My great great great grandfather. *indicates a direct ancestor.
Born: about 1755, Virginia. 1
Parents: PETER BAUGH, JR* AND UNKNOWN
Married: 4 June 1781, Chesterfield Co., VA. 2 9
Will: Written 25 May 1817, probated 7 July 1817, recorded 10 July 1817, Greene County Courthouse, Greensboro, GA. 3
Death: 2 June 1817, Greene Co., GA. 4
Notes:
Established as son of Peter Baugh Jr as follows: Peter Baugh Jr's 1788 will recorded in Chesterfield County VA lists son, Peter, as heir. Peter Baugh (III) and wife Mary Ann were married in that county in 1781, and appear in 1783 census. The will of his father-in-law, James Elam, was recorded in 1796 in same county and listed Peter, Mary Ann, and their oldest son, Robert.
Rendered "Patriotic Service" during the Revolutionary War. 7
Peter Baugh listed in Greene Co., GA, Dolbey Wootan District, in 1815; could also be his son. 10
OBITUARY
Georgia Journal, Milledgeville, 10 June 1817:
[communicated.]
Departed this life on Monday the 2nd inst. Peter Baugh, a native of Virginia, but for two years past a citizen of Greene county, in the sixty-second year of his age. He has left a disconsolate wife and respectable family to lament the loss of an affectionate parent. (page 3 col. 4)
Spouse: MARY ANN ELAM*
CHILDREN OF PETER BAUGH (III) AND MARY ANN ELAM 5:
(aside from being ancestors, aunts, or uncles, these children are also my 1st half-cousins four times removed through wife Mary Ann's half-sister, Sally Elam)
ROBERT BAUGH 8
JOHN A. BAUGH
RICHARD BAUGH
PRISCILLA BAUGH m. Dickson Hall, 3 Nov. 1818, Greene Co., GA. 6
PETER BAUGH (IV)* b. 4 Jan 1789, VA d. 18 April 1856.
ABSALOM BAUGH
DANIEL BAUGH
ARCHER BAUGH
PLEASANT BAUGH
PATSY BAUGH
LUCY BAUGH m. Robert Willis, 13 June 1820, Greene Co., GA. 6
CHARLOTTE BAUGH m. George Lewis, 6 May 1820, Greene Co., GA. 6
Sources:
1. Noted as age 62 in The Georgia Journal, obituary, 10 June 1817.
2. Dodd, Jordan. Virginia Marriages to 1800 [database on-line], Provo, UT; The Generations Network, Inc., 1997; original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia.
3. Personal viewing of will at the Greene County Probate Court, Greensboro, GA.
4. Georgia Journal, obituary, 10 June 1817.
5. Listed in their father's will.
6. "Greene County, Georgia Marriage Records 1788-1875," Frances T. Ingmire, Mountain Press, TN, 1985.
7. "DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition Part I," National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C., 1994; see this reference for the definition of "Patriotic Service."
8. Listed in the will of his grandfather, James Elam.
9. Personal viewing of certified copy of marriage record from Chesterfield Co., VA; copy provided by Loretta June Shackelford-Wright; lists James Elam as Mary Ann's father.
10. "An Index to Georgia Tax Digests, 1814-1817," Vol. V, R. J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation, The Reprint Co., Spartanburg, SC, 1986.
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