[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 68 (Friday, May 14, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E865]
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    PROCLAMATION FROM MOUNT PLEASANT PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH GRAVE 
                          DEDICATION CEREMONY

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                            HON. MAC COLLINS

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 13, 2004

  Mr. COLLINS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to share with my colleagues a 
proclamation that was read at a grave dedication ceremony at the Mount 
Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church in Jones County, Georgia. This 
proclamation honors a patriot of the American Revolutionary War, 
Private Reuben McLeroy, an ancestor of one of my constituents, Mr. 
Travis Ellis of Hampton, Georgia. I would like to thank Mr. Ellis and 
the members of the Georgia Society of Sons of the American Revolution 
for honoring the life of Private McLeroy and keeping the memory alive 
of the patriots of the Revolutionary War who achieved our independence 
and fought for the freedoms we enjoy today as American citizens.

                     Reuben McLeroy, a Proclamation

       Whereas, The Lyman Hall, Ocmulgee, and Piedmont Chapters of 
     the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution conducted 
     on April 24, 2004 a dedication of the grave marker 
     commemorating the service of Revolutionary war patriot, 
     Private Reuben McLeroy, and
       Whereas, Reuben McLeroy married Christiana Johnson in April 
     1776 and lived in Wake County, North Carolina at the 
     commencement of the Revolution. Reuben would enlist in the 
     North Carolina Militia and serve gallantly for the duration 
     of the war. Reuben's unit would participate in the Battle of 
     Eutaw Springs and perform beyond expectations. It was at 
     Eutaw Springs that the outnumbered colonists would defeat the 
     enemy and end the British stronghold in the south.
       Whereas, By the end of the Revolutionary War, Reuben 
     McLeroy and family would migrate to Wilkes County, Georgia. 
     When the county was later subdivided into several counties it 
     was in Clarke County that Reuben was ordained as a Baptist 
     preacher in September 1804 at the Mars Hill Baptist Church. 
     Reuben would then move his family to Jones County, Georgia in 
     1810 and serve the Walnut Creek Baptist Church until his 
     death on February 12, 1820.
       Whereas, I recognize and extend my appreciation to the Sons 
     of the American Revolution, Lyman Hall, Ocmulgee, and 
     Piedmont Chapters, for their efforts to provide historical 
     and educational knowledge and to perpetuate the memory of the 
     men who, by their services and sacrifices during the War of 
     the American Revolution, achieved the independence of the 
     American people; now
       Therefore: As the Representative for the Eighth District of 
     Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives, I do hereby 
     recognize the selfless sacrifice made by Patriot Reuben 
     McLeroy as well as all others who with their courage and 
     valor fulfilled a nations quest for Liberty. I hereby confirm 
     the dedication of a grave marker for Private Reuben McLeroy 
     and call this observance to the attention of our citizens.




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