On Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at 10:30 a.m., the DeSoto Trace Chapter of the Arkansas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution will honor three Revolutionary War patriots at the Pioneer Cemetery, 400 SE Jay St., Washington, Arkansas. This cemetery is located within the Historic Washington State Park.
The three patriots are:
• John Holman, born 25 December 1736 in Goochland County, Virginia, and died August 1833 in Hempstead County, Arkansas. Holman was a Private in Captain Stokley Toes, VA Militia.
• James Williams, born May 3, 1763, in Augusta County, Virginia, and died May 2, 1851, in Washington, Hempstead County. Williams was a Private in VA and served under Captains Luny, Turney and Chile and Colonel’s Campbell and Sevier.
• Eli Collins, born March 26, 1759, in Sussex County, Delaware, and died Feb. 4, 1844, in Hempstead County. Collins was a Private in North Carolina serving under Captains Micajah Lytle, Thomas Farmer, Wood and James Kell, and Colonels Dozier, Stephen Moore and William Collier.
Also, a fourth ceremony is planned at 1:30 p.m. at a separate location for Benjamin Crow, born 1756-57 in Newcastle, Delaware, and died 1830 in Okolona, Clark County, Arkansas. He is buried at the Benjamin Crow Gravesite located 2.25 miles north of Antoine on Highway 26 at the junction of Bobo Road and Arkansas Highway 26.
SAR members from the South-Central District (Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas) have been invited to take part in the ceremonies. There will be an Honor Guard Salute with black powder at all four ceremonies. A bag piper has been invited as well as Daughters of the American Revolution.
Period attire will be worn by SAR. The public is invited, with hopes of attendance and participation by descendants of these patriots.
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