Joseph Sargent

Abt 1737 - 1782  (45 years)

• Name	Joseph Sargent  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1737	Orange County, North Carolina, USA   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  DAR/SAR	Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestor #: A100156  [3]
  		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
  Military Service	Abt 1776	North Carolina, USA   [3]
  	American Army - Revolutionary War
  Military POW	Mar 1781  [3]
  	Taken prisoner of the British Army
  FSID	G4LF-BNG
  Probate	1782	Caswell County, North Carolina, USA
  Death	21 May 1782	Caswell County, North Carolina, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I30373	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William B Sargent,   b. 1715, New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA d. 11 Feb 1768, Orange County, North Carolina, USA (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Lea,   b. 1714, St Stephens Parish, King and Queen, Virginia, USA d. 1783, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1735	Caswell County, North Carolina, USA
  Family ID	F11927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Ransom
  Family ID	F13594	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1737 - Orange County, North Carolina, USA Military Service - American Army - Revolutionary War - Abt 1776 - North Carolina, USA Probate - 1782 - Caswell County, North Carolina, USA Death - 21 May 1782 - Caswell County, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2022;). [S3204] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Will Abstracts, 1760-1800, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1999;). [S4094] Daughters of the American Revolution - Ancestors, SARGENT, JOSEPH - Ancestor #: A100156. Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: CIRCA 1737 Death: ANTE 6- -1781 CASWELL CO NORTH CAROLINA Service Source: NC GEN SOC JOURNAL, MCBRIDE, “PRISONERS OF THE BRITISH ARMY 1781," VOL 5, #2, P 78 Service Description: 1) TAKEN PRISONER BY BRITISH, MARCH 1781 https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A100156