Son of Col. Nicholas Long of Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina. [1] Married ? Thomas. Served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Served in the Revolutionary War under his father.
"Colonel Nicholas Long died on the 22d of August, 1819, in the fifty-sixth year of his age. He was a young, active, and meritorious officer of dragoons, attached to the Virginia and North Carolina lines during the Revolutionary War. In the last war with Great Britain, he was appointed to the command of the Forty-third Regiment of United States Infantry, raised for the maritime frontier of North and South Carolina and Georgia. His exposure in this service impaired his constitution, and produced a pulmonary disease. He was an early settler of Wilkes." [2]
Moved to Wilkes County, Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War. Served on a Grand Jury in 1785. Speculated in real estate. Appointed Colonel for the 43 Infantry Regiment for the War of 1812. Owned two plantations in Wilkes County called the "Wingfield" and "Belmont," located next to Belmont Creek.
Had several children including Margaret (Long) Telfair, Richard H. Long, John J. Long, Elizabeth (Long) DuBose, Sarah (Long) Rembert, and Eugenia (Long) Weems. [3]
Both Nicholas and his wife died in 1819.
Notes:
[1] Bowen, Eliza A., The Story of Wilkes County, Georgia. at pp. 105-08.
[2] http://www.usgenweb.info/georgia/history/hcg-c-w.htm
[3] Eugenia Long married Lock Weems, Sr. FAG 142587349. Eugenia died before 1830.
"Colonel Nicholas Long died on the 22d of August, 1819, in the fifty-sixth year of his age. He was a young, active, and meritorious officer of dragoons, attached to the Virginia and North Carolina lines during the Revolutionary War. In the last war with Great Britain, he was appointed to the command of the Forty-third Regiment of United States Infantry, raised for the maritime frontier of North and South Carolina and Georgia. His exposure in this service impaired his constitution, and produced a pulmonary disease. He was an early settler of Wilkes." [2]
Moved to Wilkes County, Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War. Served on a Grand Jury in 1785. Speculated in real estate. Appointed Colonel for the 43 Infantry Regiment for the War of 1812. Owned two plantations in Wilkes County called the "Wingfield" and "Belmont," located next to Belmont Creek.
Had several children including Margaret (Long) Telfair, Richard H. Long, John J. Long, Elizabeth (Long) DuBose, Sarah (Long) Rembert, and Eugenia (Long) Weems. [3]
Both Nicholas and his wife died in 1819.
Notes:
[1] Bowen, Eliza A., The Story of Wilkes County, Georgia. at pp. 105-08.
[2] http://www.usgenweb.info/georgia/history/hcg-c-w.htm
[3] Eugenia Long married Lock Weems, Sr. FAG 142587349. Eugenia died before 1830.
Son of Col. Nicholas Long of Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina. [1] Married ? Thomas. Served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Served in the Revolutionary War under his father.
"Colonel Nicholas Long died on the 22d of August, 1819, in the fifty-sixth year of his age. He was a young, active, and meritorious officer of dragoons, attached to the Virginia and North Carolina lines during the Revolutionary War. In the last war with Great Britain, he was appointed to the command of the Forty-third Regiment of United States Infantry, raised for the maritime frontier of North and South Carolina and Georgia. His exposure in this service impaired his constitution, and produced a pulmonary disease. He was an early settler of Wilkes." [2]
Moved to Wilkes County, Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War. Served on a Grand Jury in 1785. Speculated in real estate. Appointed Colonel for the 43 Infantry Regiment for the War of 1812. Owned two plantations in Wilkes County called the "Wingfield" and "Belmont," located next to Belmont Creek.
Had several children including Margaret (Long) Telfair, Richard H. Long, John J. Long, Elizabeth (Long) DuBose, Sarah (Long) Rembert, and Eugenia (Long) Weems. [3]
Both Nicholas and his wife died in 1819.
Notes:
[1] Bowen, Eliza A., The Story of Wilkes County, Georgia. at pp. 105-08.
[2] http://www.usgenweb.info/georgia/history/hcg-c-w.htm
[3] Eugenia Long married Lock Weems, Sr. FAG 142587349. Eugenia died before 1830.
"Colonel Nicholas Long died on the 22d of August, 1819, in the fifty-sixth year of his age. He was a young, active, and meritorious officer of dragoons, attached to the Virginia and North Carolina lines during the Revolutionary War. In the last war with Great Britain, he was appointed to the command of the Forty-third Regiment of United States Infantry, raised for the maritime frontier of North and South Carolina and Georgia. His exposure in this service impaired his constitution, and produced a pulmonary disease. He was an early settler of Wilkes." [2]
Moved to Wilkes County, Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War. Served on a Grand Jury in 1785. Speculated in real estate. Appointed Colonel for the 43 Infantry Regiment for the War of 1812. Owned two plantations in Wilkes County called the "Wingfield" and "Belmont," located next to Belmont Creek.
Had several children including Margaret (Long) Telfair, Richard H. Long, John J. Long, Elizabeth (Long) DuBose, Sarah (Long) Rembert, and Eugenia (Long) Weems. [3]
Both Nicholas and his wife died in 1819.
Notes:
[1] Bowen, Eliza A., The Story of Wilkes County, Georgia. at pp. 105-08.
[2] http://www.usgenweb.info/georgia/history/hcg-c-w.htm
[3] Eugenia Long married Lock Weems, Sr. FAG 142587349. Eugenia died before 1830.
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