Jared Irwin
"Jared Irwin was born in Mecklinburg, North Carolina in 1751. At the age of seven years he became a resident of Georgia. At the commencement of the Revolution he was a pioneer in one of the frontier settlements adjacent to the Indian tribes where he became teaching the tories salutary lessons. In that department he rendered himself eminently useful during the war. He was a member of the first legislature of Georgia under the new government which convened at Savannah in 1784. From that time forward he became emphatically a leading public man. He was long a member of the Georgia Senate and for many years its president. He was repeatedly Governor of the state. He filled every station in a manner that gained the unqualified approbation of his constituents. His public life was adorned by those private virtues that are indispensable to render a man truly great. He died at Union, Washington County, Georgia, on the 1st of March 1818."Source: The Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
The Southern Recorder, March 16, 1818. " Died at Union Hill, at his seat in Washington County on the 1st instant, General Jared Irwin in his 63rd year. He was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and emigrated to Georgia when about seven years old, and for many years was on the Indian frontier. During the latter part of the Revolutionary War, he was actively employed in skirmishing warfare against the Tories and the Indians. At the close of the war, he was chosen a delegate to the Georgia Legislature in 1784. From then to his death he was always in some high public station. Served as Governor more than once, and when not Governor, he was in the Senate, serving as President of that body. He leaves an aged companion and a son and three daughters."
Quoted from Hero Implants by Jeannette Holland Austin:
" Captain Jared Irwin (later Colonel) was at the siege of Savannah, Augusta, Camden, Briar-Creek, and Black Swamp. Like so many others in the throes of war, he erected a fortress in Burke County, Georgia for the protection of the people in the surrounding district."