Colonel Moultrie gave him a roving commission to scour the country with a few men, gather information, and surprise and capture the enemy's outposts. This commission was later renewed by Francis Marion and Benjamin Lincoln. Prominent among his achievements was the legendary rescue by himself and a single comrade, John Newton, of some American captives from a party of British soldiers whom they overpowered and made prisoners. While Jasper did engage in a heroic action against the British, the incident was exaggerated by the storyteller Parson Weems Savannah At the Siege of Savannah, he received his death wound while fastening to the parapet the standard which had been presented to his regiment. His hold, however, never relaxed, and he bore the colors to a place of safety before he died. Places named after Jasper Jasper County, Georgia Jasper County, Illinois Jasper County, Indiana Jasper County, Iowa Jasper County, Mississippi Jasper County, Missouri Jasper County, South Carolina Jasper County, Texas and the city of Jasper, Texas City of Jasper, Alabama City of Jasper, Arkansas City of Jasper, Florida City of Jasper, Georgia City of Jasper, Minnesota City of Jasper, Missouri Town of Jasper, Tennessee Town of Jasper, New York References External links Cited by 1920 Americana. DeSoto Hotel and Jasper Monument, Savannah, Ga. postcard from the Historic Postcard Collection, RG 48-2-5, Georgia Archives General Casimir Pulaski/Sergeant William Jasper historical marker Jasper Spring historical marker 1750 births 1779 deaths German emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies People of Pennsylvania in the French and Indian War Continental Army soldiers People of South Carolina in the American Revolution