Archibald was born about 1752. He was the son of Edward Hatchett and Agnes Unknown. He was the captain of the Georgia Navy galley Bullock during the Revolutionary War. He was killed in action in 1778.
This is to certify that in the fall of 1776 My brother Archibald Hatchett marched as a regular soldier from Moore's Ordinary in Prince Edward [County] under Captain [indecipherable name] to the lower parts of Georgia probably Savannah, and soon after he reached Savannah he hired a Substitute and was promoted to a Lieutenancy in a Galley called Bullock under command of Commodore Hardy [probably Capt. John Hardy]. Before they sailed, he became promoted to a Captaincy in consequence of the Captain being broke for misconduct and cruised about Savannah and then sailed to Fort Barrington probably on the Altamaha or St. Mary's [Rivers] . From whence on hearing of the sailing of a fleet of British ships with a considerable quantity of revenue on board which having got [indecipherable word] on the Coast, the Commodore sailed in pursuit, captured several vessels and took a quantity of specie, They then returned to Sunbury Georgia where my brother died. On hearing of his death, I set off in the November of 1778 and reached Sunbury about the 20th of December same year to recover my brother's part of the prize money, and the other effects of my brother as his legal representative: but the British shortly after taking possession of the State I recovered nothing of his affects and the fleet prizes and all and Commodore Hardy was taken prisoner and kept [The image of this document cuts off at the bottom thereof at this point] [Note: the index card for this file indicates that the above affidavit was given by Edward Hatchett.]
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Categories: Georgia Navy, American Revolution | Killed in Action, United States of America, American Revolution