NOAH PRINCE

Noah Prince was born Jan 18, 1761 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts and died September 28, 1836 in Walton County.  He is the earliest burial at the Ammons Family Cemetery on Ammons Bridge Road in Walton County, Georgia and the only person with the Prince last name residing in Walton County at the time. The only with the Prince surname buried at this location.

He married Anne Ashley Elmore, Jan 4 1789 in Henrico County, Virginia. (Source:  Virginia Marriages 1660-1800) Date and place of Anne's birth and death are unknown to me at this time.

Noah was the uncle of Reverend Joseph Prince (1814-1845) Joseph was the son of Hezekiah Prince, younger brother of Noah. (source: Jane Williams)

Noah moved to Powhaten Co, Virginia about 1790, in the early 1800's he moved to Clarke County, Georgia.  1810 and 1820 census show him in Virginia, 1830 census in Clark County, Georgia.  I can find no record of him on Walton Census since he was deceased by the 1840 census.

Noah's parents were Kimball and Deborah Fuller Prince, nine children, Christopher 1751, Kimball, 1753, Sarah, 1756, Ruth, 1758, Deborah 1760, Noah, 1763, Job 1765, John, 1768 and Hezekiah, 1771.  Deborah Prince died in 1826 at the age of 96. (Source:  Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988)

Revolutionary War Service:  Captain in Ignatius Loring Jr.s Company, Lieutenant Col. Putnam's regiment.  Enlisted Sept 4, 1781, discharged Dec 8, 1781, service 3 months 17 days including 12 days (240 miles) travel home.  Company raised in Plymouth Co, Massachusetts.  Regiment raised to reinforce Army under General Washington for 3 months.  (Source:  All Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution - 17 Volumes) (Volume 12, page 792)

Listed as having received a land grant for Revolutionary War service in 1827, residing in Clarke County, drawing land in Lee County, granted September 19, 1836. (Source:  Authentic List of All Land Lottery Grants Made to Veterans of the Revolutionary War by the state of Georgia; Chapter: Lottery Grants to Veterans of the Revolutionary War.  (Note:  Noah Prince died 9 days after this grant was approved)

Listed under Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Volume 1, Names of Revolutionary Soldiers Who Drew land in Georgia in the  "Lottery of 1827" and the Counties of Georgia in which they Lived".  Noah is listed as residing in Clark County.

Owned and operated Princeton Mill on the Middle Oconee River in Clarke County.  The mill operated for more than a century.  The building burned to the ground in 1973. 

Check HERE to see a detailed history of the Princeton United Methodist Church, Clarke County, Georgia and more information about the Princeton Mill.