Edward Blackshear
Edward Blackshear was born January 20, 1762 in North Carolina, and died September 3, 1829 in Thomas County, Georgia. He was the son of Lieutenant James Blackshear and Catherine. Quoted from Hero Implants by Jeannette Holland Austin:"Prisoner. Edward Blackshear served in the North Carolina Regiment,Continental Troops, at the battle of Moore's Creek. He was wounded in both hands by a British Soldier while acting as a scout, and captured by the Tories."