Display Patriot - P-167485 - David GOLLADAY

David GOLLADAY

SAR Patriot #: P-167485

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Lieutenant / Civil Service
DAR #: A202230

Birth: 15 Sep 1759 / / PA
Death: 25 Sep 1823 Weyer's Cave / Augusta / VA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Lt, also Ensign, Shenandoah Militia, 1780
  2. Juror

Additional References:
  1. Wayland, Hist. of Shenandoah Co., VA, 2nd Ed, VA, 1969, pg 603
  2. Brumbaugh, Rev War Records Vol. 1, VA Army and Navy Forces with Bounty Land Warrants for VA Mil. Dist. of OH & VA, 1936, pg 596
  3. McAllister, VA Militia in the Rev War, 1913, pg 231
  4. DAR cites: Gilreath, Order Books, Shenandoah Co., VA, 1781-1784, Vol 2,1987, pg 20, 54

Spouse: (1) Abigail Combs; (2) Rebecca Hockman
Children: Maria/Polly; Jonathan;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1995-01-13 OH 207793 Walter Douglas Golladay (143324) Jonathan   
2015-10-27 NM 65790 Paul Leuen Kouts (185858) Polly   
Burial:
Sellers Cemetery (C-0377974)
Location:
Weyer's Cave / Augusta / VA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
52084
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
38.300300 / -78.885600
Find A Grave Memorial #:
9475379
Marker Type:
Headstone, New, Legible
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Images provided with permission from Walter D Golladay, Find-a-Grave member # 47767825


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Walter Douglas Golladay

Upon a more thorough review of the above Major David Golladay’s NSSAR record, I (Walter D. Golladay) find there is a significant marriage error entered into his personal record. David Golladay never married Abigail Combs; she was never his second wife. Before his marriage to his only wife Rebecca Hockman, David had a relationship with Abigail Combs. Please honor my request and have her name removed as a 2nd spouse.

In addition, their only son Jacob Combs Golladay, was born about 25 August 1785, two months after he married Rebecca Hockman on 24 June 1785.

The following comments from the www.combs-families.org will explain the unmarried relationship between Abigail Combs and David Golladay

“David Golladay, being recognized for begetting a bastard child on the body of Abigail Combs, this day appeared. The Court are of the opinion that he gave security for the payment of thirty pounds to be paid in the following manner, that is to say, ten pounds annually to be paid to the said Abigail so long as she shall keep said child, or to any person, the court shall direct to take care of it. Whereupon David Golliday and John Denton and Gilbert Combs, his security, came into the Court and jointly and severally acknowledged themselves indebted to the Governor of this Commonwealth for the time being, on his successard, in the sum of thirty pounds to be levied of their respective goods and chattels, lands and tenements, and to his Excellency of Governor for the time being rendered, or yet upon the condition that the above bound David Golliday shall willfully and truly pay or cause to be paid the sum of thirty pounds for the support of mentioned child and keeping it off the Parish of Beckford. Then this recognizance to be avoided, otherwise to remain in the full force of virtue.

The above information is recorded in the Shenandoah County Courthouse, Woodstock, Virginia. Court Order Book 1784 - 1786, page 101, dated 2 Nov 1785.”

Again, please honor my request and have Abigail’s name removed as a 2nd spouse. In my research, I identify them in a “not married” relationship. For acknowledged childbirths in unmarried relationships, you may need to add another data element to your database.

Respectfully, Walter D. Golladay, (513) 677 - 8659, Cell (513) 378 - 3292, 113 Citation Court, Loveland, Ohio 45140 - Family Genealogist, Author & Publisher [1988 - 2021] of GOLLADAY AND GOLLIDAY FAMILIES IN AMERICA - Website: https://thegolladayfamilyinamerica.com/


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