Revolutionary War Patriots

Patriots buried in Nix/Judy Cemetery on a hilltop included Pvt John Nix, who served with South Carolina troops under Cpt Davis in Richard Win's regiment and under Cpt Thomas Baker in the battles of Eutaw Springs and Orangeburg; Pvt Henry Thornhill, who served in Virginia Continental troops in Cpt Robert Craven's company and later in Cpt Daniel Ragan's 10th regiment, a unit that was at the Siege of Yorktown before Lord Cornwallis' surrender; and Lt William Biggs, who was sworn into the Virginia militia by Patrick Henry in 1777 and served George Rogers Clark in 1778/1779 in the capture of Kaskaskia and Vincennes. Also buried there were Josias (Josiah) Wright, an officer from Montgomery County, North Carolina; Pvt Isham Randle, who enlisted in the North Carolina Continental Army in 1780 under Cpt Abner Crump and Col Dowy Leadbetter and later served under Cpt Edmund Wilkins; and Richard Randle, who enlisted in 1777 with Cpt John Macklin and Col Charles Harrison in Virginia troops and reenlisted in 1780 with Cpt James Allen and West Harris with North Carolina troops. Revolutionary War patriots are buried throughout Illinois.

Glen Carbon, Illinois · United States