Display Patriot - P-263732

John OSGOOD

SAR Patriot #: P-263732

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State of Service: GA Qualifying Service: Private

Birth: 03 Apr 1747
Death: 21 Mar 1807 / Liberty / GA

Qualifying Service Description:

Georgia Troops

Additional References:

Rev War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993
SAR Rev War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998

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Burial:

Midway Cemetery_(C-0371610)

Location:

Midway / Liberty / GA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

35348

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

31.806010 / -81.430870

Find A Grave Memorial #:

50506077

Marker Type:

Granite

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

29 Apr 2018

Comments:

Photo displayed with permission from Kenneth Scott Collins
photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Midway Cemetery on US Highway South in Midway, Georgia directly across the street from the church. Take I-95 to exit 76 - at end or ramp turn west and travel 3.7 miles to U.S. 17 - Turn right and tral <1 mile to the Midway Church

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Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

John Osgood b. 4/2/1747 d. 3/21/1807 LIBERTY COUNTY, GEORGIA

He served in the Georgia Troops.

Buried: Midway Cemetery.

See: (1) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 424.

(2) Some Early Georgia Epitaphs.

Source: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 2, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke. Edited by: Ryan Groenke.

A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index.

Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.

Printed in the United States of America

New Papyrus Co., Inc.

548 Cedar Creek Drive

Athens, GA 30605-3408

Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

Reverend John Osgood, along with his brother, Josiah Osgood and his two sons, John Osgood (b1747) and Josiah Osgood (b1748), arrived in Midway in 1754, with fifteen other families, all members of the congregation of the White Meeting House in Dorchester, South Carolina.

The Reverend John Osgood served as minister of the Congregational Church for thirty-eight years while it was located in Dorchester, South Carolina and Midway, Georgia. Josiah Osgood and his sons, John and Josiah, were also members of the Congregational Church. All died in Liberty County and are buried in the Midway Cemetery, each with a tombstone marking his grave.

John Osgood married Esther Scarf in 1773, in Liberty County, and they had five children: Ann, John, Mary, Sarah and Esther. Mrs. Esther Osgood died in 1786, in Liberty County, and then John Osgood married Rebecca Baker in 1798. They had two children: Rebecca and William, and Mrs. Rebecca Osgood died in November 1797 in Liberty County

The early settlers in St. John’s Parish took the lead in Georgia's fight for independence of England. Along with many other citizens, especially Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett and Nathan Brownson, the four Osgood men participated in those efforts. Two died before the Revolutionary War began, Josiah Osgood, Sr. in 1765, and Reverend John Osgood in 1773, but Josiah’s sons participated in the War as follows: John Osgood served as a private and Josiah Osgood served as a captain, both in the Georgia Troops.

John Osgood was born on April 2, 1747, at Dorchester County, South Carolina, and his parents were Josiah and Barbara Hauskins Lupton Osgood.

John Osgood died on March 21, 1807 in Liberty County, Georgia, and his Will was probated on May 4, 1807

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