Treasure Chest Thursday~John Laton–War of 1812

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That her said husband volunteered at Old Henderson , on or about the ________________, 18___, for the term of six months, and continued in actual service in the said war for the term of six months and was honorably discharged at Salisbury, on or about ______________________.
She further states that she was married to the said John Laton in Montgomery County now Stanly County on or about 10^th June 1824 by one John Kendall who was, a Justice of the peace, and that her name before her marriage was Catherine Dry, and that her husband died in July 1852.

John Laton died in July 1852 and the land he received was sold by his executor. On 5 June 1855, after his death, Catherine Dry, his wife, daughter of Martin Dry and Catherine Keppel made application for a Bounty Land Warrant for herself based his service in the War of 1812.  This is a portion of that document which can be found on Fold3.com at https://fold3.com/image/1/315053485








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[1] War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815, Record Group Number 15, NARA Microfilm Publication M313, 102 rolls (Washington D.C.: National Archives. NARA, ), Roll number: 56, John LATON, 1 March 1814-16 July 1814.
[2]  https://fold3.com/image/1/315053485

Military Monday~Drury Boatwright, War of 1812

Drury Boatwright, son of Lewis Boatwright and Sarah Lunday was born in 1778. When Drury enlisted on 21 July 1812; he was 34 years of age. His military record show his age to be 34, that he was 5 feet 9 inches tall, blue eyes, dark hair and a farmer. ¹

http://www.fold3.com/image/310979052/

Left Pane:
No. 1204
Name: Boatwright, Drury
Rank: Private
Regiment: U.S. Infantry
Co. Commander: Capt. Wm. Chisolon
Regt. Commander: Col P. Jack
Height, feet: 5
Height Inches: 9
Eyes; Blue
hair: Dark
Complexion: Yellow
Age: 34
Occupation: farmer
Town: Cumberland
State: Va.
Right pane:
When: July 21, 1812
Where: Elberton
By Whom: Capt. Chisolon
Period: July 20, 1817
Remarks: Mostly related to duty rosters and Muster rolls, there were in Savannah, Georgia with Capt. R. Whartenby’s Company.

Drury Boatwright married Levicia Thurman after his release from Military service in or about 1816. He died sometime in the year 1832. Two documents I have found  substantiate this death date: ^{2 3}

• Headline: Legislative Acts/Legal Proceedings Paper: Charleston Courier; Charleston, South Carolina, 27 October 1832, Page 2; Minutes of the Meeting of the House and Senate contained comments that Drury Boatwright, deceased to be replaced on the Elections District Vice mangers.
  
  In Chesterfield, at Blakeley’s Store, John W. Hudson, vice Murdoch Ray, removed; At Archibald Johnson’s, Hector M’Neil, vice Drury Boatwright, deceased;….

Based on these minutes from the House & Senate Meeting on 23-24 October 1832, we know that Drury Boatwright died before this date. We are still missing an EXACT date for his death.  We also know that he was alive at the enumeration of the 1830 Census. ⁴

The Pension file of Levicia Thurman Boatwright Gulledge: 



"Claimant previously married to Drewery Boatwright, died in 1832".

Drury Boatwright was buried in a family cemetery but in the 1974 during road construction it was necessary to move his interment to Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. His original tombstone with his named misspelled as “Brury” was also moved.⁵

Photo Courtesy of Sharon F. Corey

Photo Courtesy of Sharon F. Corey

After his death, Levicia his widow, married Obadiah Gulledge in the Fall of 1839.

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[1] Ancestry, "WAR of 1812 Service & Pension Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 3 June 2014), entry for Drury Boatwright, Private; U. S. Infantry, Capt. R. Whartenby’s Company; http://www.fold3.com/image/310979052/.
[2] Legislative Acts/Legal Proceedings obituary, The Charleston Courier, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 27 October 1832, Page 2. Minutes of the Meeting.
[3] Ancestry, "WAR of 1812 Service & Pension Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 10 July 2015), entry for Obadiah Gulledge Service, Levicia Gulledge Pension File, Private; U. S. Infantry; http://www.fold3.com/image/247/313432689/.
[4] Drury Boatwright, The Chesterfield Advertiser, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, 10 July 1974, Military Records Tells Story of Two Pioneers.
[5] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 November 2010); Memorial page for Brury Boatwright; (1778–1832); Find a Grave memorial # 18965059, Citing Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery; Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.

Military Monday – Obadiah Gulledge, War of 1812

Today (6-18-2012) is the two-hundredth anniversary of the start of the War of 1812. It's a fine time to recognize those that served in the first war declared on a nation (Great Britain) by the United States. It was one of the most unpopular wars in our nation history; some saying only Vietnam was more unpopular.  

I was only aware of one individual from Chesterfield County, South Carolina that had served in the War of 1812 and that was Obadiah Gulledge. I had read a biography from Snowden "History of South Carolina" [1]for Jesse Clifton Rivers that indicated that Isaac Rivers had served in the War.

"Isaac Rivers, a son of Frederick Rivers, served with Jackson in the War of 1812, and was in the final battle of that war at New Orleans when the British were defeated. Frederick Rivers, a son of Isaac, was also a soldier, being a member of the Palmetto Regiment in South Carolina in the Mexican War."

I found no proof on Ancestry or Fold3 that Isaac Rivers served in the War of 1812.

While I knew that Obadiah Gulledge served and I had a portion of his service record; I was delighted to find the following War of 1812 Pension Application Index File for Obadiah. [2]

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Source Information:

Ancestry.com. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.

Original data: War of 1812 Pension Applications. Washington D.C.: National Archives. NARA Microfilm Publication M313, 102 rolls. Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group Number 15.

This index file contained some revealing information that I was not aware of, most notably was that Obadiah Gulledge was previously married twice before marrying Lavicy Thurman Boatwright, the relict of Drewery Boatwright. 

Obadiah first wife was Rebecca McLean and his second wife was Matilda Taylor. In 1839, he married the widow Lavicy Boatwright. Obadiah Gulledge died 25 June 1863 and his wife Lavicy died 20 Dec 1882.

I would be interested in hearing from anyone with knowledge of other soldiers, from Chesterfield, that did serve in the War of 1812.

Let us not forget those who served and in some cases gave their lives to protect this nation. God Bless America.

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[1] Yates Snowden, HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Volume 4 (Chicago and New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1920), pages 222-223.

[2] Obadiah Gulledge, compiled military record (Ensign, Capt Welch's Co. S. C. Militia), War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815, NARA Microfilm Publication M313 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 102 rolls.