This is continued from a previous e-mail, which would have been too long to have been accommodated by rootsweb. If you have additions or corrections, please send them to me. It appears we have several George Oldhams who were active in the American Revolution. The one I am interested in seems to have died in South Carolina. This man is not my ancestor, but all indications he is a brother, albeit seemingly younger, than my ancestor Jesse or Jessie Oldham of Caswell Co. NC and later of Madison Co., KY. In most cases, I have tried to cite the sources of my information. If you use this material in your own genealogical collections, please add the source of the information. Those who come after you will ask, Where did he/she get this information? If you have the citation for the work by Margaret M. Hofmann, who has abstracted MANY early North Carolina land grant records, please e-mail me. Submitted by E.W.Wallace Continuation of a Previous E-mail concerning a George Oldham or several George Oldhams of Revolutionary US A George Oldham of Early Kentucky A George Oldham received a land grant from Kentucky (then Virginia) 8 July 1780, 500 acres on Licking Creek in Fincastle & Kentucky Co. (DB A-161) (Michael L. Cook and Bettie A. Cummings Cook, Fincastle & Kentucky County VA-KY Records & History, Vol 1 (Evansville, IN: Cook Publications, n.d.)). A George Oldham was probably in Kentucky, 1794. He and Jesse Oldham are both listed as privates in Ford's Co, John'son Detch Mtd Mil, Terr south of the Ohio, 1794. Of course, Kentucky is south of the Ohio. (Source: Virgil D. White, trans., INDEX TO VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS 1784-1811, [Waynesboro, TN: National Hist Publ Co, 1987, 973 M22 WO2]) A George Oldham who was married in Madison Co., KY to Sarah Todd 20 Sep 1797; Caleb Todd, bm., Margaret Todd, mother of bride. However, this George probably is of a different generation and of a different Oldham family than that of Jesse Oldham. A Different George Oldham--Jefferson Co., KY A George Oldham had a land entry in Jefferson Co., KY (then Virginia). He is associated, most probably, with the Oldhams of that county: Samuel, Conway, William (qv). + Jefferson Land Entry: Licking Cr. - Oldham, George - 7/8/1780 500 A. page A-161 (Michael and Betty Cook, JEFFERSON LAND ENTRIES, FINCASTLE COUNTY [KY]) Oldham KY entries - first names only given below p. 97 Location Name Date AC pg Licking Cr George 7/08/1780 500 A-161 It is more likely that Captain George Oldham remained in Caswell Co., NC as indicated from Will Book cited previously. But his pension record indicates he died in South Carolina. George Oldham of Caswell Co. should not be confused with a male by the same name who probably was a son of Moses Oldham of Montgomery Co., TN. Refer to Caswell DB Q-95-96, power of attorney of Moses Oldham to "trusty friend" Solomon Debow of Caswell Co., which P/A is cited in biography of Moses Oldham of TN. ............ Orange Co. NC? Two Oldhams, George and John, were witnesses to the 1818 will of John (x) Walker, Orange Co., NC, and one was an executor: [Will Bk] D-523 Will dated 17 Feb 1818, proved May Court 1818 JOHN (X) WALKER WIFE: JUDY daus: Nelly Walker, Polly Ryals, Rebeckah Walker, Betsy Walker, Letty Walker son: Benjamin Walker (under age) daus: Emily Walker, Lucy Walker (both under age) Executors: "Friends Herbert Collier & William Oldham & Judy Walker" Witnesses: George Oldham, John (x) Oldham (Ruth Herndon Shields, ABSTRACTS OF WILL RECORDS IN ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 1800-1850) George Oldham of Montgomery Co. and of Williamson Cos, Tennessee Montgomery Co., TN DB B-382 Deed from George Oldham to Samuel Allen Indenture made this 24th day of January 1801, between George Oldham of Montgomery county and Samuel Allen of the same county, for and in consideration of the sum of six hundred dollars to him in hand paid, for a tract of land lying on the north side of the Red River, beginning on the bank of the River near the old ferry, and containing one hundred acres. Attest: M. Phillips George Oldham James Paton (Laura Willis, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TENN. DEEDS VOL. TWO, 1797-1804 [Melber, KY: Simmons Historical Publications, 1996], p. 20) A subsequent Montgomery Co. deed of other parties but witnessed by George Oldham indicates a linkage of the other parties to Caswell Co. and perhaps this linkage pertains to George Oldham also, but this is not stated. DB B-388 Deed from William Holderness to Peter ONeal Indenture made this 20th day of November 1799, between William Holderness of Caswell county, North Carolina, and Peter Oneal of Montgomery county, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds, for a tract of land beginning at Patterson's corner, and containing three hundred and seventy-six acres. Attest: George Oldham William Holderness (Ibid, p. 22) A later deed of George Oldham states he is of Williamson Co. DB B-608 Deed from George Oldham to Richrd Powel Indenture made this 7th day of February 1804, between George Oldham of Williamson county, and Richard Powel of Montgomery county, for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars to him in hand paid, for a tract of land lying on the Red River, and containing forty-nine acres, being part of a tract granted to William Holderness. Attest: Robert Nelson George Oldham Joel Oldham (Ibid, p. 96) Question: Who is Joel Oldham? ........ + Another George Oldham also applied for a Rev War pension, but he filed in Henrico Co., VA court 29 Jul 1840, and apparently his widow filed for a pension in Hancock Co., TN 21 Apr 1857. This George Oldham's application number is No. 1249 [source of number is unknown; it may not be the pension no.] He died 1789/90, and his widow Jane was living in Hancock Co., TN in 1857. (Margie G. Borwn, GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERANS SCRIP ACT 1852 Abstracted from the Bureau of Land management Record Group 49, National Archives and Records Administration [Lovettsville, VA: Willow Bend Books, 1997], p. 302) **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489