David Emanuel, Jr. (1744 - 19 Feb 1808)

David Emanuel, Jr. was born in 1744, likely in Chester County, Pennsylvania. His father was David Emanuel, Sr.; his mother has not been identified. Before 1748, the David Emanuel, Sr. family migrated to Lunenburg County, Virginia; David Emanuel, Jr. was about four years of age. Before 27 Mar 1759, the family migrated from Virginia to St. George Parish of Georgia. Thus, by age 15 years, David Emanuel, Jr. was living in Georgia where he would remain through the remainder of his life.

In Jul 1765, David Emanuel, Jr. received a grant of 100 acres of land in St. George Parish, Georgia at the mouth of Brushy Creek, about three miles from Briar Creek and 6 miles from land granted to George Walker.

In about 1766, David Emanuel, Jr. and Ann Lewis married in St. George Parish of Georgia. Ann Lewis was a daughter of Evan Lewis and Mary Lewis (Hayes). Evan Lewis was a successful planter in St. George Parish.

David and Ann Emanuel had at least six children: Lewis, John, Eli, Mary Martha, Asenath, and Ann.

As a Captain and Colonel in the Georgia Militia of Burke County, Georgia during the American
Revolution, David Emanuel, Jr. served as a soldier and scout under his brother-in-law, General John Twiggs. He was captured in 1781 near McBean Creek, but escaped. According to tradition, David Emanuel, Jr. was stripped in preparation to being shot when he leaped behind a horse and ran into the darkness.

On 2 Feb 1789, David Emanuel and son Lewis Emanuel marked a 100 acre plat of land to be filed in the name of David Emanuel.

While serving as President of the Georgia Senate 1798 - 1800, David Emanuel, Jr. became Governor of Georgia on the resignation of James Jackson at his election to the U.S. Senate. David Emanuel served as Governor 3 Mar - 7 Nov 1801.

Before Jul 1765, David Emanuel, Jr. migrated from Lunenburg County, Virginia to St. George, Georgia. In Jul 1765, he was granted 100 acres of land at the mouth of Brushy Creek, about three miles from Briar Creek and 6 miles from land granted to George Walker. St. George's Parish became Burke County, Georgia in 1777. Briar Creek flows through the length of Burke County.

On 2 Feb 1789, along with Lewis Emanuel, David Emanuel, Jr. marked a 100 acre plat of land in Burke County, Georgia to be filed in the name of David Emanuel.

David Emanuel, Jr. appears on 1805 and 1806 tax lists for the 52nd District of Montgomery County, Georgia. The Estate of Gedion Travis, deceased, was taxed for 230 acres of swamp land and for 1,250 acres of pine land in Montgomery County. David Emanuel, Jr. and G. Travis arelisted as grantees. (Source: Blair, Ruth, Some Early Tax Digests of Georgia, Georgia Department of Archives and History, 1926. Ancestry.com.)

David Emanuel, Jr. died 19 Feb 1808 in Waynesboro, Burke County, Georgia at about 64 years of age. He may be buried in Old Church Cemetery in Burke County.

Sources

According to "Distribution of the Estate of David Emanuel" dated 4 Jun1813, in the Georgia Archives, his heirs were three sons, Eli, Lewis, and John; and three sons-in-law, Thomas Blount (husband of Mary Martha Emanuel), Francis Wells (husband of Acenath Emanuel), and Benjamin Whitaker (husband of Sarah Emanuel).

David Emanuel, Jr. may be buried in Old Church Cemetery in Burke County, George; however, there is no grave stone.

Abstracts of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol. 2; Serial: 9661; Volume: 7 (Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Vol. 1-4. Dallas, TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987.) Lists burial of David Emanuel in Barron Lewis's Cemetery at Burke County, Georgia 32.

By the end of the Revolutionary War, David Emanuel and about thirty other families had built some cabins in a cluster below Augusta, and which the Tories denominated Rebel Town (Source: Rev. Adiel Sherwood, Gazetter of Georgia, 1818).

An indenture by Eli Emanuel as attorney for John Emanuel and Lewis Emanuel identifies Eli Emanuel, John Emanuel, and Lewis Emanuel as heirs of David Emanuel, Jr.

Colonial Records of Georgia: Sept. 1767. Petition of James Beckham setting forth that he had been in the province about six months, had had no land granted him and was desirous to obtain land for cultivation, having a wife and five children. Therefore prays for 4 hundred acres on a Branch of Brushy Creek within two miles of David Emanuel. Granted by John Wills.

David Emanuel, Jr. may be buried in Old Church Cemetery near Waynesboro, Burke County, Georgia. Old Church is 6 miles southeast of Waynesborough on the old Quaker road leading to Savannah. It was formerly an Episcopal Church and had a glebe of 47 acres.

Washington County Land Grants

David Emanuel and Asa Emanuel received land grants in Washington County, Georgia in 1785 as headrights or bounty grants.

David Emanuel, Jr. Letter to George Washington

On 27 Aug 1795, David Emanuel, Jr. signed a letter to President George Washington on behalf of the Citizens of Burke County, Georgia. Images of the letter and statement by the Citizens of Burke County are available through the Web as part of the U.S. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 4. General Correspondence. 1697-1799. The URL for the image of the letter is:
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The letter and proceedings are transcribed in Letterbook 40 (Image 213)
George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 2 Letterbooks
Burke County, Georgia, Citizens to George Washington, August 27, 1795

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