George Washington.
		In the Oconee River, on the Laurens County border, government biologists have discovered what seems to be a new species of fish.
		There are several festivals in Laurens County, the biggest is the two-week long St. Patrick's Festival in Dublin.
	www.dca.state.ga.us /snapshots/p1.asp?County=Laurens (151 words)

	Laurens on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Dublin, West Laurens wrestlers fare well in duals tournament.
		The Netherlands' Laurens Conijn on Yamaha rides in the shadow of the press helicopter on the beach of Dakar, during the last stage of the 28th Dakar rally
		MOORESVILLE, N.C.-- Scott Foster and his sister-in-law, Gina Foster of Laurens, South Carolina kneel at a memorial to NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Monday afternoon, February 19, 2001.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/E/E-L1aurens.asp (720 words)

	[No title]
		228 30 December 1786 John Peterson of SC county of Lawrens [sic, should be Laurens] to John Chapman of State of Co., aforesaid, for 50 pounds VA money, sold 82 acres of land in county of Halifax and State of Virginia on S side Dan River on a branch called Lawson Creek, adj.
		John Compton and the lands of widow Wiley and lands of Robert Stanfield...Wit: Richard Watts, John Watts, Thomas (x) Chapman, John Turner.
		His deposition was taken by Waddy Thompson in Laurens District, SC where he was living in 1818, 1820, and 1821.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~cgaunt/etc/comp340.txt (1414 words)

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