Jane Riley Elliott, daughter of Charles Elliott and his first wife, Jane Stanyarne, was born 14 March 1763, probably at her father's Sandy Hill Plantation in Colleton County, Province of South Carolina. Jane’s mother passed away shortly after she was born and several nearby family members helped to raise her. [1]
On 21 April 1782 she married William Washington, and they had two children:[1]
Jane died 14 December 1830 and was buried in the Elliott family cemetery, alongside William. [1][2]
Jane and William ---William had no flag for his troops before the Battle of Eutaw (during the American Revolution). Jane took her scissors and cut a piece from her red silk damask curtain and handed it to him, saying, "Let this be your flag." This flag, 24 by 26 inches, now known as the "Eutaw Flag". The flag was carried wherever William rode including battlefields during the war. This flag was presented by Jane herself to the Washington Light Infantry in Charleston SC in 1827 for safe keeping and it exists today, only one of a few remaining flags that remain from the Revolutionary period.
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