Display Patriot - P-167486 - Jacob GOLLADAY Sr

Jacob GOLLADAY Sr

SAR Patriot #: P-167486

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Lieutenant / Civil Service
DAR #: A203767

Birth: abt 1735 / Lancaster / PA
Death: 28 Feb 1795 Fort Valley / Shenandoah / VA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Juror
  2. Overseer of the Road
  3. 1Lt, Shenandoah Co. Militia

Additional References:
  1. Walland, Hist. of Shenandaoh Co., 2nd Edition, pg 603
  2. Gwathmey, VA in the Rev.,1775-1783, 1979, pg 314
  3. Gilreath, ORDER BOOK, Shenandaoh Co., VA, 1781-1784, pg 17, 35, 47

Spouse: (1) Eleanora/Elinor Maquinet; (2) Mary Clem
Children: David; Joseph; Elizabeth; Christina; Magdaline; Daniel; Jacob Jr; John; Susannah; Anna;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1994-10-10 OH 207792 Walter Douglas Golladay (143324) David   
2006-05-05 OH 25419 Scott Richard Golladay (167010) David   
2015-10-27 NM 65791 Paul Leuen Kouts (185858) David   
2021-05-21 VA 94624 David Edward Cook (141547) Christina   
Burial:
Dry Run Cemetery (C-0375542)
Location:
Seven Fountains / Shenandoah / VA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
946395
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
38.857856 / -78.400014
Find A Grave Memorial #:
9419321
Marker Type:
Vertical / Military
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
15 Mar 2023

Comments:
  • Grave Photo and GPS provided by Craig Batten, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR
  • Photos displayed courtesy of Dale Corey, VASSAR
  • Descendants of the Golladay family installed Veterans Administration headstones, Jun 2010
  • The headstone for Jacob is on the east edge of the cemetery
  • per FindaGrave, son David, P-167485


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
  • Take Rte 55 from Front Royal towards Strasburg. Turn left onto Fort Valley Road (Rte 678). Cemetery/Church is approximately 11 miles on the left. The cemetery is located in two sections. There is one at the top of the hill to the left of the church and the second on the other side of the hill to the left of the church. Park in the church parking lot and walk around the hill or park at back section of cemetery #1 on top of the hill and walk down the northeast side of the hill. The cemetery is on property that was donated by Jacob Golladay Sr., once called the Golladay Cemeteries


Author: Dale Edward Corey

Jacob Golladay was born 1735 at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  He was a son of Johann Joseph Golladay (1703-1758) and Sybilla Kneisley (1707-1758).  In 1751, he married Eleanora/Elinore Doreathea Maquinet (unk-1774).  In 1753, he was a land owner at Lancaster.  He was living at Gaithersburg, Maryland in 1759, where his son David was born, and in 1761 had moved to Fort Valley, Shenandoah County, Virginia.  He lived at Fort Valley for the remainder of his life.  He was a farmer and obtained land grants from Thomas Fairfax in 1778 and 1780.  He served as a Lieutenant in the Shenandoah Militia during the American Revolution.  His first wife died in 1774.  He married Mary (last name unknown) who is named in his will.  Jacob donated land adjacent to Dry Run Church at Powell's Fort Valley for the establishment of a cemetery, now called Dry Run Cemetery #1 and #2.  In earlier times, they were called the Golladay Cemeteries.  Jacob's sons, David and Joseph, fought in the Revolutionary War.  Jacob and Eleanora had the following children:  Joseph, David, Elizabeth, Christina, Magdaline, Daniel, Jacob Jr., John, Susannah and Anna.  Jacob died 28 February 1795 at Fort Valley, Shenandoah County, Virginia.  Joseph and his wife are buried at the Dry Run Cemetery #2.

 


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DAR cites Death bef 10 Mar 1795



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