Nathaniel Gist, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Nathaniel Gist

Continentla Army officer

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1733

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1812

Profession: diplomat

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Nathaniel Gist

  • Nathaniel Gist (15 October 1733 – 1812) was born in Maryland and fought during the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.
  • He was reputed to be the father of Sequoyah the famous Cherokee by Wurteh Watts.
  • Like his father Christopher Gist (1706–1759), he served in Braddock's Expedition in 1755 and the Forbes Expedition in 1758.
  • The outbreak of the American Revolution found him on the frontier.
  • At first suspected of sympathizing with the British, he convinced the Americans of his loyalty. George Washington, a close friend of his father, authorized him to form Gist's Additional Continental Regiment in January 1777.
  • Gist probably participated in Light Horse Harry Lee's Paulus Hook Raid in 1779.
  • He and his regiment were captured at the Siege of Charleston in May 1780.
  • After the war, he took an American wife Judith Cary Bell (1750–1833) and the couple had four daughters, one of whom married Francis P.
  • Blair.
  • He is variously said to have died in 1796, 1812, or at the end of the War of 1812.
  • He is confused with his uncle Nathaniel Gist (1707–1780).
  • He was a first cousin of Mordecai Gist.

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