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Brown grave to be marked

The grave of Revolutionary War soldier Pvt. Benjamin Brown will be marked Saturday, Nov. 13, at 11 a.m. at the Brown Cemetery on Dividend Drive next to Talbot State Bank [313 Dividend Dr.] in Peachtree City.

Brown served in Capt. Benjamin Bailey’s Company of Col. Archibald Lytle’s Third North Carolina Regiment of the Continental Line. He enlisted Sept. 17, 1782, for 18 months. His unit was part of the North Carolina Brigade, an element of the Southern Department.

Brown served near the end of the Revolutionary War and later moved from North Carolina to eastern Georgia and later to Fayette County. He is buried in his family cemetery located on Dividend Drive in Peachtree City.

The Marquis de la Fayette Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution will host this marking. Members of Brown’s family as well as the general public are invited to attend the ceremony.

Members of the Sons, Daughters, and Children of the American Revolution and other veterans groups from around the State of Georgia will be laying wreaths at his grave during the ceremony.

For more information contact the chapter’s president, Dr. Douglas Stansberry, 770-460-1556, or Douglass1@peoplepc.com.