Brigadier General James Screven
This Stone Marks The Spot Where Repose
The Remains Of
Brigadier General
James Screven
In recognition of whose life
and services
The Congress
of the
United States
has reared a monument in
this cemetery.
He was a gallant officer who though
but twenty eight years of age at the
time of his death had attained the
rank of Brigadier General. He fell
covered with wounds, at Sunbury,
near this spot, on the 22nd day of
November, 1778, and died from the
effects of his wounds on the 24th
day of November, 1778. He was a native
of Liberty County and a devout
member of Midway Congregational Church
Marker is on N Coastal Hwy/US-17 near Martin Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
