Her siblings were Peter, Anne, Edward, William and Rowe. Thomas later was a Colonel in the Kentucky Militia and served as representative in the Kentucky Legislatures 1833, 34, and 35.Įlizabeth was the daughter of Francis and Lucy Mary Rowe. Achilles emigrated to Platte County, Missouri. Andrew emigrated to DeKalb County, Missouri. Among his sons, Thomas, Andrew, and Achilles all were in the War of 1812.
Nicholas married Elizabeth Wyatt and to this union were born John, Elizabeth, Andrew, Mary, Achilles, Thomas, Rachel and another daughter.
A book on Georgia states that Nicholas suggested the County by named after County Casmir Pulaski who died in the Revolutionary War along beside William, brother of Nicholas. Abraham, the eldest brother, was born in Wales and was a Tory. William was the hero of the battle of Fort Moultrie, June 17, 1776, and was killed in the assault on Savannah, October 7, 1779, along with Count Casmir Pulaski. Nicholas and his brothers John and William served under General Francis Marion and General William Richardson Davie in North and South Carolina and Georgia. Nicholas was the son of John Abraham Jasper who is said to have been born at Cavermarthen in Wales, in 1728, and settled near Georgetown, South Carolina in 1748, later moving to the Cooper River and near Charlestown in 1752 where they reared their family of four sons and three daughters. Nicholas Jasper,husband of Elizabeth Wyatt, a soldier of the Revolution, was one of the earliest settlers of Pulaski County.
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