Revolutionary War Soldiers Database

A record of NC & SC soldiers who served in the cause of American Independence, 1775–1783

SC

John Chesnut

Captain  ·  Camden District Regiment

SC

Captain

Camden District Regiment

1779 – 1781

📜 Notes
From Kershaw District. Resigned as Paymaster of SC 3rd Regiment in Feb. 1779. Reenlisted as Captain of Militia under Lt. Col. John Marshall. POW at Fall of Charleston. Afterwards, in Kershaw Regiment under Col. James Postell.
Battles & Engagements
Siege of Charleston 1780