Display Patriot - P-110344 - Obadiah/Obediah BASHAM

Obadiah/Obediah BASHAM

SAR Patriot #: P-110344

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A007160

Birth: 07 Apr 1760 / / VA
Death: 28 May 1840 / Breckinridge / KY

Qualifying Service Description:

CAPTs JOHN LEE, JOSEPH CARRINGTON, TALIAFERRO; Colonel PARKER


Additional References:

Pension: S35185


Spouse: Celia Dowell
Children: Allen; Frederick; Margaret
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1985-03-29 KS 230334 William Eugene Ikerd (125570) Frederick   
1985-07-29 KY Unassigned Harold Benton Norton (121344) Bartlett   
1985-12-12 VA 228799 Donald Payton Basham (126727) Frederick   
1994-11-21 TX 207229 Byron Lee Basham (143625) Allen   
1995-02-15 TX 206743 James Kevin Basham (144038) Allen   
1995-02-15 TX 206744 Joe Scott Basham (144039) Allen   
1998-09-14 TX 1738 Byron Craig Basham (150823) Allen   
1998-12-16 TX 2499 William Elvin Basham (151210) Allen   
1999-09-02 OH 4509 Luther Eugene Basham (152478) Frederick   
2022-02-18 GA 98068 Codey Brett Henderson (212355) Francis   
2022-03-18 MI 101083 Thomas Lee Forsyth (222004) Frederick   
2023-10-06 IN 109278 Larry Alton Basham (227938) Francis   
Location:
/ Breckinridge / KY / USA
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Marker Type:
SAR Lug
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
12 Oct 2019

Comments:

Headstone courtesy of Gary Tunget, Kentucky SAR



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:



Author: Larry Basham, DDS - California
Obediah Basham was born in Bedford Co., Virginia in 1760 and volunteered for the 1st Regiment of the Virginia Line of the Continental Army in 1777.   Records show he served for three years and was captured by the British at the Battle of Charleston in May 1780 and held on a prison ship until he was released at Williamsburg, VA where he was discharged.      
 
He returned home to Beford Co. and married Celia Dowell in 1782.  They farmed in Bedford Co., Virginia from 1789 thru 1804.   By 1808 they had moved with their family thru the Cumberland Gap to Breckinridge Co. along Sinking Creek near Clifton Mills, KY.   Here the family of 8 sons and one daughter: Bartlett, James, Micajah, Margaret, Henry, Frederick,  Allen and Francis pursued farming.  (Another daughter, Delilah, married and stayed in Virginia when the family moved to Kentucky.)  The Basham family thrived in Breckinridge County for years and there are many descendants of Obediah and Celia still in the area.
 
Celia died in December 1827 and Obediah passed on May 28th 1840.  His exact burial place is not known but it is presumed he is buried near Celia in the family cemetery not far from their original homestead near Sinking Creek.   A marker has been placed there as a memorial to his patriotic service in the Revolutionary War.  

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