James SEAGROVE

Abt 1748 - 1812  (~ 64 years)

• Name	James SEAGROVE  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1748  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Government Service	7 Sep 1781	Havana, Cuba   [3, 4]
  	Copy of a letter from J. Seagrove [James Seagrove] to The Honorable Thomas Bee, Esq., Member in Congress for South Carolina: "I have been honored by several private interviews with Don Galvas, general and commander in Chief of all the Troops belonging to Spain in this part of the World. His very great friendship for the United States of America led him to an explanation of the Capitulation of Pensacola in which he very fully makes appear the necessity of permitting the British Prisoners to go to New York, and the step very disagreeable to him was unavoidable. He has understood that Congress & His Exl Gen'l Washington are much displeased with his conduct in this affair it is his wish to remove any unfavorable impressions which might have taken place and has requested I would write some friend who could assure Congress
  	There is a letter from J. [James] Seagrove to The Honorable Thomas Bee, Esq., Member in Congress for South Carolina, dated 7 September 1781 from Havana, Cuba. The letter relates a series of "interviews" between Mr. Seagroves and a "Don Galvas, General and Commander in Chief of all the troops belonging to Spain in this part of the world" mostly discussing Spanish military activities in Florida. It is a 2-page letter written in fairly legible long-hand by a clearly educated man. I started to transcribe it hoping to find some personal facts about James. He is in our database as being born about 1748 and dying in 1812 in Camden Co., GA [3]
  Named in Will	7 Nov 1783	Charleston District, South Carolina   [3]
  	James Seagrove listed as an executor of the estate of Abraham Livingston, gentleman of Charles Town, SC.
  Legal actions	1785	South Carolina   [5]
  	South Carolina House of Representatives during its 3 Jan 1785- 25 Mar 1785 session "resolved that the Accounts of James Seagrove and Isaac Caton respecting a Brigantine of theirs lost in Service be not allowed."
  Marriage #1	4 Jan 1787	Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia   [6]
  	From the marriage notice in the Charleston, SC City Gazette of Thursday, 4 Jan 1787: " Married lately in Savannah , James Seagrove, Esq., to Mrs. Bard, relict of the late Peter Bard, Esq., of Savannah.
  Voter Registration List	1788	Camden County, Georgia   [7]
  	James Seagrove listed as a voter in Camden County, Georgia Deed Book A.
  Property Event	1789	Camden County, Georgia   [8]
  	James Seagrove awarded a Land Grant in Camden County, Georgia.
  Property Event	1789-1791	Chatham County, Georgia   [7]
  	James Seagrove, with wife, Ann, listed as a Grantor in Deed Books G, H, I & K of Chatham Co., GA.
  Death	16 Jul 1812	Saint Marys, Camden County, Georgia   [2, 9]
  	Source S1969 ("Marriages and Deaths from Georgia Newspapers, 1763-1820") gives his death date as 16 July 1812, but his FAG memorial with no grave photo records it as 1818. Between the two, we have chosen to go with the more specific date of 1812. [1, 2]
  Burial	Oak Grove Cemetery, Saint Marys, Camden County, Georgia, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I8370	Seagraves Database
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Government Service - Copy of a letter from J. Seagrove [James Seagrove] to The Honorable Thomas Bee, Esq., Member in Congress for South Carolina: "I have been honored by several private interviews with Don Galvas, general and commander in Chief of all the Troops belonging to Spain in this part of the World. His very great friendship for the United States of America led him to an explanation of the Capitulation of Pensacola in which he very fully makes appear the necessity of permitting the British Prisoners to go to New York, and the step very disagreeable to him was unavoidable. He has understood that Congress & His Exl Gen'l Washington are much displeased with his conduct in this affair it is his wish to remove any unfavorable impressions which might have taken place and has requested I would write some friend who could assure Congress - 7 Sep 1781 - Havana, Cuba Legal actions - South Carolina House of Representatives during its 3 Jan 1785- 25 Mar 1785 session "resolved that the Accounts of James Seagrove and Isaac Caton respecting a Brigantine of theirs lost in Service be not allowed." - 1785 - South Carolina Marriage #1 - From the marriage notice in the Charleston, SC City Gazette of Thursday, 4 Jan 1787: " Married lately in Savannah , James Seagrove, Esq., to Mrs. Bard, relict of the late Peter Bard, Esq., of Savannah. - 4 Jan 1787 - Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia Voter Registration List - James Seagrove listed as a voter in Camden County, Georgia Deed Book A. - 1788 - Camden County, Georgia Property Event - James Seagrove awarded a Land Grant in Camden County, Georgia. - 1789 - Camden County, Georgia Property Event - James Seagrove, with wife, Ann, listed as a Grantor in Deed Books G, H, I & K of Chatham Co., GA. - 1789-1791 - Chatham County, Georgia Death - 16 Jul 1812 - Saint Marys, Camden County, Georgia Burial - - Oak Grove Cemetery, Saint Marys, Camden County, Georgia, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1969] South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol 51, page 97 and Vol 33 page 72. [S1] FindAGrave.com (FAG). [S2116] Caroline T. Moore, Abstracts of Wills of Charleston District South Carolina, 1783-1800. [S934] Fold3.com. [S2115] Lark Emerson Adams, The State Records of South Carolina , (University of South Carolina Press). [S1970] J. H. Austin, Georgia Intestate Records, (Genealogical Publishing Co.). [S1971] 1790 Substitutes for Census Records, (Ancestry.com). [S1973] Index to the Headright and Bounty Grants of Georgia, 1756-1909, (Southern Heritage Press). [S1972] Marriages and Deaths from Georgia Newspapers, 1763-1820, (Ancestry.com).