Submitted by E.W.Wallace Here is some information about a George Oldham, and all indications he is the same George Oldham, previously of Caswell Co., NC. Some records of Montgomery Co., TN indicate that the same George Oldham may have been a resident of that county in the time period 1800. >From Will Book A, page 119 Indenture of William Murphy to George Oldham Indenture made this 30th day of July 1800, between Morgan Brown, Chairman of the County of Montgomery and George Oldham, in which William Murphy,orphan of Patrick Murphy, deceased, is bound to George Oldham as apprentice until he shall attain the ag of twenty-one years. He will faithfull serve his Master, and in return he will learn the trade of a Farmer. Oldham agrees to have him taught reading, writing and arithmetic, to provide for him until the expiration of his apprenticeship is ended. Morgan Brown George Oldham (Laura Willis, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TENNESSEE WILLS & ADMINISTRATIONS VOLUME ONE (1796-1804) [Melber, KY: Simmons Historical Publications, 1994], p. 46) Another entry from the same Will Book links George Oldham to Caswell Co., seeming to confirm he was of the larger Oldham family of that North Carolina county: Will Book A, page 125 Power of attorney from William Holderness to George Oldham I, William Holderness of Caswell County, North Carolina, do appoint my friend, George Oldham of Davidson County, as my lawfull attorney, to ask for and receive all sums of money or any other property that may be due me, and to sell and dispose of all such of tracts of land that I may be entitled to, this 17th day of September 1792. Test: John Williams William H. Rice William Holderness (Ibid., p. 48) There is another entry for Moses Oldham, Sr. in the same county. George may be the same person who resided in Caswell Co. for many years. As late as 29 Jan 1816, he was a purchaser at the estate sale of Elizabeth Williams, deceased. (WB G-180). Elizabeth was the widow of Henry Williams, whose daughter Ursley Duke Williams (widow of Reuben Peoples) married George's brother Richard "Ready Money" Oldham of Caswell Co., later of Madison Co., KY. George Oldham of NC line received a pension No. S21906. According to abstract, he enlisted in Caswell Co., NC. He applied 4 Mar 1833, Anderson District SC. He was aged about 83 and soldier died there (date not given). In 1852 surviving children were Thomas & William Oldham and Mary wife of Nelson Guttry, all of Anderson Dist SC. The son Thos. Oldham made affidavit in Feb 1857. ........ + 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 AREVOLUTIONARY 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)