Drury Banks

1754 - Aft 1834  (80 years)

• Name	Drury Banks  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21]
  Born	1754	Brunswick County, Virginia   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	1 Oct 1780	North Carolina   [22]
  	during The Revolution entering as a volunteer in a troup of horse
  	His Captain was William Cage and his Colonel's name was Litteral.
  Residence	Abt 1782	Abbeville County, South Carolina   [22, 23]
  	The Old 96 District
  Military Service	31 Oct 1783	Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina   [22]
  	Drury Banks was paid from Hillsborough auditors office, thirteen pounds, thirteen shillings.  Voucher #5771.  Signed John Nichols, Alex McCane.  "The settlement of pay accounts of N. C. Continental Line Veterans still remained to be done at the conclusion of the Revolution". >
  Move	1795	Warren County, Georgia   [22]
  Land	1801	Middle Creek, McDuffie County, Georgia   [22]
  	132½ acres per the tax digest
  	This was in Warren County in 1801.  The record will be found in the 1801 Warren County Tax Digest.  His land joined that of Henry Harden.  Grandpap's Family states:  "Middle Creek in northeast Warren Co. is just below Hart Creek, apparently forms part of the boundary between the 155th, 158th, and 425 Ga. Militia Districts."
  Land Acquisition	1818	Warren County, Georgia   [24]
  	202½ acres from ____ Young on Fishing Creek
  Biographical	1820	Warren County, Georgia   [24]
  	owned 1 slave according to the census
  Land Acquisition	2 Jun 1826	Henry County, Georgia   [24]
  	202½ acres
  	Drury Banks living in Wilders Militia district drew Land Lod #21 in the 5th dist of original Henry Co., Ga.  Lot granted 29 Jun 1826.  This section of Henry Co. was cut off into Fayette Co. by Aug 1826 when Drury gave a gift "for love and affection" to his son Joseph Banks of one half of his 202½ acres drawn in the Lottery -- Fayette Co., Ga. Deed Book B, page 37
  Residence	1830	Fayette County, Georgia   [24]
  Land Relinquish	9 Dec 1831	Fayette County, Georgia   [24]
  	to his son Wiseman the remaining half of his lot #21 now
  	Deed Book B, page 532
  Land Acquisition	1832	Fayette County, Georgia   [25]
  	by lottery Lot 1237, Dist 16, Section 2, 40 acres
  	This was the "Last Land Lottery of Georgia - The Gold Lottery of 1832".  This section was said to have gold.  Dist 16 was just above Atlanta in what was probably then Cobb Co.
  Pension	3 May 1834  [26]
  	for his Revolutionary War Service
  	"He was to go to court to prove his claim but was sick and unable to go."  The application bears the names of witnesses William Banks (signed by "X") and Abram Carmichael, both of Coweta County. State of Georgia, Coweta Co.  (initials L. S.) On this third day of May 1834 personally appeared before me Samuel Echols - one of the judges of the Inferior Court of said State and County, Drury Banks, a resident of the County of Coweta and State of Georgia aged eighty years (80).  (The applicant from age and infirmity not being able to attend in open court) who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - that he entered the service as a volunteer in a troup of horse, (soldiers) on the first day of october 1780.  His Captain's name was William Cage and his Col. name was Litteral, he was living in Chatham County, N.C. when he entered the service, he served out his tour of three months and returned home.  In the month of December 1781 there was a draft ordered on Chatham County, to furnish (I do not now recollect the amount of men) from each company to serve eighteen months, (I now think to serve in the Continental service) and every thirteen men had to furnish on standing a draft one man, and it fell my lot to go.  I furnished in my place (being then a married man with a family) an able bodied man as a substitute by the name of John Thompson who entered the service (I think) in January 1782 and served out his tour, and was discharged and returned home.  He received for his services one hundred and fifty pounds for his services, the name of his officers, I never knew, after entering the service he was marched on to the north, but I cannot tell anything about his service.  That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person, except Jessy George whose testimony he can procure (which is here unto annexed) who can testify to his service.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity, except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any of the agency of any state.  Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year aforesaid (Signed in a very shaky handwriting) Drury Banks. Samuel Echols J. I. C. CC (Justice Inferior Court, Clerk of Court)
  Died	Aft 3 May 1834	Coweta County, Georgia   [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27]
  Alt. Death	Aft May 1834	Coweta County, Georgia   [2]
  Alt. Death	1843	Coweta County, Georgia   [4]
  Military Service	North Carolina   [5]
  	provided a substitute during The American Revolution
  	DAR Ancestor: A005702 Pension was rejected because soldier did not serve 6 months.  However, he received a land grant.
  Name	Drewry Banks  [2, 3]
  Buried	White Oak Grove Presbyterian Church, Coweta County, Georgia   [27]
  		Banks → Drury
  Person ID	I86937	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	David Banks,   b. Abt 1730, Virginia ,   d. Abt Aug 1785, Chatham County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Jane Mitchell,   b. 10 Jan 1730/31, Brunswick County, Virginia ,   d. Aft 4 Aug 1785, Chatham County, North Carolina  (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F1244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth George,   b. 1765, Chatham County, North Carolina ,   d. 1830, Coweta County, Georgia  (Age 65 years)
  Married	Between 1780 and 1782  [3]
  Alt. Marriage	Chatham County, North Carolina   [8]
  Biographical	had at least 5 children  [27]
  	Papa's Story lists 5 "known children" for Drury & Elizabeth:  William, George, Joseph, William, and Sarah. It also lists "possible and probable children":  Elias, Abner, Samuel, Polly, Jordan, Thomas W., James, and Rivers. After some consideration, I've decided not to list the "possible and probable children" here.
  Move	Abt 1795	Warren County, Georgia   [28]
  Children	+ 1. William Banks,   b. Abt 1782, Abbeville County, South Carolina ,   d. 1869, Coweta County, Georgia  (Age ~ 87 years) + 2. Mary Banks,   b. Abt 1784, North Carolina ,   d. Aft 1864, Warren County, Georgia  (Age ~ 81 years)   3. George Banks,   b. Abt 1789, South Carolina ,   d. 12 Aug 1868, Mississippi  (Age ~ 79 years) + 4. Joseph Newton Banks, Senior,   b. Abt 1792, South Carolina ,   d. 5 Jun 1871, Fayette County, Georgia  (Age ~ 79 years)   5. William Wiseman Banks,   b. Abt 1795, South Carolina ,   d. Bef Jul 1863, Fayette County, Georgia  (Age ~ 68 years)   6. Sarah Banks,   b. 1800, Warren County, Georgia ,   d. 1858, Coweta County, Georgia  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F31606	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Reference

  If the Legends Are True... by J. Craig Canada, "Drury Banks" (accessed April 19, 2021) | http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I86937&tree=Legends.