Obediah Gulledge
Obediah Gulledge

BORN:

  1787

IN:

   Chesterfield Co., SC

MARRIED:

   in fall of 1839 to Lavicy Boatwright

IN:

   Chesterfield Co., SC

DIED:

   June 25, 1863

IN:

   Chesterfield Co., SC

BURIAL:

   Chesterfield Chesterfield Co., Co., SC

FATHER:

   Jermiah Gulledge

MOTHER:

   Elizabeth

OTHER SPOUSES:

   1. Rebecca McLean died in 1835; 2. Matilda Taylor died in 1837

CHILDREN OF 
SPOUSE 1: 

   John J Gulledge;  Obediah had 4 more sons and 2 daughters,by Rebecca McLean, names not known at this time by

CHILDREN OF 
SPOUSE 2: 

  William Gulledge (believed to be child of this spouse, Matilda Taylor.
Wife: Lavicy Thuringir Boatwright

BORN:

  1799

IN:

  

DIED:

   December 20, 1882

IN:

   Chesterfield Co., SC

BURIAL:

  

FATHER:

MOTHER:

OTHER SPOUSES:

   Drury Boatwright

NOTE: Veteran of  War of 1812; Obediah stated, on documents, that he enlisted in the army in May or June 1814 at a at Chesterfield Co. Court House in South Carolina. His classification was Militia. Records show he had a rank of 3rd. Lt. (Ensign). He was in Alston's 3rd Regiment, Captain Jno Welch's company of infantry commanded by Major William Fields. He was discharged at Orangeburg , near Charleston, SC in the month of March 15,  1815. Records show 3 entries for subsistence for himself and a private servant. He applied for a Bounty Land Grant on January 25, 1851 and received 80 acres of bounty land. He was 21 years old at the time of his enlistment. Occupation was Farmer, Six feet high, light hair, blue eyes, and fair complexion

Lavicy Thuringir Boatwright was Obediah's third wife who he was married to at the time of his death. They had no children together.